CHAPTER 30 // Black Dawn: Part Two
I wasn't able to attack Rumia at that moment; I couldn't even get close to her. I'd have to draw her into attack. Maybe if we take out Remilia and Flandre, she would be more provoked to try and stop me, I thought.
The sky was quickly being filled with black fog. The sun, which was just rising over the horizon, was already being blocked out.
I saw Rizu getting on her feet. She and Reimu would be able to handle Remilia without too much trouble. I decided to help Marisa with Flandre.
When I joined Marisa, Flandre looked at us both and scowled. "Two against one is unfair!" she announced as she reached for a spellcard. Despite the numbers, Flandre was a tank of an opponent, even if she did have the appearance of a nine-year-old. I was surprised that she would react this way to being outnumbered, even though she definitely wasn't outgunned.
She showed off her spellcard by holding it above her head as she called out its name.
"Taboo: 'Four of a Kind'!"
The card sent out a bright flash as it disappeared. When the burned shapes in my eyes faded, I saw that there were now four opponents in front of us.
Now, it was definitely unfair...for us.
Two of them came straight at me. I took hold of one by the wrist and rolled backward, throwing her over me and into a tree. The second one moved up close, doing a somersault and whipping her single wing at me, striking my shoulder. I collapsed down to one knee, but quickly stood back up and kicked her in the chest, giving us a bit of space. I grabbed a spellcard and used it quickly while she was stunned.
"Audio Sign: 'Electrostatic'!"
Card in palm, I clasped my hands together, sending an electrostatic bolt at the clone, hitting her chest, and sending her backward. She slammed into a tree and exploded. Three to go. I turned around to find the other one already within striking distance, about to claw me in the face. I grabbed her wrist before she made contact, and swept my foot beneath her, taking her feet out from under her. I got up into the air, and looked over to Marisa to see if she was holding up alright. "Hey!" I shouted to her. "You need any help over there?"
"I'm having fun with them, ze!" She was dodging move after move, toying with the two. She jumped over one's shoulders and kicked off of her back. "What about you, ze?"
"I'm--" I was interrupted by a wave of red danmaku whizzing right by my face. "...Doing fine!"
Marisa kept dodging claws, prisms, and danmaku, eventually jumping up into the air, next to where I was. We both drew a spellcard each.
"Star Sign: 'Dragon Meteor'!"
"10,000 Decibels: 'Bass Blast'!"
The large Master Spark-like rainbow beam kept Marisa in the air as it collided with the ground, engulfing the Flandre twins. Bass Blast collided with the other Flandre. When both beams cleared, Marisa landed back on the ground. The two clones on her end were gone. The one I had attacked was still there--she was the real Flandre.
I wasn't really paying attention to Reimu and Rizu. Although, I could hear spellcard declarations and explosions aplenty.
Flandre was getting back up. She looked at me for a moment, then shifted to Marisa. She charged at her, declaring another spell.
"Taboo: 'L?vateinn'!"
The weapon materialized in her hands and she swung down with all her might. Marisa wasn't ready for it.
Without thinking, I threw my hand at the ground, and forced up a wall of rocks up to block L?vateinn's strike. It smashed through the rocks, of course, but it gave Marisa a moment to move. "How did you do that, ze?"
I think I'm learning to use stronger force manipulation without the assistance of spellcards...is what I would have said if I wasn't suddenly dodging swings from Flandre's weapon. Each missed attack struck the ground and exploded, setting patches of the ground on fire.
"Sit still!" Flandre shouted, still trying to hit me. I reached out and force-manipulated a nearby tree, and swung it at Flandre, who simply smashed it to pieces with L?vateinn. She kept coming toward me, until...
"Audio & Carbon Sign: 'Auditory Assault'!"
A sudden bass explosion, and Remilia was sent flying...right into Flandre. The two of them hit a large stone and fall unconscious. Marisa looks over to Rizu and Reimu, giving a thumbs-up.
Now, what about Rumia? She was still untouchable, in the pillar of black that was melding with the sky, which was by now a solid matte black. The four of us regrouped.
"Oh, forgot to mention, ze, I made this." She handed Rizu a new spellcard. She showed it to me. It was another combination spell. "Now hurry up and blast her so we don't have to do a Part Three, ze!"
"Don't talk about stuff like that," I said.
I looked at the card, examining the picture and the title. With luck, this could stop Rumia from flooding the sky. Rizu and I took our positions in front of the black fog pillar, me standing probably one-and-a-half yards to her left. She had the card in her palm as she put her hand out towards me. I clasped my hand to hers at the same time. With the card between our hands, we declared.
"Power: 'Pillars of Teionhakushi'!"
We pulled our hands apart from each other, and placed them on the ground. The ground glowed red, then beneath each of us, one large black and red pillar with five large speakers, stacking vertically, rose from the ground. Once the pillars were up, I looked at Marisa, who was standing behind us, centered. I pulled up a large carbon pillar from the ground to let her have adequate height to aid in our attack.
Once we were all ready, Rizu and I initiated our attack.
"Fire!!"
The pillars emitted a red glow as they charged, before firing an immense Bass Blast from each of the ten speakers, all colliding hard with Rumia.
