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Post by othus on Jul 25, 2021 2:38:25 GMT
Jun tackled the unrivaled, Akane perceived everything in almost slow motion as she saw her fall down the pyramid with the enemy.
"Jun!"-Akane rushed down as Jun and Musashi crashed against the stairs, her claws dug deep into Musashi's ribs, and at such a close distance, he wasn't able to swing at her, they bounced once, and on the second time they hit the stairs, Musashi broke away from Jun. His luck would not better for Akane had lounged just in time at him. she gripped both of her Kaneshige blades and blue ki burst out of both
"Niten Ichi Ryu Okugi: Lion's Edge!"
a cross shaped cut sliced Musashi in his mid section. he rolled on the final steps towards the ground and slowly tried getting up, noticing the wound wasn't closing.
"W-what?"
"You are not the only one with the skill to do that"-Akane said as she swung her blades, cleaning them off the Unrivaled's blood.
Musashi panted and looked at the sky, the creature began to set tentacles around the island that shook the very ground they stood in.
"Very well, Akane, you and your little friend won the battle, but in the end, I have won the war! this island will be your grave!"
"No you don't!"-Akane rushed him as fast as she could, but it was too late.
Musashi tore open a portal with his blade and hopped in, vanishing to an unknown location. Akane clenched her fists and struck the ground
"Curses!"-Her anger was quickly replaced for worry, as she rushed back to Jun's side.
"Jun! are you alright?! Hold on!"- Just as Akane knelt, Nara arrived .
"I'll patch her up"
"what?"
"You heard me, now go. your friends didn't come here only for you to die in vain"
"Alright, It's time for a second wind"
Nara took out one of the red strings she had drawn out when Iris spoke to her, she entangled it around everyone and then grabbed one of her soul strings.
"I offer life, to change fate..."-Nara tore apart her soul string and the red one glowed, all the wounds from their earlier battles disappeared, it was almost as if the encounters had never happened in the first place.
Nara's hair became even more white and she looked in even worse shape than before. she filled her lungs with air and shouted as hard as she could
"WAKE UP!"
Arthur's attack and Haruk's blasts collided with the beast, this attack seemingly stalemated the creature's consumption, stopping it for as long as both kep pushing. The creature, noticing Arthur and Haruko were the ones behind the attack redirected one of the tentacles towards them. the building sized limb approached the mage and the seamstress, looking to crush both.
-Kodokan Ryu First Kats: Great Impact! -Kodokan Ryu First Kata: Great Impact!
Out of nowhere, Mai and Yui intercepted the limb, redirecting the attack just enough to miss. blasts of fire and Tk damaged the monster from above as Kagura and Yoru attacked it
"Yo, Farty, Ruko! both sides came to the decision that this thing could not be ignored, so let's beat the hell out of it!"-Mai told them from the ground. Yui landed next to her and smiled
"Hey, didnt know you could fly now"
"Huh? I jumped."
"..."
Both Musashi agents and Ono-Ha alike rushed towards the pyramid area and readied themselves as Yoru and Kagura pushed the monster into range for everyone to strike.
"Everyone get ready! we are gonna hit it with everything we have!"
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Post by Vapovile on Jul 26, 2021 22:25:21 GMT
The beast only seemed to pause at Arthur and Haruko’s attacks, and responded with a building sized tentacle. But it was quickly deflected by the duo of Mai and a strange martial arts girl that looked around Elyssa’s age. Haruko looked on in awe at the display of strength, but her attention was then pulled to where Nara had put everyone else at.
Like a shot to the back, both Amelia and Caroline woke up and sat upright, their wounds seemingly fully disappeared and restored to full strength. The two looked at each other, and Amelia dove into Caroline’s arms.
“Caroline! Oh my gosh, I thought I lost you when...the spell…” Amelia sniffed. Caroline hugged back, stroking her long red hair. “Hey, I’m just happy you’re safe too, Amelia.” Caroline pecked her cheek, Amelia just continued to hug.
A third person reached into the hug, Armand smiled and giggled a bit, he seemed somewhat roughed up, but otherwise, he was still in good shape.
“Um, hi. I kinda well, couldn’t just wait while you were out here in such a dangerous place”-He said as he scratched his head
“Was I um, interrupting something?”
Amelia’s eyes bulged as she let go of Caroline and practically tackled Armand.
“What the heck are you doing here?! I said it would be dangerous…” Amelia trailed off. Caroline pouted slightly at being pushed away, but shrugged her shoulders and waved at the new arrival.
“Why hello there, monsieur.” Caroline said in a decent French accent, tilting her head at him.
