Chapter 3

"Senro, you fucking bastard, you almost killed me!” The opponent angrily yelled at him. Her hand was still placed on the area of the cut on her neck, in order to stop the bleeding.

“Weren’t you the one who condescendingly stated before this fight began, that if we were to ever have a chance against you, we should come at you with everything we’ve got?” He, no, Senro said with a cocky smile etched on his face.

“I know what I said, Senro, but I didn’t mean we should start killing each other! This is not a do or die affair!” The opponent yelled again.

“Ohhh, it seems someone is down with a case of dementia, because I explicitly remember you stating that this fight would be a kill or be killed situation.” Senro said, while placing his hand on his chin.

“I, only said that in order for you guys to take this fight seriously and not slack off! This is not a death match, you bastard! ” The opponent yelled yet again, this time around gritting her teeth in anger. She was totally pissed off right now.

Honestly, Senro had no intention of killing her, nor, inflicting grave damage on her, but he couldn’t just control his killer instinct. His instinct, which was honed through the gruesome training he received since he was a toddler and his experiences out on missions, would never let up such an opportunity, especially against an opponent who was extremely difficult to defeat. At that point in time, the opponent in his mind, became a target he had to conquer by all means and all rational thinking just flew out the window before he advanced on her. He really didn’t mean to assault her in such a manner. She was right, this wasn’t supposed to be a do or die affair. But because he never meant it, doesn’t mean he was going to apologize to her and own up to his mistake. On the contrary, this was actually good. No rather, this was perfect. This could tip the whole dynamic of the fight to his and his sister’s favor. This would make the opponent to subconsciously focus on her defense more and she would have to think twice before charging at them. In her mind, she would believe that a single second of letting up could cost her dearly, just as it almost cost her and she would be more conservative and careful. If he and his sister could then be able to break her defenses, they might just actually have a shot at winning this thing.

“Then, why don’t you give up and declare us the victors of this fight, if you are so scared of dying?” said Senro, as his confidence intensified.

“No way. Not a chance in hell.” The opponent replied, after she calmed down. She slowly removed her hand from the cut, which had stopped bleeding. “This is just a scratch compared to what I have experienced. I am just surprised that you have the balls and the effrontery to assault me in that manner with no hesitation whatsoever. Honestly, I am impressed.” Then, the opponent sighed, stared at Senro and his sister for a while and said “I guess I will have to take you guys on seriously from now henceforth.”

“So, what, you saying you were just playing around and going easy on us before?” Senro inquired as he believed she was bluffing.

“Oh Senro darling, I haven’t even shown half of what I can do.” The opponent said while exposing a malicious grin on her ebony, beautiful face. Then, she took up a combat stance. Her two fists raised slightly below her chin, with her left fist slightly in front of her right. “What are you bozos waiting for? Come at me!”

Senro clutched his dagger tighter, as he tried to hide the fearful look that threatened to emerge on his face. A part of him believed that the opponent was only bluffing in order to shatter the new born confidence that begun growing inside of him, but another part of him believed that she was hiding her true strength. No, **** that other part of him. He just had to go with the part that believed she was bluffing. There was no time to be second guessing himself. He had to leave no opportunity or opening for doubt to creep into his mind, less this fight would be over for him.

“Hey, Sasha, you good to go?” Senro turned to ask his sister, Sasha, who had been breathing heavily ever since she punched the opponent in the face. The aftereffect of simultaneously dodging and defending the opponent’s flurry of punches and kicks, when Senro was out of commission, was really telling on her.

“Yeah, I am good.” Sasha replied after taking in a deep breath of air.

“So, how are we gonna go about this?” Senro asked for his sister’s opinion. She was the better strategist and they need a damn good strategy if they were to have a shot or chance of defeating the opponent.

“We fan out, take her simultaneously from both sides and just like how we did before, we mustn’t give her a chance to breath and we must always be in sync, that way she will always be on her toes and be on her the defensive. Also watch out for counters. She hits harder than both of us combined. We hit her hard, we hit her fast.” Sasha quickly relayed her strategy.

“Alright sis, I will keep that in mind.” Senro already understood what Sasha meant by the opponent hitting harder than both of them combined, as the pain he still felt, which hadn’t fully subsided, from been hurled across the hall and smashing a pillar, was a clear reminder. A clear reminder to stay sharp, stay focused and avoid any sort of attack thrown at him by the opponent.

“You go left and I go right.” Sasha said before she dashed towards the opponent’s location. Senro followed closely behind her. When they got to about ten meters of the opponent’s location, they fanned out and attacked the opponent, who was on her guard, simultaneously from both sides, with Senro, from the left, swinging his dagger horizontally towards her and Sasha, from the right, with a kick, which tore through the air, as it hurtled towards her.

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