In the Cage

Mayuka looked like a cat hunting her prey. She stared Minako down.

“Alright, buddy,” she said. “It’s you and I now. Come out and fight me!” Minako blinked at her.

“What are you talking about?” she asked.

“Look out! Here I come!” Mayuka shouted. She got into a runner’s stance. The girl’s eyes grew big.

“Wait! What are you doing?!” Minako yelled. Mayuka let out a battle cry before running forward. Minako screamed. Mayuka looked a crazed woman.

Crash!

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Mayuka opened her eyes.

“Wow! It worked!” she said. I’m really here.” She turned her head when she heard a low grumbling noise. She raised her eyebrow.

“Oh? What’s this?” the girl asked. Her lips curved into a huge grin. Looked like round one was beginning already. Mayuka put up her fists.

“Come on. Come out and fight me!” she yelled. Her eyes trailed the pink walls. Where are you? Where are you hiding?

A breeze rushed past her cheek. Mayuka whipped her head around.

“There!” she shouted. The girl took the first punch. Her fist made contact. Mayuka winced at the sensation of something solid. Still, she grinned.

“Okay,” the girl said. She put up her fists.

The fight began. She went for ten rounds with this ghost. Or was it eleven? Mayuka didn’t count. Her face was bruised. She threw back her head and laughed.

“Wow,” she said. “You really are tough.” Her face and knuckles were bruised. She waved the blood from her mouth. Mayuka snickered to herself.

“Well then,” she said. “If you can keep going so can I.” Mayuka let out a loud battle cry. Another round they went. Neither side would quit. Mayuka practically got off on this. Almost like she didn’t want this to end.

“I have to know. I just have to know,” she told herself. She didn’t hold back for one more punch. That was all it took.

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When she came to, Mayuka found Haruko standing over her, smirking. The other girl blinked.

“I’m back,” she said.

“Uh-huh,” Haruko said Mayuka laid on the floor.

“Fine out anything?” her alien friend asked.

“Nah,” the demon said. Somehow, she smiled through the pain.

Meanwhile, Minako sat on the floor looking traumatized. Bruises covered her small body.