You know, Pikatok really was a bitch. 

She couldn't just accept the fact that Kei'taro, the son of the Spirit Beast King, had finally managed to not only last long enough to activate the Gate to the Spirit World, but had managed to deal her a mortal wound.

No, the woman just had to have the last laugh - even if she wasn't laughing at the moment. She chunked a piece of incredibly hard flesh like a frisbee just before the lightning bolt from Thunderbird crashed into her with a terrifying power. She was accurate, damn accurate - but in hindsight, they were just six feet apart. A child could clear that distance. 

The flesh smacked against his eye with a hard crack, instantly swelling the area around it, effectively shutting his eye.

Shit.

His father would heal it, but if it were anything like last time, then he would have lingering effects for a while. In this case, poor eyesight in the eye, making it hard to see. 

Clutching Kusanagi, and contemplating murder, he approached Pikatok and grabbed the woman by the scruff of her collar. He couldn't very well leave her out here for the wolves to get, no matter how strong she was. A lightning bolt, and a huge gash was enough to leave anyone incapaciated, even the woman.

Kei'taro looked down at her, and sneered violently.

The bitch had gotten over him again. Thinking back on the fight, the woman hadn't used her full strength from the beginning. And while he suffered nary a stratch, she barely touched the surface of her powers. 

[b]"You vile...,"[/b] he started, before growling and depositing her on her chair, and stepping into the swirling vortex of icy blue aura. 

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[b]"You know, you shouldn't talk to her like that,"[/b] a voice said, as Kei'taro entered the spirit world.