“And that’s exactly why I’m here!”-Armand told Amelia as he held her in his arms. He looked at Caroline and waved at her with a gentle smile.
Amelia stared at him in disbelief. “How...long have you been here…?” She asked, terrified he saw her massive attack a while ago.
“A while actually...I wanted to come here sooner but, there was just too much chaos, I couldn’t let anyone in front of me die. I am surprised to see you this well actually, when I saw the blast in the distance I feared the worst...”
Amelia looked down at the ground briefly. “Yea...I don’t know what happened. I was knocked out, and...here we all are. Perfectly fine. You’re fine too, and the spell went off!” Amelia pointed at Caroline, who glanced over at the others.
“I think someone has some impressive healing powers here, but no loyalty to either side…” She glanced at Sara.
Looking back at Armand, Amelia gave a sigh. “I have to go back out there, please stay safe from everything that’s about to happen...I’m going to summon Slifer again and do something a little less drastic.” Amelia gave a nervous chuckle.
“Show them what you are made of”-Armand replied, proud of Amelia.
“And if you get hurt, I’ll be there for you”-He said as he gave her a quick kiss before making some space to let her summon her creature.
Kissing Armand back, Amelia held up her arm again and decided to skip the chant this time. “Slifer, one more time!” She called out.
Identical to before, the maroon dragon descended from the sky, newly energized with Amelia’s restored mana. It let out what seemed like a relieved sigh toward its master, and stared down the giant beast before them.
Amelia was preparing to leave, but was then hugged from behind, Amelia instantly knowing the sensation.
“Heeeeeeeey, take me up with you. Not like I can do much with my knife from down here, but I can be your cheerleader.” She said happily, mimicking a pom pom with one of her hands. Amelia smiled and nodded her head.
“Ok, here we go!” She said. Just as they disappeared, Caroline turned and waved at Armand.
The two appeared on top of Slifer’s neck, Caroline still hugging Amelia from behind. The contact helped to calm Amelia’s nerves in this intense situation. “You ready?” She asked Caroline.
“Show us the power of Gateway’s champion, my…” Caroline leaned forward right next to Amelia’s ear. “...dear…” She leaned closer, lips practically touching her ear. “...assistant.”
Shivers were sent down Amelia’s body, but she quickly snapped out of it. “Gaaaaah, don’t do that! I feel all weird now.” She complained. The two of them burst out laughing as Slifer reeled its head up, a huge ball of fire forming in front of itself.
“Ok Slifer, one more time! Burn this monster with your Sacred Flames!” Amelia waved her hand forward, Slifer launching the fireball at the monster that would explode like a bomb, radiating out from the source.
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Seeing Amelia and Caroline teleport away, Haruko laughed and looked up at the beast.
“Well Arty, I’m out of mana and spent most of my knives on that last move. Soooo…” Haruko slipped off her jacket, revealing the purple blouse beneath. “Guess this is the last thing to do.”
Pulling a wire located inside the coat, there was a distinct beeping noise. Haruko then tossed a knife at the monster attached to a spool inside the coat, which began to retract.
“Time to send it all away.” She folded her arms and grinned. The beeping would stop when the coat reached high enough on the beast that the entire garment exploded, detonating every explosive and rocket explosive knife inside and showering the area in knives. The sheer size of the creature would ensure that most would be sent straight into its body.
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“Uuuuuuuugh, honestly! What is up here, aren’t they part of the Musashi too?!” Euryale complained to the girl who looked exactly like her.
“Hmph, pay no mind to them, what we came for is that thing above!”-Stheno pointed at the sky, she was wearing a band across her eyes, sporting a seamstress attire in the shape of a gi.
Euryale huffed once more. “How can you even see with that…” She grumbled. Taking out her ornate pow with vines around the outside and adorned with pink flowers, Euryale’s eyes flashed red as the illusion around her body dropped, revealing pale purple skin and a head of snakes in her hair that hissed.
“First time trying this one out…” Euryale took out an arrow from her quiver and let it sprint out, now looking more akin to a spear. The arrow glowed as it was loaded.
“Big Game Hunting!” Euryale called out, releasing the arrow and focusing her energy on controlling it. The kinetic energy would hopefully dig deep into the monster, then the tip would explode violently and launch the spear back out, now without a tip. Euryale then caught the spear once again and loaded on another tip. “Got anything for something this freaking big?!” She asked her sister.
“That I do”-Stheno also revealed her true form as her ki rose, her nails began to change in color as ki was focused right at the tips, she jumped and took flight upwards mid air
“Kodokan Ryu San no Kata: Fortress Crusher!”-Stheno’s attack exploded into the creature along with her sister’s projectile.
