Out of the Bushes Stepped Layla and Krent both rosy cheeked from chasing after them Krent was already sweating buckets
'Course we get the walking boulder and the Bitch with anger issues first' Uma thought rolling her eyes as he hand reflexively went to her rope dart
"Hey guys whatcha doing?" Harin said trying to slowly back away
"This isn't personal" Layla said as she dashed at Harin
"This is personal!" Krent yelled out as he charged Uma hammer raised
Harin barely managed to pull his shield in time to block Layla's very lethal attack and Uma just side stepped Krent swing
'You know for a guy with such strength you'd think he'd work on being a little less predictable' Uma thought as she took out her board and quickly wrote
S W I T C H ?
Harin barely caught a side glance of it while trying not to get his head taken off and just nodded
"Yes please little lady I get the feeling this girl doesn't like me all to much"
In one fluid motion, Uma ducked beneath his arm and snapped a kick up into Layla's chin. Harin took her spot, blocking Krent's swing—but dropped to one knee from the sheer force
"Wowzers your a big one Aintcha" Harin said with a wheeze
"ITS WATER WEIGHT" Krent yelled out prepping another swing
Meanwhile, Uma was in hell.
Layla's daggers flowed like water—fast, precise, and filled with intent to maim.
'Holy. Fucking. Shit.' Uma ducked, twisted, blocked. 'What could I possibly have done to piss her off this bad?'
She finally lashed her rope dart out—clean and fast—but Layla caught the move mid-strike, wrapping the rope around one blade and yanking Uma forward.
Uma barely leaned away in time, earning a shallow scrape on her cheek.
'Gotcha, bitch.'
Layla just scowled and charged forward doing a barge of slashes all parried by Uma
"STAY STILL YOU BITCH" Layla screamed out gritting her teeth
Uma just flipped her off mid dodge an act which got her a small cut to the wrist
"GIVE ME MY DAGGER BACK" Layla yelled as she charged again
Uma ducked the first slash gave a punch to stomach as she ducked which knocked Layla back enough that Uma twirled around with her rope dart and managed to get a slash on Layla's arm
They both dashed back
'Round 2 Start!' Uma thought, stifling a grin despite the blood on her wrist
Meanwhile, Harin was not having a good time
His shield now had a hammer-shaped dent so deep it could double as a cereal bowl and every block sent aftershocks through his spine
He tried to swing back, but his footing was off—his body still humming from the last hit
"You know, maybe I should've let little lady take this one," Harin muttered, vision swimming—then snapped into clarity just in time to duck and rip an upward slash that grazed Krent's stomach
Krent froze. Then—
"You hurt meeeee!" he wailed, eyes glassing over
'Not this again,' Harin thought, wincing
"Hey buddy, I'm sorry! See? You hit me first—I'm all wobbly now!" he said, trying to keep it friendly despite the pain building in his forearm
But Krent didn't hear it. He was already mid-swing, screaming, "YOU'LL PAY, YOU BIG MEANIE!"
The hammer slammed down like a divine punishment. Harin blocked, but the impact dropped him to both knees
'Yup. Definitely regret not letting little lady take this one.'
Krent kept pounding—mindless, vertical hits one after the other, each one ringing like a church bell in Harin's skull
'Side swings exist, bro…' Harin thought as he winced. He could feel the nerves in his arm screaming
He had to do something
So he let go with one hand. Shield still raised with the other, he reached down and slashed low—his blade finding Krent's ankle
"OWWWWWW!" Krent shrieked, hopping back like a kid who stepped on a LEGO. "You cut meeeeee again!"
Harin climbed to one foot, then the other, wincing. "It's a fight, big guy! What did you expect?!"
Krent just howled and prepped another downward slam
But this time, Harin saw it coming
He raised the shield again—and let it go
Krent's hammer crushed through the empty space, taking the shield with it as Harin stepped sideways, ducked, and rammed his shoulder into Krent's gut
'My shield' Harin thought somberly as preped himself for what came next
Krent wheezed as he stumbled, open for just a second
And Harin brought his blade up across Krent's chest—shallow, but enough
The pain cause Krent to pass out he wansmt used to the mind of pain clearly
Harin just dropped onto the ground pressing his back against a tree and that's when he noticed it a large group of people walking towards him and Uma's direction
"Your joking" he said with a tired exhale
Meanwhile Uma is still throwing down with Layla as she ducks a slash and stabs Layla with her own dagger in response Layla grabs the dagger that still in her and rips it from Uma's grasp
'Wow so she not only has anger issues but is also crazy' Uma thought as she backflips away
Layla just screamed as she charged in doing that same slash barrage
'Oh my goodness woman try something new' Uma thought as in response Uma started to twist and twirl her rope dart deflecting and bouncing off of the dagger storm creating sorta protective bubble around Uma
Layla stepped Into the bubble a mistake as she was attacked from almost any angle any attempt to parry's or block was met with a follow up that cut her up
"Damn you you stupid little girl" Layla said through gritted teath
'She did not' Uma thought stopping her dance routine 'She did NOT just call me a little girl' Uma quickly holstered her rope dart and charged the stunned Layla
She realized a flurry of blows getting cut by Layla who managed to recover and block a few
'I. Am. Not. A. Little. Girl,' she thought, each word hitting as hard as her fists—
'I'm eighteen, bitch!'
Uma went continue but was stoped by the sound of Harins voice ringing out
"Little ladyyyyy we need to runnn!" Hairn said charging towards Uma not giving her a second to procces before he scooped her up in a firemen carry and kept running
'What what no no I was just about to get my get back let me down old man' Uma thought kicking and punching Harins back but either she wasn't hitting hard enough or he didn't care because he didn't stop running till eventually Uma got tired of being held like potatoes
'I said put me down' she said as she bit into Harins shoulder
"YEEOUCH" he exclaimed as he dropped Uma onto the ground "what was that for little lady"
Uma took out her bored
E X P L A I N
Harin noticed the bored and visibly went oh yeah
"Well you see I had beat the big guy right he hits really hard and cry's when you hit him so weird right" Harin said his hands flying everywhere which prompted Uma to shove her board in his face
G E T
T O
T H E
P O I N T
"Oh yeah there was a large group coming up on us"
Umas faced dropped
Y O U
C O U L D N T
H A V E
S A I D
T H A T
E A R L I ER
"Well I would've but they were really close and I wanted to put some distance"
Uma raised an eyebrow and wiped her bored and rewrote
H O W
C L O S E
"Well you know couple feet maybe?"
'Your joking' uma thought as she started at Harin and in that same moment voices rang out
"Find them"
"That bitch cut my face"
"Check over there"
"That mean man hurt me!!!"
'Fuck meeee' Uma thought as she face palmed