Amaya was no good at close combat, it wasn’t her specialty, and even the skills she did have in close combat were only enough to keep herself alive by going on the defensive. She was getting pushed back easily by what used to be Akihime- no, it wasn’t Akihime, it was just the curse born from her, but even still it resembled her too much.
Sasuke could feel Amaya’s hesitation, feel the heavy weight of her heart as she fought Akihime, but upon hearing a loud thud, he knew she had been overtaken. Amaya lay sprawled out on her back, arms pinned at her sides and Akihime’s weapon at her throat.
Yukimura deflected the attack, pushing forward and swinging hard for Sasuke again and again, sending jabs at him to force him to retreat. “Why would I do that.”