Kaede jumped back a little as Miyako charged in quickly after her. It was all to get the distance she o spin her long bck hair around. However, this wasn’t a taiyako anymore. She knew what it could do and threw herself into the nearby to evade the attabsp; Amused by the effort, it took her a moment to move for her attack.

  The dey was all Miyako needed as she came charging through the wall as cover straight for Kaede. Her hair had no time to get up when Miyako decked her hard in the cheek to seumbling through two s before ing to a harsh stop.

  In the hall, Miyako g her hand seeing shallow cuts from merely being that close to her to get a hit. ‘Damn, the bitch is going to be even more annoying than I thought. That hair of her’s is razor sharp.’ Moving some of the bandages on her body around, she ed up her hand. It oor remedy, but it was all she had.

  Appearing out of the hole Miyako punched her into, Kaede resurfaced a little bloodied by Miyako’s pund with a part of one of the desks she collided with embedded in her shoulder. Her hair had ed up the edge enough that it was no longer in her way. “That was rather rude of you.”

  Miyako popped her knuckles preparing for the round and to show her resolve. “You kids are in need of some serious straightening out. It’s my job as the adult to show you all your pce.”

  “We have adults amongst us as well.”

  “I’ll be dealing with them too.”

  “Oh is that so? Big words for someone I sent fleeing with her tail between her legs st time.”

  “It won’t be like st time!” Stamping her foot down, she flipped up some debris and a k of wood from the rubble. Quickly spinning around, the back of her fist and arm shot the pieces like an arrow released.

  Turning her head a little, heavy strains of hair fell over Kaede’s face just as the projectiles came in to hit. What would have hit her turo slivers to fall to the wayside. Anything that didn’t hit its target embedded into the walls around Kaede knog out small holes. “You ’t even touch me without getting sliced up! You’ll be dead in a minute!”

  Chapter 333 – Back-to-Baife Edge

  “Arrogance will be your undoing, kid,” baited Miyako. She had already seen enough of how the hair worked to have a good idea about it. ‘My usual charge in solutions ain’t gonna wainst her. I’m just going to end up dead like she said. I’m not a patient person, but I don’t have a choi the matter. My life isn’t mine anymore…’ Before she would have run in without a sihought. That was how she was most fortable with fighting. But she learhe hard way that blindly attag didn’t solve all the problems.

  Kaede smirked a little, looking ready to ugh. “You going to just talk me to death or you going to fight?”

  “You’re the ohat looks afraid to fight me. That blood remind you that you’re not immortal?”

  “Who’s afraid?!”

  Miyako grinned a little si worked. ‘It’s too easy. Kids are always impulsive and easy to provoke.’ The whole act still had more dao the situation, but no fight was without danger. Even baited, the razor-like hair presented a heavy advantage. “There’s only one person I see before me. And she’s just a little baby that got afraid from just a single nded punbsp; You’re just a joke. It’s disappointing that you’re the only challenge present to me. I’m not even going to break a sweat.”

  “Is that right?! Let’s see who’s on the floor in pieces after I’m through with you!” pletely itted now, Kaede charged forward fuming mad ready to show the woman her words. She spun up her hair for the attack as she closed the distance.

  The attack was too loose and wide. Her emotions broke down the focus and precision that she did have with her attabsp; So it was too easy for Miyako to slip around and throw out a kick to her back as she went by her.

  She sped to the floor with her hair cutting up the wood pnks as she fell. It carved out a rough little pit for her to trip inside and y amongst her hair. Kaede flipped around quickly only to find that Miyako didn’t wait for her to stand up. She had no ce to dodge, a fist smashed into her forehead knog her down into the pit.

  “When ya gonna prove me wrong?” she taunted more rubbing in that the losing side beloo Kaede.

  “Damn you!” Kaede jumped and tried to get Miyako off guard, but she anticipated her attabsp; A boot caught the edge of her jaw and threw her across the hall into another .

  Slowly marg into the hole she made with Kaede, Miyako went after Kaede. ‘I’ll give her this much, she’s resilient. Most of their minions I’ve taken down with just one punch, but she’s taken two from me. I k wasn’t going to be easy, but I only keep her so steamed.’ Miyako kicked off some of the wall in the dire of Kaede. It gave a good shotgun effebsp; She wao keep her off banbsp; “Just going to run away with your tail between ys?”

  “You…”

  “Ya got something to say?” Kig another floorboard, it knocked Kaede back up to her in the air. Miyako followed it up with another punch that sent her flying through the wall of the into the . She took a gnce around the room, suddenly notig it. “Disgusting. I thought I had seen the most depraved individuals already, but Takako is starting a new list. I’m looking forward to seeing the moment the ander puts her down food.”

  Across the room, she found Kaede struggling to get back to her feet. Her hair chewed up the floor leaving her footing poor. Miyako marched keeping an eye on her while approag. “Looks like you could do for a bit of a trim. Yer tripping over ya hair.” Ohe range decreased enough that she felt fortable with a strike, she dove in with a quick jab to get her up and a kick to toss her around the room.

  At the end of the barrage, Miyako dropped her through another wall with the hopes that it was finally putting her down. Unfortunately, the darkness of the school and smoke made it difficult to see. She quickly lost sight of the girl as she scurried away. “Cowards always flee when they get afraid. However, I’m not so kind as tive and ignore you.”

