Chapter 26: The Fight
Takuya walked towards the arena. It didn't look that big but it toward over him as he stood in front of the doors.
"Takuya are you sure you want to do this?" Sasuke sounded concerned.
'Of course. I am nervous though.'
"That's to be expected."
'I think it would be better if we didn't switch for this match.'
"Fine; if you get your ass kicked though I'm going to take over."
'Thanks for the load of confidence.' Takuya sighed and opened the doors.
The hall was dimly lit. He could hear the kids piling into the arena to watch the match as he got closer to the exit. The arena that he was fighting in was about the size of an indoor soccer field. Riuuk was waiting at the entrance of the.
"As headmaster of this school I approved this fight; but Kyle did not tell me that you were his opponent." Riuuk informed.
"Trust me it wasn't planed on our part." Takuya answered looking away from Riuuk.
"I'm telling you this as a parent now; don't be reckless, Kyle is a very strong opponent to be going against. "
"Sasuke's with me I'll be fine Riuuk."
"I don't want to see either of you get hurt. Takuya you and Sasuke are my sons."
"No I'm not I'm just Sasuke's host."
Riuuk placed a hand on Takuya's shoulder. "I consider you my son." With that he went into the arena.
'I don't understand.'
"It means that he has high expectations for you and me. He thinks that you're the brother I never had. If you need any help call me."
'Sasuke don't leave.'
"I'm not I'll be right here."
Takuya took a deep breath and walked out into the arena.
"Good afternoon everyone; today we have a matchup between Kyle Hitori and the new comer Takuya Kambara." Riuuk announced.
'New comer?' Takuya's eye twitched.
"This is an anything goes match. It will continue until one of them is unconscious or until I say. Ready begin." Riuuk disappeared.
Takuya summoned the staff that Ophanimon gave him while they were in the digital world. It was the same one that Sasuke brought out earlier that day.
A sword appeared Kyle's hand then he rested the blade on his shoulder. "Is that all you can do without that device of yours is summon that staff?"
Takuya didn't reply.
"I'll make this quick." Kyle ran towards Takuya thrusting his sword forward.
Takuya did a back flip to get out of the way and balanced himself on the top of the staff.
"When did Takuya learn to do that?" Tommy asked amazed.
"My guess is Sasuke's been training him every minute that they can spend together." Riuuk answered leaning back in his seat.
"When did you sit down?" Matt jumped a little.
Takuya hooked the staff with his left leg and pushed the staff forward sending him into a freefall. Kyle tried to cut Takuya in half but Takuya blocked his attack the staff. The force of Kyle's attack sent Takuya flying into the opposite wall.
"Guh." Takuya couched as he hit the wall. The collision made cracks in the wall. He released the staff and it dissolved as he slid down the wall.
"Takuya." Zoe whispered. Noelle held her hand out for Zoe to hold on to.
Takuya stabled himself when he hit the ground.
"Still standing?" Kyle sighed in disapproval creating a fire ball in his hand empty hand and threw it at Takuya. Takuya dodged it and ran towards Kyle. He maneuvered his way through the barrage of fire balls and Kyle's final attempt to stop him. He elbowed Kyle in the chest and round housed him knocking Kyle off balance.
"Bomb fire crack." Takuya shot the fire ball at Kyle. Considering they both controlled fire it really didn't affect him that much. But it did create a giant dust cloud around Takuya.
Takuya braced himself for an attack. Takuya moved but a little late Kyle gave him a good gash across his right arm. Blood trickled off of Takuya's finger tips. The dust still hadn't cleared yet and.
"Damn it where is he?" Takuya muttered looking around in his limited vision. A cut ripped through his skin on his left arm, cheek, and right leg. Then a fire ball tossed him out of the dust that was almost diminished. He slid across the ground leaving a small blood trail.
"Takuya! Takuya get up!" Koji shouted standing up and started toward the arena floor.
Riuuk stopped him. "This is their fight."
"But." Koji pleaded.
"You said "their" fight." Koichi repeated.
"I never said that Sasuke couldn't interfere. This is an anything goes match. Now sit down Koji." Riuuk said.
Kyle walked up to Takuya. "You're a pathetic piece of trash." Kyle smirked stabbing Takuya in the shoulder.
"Guh." Takuya hacked up blood.
"Say hello to June for me will you. That is when you wake up." Kyle laughed going to kick Takuya in the head.
'I- I can't move. My body hurts.' Takuya watched Kyle's shoe get closer to his head. 'I guess this is the end of this match.'
A strong fire erupted around Takuya's body forcing Kyle to back away because of the sudden heat.
"Takuya I'll take it from here."
He started to slowly get up.
"That can't be possible you shouldn't be able to move." Kyle said in disbelief.
"So you think that I'm a worthless piece of trash?" His hair darkened to black and the red streaks appeared in his hair. The flames dishpan from around him and Sasuke was getting up.
"We'll see who the piece of trash is by the end of this." Sasuke smirked wiping the blood from his mouth.
"No you, you can't be here." Kyle still in shock.
The cuts that Takuya got tore into Sasuke's skin and the blood rushed out of the cuts.
Kyle came out of his shock when he saw the blood. "I get it you and Takuya share the same body. Whatever happens to him happens to you."
Sasuke staggered a little and Kyle quickly stepped behind Sasuke and knocked him down then slammed his foot on Sasuke's back.
