♡ Kryptonite ● Akaza x Reader ●

Chapter 1: "Not afraid"

Not a single soul seemed to be in the woods, but my guts told me to stay on alert and when I learned one thing than that you have to listen to some bad feeling bubbling up in your stomach. Call it a female forecast.

My twin nichirin swords were lying in my reach, that I could react in the blink of an eye. My guard never faltered as I stayed still for what seemed like two hours, but it also could have been just 10 minutes.

Suddenly a presence! I detected a demon some distance away. I couldn't tell if it was strong or not, he was just too far away to tell. But I realized soon that he must have found me too because he halted in his movement and stayed still.

*I just have to wait till he moves again then I will be able to attack and end this quickly. He won't even have the time to react. * My thoughts were cut short as he moved again as I suspected. What hasn't crossed my mind was that he would stand in front of me the second I realized his movement towards me. Luckily, I already picked up my blades only to block his punch directed at my face. I fell some meters away as a tree was nice enough to stop my trip through the air. My stunt and the blow of the demon caused dust, dirt and dead leaves to erupt from the ground.

My landing against the tree wasn't as soft as I whishd it to be. The back of mine was hurting, and the air was pressed out of my lungs due to the sudden impact and the sheer force of the attack.

*He obviously intended to kill me with this blow. *

I coughed multiple times and my teary vision became clear again. Because of the mist I couldn't make out my attacker, but I was able to feel his presence now only meters away and my hands became shacky as I felt an immense pressure of strength emitting from this enemy. A single droplet of sweat ran down my temple and I needed a moment to catch my breath again.

*Not as easy as I thought...*

"I am impressed." I heard a voice coming out of the fog. Together with his comment he clapped a few times. "As I detected you, I thought you were weak and not able to survive this hit."

I coughed once again not willing to answer his condescending statement. Instead, I used the tree behind me to launch myself forward and try to kill this over-self-confident demon.

*Smoke breathing form two: Clearing fog*

I whispered without him noticing and swung my blades diagonal forward, hitting my target. I was about to cheer but I only managed to cut off one of his arms and it was already healed and back in its original state.

*What is -*

My thoughts were interrupted as he swung his fist again. His whole fighting stance and style seemed to be perfect. He had a steady stance, was focused on his whole body and managed to control every muscle precisely. More time to inspect him wasn't given as his inhuman speed forced his blow towards my small form. This time though I was ready for the upcoming impact and readied myself to defend my body. His hit collided with my blades, and I managed to hold my stance he only pushed me some meters back this time. I was able to attack instantly after his attack. I swung my blades in a cross like motion that he had less free space to act.

He jumped back and landed steady on his feet. My blow only hit the air. The mist around us started to lay and I could finally see some more features of this opponent and not only his outlines. He had dark stripes all over his body and was wearing a very revealing outfit to show off, or to move around more freely. My eyes trailed up and stopped at his face. Fear and shock started to drown out all my other feelings. Although he had the most beautiful eyes, I have ever seen I couldn't ignore the terror they caused in my system. In his blue and yellow irises were the words ‚upper 3'engraved. I couldn't stop my body from trembling and shivering. My hands subconsciously tightened their grip around my weapons. Goose bumps started to coat my skin. Everything inside myself begged me to run for my life. But I wasn't the person to give up that easily, even if it is my destiny to die here I wouldn't do it without a hell of a fight.