He came closer and closer.

As his sword was getting closer to my face, I blocked it with my own and threw it at him.

I hit his cheek.

Just a second after I hit him I jumped towards him and went in for a kick.

He put his feet down and ducked, but I grabbed his arm and threw him up.

I set down my feet and jumped up towards him.

I went in for a punch, but he attacked with his sword, he hit my arm.

It was bleeding as hell, and it hurt a lot.

I fell down and went to pick up my sword.

I had to push myself through all of the students who were running.

I was breathing a lot, I had used a lot of energy.

I looked back and he was running towards me.

He attacked me a bunch of times with his sword, it was hard to keep up with his tempo but I succeeded to block every attack.

I felt myself getting more and more tired.

I jumped back, but he jumped forward, trying to keep up with me.

When I landed I ducked down, he wasn't expecting it.

I managed to attack his leg with my sword.

He screamed in pain, but this time he didn't jump back, he punched my head.

It hurt a lot.

"Katsura, keep going strong, you still have a chance taking him down!" Fuushima said.

I decided to listen to him and rose up.

I dodged his next attack and jumped back.

My stamina was almost over, I could barely stand.

"You're still not giving up, eh?" Hashida said while breathing.

He must be tired too!

I decided to jump back in.

He wasn't ready this time.

I made my sword ready for attack, but I punched his face instead.

He was ready to block with his sword, and didn't expect the punch to the face.

I went for another punch to the stomach, then I slashed my sword against his chest, he started bleeding a lot.

He dropped his sword on the ground.

I drew back my sword and kicked him to the face.

He flew to the right and fell on the ground.

I slowly walked towards him, he barely moved. He was only breathing.

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I pointed my sword at his neck.

He quickly drew out his sword and threw it at me, it hit my chest.

I started bleeding a lot, but I made sure to not make him rise up.

I kept my blade on his neck, all he did was laugh.

His nose and mouth were covered in blood.

"To think.. that a... teacher got.. beaten by hi-.. his student" he said while coughing out blood.

"It's.. we-.. weird huh" he said.

I kept looking at him.

He was smiling, his eyes were half open.

Suddenly, a flier was slowly falling down from above.

It landed next to him, it was a bounty of me.

"Any last words?" I said.

"What are you doing?! Kill him immediately!" Fushima said.

I was quiet.

"Y... Yes, Give me.. a minute" he said.

There was blood from him on the ground.

He dipped his index finger and started writing something on the flier.

I looked over to see what it said.

"Kill him! Hashida Suzuki" it said.

He pointed his fingers and the flier started floating.

"I.. If I can't kill.. you" he began.

"Th-.. Then I will let my.. home town do it!" he said and flier flew away.

I quickly slashed his throat.

His eyes were open but his pupils lost color.

He started bleeding more and a pool of blood started forming around him.

I drew back my sword and started sprinting.

I ran away from the dojo and started hiding in bushes.

I took of my shirt, as it was covered in blood.

I heard jumping not too far away.

"QUICKLY SOLDIERS!" someone screamed.

"WE CANNOT LET THIS CRIMINAL GET AWAY"

"HE'S A SKILLED SWORDSMAN WITH SPIKY HAIR, DON'T FORGET THAT!" he screamed.

I stayed hidden and walked slowly.

I made sure for them not to find me.

After a long time of walking, I could barely feel my feet, my eyes were half open and I felt like I was going to die any second.

I have been bleeding for a long time.

Not too far away I saw a farmer.

As a last effort, I put on my shirt and screamed help.

Then, I lost consciousness.