"Ahhh!" Sasuke screamed.
"That means that you have this wound as well." Kyle laughed stepping down harder.
Sasuke dug his hands into the dirt. "Get OFF!" Sasuke rolled over tripping him.
Kyle started falling towards Sasuke. Sasuke rapidly kicked Kyle into the air then launched after him and slammed him back into the ground. Kyle sprang to his feet. Sasuke summoned the staff and slammed it into Kyle's side.
'Come on Agunimon we need your help.' Sasuke thought putting the staff behind him. Sasuke started spinning and a cyclone of flame engulfed him. One of the ends of the staff screamed out of the cyclone and hurled it towards Kyle. "You're finished." Sasuke smirked as the cyclone disappeared and Kyle fell to the ground unconscious.
"That's cheating." Someone yelled form the crowd.
"Yea it was two against one." Another person called out.
Riuuk reappeared in the center of the arena. "Calm down people." Riuuk demanded.
The arena fell silent.
"Sasuke and Takuya are one and the same. Some of you might think that is cheating. Remember this was an anything goes match. Sasuke was not prohibited from fighting this fight."
Sasuke started coughing up blood and fell to his hands and knees.
"Sasuke!" He heard Zoe call.
He looked up to see Matt, Koji, J.P, Koichi, Noelle, Kaylee, Tommy, and Zoe jump out of the stands and run towards him. He smiled and collapsed to the ground because of the lack of blood.
'Damn this hurts.'
"Sasuke! Sasuke stay awake." Koji ordered sitting him up.
"I c-can't." Sasuke groaned "Feel like crap." He covered his mouth and started into a coughing fit. Blood squirted out of the spaces between his fingers.
Koichi grabbed his head. His eyes hazed over. "Why not let him die?" He said in a mono tone.
"Koichi what are you talking about?" Kaylee asked in shock.
"They're almost dead anyways." He tilted his head towards Kaylee.
She smacked him and his eyes went back to normal. "W-what happened? Why does my cheek hurt?" He looked around clueless.
"Are you serious that you can't remember?" Kaylee questioned glaring at him. Then she lightened up when she saw that he really did know what just happened.
Riuuk got everyone out of the arena. Sasuke stopped coughing and started breathing faster.
"He's going into shock." Noelle shouted to Riuuk.
'Ryuu what do I do?' Koji asked in a panic.
"I haven't taught you what to do yet you have to let me treat him."Ryuu ordered.
Koji looked around and saw that the only ones left in the arena were them, Riuuk, and Kyle who was unconscious. His hair shortened and turned sky blue and his eyes lightened to orange. He snapped his fingers and him and Sasuke disappeared.
"Where did they go?" Noelle looked around.
"They went to the Hospital." Riuuk stated tapping Kyle's shoulder Kyle slowly woke up. "Let's get going."
"Yes sir." The group answered.
~At the Hospital~
Ryuu and Sasuke appeared in the hospital.
"We need to get him into Sergey now." Ryuu ordered.
June quickly stood up and started ordering people around and telling them what to do. Ryuu and June put Sasuke on a bed and rushed him into a room. An hour later Ryuu came out of the emergency room.
"How is he?" Koichi asked.
"Don't worry he's stable now." Ryuu answered. "It took 250 stitches. I don't know how long the one wound will take to heal though. Kyle's blade ran strait threw his shoulder. We were lucky this time." Ryuu ran fingers threw his hair.
Noelle stood up and walked over to Ryuu. She hugged him. "Thank you." She started crying.
"Please don't cry." Ryuu whispered hugging her back and resting his head on top of hers.
"Can we go in?" Zoe questioned worried.
"Yea; try to be quiet though." Ryuu answered.
The group walked into the room. A steady beep came from the heart monitor. An ivy was attached to his arm. Sasuke laid there peacefully quietly breathing.
"I would let Koji back out but I don't know how he'll react to what we just did." Ryuu said sympathetically.
Someone knocked on the door and just opened it. Kyle stood there in shock when he saw Ryuu holding on to Noelle.
"W-what's going on here? First Sasuke now Ryuu's back too?" Kyle stuttered.
Koichi's eyes hazed over again he placed a finger in Kyle forehead. "Forget. Forget everything you just saw." He commanded in his mono tone again. Kyle hit the floor and Koichi's eye's went back to normal. He backed away from Kyle "W-what did I just do?"
"Not even Uuryu would do that. Koichi what's going on with you?" Ryuu asked placing a hand on Koichi's shoulder.
Darkness twisted up Ryuu's arm.
"Ryuu let go of my shoulder." Koichi panicked.
"I can't." The darkness crawled into Ryuu and he started coughing.
"Tell the truth." Koichi ordered in his mono tone.
Ryuu gripped his head and kept his mouth shut. His body started shaking.
'Why are all these images rushing into my head?'
"I l-lo…" He slapped his hand over his mouth.
'Why am I thinking of Noelle? Unless Koji you have a crush on her.'
"Don't say anything Ryuu!"
His hand pried away from his mouth. "I love Noelle." He blurted out. His face turned deep red and he ran out of the room.
"What's wrong with me? I don't understand what's going on?" Koichi whispered. Uuryu's image started flashing with Koichi's. The stress become too much and Koichi collapsed.
