Monday, March 05, 2007,10:54 PM
Traveler ch. 13

aah~ it was really difficult to write this..


13


Matsuura had dressed up and left the room after hearing noises coming from the outside. Walking slowly to not force her leg, she followed the voices, reaching the exit of the dorms and walking in a little square where all the girls were cheering. Curious about hearing Miki’s name a few times, she walked towards the group and reached the first row to have a good view of what was happening. First, she was surprised that nobody had paid attention to her… then; she saw it too…

The end of one of Fujimoto’s sais was just a few inches away from Yossi’s chest. The taller had stopped it with the edge of her katana and the two weapons had ended entwined, waiting for the next move of their owners.

“Amazing, huh?” said someone next to Aya “Five minutes and she’s still standing”

Yuko was watching the fight with a serious expression in her face but Matsuura didn’t pay too much attention to her. She just returned her eyes to the centre of the circle.

“You’re slow!” said Miki releasing her weapon and throwing away Yossi’s.

Yoshizawa saw herself unprotected. She knew that the fight was just a practice, a way for Nakazawa to test her, and that Miki won’t attack her being disarmed. But when she saw the sais going again towards her, Yossi’s mind went blank and her body began to move on its own.

She stepped backwards and, with a fast movement, picked up the sword again, just in time to avoid Fujimoto. Her opponent relaxed a bit and let her a few seconds to stand up and recover her breath.

“Who are you in your world? A clown?” said Miki with a mocking tone while she began to walk around Yossi.

“I’m the leader of a group” answered Yoshizawa brandishing the sword again ready for the next round “We sing, dance and work hard to make people happy with our songs”

Fujimoto couldn’t help but bursting out laughing.

“Yeah.., but don’t laugh ‘cause you’re the subleader”

The new information took Miki of guard making her loose the concentration for a moment, just a second, but enough for Yoshizawa to attack. Everybody kept their breaths when they saw the sword grazing the older’s arm. Luckily, Miki reacted just in time to avoid the sharpen edge and it ended just in a scratch.

“You have to stop this” said a worried Ishikawa turning to Yuko.

“Not yet”

Miki stared at the thread of blood rolling down her arm and then, looking straight at Yossi, she smiled.

“Now it’s gonna be fun”

She attacked again and this time Yossi didn’t move back but wait her opponent firmly. Something in her eyes had changed but Miki noticed it too late. So fast that almost anyone had seen what happened, Yoshizawa got rid of the sais and disarmed Fujimoto.

Seeing that, Aya’s heart began to beat faster. Nakazawa saw it too and she became a bit worried. The leader turned to Kaoru, who was behind her watching concentrated.

“She did that before?” asked Yuko.

“I… don’t know…”

“She’s faster than before…” said the older staring again at the fight “…more firm and precise…”

“She moves like her…”

This time even Rika turned to look at Aya.

“What do you mean?” asked Nakazawa.

“I’ve grown seeing my sister fight and every single of her moves are stuck in my head” explained the younger “That’s her…”

The mood from the beginning of the fight had change completely. The cheering had stopped and now everybody remained quiet and expectant. What was a simple practice had become a real combat where none of the girls was going to give up.

Having Fujimoto disarmed, Yossi thrown her sword too and both girls agreed to continue without weapons. Now was a hand-to-hand fight where the faster was the first to hit. And that was Miki.

The older’s fist connected with Yoshizawa’s face at the level of her mouth and, immediately, the younger returned the blow hitting Miki’s stomach with her elbow. The fight intensify, the movements were faster and harder. A kick followed a punch and then a grip from behind that Yossi’s got rid of it easily knocking down Miki. The younger didn’t give up and, taking Yoshizawa’s leg, knocked down the younger as well, keeping the fight on the floor.

“Ok girls, it’s over”

Nakazawa finally had seen that the youngers were going too far with the practice and it was time to stop it. But the girls didn’t seem to agree ‘cause they stood up and keep fighting.

“I’ve said it’s over!”

This time the woman stepped inside the circle and stayed between them with a menacing glare. Both Yossi and Miki knew that it was better to not make Yuko angrier, so they relaxed and began to walk in opposite directions leaving the square.

“That’s better” sighed Nakazawa “That was enough for today…”



To be continued...

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