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Post by HungryHunter on Jul 28, 2021 21:36:20 GMT
Jun felt bones break and organs fail as she tumbled on the stony steps. She knew this was potentially lethal, but she hadn’t been ready for the pain. It flicked in and out through a haze of heat exhaustion and blood loss. “Did we… win?” She couldn’t tell as she slumped at the bottom of the steps. The sky was getting darker, but she didn’t think Musashi was there anymore. She was ready to close her eyes when very suddenly she was in tip top shape again. “Huh?” She blinked a few times. Well this wasn’t the afterlife, she was pretty sure. Everything looked the same.
“You are not dead. It seems Nara has revived you to help battle the current problem.” The Shattered One helped catch her up and she looked into the sky. “Oh. I dislike that.” Jun awkwardly stood, glad that whatever Nara did repaired her dress too. “A shame I never learned to bottle spirits. Imagine the price you would fetch.” She pointed her greatsword at one of the dark god’s many spiteful eyes. Her rush was low, taking her towards the nearest tentacle. It was like a tree, and so she needed to chop it properly. She put her full weight into a great hack, hoping to sink her blade deep into its dark flesh and feed it on god’s blood.
“You jerks were fighting a god without me?” A familiar voice called out behind Haruko and Arthur. Dan strode up between them and looked over them closely. “Glad you’re both safe.” He patted their shoulders before looking up. “Well, it’s a good thing I’ve been training. My master complained that I didn’t have any chance against flying enemies, so I’ve been working on something. Watch my back you two!” Dan said before charging in. Laura came up behind, a trickle of golden blood coming from the corner of her mouth.
“Mai. Good to see you. Dan and I are seeing who can take out more eyes. Want in on it?” She asked, casually firing off arrow after arrow up at the creature above, each one aimed for a pupil. Dan on the other hand got nearly right up to the nearest leg of the best before his knees bent. Pink light flared in his palm and his fist closed tight. “Moonchaser!” He cried as he lunged off the ground, a streaming uppercut that left a trail of pink light up 50 feet on the great pillar. Before he even began to fall, he dug his feet into the beast’s flesh and lunged again. “Moonchaser… chain!” He launched uppercut after uppercut, finishing each by pushing off the creature again to continue his assault until he was able to reach its main body and strike it there.
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Post by TimePuppy on Jul 31, 2021 22:10:19 GMT
Arthur and Haruko's final attacks didn't do much to the growing pillar of darkness. Arthur laughed nervously, unsure of what to do next. Retreat? But that would be disastrous for everyone else... Luckily, he didn't have to think too much about it as the cavalry arrived. It wasn't just Kagura or Mai, it was a whole bunch of people. Some Arthur recognized, others not so much... He was relieved to see so much firepower showing up.
"Well, looks like the tables have turned again. Shame they're showing up now though, after I'd already used my biggest move... Guess I need to improvise a special move now."
While he considered his move, Haruko launched her final despair attack. "Oooh, using your whole coat? You know, you really should've prepped a one-liner for it. I guess I need to do it for you. Let's see... Ahem. You should hold onto that coat, ol' big and ugly, because things are about to get chilly!"
He started making frostballs and tossing them to his side where they would remain floating. He created frostballs like thatt until he had about two dozen balls floating around him. Then he made two more balls, one in each hand, and combined them. He raised his hands above his head and spread them while the frostball grew in size. it grew and grew until it was as big as he was. First the small balls hurled themselves at Izanami and then... "Arctic Force!" he tossed the giant ball of frost at the wicked creature.
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Katsuo wasn't sure how or why, but he awoke feeling no pain or any other residual effects of overusing perfect warrior. It wasn't even as if he was in a coma. Just looking around made it clear the battle was still going on. Specifically, there was a dark giant with a sinister aura under attack by everyone on the island. And Katsuo wasn't going to sit it out.
"Shi, I do not know why, but I feel better than I did even this morning. The battle still rages, so we will engage the enemy once more. Get ready!" Katsuo ran to join the fray, focusing his ki into his legs. When he was in range, he attacked the nearest eyes. Then he started jumping on chunks of ice sticking to the monster to hit eyes even higher up.
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Post by othus on Aug 8, 2021 7:11:40 GMT
Armand hesitantly waved back at Caroline. She seemed...awfully touchy with Amelia, something that made him kind of uncomfortable. He quickly focused back to tending the wounded, he couldn't afford to keep thinking about himself here!
