Chapter 23 (Battle)

This is going to be a dangerous battle, Skyler is super strong and I don't even know her ability yet. Her chance of defeating me is high.

But then if I win I'll become her master and that'll be nice, having someone as strong and skilful as her will be great, ao I have to win this battle no matter what. There is no room for failure, if I lose this battle I'll have to be her slave, and there is no way I can agree to that.

If this is going to be a battle of abilities then I'll win because my mind abilities are very strong. But if this is going to be a battle of strength and skills then I'll lose this match, from the few fights we've had I've concluded that she is very skilful and strong.

I move my legs backwards and close my eyes, all the martial art techniques I learnt when we travelled through time replay in my mind.

I won't let her attack first, I'll be the one to do that. I charge towards her and I stick out my right leg, she smirks and moves sideways.

'Got you,' I mutter and with the speed of light I swing my left leg and try to sweep her off the floor but she dodges it by jumping into the air.

She didn't fall for my trick! Her reflexes are fast.

She lands on her hands and then backflips landing on her feet. She tucks her hand into her pocket and brings out a bread knife. She whirls it around her fingers with great skill and then her grin gets wider.

"A bread knife?" I ask shocked. A bread knife is the least weapon to attack someone with, it's better to attack someone with a pencil than a bread knife. Bread knives have very blunt edges, they are used for cutting breads not to attack people!

In a blink of an eye, with the speed of a shooting star, Skyler comes in front of me, with the bread knife firmly gripped in her right hand, she swings her hands and I dock low, dodging it.

Still crouched low, I look up and I don't see the bread knife in her right hand but in the air, flying to her other hand. My eyes widen as her fingers grip the knife slowly and there is a very sinister smile plastered on her face.

She's using my trick against me!

When the knife is firmly in her left hand she swings her arm and the knife inch closer to my neck...I can't dodge it, she's too fast!

When the knife is about a few millimetres away from my neck, I use my ability to create a wall of concrete and retreat backwards as quickly as possible.

The wall of concrete dice into two and the upper part of it slides to the ground breaking into hundreds of pieces.

She used a bread knife to slice a wall into two, this girl is insane! If I hadn't used my abilities to create that wall, she should have cleaved my head like a biscuit into two.

But is she a girl? She might be way older than I am, she looks young but for someone to use a bread knife to slice a concrete wall she must have a decade's worth of experience in fighting.

This is not the time for me to start thinking about that, I have to find a way to defeat her.

I take in a deep breath and straighten myself, I have to focus, I can win her, I shouldn't appear scared I should appear bold.

"You finally used your abilities," she scoffs and she plays with the knife, "that was a wise decision unless your head should have been rolling on the ground like a pretty ball by now."

This girl-woman is determined to kill me, this isn't just a battle, this is a death battle.

I don't know why she wants to kill me this much, I did nothing wrong to her.

"I don't think you will have another chance like that, you've already lost this battle," I say with a stupid grin on my face, I try as much as I can to appear bold, if she finds out that I am scared it can give her more advantage against me and her having an advantage over me can make her win me easily...I won't let that happen!

"Let's see." She charges towards me and her speed is nothing like before, she is faster. She swings her arm but I block it and then she tries to punch me with her other hand. I crouch low and she misses me. I see an opening in her torso but then I get distracted by the sight of her thick exposed thighs which make me lose my balance and focus.

Shit.

I skip backwards when I realise that she is wearing a very short mini-skirt and I stand still when I have created a distance between me and her. It's not fair because I can't focus when she is wearing something like that, I'm a seventeen-year-old boy for Pete's Sake.

"Are you scared?" She utters mockingly and I keep on backing away.

"Why would you wear something like that to a fight, it's so distracting," I tell her and her eyebrows furrow.

"Do you have any problem with my dressing?" She asks with her voice as cold as planet Neptune.

"Yes I do, you look like..." It happened just in a moment, it was too fast for my eyes to capture it, but the next thing I saw was Skyler floating in the air with the knife in her hand. I am fortunate to get my body to move aside and she lands on the wall behind me. The knife digs into the wall and then she drags it. It makes a screeching sound and tiny fiery sparks come out of the knife.

She throws the knife at me with a great force I have never seen before and it flies to me scratching my skin. I alter the knife and turn it into a balloon before it can dig deeper into my skin.

At that moment I get distracted, she uses her fist to punch me in my torso and I fly backwards. I land on the ground after a few rolls, and vomit the spaghetti and sauce breakfast I had this morning.

I forgot that some girls hate it when boys make some remarks they don't like about how they dress. I'm fortunate to have survived that punch.

I try to straighten myself but my legs are wobbly and my vision is blurry. Why is she faster than I am? Even though I use my ability she's still able to keep up!

I punch the ground and lift myself from it. I crack my knuckles and then spit a mixture of saliva, blood, spaghetti and sauce.

"Time to get serious." I intone and then a mischievous smirk appears on my face. Now I know that it won't be that bad if I go all out.

Since I've gotten this power I haven't gone all out, I want to see how far I can go, I want to see how good this power is in a serious battle.