[Kaiba practically hisses when his move partially fails, he doesn't accept mediocrity, especially not in himself. By this point he's realized he's bitten off more than he can chew but he's still not content to just turn tail and retreat. He's just going to have to come up with a clever way to seize victory.
There's just one obnoxiously loud problem with that. When the apartment door opened, and the words of encouragement for his opponent were shouted it made him hesitate for a fraction of a second he couldn't afford. The kick found it's purchase, Kaiba's eyes widening in shock at the pain and surprise as he's forced to drop to one knee. It's only from sheer stubbornness that he doesn't fall further than that.
Reeling from the pain that radiates out from the point of impact, he is unable to move anytime soon. That one move- in his mind, has sealed both the other males fates. He didn't fight his way up from nothing, to accept defeat or humiliation here. This might not end well for him, but in the end it would be so much worse for those that put him in this position. How he would delight in plotting their undoing..]
This is just getting worse and worse!
There's just one obnoxiously loud problem with that. When the apartment door opened, and the words of encouragement for his opponent were shouted it made him hesitate for a fraction of a second he couldn't afford. The kick found it's purchase, Kaiba's eyes widening in shock at the pain and surprise as he's forced to drop to one knee. It's only from sheer stubbornness that he doesn't fall further than that.
Reeling from the pain that radiates out from the point of impact, he is unable to move anytime soon. That one move- in his mind, has sealed both the other males fates. He didn't fight his way up from nothing, to accept defeat or humiliation here. This might not end well for him, but in the end it would be so much worse for those that put him in this position. How he would delight in plotting their undoing..]