At this point, hundreds of attacks were connecting against the creature, Musashi, Ono-Ha, allies that had went through the portal and even the Oni attacked. Enough people were damaging The creature's footing that the monster was nearly ready to topple. Mai smiled at Laura and took the challenge.
"You're on! like hell i'm gonna lose to Dan! where is he, anyway?"-She said as she looked around, only to finally see Dan up high, striking the monster with everything he had.
"The fuck...How come everyone can fly but me?!"
Amelia's blast connected alongside Arthur's frost ball combo and The creature finally toppled. Mai climbed on one of its limbs and began to strike the creature whie making her way forward, for every eye Musashi smashed, Yui was taking out twice as many. someone however darted past both. slashing her way through.
"Are you gonna let these guys outdo us?! Mai!"-Akane looked back and smiled.
"Akane! you are alright?!"-Mai could barely believe her eyes. Akane was ok! only her hair was...white?
"We can talk later! For now, let's finish this thing off!"
Akane's blades were dragged across the creature as she activated her white blade ability, slicing Izanami like a knife through butter.
A roar was heard and the monster moved, trying to get off the island into the water.
"It's trying to get away! we have to stop it!"
The creature moved deeper into the water and most agents either flew away or jumped off, Mai, Akane and Yui also reluctantly got away, landing on the beach long before the creature made it to the sea.
"Tch, I'm not gonna let you get away!"-Mai said as she grabbed a chunk of the creature and pulled. Akane and Yui facepalmed as they saw Mai leave attached to the monster.
"She's...not the brightest sometimes"-Akane told Yui.
"Trust me, I know"
Much to everyone's surprise, the creature stopped in its tracks when its finally had made it out to sea, a fierce wind blowed and the tide began to rise. Akane made it to the beach and her eyes widened as the entire island trembled.
"That's...Shinkyo?!"
Akane witnessed as her home island moved towards Izanami, the Titan-Class Kaiju popped its head off the water and bit into the weakened monster, dragging it underwater never to be seen again.
"Fucking hell, I could have died!"-Mai added as she sat down on the beach next to Akane.
"So you did let go"- Akane sat down as well next to her sister and leaned on her shoulder.
"I'm happy to see you are fine. You do know you are gonna have to apologize to a lot of people, right?"
"Yeah...I know I'm being kind of an asshole saying this but you know what? i'm happy this much people came"
"...What's up with your hair anyway?"
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Post by HungryHunter on Aug 12, 2021 6:55:49 GMT
Shi didn’t complain. Katsuo was back to full strength, and she was held tight in his strong hands. Fine. Let them slay this goddess. She put her full force behind his attacks, keeping up puffs of fog to knock aside retaliation. “Kat, she’s moving!” Shi’s fog wrapped around his shoulders and expanded back to form wings, letting him jump safely away.
“Fuck fuck fuck fuck!” Each consecutive curse grew louder as Dan fell from the creature, jumping ship the moment he noticed it was going out to sea. He tumbled into the jungle, stabilizing and slowing himself on branches until he landed on his feet. “Ow. Still need to work on landing after doing that if I go too high…” He emerged from the jungle, ready to rejoin the main group, but he saw that Akane and her sister were busy reconciling. “You got 45. I got 39.” Laura said, walking up to him. “Oh, and Mai didn’t get any.” She shrugged. “Guess she’s buying drinks. Unless the onis treat us. Bet they’re in a partying mood after this.” She grinned and pointed out the jungle that led to their village.
Also trying to join the main group was Jun, but she too stood awkwardly at the edge of things. “I am unworthy to intrude…” She mumbled to herself, backing off to sit on the stone steps of the pyramid. It was too hard to approach Akane. She had caused her such harm. Maybe this paid a debt and now she should pull away. She sighed and leaned back. She should just tell Gan that things were alright. Her hand patted for her pockets and she realized her phone was gone. It had fallen out during the fight, most likely, lost when she was cut by Musashi. “Oh.” She mumbled to herself, wiping away tears. “I just wanted to say I was okay…” Jun pulled her knees to her chest and nuzzled her face into them ignore the world.
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Post by Vapovile on Aug 14, 2021 22:13:10 GMT
Haruko nearly stumbled when a familiar large hand patted her shoulder. “Hey, Dan! Welcome to the party, grab a seat. We’re taking turns on the pinata.” Haruko joked, watching as he ran up to the beat. She put her face up to her mouth when Arthur made his joke at her attack, stifling a laugh.
