Battle 2: Asta's Choice!
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"Da-damn it!" The assassin shouted in fear as he tried to scramble away from Korra.
Swish!
Korra grabbed his wrist. She squeezed it so hard that his bones begun to shatter.
"Where do you think you are going?" She asked in an ominous tone. Her killing intent made her voice more fearful.
'No, no, no! I have to get away from this girl now!' he thought as he tried to release Korra's grip on him.
Suddenly Korra smirked.
Seeing this, the assassin shuddered.
's**t! She is about do something, I have to attack, now!'
Quickly the assassin placed his left hand behind his back and drew out a dagger. He raised it high in the air and aimed for Korra's throat.
Suddenly....
"Asta! Help me! He is about to kill me!" Korra shouted in a desperate tone. It was like she was scared.
The assassin was taken aback for a second. He did not expect Korra to cry out for help since he himself knew that the girl was monstrously strong. What was she trying to do?
"Bu- but Lady Korra... He- he is too strong!"
"Don't worry. You can kill him with the skill I thought you right?"
At this point, the assassin was panicking.
'What the f**k is going on? I can't free myself because this girl is holding my wrist. And I can't move my body? Did the girl increase the pressure of her killing intent? What is she trying to do?'
As the assassin was thinking, Korra moved the hand she was holding and used it to squeeze her neck.
"Kill? Bu- but I can't kill another human being!"
"As- cough... cough please do something! He's choking me!"
Asta watched in horror as the assassin presumably choked Korra. All her instincts were telling her to ran otherwise she would be next. But she couldn't.
She loved and admired Korra too much to simply abandon her. On the other hand she did not know what to do. Asta knew Korra was very strong, but even Korra could not defeat the assassin. So what could she do?
"Cough! .... As... Asta... Please!"
"KORRA!" Asta screamed at the top of her lungs. She was so worried that she forgot to address Korra appropriately.
Asta's eyes turned red with tears.
'Wha- what should I do? Korra is about to die! I- I think I can- can use the iron fist to knock him out, right?'
As Asta taught about it, she begun to see a glimmer of hope. Gathering her strength, she prepared to attack the assassin.
"Hahahah.. . What do you think you are doing? There's nothing you can do! I am level 6!" The assassin cried out in elation.
Immediately Asta's heart sank. A level 6? There was no way she could hope to knock him out. She would die before she even got close to him!
The assassin gripped Korra's throat tighter.
'Wai- wait! Why did I say that to the girl just now? I even told her my level! It-its like I'm not in control of my body!'
Korra, who was still struggling on the ground had a shady grin on her face.
Asta collapsed on her knees as she saw that there was nothing she could do.
"As.. asta.. are you... Really leaving me? Us- use... The other skill I thought you! Never give.... cough! Give up! Never bow to your enemies! Will... you... Really leave... me to die?!" Korra said in a strained voice.
These words snapped Asta out of the deep pit of despair she had fallen in.
'Yes! That skill Lady Korra taught me! It can even kill people several levels above me! But wait, i- I can't kill him. He's a person! Its wrong to kill people. But if I don't kill him, he's going to kill Korra! ARRGh!!! I don't know what to do!'
Asta's head was bowed. She clenched her fists as she debated what to do. She wanted to save Korra, but she did not want to kill people.
Suddenly the assassin snorted.
"Humph! Silly girl, you can't even protect your friend here. Get lost". He turned towards Korra.
"Now die!" He said as he brought down the dagger.
'Tch! I said something I didn't want to again! And I'm doing something I don't want to... I just want to run away!'
Asta stared in horror as the blade came down towards Korra's throat.
"No... No!!!"
Before she could even think, her body had already reacted. Her need to save Korra had already taken over.
She ran towards him. The dagger had almost reached Korra's throat. She opened her palm wide as she neared him.
"Blood Curl!" She screamed loudly.
Suddenly the assassin felt a heavy headache.
"Argh! Arrghhhhh!!!" He screamed loudly. The pain was too much.
The blood flowing through his brain was moving haphazardly. Suddenly the blood begun to expand. It continued to grow until...
Boom! Splat!!!
The head of the assassin exploded. Blood spilled everywhere. His brain matter soiled the ground. His lifeless body which was still on top of Korra suddenly fell with a huge thud.
Asta run towards Korra. She was breathing heavily as adrenaline surged through her body.
"La- lady Korra! Are you alright? Lemme check you!" She quickly begun to check Korra for any serious injuries. After a while she sighed with relief. There was only a slight cut on Korra's throat with a few minor injuries.
"I'm so glad you are okay" Asta said with tears in her eyes.
Korra placed her hand on Asta's head and begun to caress it gently.
"Don't cry, I'm perfectly fine. If you hadn't killed that guy I would have been dead"
Immediately Korra said that, Asta became stiff.
"K-kill?"
"Yes you killed him. For me!" Korra said with an evil smirk.
Asta slowly got up and begun to back away from Korra.
"K- kill... I killed a man.... I k- killed a human.... sob.... sob... Urgh!" Asta suddenly begun to vomit. It had suddenly dawned on her, what it had cost her to save her master. She begun to sob uncontrollably and she vomited everything in her stomach.
Her body shook violently. She felt disgusted at herself.
Korra turned to look at Asta. The smirk was still on her face.
'Hmmm... The plan worked perfectly than I thought.'
'She's taking it easier than I anticipated though' Korra thought with a shrug.
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