Extra Arc II: Shinobi, Swords and a Visit to Hell (Part 16)
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"This is so much fun!" Ruby giggles.
Siris grits her teeth. "Shut up and let me hit you!" She shouts as she increases the speed of her blows. Left, right, above, under, diagonal: her Zweihänder is but a blur, muscles strained by the exertion. For good measure she even uses her wind powers to randomly generate shockwaves from the tip of her sword.
"No can do~." Everything proves useless as her opponent, a slip of a girl that barely reaches her chest, disappears into red petals a mere moment before her attacks hit her and re-appear right where her defense is at her lowest, forcing her into an awkward position to parry the enormous scythe. "You're my first opponent who is as fast as me! It's so exciting!"
'How can she be so fast?' Siris thinks with a small amount of trepidation. Fighting fast opponents, mainly other Knights, is nothing new to her. However, this is the first time a human is able to fight back using pure speed instead of skills with a weapon. She can see her opponent wasn't formally trained; nonetheless, she displays natural talent in the use of her scythe.
And therein lies the problem, the sole reason Siris is not able to go all out by using high risk, high reward tactics.
The damn thing radiates Holy Aura. Just looking at it makes her think of death, and everytime it comes closer her skin sting as if burned. When Ruby hovers in the air, red petals falling around her and scythe ready to strike, to Siris she looks like the incarnation of a bloodied Grim Reaper coming at her with the force of an incandescent sun.
It doesn't make sense, but that's how she feels. And the fact the girl never once used the scythe's blade to attack, only the staff, makes it even worse!
"How's this? The new move Hyodo-san taught me: Whirling Pe..Pet...Pa...Whatever Kata!" Ruby spins her weapon before launching a series of rapidfire attacks with the tip of the staff, the scythe's blade not hampering her in the slightest.
Siris barely manages to block and evade all of them, save for one that graze her right shoulder.
Pain explodes from where she was it, making her gasp for breath and her right arm spasm. It feels like someone slammed the superheated spike of a working jackhammer into her flesh. 'It's just a bruise!' She thinks with disbelief seeing the burned but small area on her shoulder. 'Why does it hurt so much?!'
"Are...you okay?" Ruby stops and asks, concerned.
Making a split second decision Siris drops to one knee, her head low to hide her expression.
"Oh no! I went too far? Sorry sorry sorry!!" On the verge of panicking Ruby kneels down in front of the older girl to check what's wrong.
That's when Siris, using demonic power to augment her strength, raises her left hand that is still holding on her sword and swings at Ruby's unprotected side.
CLANK!
But, instead of striking soft flesh the blade is caught between two rows of serrated metal fangs. Emerging from a cloud of red petals between the two combatants is Drei, Ruby's metal wolf's head, holding Siris' Zweihänder in its maw.
"Wha-!" Before she can recovers from the shock the Knight is hit by the wolf's paw with a backhand, knocking her away. Now fully materialized Drei stands protectively in front of Ruby, fangs gnashing on the sword like a dog with a bone.
"That wasn't very nice." Ruby pouts, as if the Knight played a prank on her instead of trying to maim her.
"This..." Siris eyes the metal wolf calculatingly. "I see. You possess two Sacred Gear: the scythe, and an independent avatar type."
"Independent Avatar" type: a rare type of Sacred Gear that can manifest with its own body instead of relying on the possessor, and also has its own set of instincts. It's also called "Summon" type.
With a final clenching of its maw Drei snaps the sword in half before fading away. Siris sneers before extending her left arm to the side, a column of fire vaguely shaped like a sword erupting from the palm. "Don't think it's over!"
"I hoped it wasn't." Ruby twirls her scythe and sets into a ready stance, the edges of her weapon and cape glowing with a slight golden color. "But no more mean tricks, alright?"
"What do you think this is, a game?!"
At Ruby's deadpan face Siris realizes what she just said and hangs down her head in shame.
+2 Xp to Noah's Omake. Yang, what Issei and Raiser are doing and the final wrap after I have lunch.
The next set of decisions are what to do now in the next time skip (two weeks). Start now making plans because I'm too on a roll to bother with making options.