“...pfft...you’re gonna make me burst out laughing, Farty.” She finally used the nickname she heard earlier. It wasn’t long before the beast was driven to the sea, and roundly defeated by what appeared to be an island-sized turtle.
Landing on the ground, Amelia and Caroline jumped off Slifer and joined the others. “Hey, we did it!” Amelia cheered, leaping to give Armand a hug. "I'm a little annoyed you came here...but so glad you're safe." She said, hugging her boyfriend and leaning in for a kiss. Caroline watched from a distance, smiled, shrugged her shoulders, and walked away.
“Party, you say?” Caroline asked with curiosity, approaching Dan and leaning forward, interlocking her hands behind her back. “And is a wayward snake allowed to join the festivities, hm?” Caroline smirked, leaning up and tapping Dan on the nose, then standing straight again. “Of course, it’s great to see you both again. Now what’s this competition?” She asked both Dan and Laura.
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Nearby, Haruko had finally found the person she was looking for. “Hey, Nara!” Haruko waved at the assassin seamstress. “Thanks for the help out there! You really saved our team.” She adjusted her hair, then looked back at her.
“I suppose you already have my number. How about we compare schedules and see when I can introduce you to the guild? I’m sure they’ll love you. I’ll make sure the grand matron Miranda is there too! She is like, the best.” Haruko explained, taking out her phone and flipping to her calendar. It was nice recruiting another member.
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Post by TimePuppy on Aug 18, 2021 22:12:26 GMT
"Noooo, not you too!" Arthur whined through a smile when Haruko called him Farty. Arthur couldn't tell how much damage they were doing to the evil tree, but they must have been doing something. It started retreating after all. "Don't let it get away and recover!" Arthur shouted, though it's not like it mattered. Mai's massive strength wasn't enough to even impede its progress and he didn't think he could make any constructs that it would even notice, let alone be stopped by. What's worse it was making its way toward the water where it would surely find a quite area of seabed to recover and maybe even proliferate.
So imagine Arthur's surprise when an island just... Floated up to it and rose out of the water, its massive jaw big enough to grab the wayward branch of an evil god and drag it down never to be seen again.
"Well... That's quite a cool and unusual sight, I have to say. Guess all's well that ends well. Even though Ainu managed to get away again..."
At least it was over now. There were a lot of things Arthur wanted to do right now, but sadly he couldn't do them all at the same time so he started with the closest one. he jogged over to where Dan was celebrating. "Yo, Dan the man. I didn't know you were invited to this fight. Think you pulled a muscle?" He smirked. --- A smile of quiet satisfaction grew on katsuo's face with the monster driven off. "It is over. We have done it, no, Shi?" He closed his eyes and took a deep breath to calm himself after all the excitement, but they shot open when he remembered what the real goal of the fight was. His eyes scanned the huge crowd, the friendly faces and helpful hands that came to face the god. Except he couldn't find the one face he was looking for. The best he could find were Mai and Akabane resting so he walked over to join them and ask.
"Mai-dono. Akabane-san. I apologize, I ended up unconscious after my fight with the alien so I couldn't assist against Musashi. But... Where is Akane-dono? Did she..." He couldn't finish the question, fearing the answer.
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Post by othus on Aug 25, 2021 3:48:00 GMT
Nara lifted her hand up waving back at Haruko, she looked rather anemic, but still managed to smile.
"It was nothing...In the end we were all fooled by Musashi. A conflict that shouldn't have happened in the first place..."
As the Asassin listened to Ruko's words, a hint of a spark shone in her eyes, albeit followed by sadness
"I look forward to it..."
truth be told, Nara noticed her body was at its end. how much longer did she have? she wouldn't put it past a couple days, but perhaps Mai could help if she asked...
Armand held Amelia in his arms, kissing her back. He looked at Caroline rather apathetically for a few seconds before focusing back on Amelia.
"Hey, If I had known it was gonna be this bad, I would have went with you from the start! If you are taking care of everyone else, who is gonna take care of you?"
Akane smiled at Katsuo as she got up. She bowed before him and addressed the samurai
"I guess I should tell you both since you are already here. It's..a bit difficult to explain, but both of us are fine. Akane and Akabane...."
A series of conversations would follow after this, a chain of events leading to yet new hardships was about to begin.
"I guess I should talk to the others about this as well...Thanks again, Katsuo-san, I will forever be grateful for this"-Akane told Katsuo and nodded at Mai as she left to look for a certain someone.
Mai went back to Dan and Laura, having overheard a bit of their conversation.
"the hell I didn't get any! pretty sure i took out like 200! doesn't matter tho. I am in a good mood, so i guess the first round is on me, you leechers"
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