"How come you know me? Hmmm?" Kyle asked as he walked over slowly, letting his killer aura get through and thoroughly make this man quake.

He may have been the Minister of Defence, but he was not an ex-soldier. He was just an ordinary man that got greedy, so Kyle's aura subdued him quite fast. He was a typical bully.

When in power, he could do things without batting an eyelid. But he always had other people do it. If he was faced with a stronger opponent, he would just quake and quiver.

Like right now.

Kyle patted him on the cheek and the guy flinched.

Hell, this was not fun at all.

Kyle hadn't even started and Xavier was already ready to piss in his pants. Xavier wasn't even tied up!

Just how much of a wuss was he?! He can't even fight a bit?

Kyle then flicked Xavier's forehead.

The guy cringed, whimpering.

Kyle rolled his eyes. This really was boring, but Kyle guessed it's better than nothing. After all of that, he got this wimpy poor excuse for a human being.

Kyle's movement stopped for a microsecond, then he stood up and faced Xavier. He slowly took out his knife, watching intently as Xavier's eyes were fixed on that serrated blade that emerged.

Just as Kyle got closer to the whimpering fool, a voice came from behind Kyle, "I don't think he's yours to deal with."

Kyle had long felt his presence and was already on guard. He simply pretended not to have known.

Kyle turned, tilting his head.

"Why not?" he asked the newcomer.

"Because I have dibs on him first," Donnie replied.

"So you were keeping an eye on him," Kyle said.

Kyle took in the figure who, unfortunately, was carrying a sword with him. What was wrong with this guy to go walking about with swords?! Despite the agitation he felt, he didn't let it show on his face.

"I am surprised," Donnie said, looking at Kyle in his get-up, "I didn't think you're actually … one of them."

He spat on the ground.

Kyle didn't say a word.

Instead, his arm moved back and he nonchalantly stabbed Xavier straight in the heart in one swift move before Donnie could take another step. The man went gurgling and was looking at that knife protruding from his chest with horrified eyes.

The last thing Kyle wanted, was to be distracted while he dealt with Donnie.

He was glad Sayuri wasn't around.

Since they had Xavier in a secure location, just waiting to be tortured, there was no need for any other person to be around.

At least, that is what he told her.

He didn't lie.

Not really.

There was no need for any other person to be around 'to get attacked by Donnie' was the full sentence.

Kyle knew that there was a high possibility of Donnie turning up.

Even though his Master told him not to touch Xavier, that didn't mean he wouldn't if someone else got to him, right?

Donnie would most likely use this opportunity to vent his anger and at the same time, not take the blame. Kyle had to quickly kill Xavier so that the fool wouldn't inadvertently reveal that it wasn't him that sent that hit.

Donnie hissed, seeing Xavier go down.

"He was MINE to kill!" Donnie shouted angrily.

Kyle cocked an eyebrow, "Oh yeah? Too bad."

With a roar, Donnie lunged at him, swinging his sword towards Kyle.

Kyle stepped back a bit while putting up his arm that had been behind him to block the sword. Kyle had been wearing what Donnie assumed was just gloves, but in actual fact, it was a Tekko-Kagi, a claw-like weapon attached to the hand.

There were two types of Tekko-Kagi. One had claws outwards from its knuckles like an extension of its fingers, akin to Wolverine's claws when it is out, and used as a weapon. The other type was that a much smaller version of the claws on the upper part of the palm, just below the fingers, and is used to aid in climbing walls.

The one that was used to block the sword was the latter type. Kyle actually had it reinforced in his preparations to fight Donnie.

Donnie was surprised as his sword clanged loudly inbetween the claws, narrowly missing Kyle's fingers. Kyle flung his hand to the side, reached to his side and took out the other type of Tekko-Kagi, putting it on his other hand.

Donnie, being the honourable fighter that he was, allowed Kyle that brief respite to put on his weapon.

Silly fool.

However, even if Kyle appreciated the gesture, he wasn't going to be foolish enough to allow Donnie any leeway.

Well, perhaps one, as a sign of gratitude but not to the extent of it being to his detriment.

So, the next time Donnie swung back the sword at him right after he equipped it, he didn't slash Donnie with it. He merely blocked it and stepped aside, kicking out.

As expected, Donnie evaded it and gave a twin slash towards Kyle.

As Donnie swung his sword, one could hear the 'swoosh' sounds that it was making as it sliced through the air. This showed two things: one, he was moving very fast as the very sharp sword was being swung. Two, the design of the sword itself.

The distinctive air-cutting sound is due to the groove in the blade, located just under the spine. This was known as the 'bo-hi', and on the katana, it was placed to help reduce the weight without major sacrifices to its durability.

As Kyle feared, Donnie's skills with the sword were impressively high.

They were basically at a stalemate at the moment, with neither of them gaining the upper hand. Both could evade the other's attack and now, it was basically just a matter of time.

Who got tired first, or who made the first wrong move.

They were waiting for it.