Onihunter Yuna

49 Prove yourself!

Yuna was able to lift the blade just in time to repel the attack. The strength of the impact went through her arms. She slipped slightly back. Another attack hit her sword. The heavy weapon slid out of her hands. The spectators cheered for Xi. Tirr folded his arms in front of his chest and didn't let the huntress out of his sight for one tiny second.

The girl ducked under a subsequent stroke. The Oni fought completely open, without paying attention to his defense. A quick blow of Yuna's right palm hit Xi directly on the throat. He coughed loudly and jumped a few steps back. Irritated, he looked at the blue-haired.

"What was that?", he asked curious.

"I told you, she's dangerous.", laughed Tirr.

The girl analyzed her opponent and the situation. The sword was too heavy and unwieldy to fight properly. In addition, she probably wouldn't get through his armor anyway. His head and his wings were his weak spots. There was a knife sheathed on his belt. If she would get to it, she could take him out. The plan was clear.

The huntress rushed towards the Oni. He raised his sword, waiting. Yuna aimed her fist at his face and continued to accelerate. As expected, Xi swung the sword for another blow. The girl dropped to her knees and slid through between his legs. The blade whizzed over her head.

"What ...?" Apparently, Xi had to deal for the first time with an opponent who relied on speed.

Once she was behind him, she pushed off the ground and spun on her axis. With her left hand she grabbed his left wing and struck with all her strength of her right to the bone that connected the wing to his body. Xi cried out in pain and tried to shake off Yuna. With his free hand, he got hold of her on the forearm and pulled her in front of himself. His eyes glittered angrily.

"That hurt!"

"You don't say.", replied Yuna dryly while dangling from his hand.

"I'll kill you!"

"Yeah, sure."

The Oni let Yuna fall to the ground. She landed in crouching position and while Xi rose the sword above his head, the girl torpedoed herself with all her strength headfirst toward him. Her forehead hit him with full force in the face, whereupon the winged staggered back. Dazed, he shook his head. The huntress continued with a left-right combination to prevent her opponent from recovering.

She noticed that his legs were not completely armored. With a nasty kick to the side of his right knee, she brought him yelping to the ground. While Xi fought to get back up, Yuna grabbed him with the left hand by the hair and rammed her right knee several times hard in his face. With her other hand she quickly grabbed his knife. The head of the Oni slammed to the ground. He didn't move anymore.

The other Oni stared at her in silence. Tirr started to laugh amused.

"Did you see that? She doesn't even need a weapon to beat you sissies."

He danced at Yuna, who was watching him suspiciously. She hid the knife in her hand and held her hands behind her back.

"You did really great. It's surprising me that you have not killed him."

"Why should I? So, the rest will attack me? For revenge?"

"That is a fantastic idea." Tirr turned around. "Who wants to go next?"

Unbelievable that Tirr turned his back on her. Without hesitation, she drew the knife and jumped on him. Painfully slow she came closer to him. The seconds took forever long. The knife was pointed so that she could ram it from behind in the side of his neck. Perhaps the element of surprise would be enough.

So many thoughts raced through her head. Could it be? Would she kill him now? Was this the end of her journey? Would she ever be able to return home without him? Or would she have to fight for the rest of her life against armies of Oni until she met something that would eat her?

Only a few centimeters separated the blade from his throat. And then she looked into his eyes. So fast, that she almost wasn't able to register it, he had turned around. As time continued to run normally again, his hand had been wrapped around her right forearm. The tip of the knife was only millimeters away from his eyeball. His deviant gaze mocked her. Tirr had the control.

"I almost forgot. Humans are extremely devious."

Yuna gritted her teeth. She trembled with anger and tension. So close. How could she ever kill someone like him? "ARGH!"

Pain shot through her arm. The huntress cried out loud. Fear struck her heart and she started to shiver. The girl stared at Tirr's hand, which had closed tighter around her forearm. Tormented, she squinted and held her breath.

"Of course humans are also sensitive to pain, am I right? Though, you need a little bit more of it."

The knife slipped from the hand of the blue-haired. Tirr fished it out of the air.

"Did you really think, that I haven't noticed? I thought you were going to slice the poor Xi, but you're so fucking obsessed with killing me. This honors me deeply."

Yuna shook the pain off. "Fuck you! I will kill you!"

"I would love to keep you as my toy. If you were just a little bit more reasonable. Now you can still join me, before we massacre mankind."

"Never!" If looks could kill ...

Tirr shrugged. "Well ... at least I tried. We have to leave anyway, or all these scaredy cats will pee themselves because of you." He turned to the assembled Oni. "You have seen what a human is capable of. Train harder! It can't be that an unarmed human girl beats the shit out of you."

"Brother Tirr. Won't you kill her?"

"No. I have fun with her. She makes my life in the human world so much more entertaining."

"But brother Tirr! Without you we can't come over."

"Don't piss yourselves. Everything will be fine. Now shut your mouths, or I will unleash the girl at you."

The Oni stayed silent.

The leader grinned evil. "Isn't it adorable, how they have respect for you?"

"Oh yeah. I feel like a fucking queen.", grumbled Yuna.

Tirr opened his portal and again they stood in the abandoned amusement park.

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The prologue and chapter one to seventeen have been updated with the translation of the newest version. Take a look. ^^