I'mma going to write all day!!
Siris grits her teeth. "Shut up and let me hit you!" She shouts as she increases the speed of her blows. Left, right, above, under, diagonal: her Zweihänder is but a blur, muscles strained by the exertion. For good measure she even uses her wind powers to randomly generate shockwaves from the tip of her sword.
"No can do~." Everything proves useless as her opponent, a slip of a girl that barely reaches her chest, disappears into red petals a mere moment before her attacks hit her and re-appear right where her defense is at her lowest, forcing her into an awkward position to parry the enormous scythe. "You're my first opponent who is as fast as me! It's so exciting!"
'How can she be so fast?' Siris thinks with a small amount of trepidation. Fighting fast opponents, mainly other Knights, is nothing new to her. However, this is the first time a human is able to fight back using pure speed instead of skills with a weapon. She can see her opponent wasn't formally trained; nonetheless, she displays natural talent in the use of her scythe.
And therein lies the problem, the sole reason Siris is not able to go all out by using high risk, high reward tactics.
The damn thing radiates Holy Aura. Just looking at it makes her think of death, and everytime it comes closer her skin sting as if burned. When Ruby hovers in the air, red petals falling around her and scythe ready to strike, to Siris she looks like the incarnation of a bloodied Grim Reaper coming at her with the force of an incandescent sun.
It doesn't make sense, but that's how she feels. And the fact the girl never once used the scythe's blade to attack, only the staff, makes it even worse!
"How's this? The new move Hyodo-san taught me: Whirling Pe..Pet...Pa...Whatever Kata!" Ruby spins her weapon before launching a series of rapidfire attacks with the tip of the staff, the scythe's blade not hampering her in the slightest.
Siris barely manages to block and evade all of them, save for one that graze her right shoulder.
Pain explodes from where she was it, making her gasp for breath and her right arm spasm. It feels like someone slammed the superheated spike of a working jackhammer into her flesh. 'It's just a bruise!' She thinks with disbelief seeing the burned but small area on her shoulder. 'Why does it hurt so much?!'
"Are...you okay?" Ruby stops and asks, concerned.
Making a split second decision Siris drops to one knee, her head low to hide her expression.
"Oh no! I went too far? Sorry sorry sorry!!" On the verge of panicking Ruby kneels down in front of the older girl to check what's wrong.
That's when Siris, using demonic power to augment her strength, raises her left hand that is still holding on her sword and swings at Ruby's unprotected side.
CLANK!
But, instead of striking soft flesh the blade is caught between two rows of serrated metal fangs. Emerging from a cloud of red petals between the two combatants is Drei, Ruby's metal wolf's head, holding Siris' Zweihänder in its maw.
"Wha-!" Before she can recovers from the shock the Knight is hit by the wolf's paw with a backhand, knocking her away. Now fully materialized Drei stands protectively in front of Ruby, fangs gnashing on the sword like a dog with a bone.
"That wasn't very nice." Ruby pouts, as if the Knight played a prank on her instead of trying to maim her.
"This..." Siris eyes the metal wolf calculatingly. "I see. You possess two Sacred Gear: the scythe, and an independent avatar type."
"Independent Avatar" type: a rare type of Sacred Gear that can manifest with its own body instead of relying on the possessor, and also has its own set of instincts. It's also called "Summon" type.
With a final clenching of its maw Drei snaps the sword in half before fading away. Siris sneers before extending her left arm to the side, a column of fire vaguely shaped like a sword erupting from the palm. "Don't think it's over!"
"I hoped it wasn't." Ruby twirls her scythe and sets into a ready stance, the edges of her weapon and cape glowing with a slight golden color. "But no more mean tricks, alright?"
"What do you think this is, a game?!"
At Ruby's deadpan face Siris realizes what she just said and hangs down her head in shame.
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+2 Xp to Noah's Omake. Yang, what Issei and Raiser are doing and the final wrap after I have lunch.
The next set of decisions are what to do now in the next time skip (two weeks). Start now making plans because I'm too on a roll to bother with making options.
I'mma going to write all day!!
