"Too slow... too slow..." Uchiha Hikari's voice was ice-cold, cutting through the wind on the Training Ground. With her arms folded, she effortlessly dodged Sasuke's repeated attacks.
"Faster... faster still... haven't you eaten? Come at me determined to kill me... where's your resolve... too slow..."
(Qingwu: Damn, this feels like watching Frieza toy with Vegeta. Does Hikari have this kind of twisted sense of fun, too?)
"All right~ Then watch yourself..." The tomoe in Sasuke's crimson eyes spun rapidly as he searched for an opening in Hikari's defenses. His attacks grew faster and faster, each taijutsu move aimed to kill.
"That's it? I could tell what you're planning with my eyes closed."
She did not even turn around. The slight shift in the air beside her ear was enough to tell her where the attack was coming from. Her toes tapped the ground, and she slid half a foot diagonally backward like a phantom—
"Impossible, she really wasn't looking at me!" Sasuke Uchiha's coldly gleaming kunai skimmed past her waist, the gust it raised stirring the loose hair over her forehead. His eyes filled with apprehension. "She dodged even that. She's too strong."
"Your moves are too stiff, and your intentions are far too obvious." Before she finished speaking, Hikari spun and closed in. Her right leg lashed out like a steel whip, slicing through the air toward Sasuke's ribs.
"Bam!—"
Amid the dull impact, Sasuke felt an enormous force slam into him. He grunted, instantly lost his balance, and flew backward like a kite with its string cut.
"Thud~"
He crashed heavily into the rock wall at the edge of the Training Ground. A metallic sweetness rose in his throat, and he wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. (Brutal.)
Yet his gaze only burned brighter. "That's