As Yuji stared directly at the Akuma, It continued to walk towards Elizabeth.
"You..." he said " Your just a sick one aren't you!?" he shouted as he dashed forward to the Akuma.
Suddenly, Yuji was already less than a meter from the Akuma.
"HUH?" being un aware of his speed, Yuji was confused.
SMACK*
The Akuma Hits Yuji with it's arm, making Yuji fly across the room.
Yuji hits a shelf, knocking down a whole side of shelves.
"Ugh... that hurt..." Yuji mumbled.
"It... hurt..." he stood up, checking his body.
Yuji looks at the Akuma again, as the Akuma continued to make it's way to Elizabeth.
"it hurts but... IM STILL OK!" Yuji thought.
Yuji once again dashed quickly to the Akuma.
"This time... I got it!" Yuji said as he pulled back his arms, with clenched fist, aiming directly at the Akumas head.
SMACK* CRASH*
Yuji punched the Akuma with full strength, making it fly across the area hitting the wall at the far end of the store.
Yuji looked at Elizabeth, who was lying down on a floor with a shocked face.
Yuji smiled as he started to make his way towards Elizabeth.
"Watch...out.." Elizabeth said as loud as she can, making Yuji barely hear her.
Yet, Yuji quickly reacted and dodged a swing from the Akuma behind him.
"ITS STILL AWAKE!?" Yuji said.
"I'm sure that punch would have been enough... did it somehow block my punch without me noticing...?"
The Akuma seemed to be angry as it made it's demonic sound.
KEKEKEKEKEKE!
"That doesn't even sound like a laugh anymore... are you mad!?" Yuji said.
The Akuma looked directly at Yuji, as Yuji felt it's murderous intent.
"Good..." said Yuji, "that's right... the one you should be focused on..."
Yuji dashed forward to the Akuma with his arm pulled back, about to throw a punch.
"IS ME!"
BANG*
Yuji and the Akumas attack made contact with each other and resulted to both of them being pushed back due to the impact.
"It wasn't trying to block me with it's arm... it was trying to hit me directly,"
Yuji and the akuma recovered from their states.
"Anyways... now I see..." Yuji observed the Akuma, " It's arms seem sharp at first glance... but when I looked at it, it's blunt and the only sharp thing it has is the end of it's arm..."
Yuji looked at Elizabeth still laying upside on the floor, watching Yuji.
" Don't worry..." Yuji thought, " I'll send this sh*t back to hell...".
KEKEKEKEKE!
The Akuma suddenly charged directly at Yuji.
"Now it's coming for me," Yuji thought.
"BRING IT!" Yuji shouted.
The Akuma swung it's sharp arm at Yuji multiple times, as Yuji kept on dodging the akumas attack.
" I don't know if it's because of the virus in me... but it's attack doesn't seem to be that fast..." Yuji thought.
"But... it blocked me twice already, and I'm pretty sure that I was faster than it's current attacks," Yuji thought.
"Why..."
Suddenly, Yuji noticed the Akuma backed off further from it's earlier attacks.
For Yuji it seemed unusual, for a creature that relies on instinct to change its pattern of attacks so suddenly.
"It's..."
Yuji completely focused on the Akuma, removing any other thoughts in his head focusing on only one thing.
"Survive,".
With that single word repeating over and over on his head, his vision focused on the akumas form.
"One foot took a step back, along with it's arm being pulled, like his about to throw a big punch..." Yuji thought, "if it's going to do that from that distance...".
Yuji assessed all the information in a single moment and...
SLASH*
The Akuma suddenly increased its speed moving really quickly, in a blink of an eye.
"I see..." Yuji said, "I knew it..." he said in a cold voice right beside the akumas head.
The Akuma turned its head to look but then.
SMACK*
Yuji once again punched the Akuma on the head making it fly across the area, hitting more shelves.
Yuji noticed the form of the Akuma and was able to make a single decision out of it, and it was to quickly dash to the side.
With only one simple goal on his head and nothing else, his reaction to the said action will be more faster than normal, since there is only one thing focused in his mind.
"tsk! I should've went left... then I could have hit it's weak spot," said Yuji.
The Akuma raised from the fallen shelves beside the wall.
Aaaacchhh!
The Akuma screeched as it looked at Yuji.
"Once again... not laughing now, are we?" Yuji said, as he pulled out a blue knife from his pocket.
"Now I got all the info I need..." Yuji thought.
"the Akuma isn't really fast, but it can suddenly increased its speed... yet... it can't do it one after another..."
Yuji flashed back to when he was with the others fighting against the akuma with large legs.
"Just like that one earlier..." Yuji said as he gets ready to run, " I don't know how long... but I'm sure... It has a cooldown!".
Yuji quickly dashed close to the Akuma.
The Akuma then increased its speed to use it's sharp looking arm as a shield.
"You fell for it..." with a straight focused face, Yuji stabbed the akumas arm with the blue knife, as he presses the button on the knifes handle.
ZAP*
The Akuma got electrocuted due to the blue knife.
"Now that it used it's speed to block the knife..."
Yuji quickly dashed to the akumas side as it was stunned by the electricity.
"Your wide open..."
Aiming at the akumas weak spot, the open eye of the Akuma, Yuji used his full strength to punch it.
The Akuma quickly stretched its head backwards and opened it's mouth.
Yuji barely missed, he would have hit the Akuma if the Akuma didn't open it's mouth wide open.
And in that situation.
CHOMP*
"AGH!" Yuji groaned from the pain of being bitten on his wrist.
Yuji scowled as he sunk the teeth of the akuma deeper into his wrist and used it to pull the akumas head closer to his other arm.
"This time for sure..."
SMACK*
The Akumas head quickly bounced to the wall beside them, making the Akuma unconscious.
Yuji pulls out his arm, as he looks at Elizabeth, who was at the far side of the building laying down and looking at the ceiling.
"Now then..." Yuji said as he walked over to one of the glass door refrigerators.
SHATTER*
Yuji shattered the fridges glass then grabbed a long sharp shard.
"This will do..." he said as he walked over the knocked down Akuma.
"I can't have you waking up on me..." Yuji said as he pointed the shard right beside the akumas eye.
STAB.
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