How Love Blunders All...

[Jeremy Hunter]

"Mila." Strix slid her heel for a better footing. "As for why...it's called revenge. One who hurts another that is innocent, no matter how annoying, is begging for repercussion."

Strix spun, kicking up dirt as she dived in low. She had covered half the distance, but it wasn't enough. Strix had to cover more ground, and she already had gunshots raining around her as she dodged. Using a tree as cover, she drew one of her own sidearms.
"Well then. Gunplay." Strix threw herself to the side, firing towards her adversary. The gunshots stopped long enough for Strix to aim and fire, taking the cooling can out of her hand. Rolling behind a tree, she stood as shots slammed into the trunk. She returned fire until her battery went cold, and then she spun around, throwing the cold gun hard enough to throw one of Jaden's shoulders to the side, giving enough time to Strix so she could sprint the distance and launch a kick that threw the gun to the side. But Jaden was already coming back, arm blades slicing through the air. Strix threw herself backwards as one blade sliced her stomach. It was only a flesh wound, but it still was blood. Raising her katana, she launched at Jaden again, parrying the blades and knocking the bruised shoulder with the hilt of her sword. Looks like Chikai came in handy Jeremy she thought, swiping her sword across the space Jaden vacated. The two danced across the floor, sparks flying every once in awhile. They seemed evenly matched, but Jaden slowly gained the upper hand, landing flesh wounds on Strix's arms, and a deeper one on her leg. Kicking Jaden back, Strix leaned against a tree, breathing as the Corsair prowled around the edge of her range.

Strix wiped out her sidearm and unloaded into Jaden from four feet away, overloading the kinetic shield. She dropped the spent handgun. It had been a highly risky move, being backed into a corner. But no personal shield could stand twelve heavy sidearm rounds at such range.

Strix struck, managing to slice Jaden's shoulder before wiping around to bring the katana down across Jaden's shoulder. She began to force Jaden back, but soon they were at a stand-still, Strix parrying both arm-blades with difficulty. But she felt tired; she was losing blood faster then she thought.
Strix's katana twisted and flew four feet away, and a kick threw Strix against the ground. She looked up as Jaden dropped onto her stomach hard, knocking the wind out of her, on blade pinning her right arm to the ground and the other poised to ram into her throat. Jaden's face was an inch away. Strix took a deep breath...the kissed her.

Jaden jerked back, allowing Strix to use her free arm to slam down into Jaden's collarbone. The blow put her off-balance, allowing Strix to buck the woman off her and roll over to her katana. She was up and over to Jaden in moments, launching a kick that threw one of Jaden's arms almost to the breaking point, then brought the sword onto one of the arm blades, breaking it, and kicked out, using her flexibility to pin one arm to the tree as she placed the katana point to Jaden's throat. One twitch, and the sword to impale the woman to the tree.

Strix panted, exhausted. She almost lost.
"Never, ever get within kissing distance of a desperate lesbian you bitch. It's hazardous to your health if you're not careful."

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May you ever walk in the Light, Shizune.