  Pounding her fists together, the hole that created quickly approached. It was one of the darker rooms with it still mostly intact, but she had gotteo it by now. fort didn’t make it any easier to spot the girl. “You started this fight, but I’m going to finish it.”

  “Seems all you know how to do is talk. If you really were wanting to finish it you would have already.”

  Miyako’s eyes narrowed, pig up on the ge in tone from Kaede. ‘Looks like she got her senses babsp; This just got harder…’ Challenge or not, it didn’t stop her from keeping her advantage going. “And seems you only know how to take a hit. It’s not going to win you any fights.”

  “So very true. This isn’t going to win the fight.”

  “All that talk and yer giving up, huh?”

  “Hardly.”

  ‘She’s pnning something…’ Which she was right, but she didn’t have a ce to say anything more. Sounds of swift steps approached. It was a familiar sound for Miyako and the only reason that she mao eve in the darkness.

  Out of the gloom came a fist, something that took Miyako off guard. She didn’t expect Kaede to be trying to take her in a fistfight. Miyako pulled back, but the speed of the girl had overtake a greater pace thaicipated. It scored a direct hit to the face.

  Miyako stumbled and slid back from the forbsp; ‘She’s more than just focused. She’s moving differently and taking a pletely different tactibsp; Did she realize that she wasn’t going to be able to beat me with her hair anymore?’ The ges brought her a lot of new questions, ohat the veil of night did well to disguise.

  The ected punch gave Kaede some fidence back to her it seemed. She quickly came in again for Miyako. It was very easy to read this time for Miyako. Trying the same thing multiple times was a terrible pn. Miyako dodged and tered, but didn’t get in a hit. In the end, she could only settle for a full defle.

  However, the failure didn’t seem to dissuade Kaede yet from the approabsp; Repeating things over and ain gave Miyako all she o ter. She spun around and caught a piece of Kaede with her foot casting her out e. All of the noise made it clear she had crashed into something. Unfortunately, nothing that improved the lighting.

  Miyako stopped pying around the opening and itted to taking a stand in the room. ‘She’s thinking that the darkness gives her some sort of advantage. But she’s just inexperienced. She’s just a little school girl that’s never been in a real fight. She’s a terrible fighter. Only having powers has kept her standing for so long.’ Knowing her way around a fight left things still in her advantage even with the shift. But it left her curious. “You thought you could stand a ce against me if you fought with your fists?”

  “It’s rare that I do this. So I haven’t gotten aced to it yet. But I'm quick to figure things out.”

  “Seems all the puo the head has knocked some screws loose.”

  “You’ll uand soon enough.”

  ‘What the hell is she going on about?’ Miyako tered her attacks again as empty attempts as they were. They had power and speed behind them, but nothing that she couldn’t handle. She could hear very well in the darkness with her sight failing to be as reliable. It softened her own terattacks, but it still soundly kept the fight on her side. ‘Something’s off about this whole thing… She’s losing, but she doesn’t seem to act like it.’

  With the attack, Miyako wao see what was going on. She was tired of fighting in the room. The lohey stayed the harder it was going to be for her to finish the fight. Grabbing Kaede as she came in, Miyako redirected the energy and tur around pointing Kaede at the outside wall.

  Shattering bricks smashed the low silend gave Miyako a reason to chase after Kaede. The light of the moon would give her better vision. She charged after Kaede pnning on using the new light gave her a solid hit finally, but Kaede disappeared from in front of her. “What?!” She appeared on her fnk just as came out of the school and dropped a heavy fist upon Miyako.

  The ford surprise threw her off a her flying along the side of the school. Her dires thrown off, Miyako grappled with the walls of the school to slow down her speed, nearly standing on it for a moment before ung herself babsp; ‘What was that?’ She had a clear sight on Kaede once more closing in, but she disappeared on her i sed and tered Miyako once more.

  Miyako flew out sliding over the ground before ing to a slow stop. She picked herself up quickly despite feeling the st hit very well. It rattled her jaw a little. ‘She’s got a lot more power than before and speed too. What’s going on?’ Then Miyako finally got a look at Kaede now that the moon gave her sight back.

  he edge of the school, a short auburn haired girl stood with a very different presence about her. She had the same body and face of Kaede, the girl she had been fighting, but the dye job and hair cut dramatically ged how she appeared.

  “I didn’t think you’d take it literally when I said you needed a trim.”

  “You’ll find that I bee reborn when I get a haircut.”

  “Is that right? Ya look the same as before.”

  “I was just getting warmed up and used to things.” Kaede disappeared once more and then reappeared as a blur in front of Miyako. She had barely seen it, but had no time to reabsp; Taking the punch head on was the only thing she could do. She went flying crashing into the wall of the grounds.

  It took her a little loo stand up, but she started to rise to her feet. She had to wipe away blood from her lip. “Warmed up, eh? This is getting iing.”

  Kaede bounced a little on the balls of her feet appearing much lighter than before. “You’ll find that my strength and speed have increased greatly. I’m going to pound you into the ground until you’re nothing but paste!”

  Miyako grinned suddenly, feeling some excitement in the fight for onbsp; Her feet straightened out with her back as she regained herself. “Finally, yiving me a real fight! Just the way I like it!” Sliding into a fighting stance, Miyako’s eyes shoh eager anticipation of a brawl.