The Elements Of Gensokyo - Act One: Borderful Infestation Parasite

[[Y]oukai [J]esus]

"Master... Just a little longer..."

"My patience grows thin, Slave. If you fail in your task, you will know no solace."

"Y-Yes, Master. I know what must be done."

"Send Sariel after them. I do not care about the petty deadlines you have set."

"B-But master! The oth-"

"You already have five of them in the area. Don't tell me they can't handle those pitiful mortals."

"They have partners, master!"

"Partners...? Why was I not informed of this earlier?!"

The dark, clawed hand slammed down on the black throne, rocking the entire hall.

"M-Master, we need Kotohime, Meira and K-"

"Then get it done."

With a wave of his hand, the man bowing before his vanishes into a gust of wind, swiftly exiting the room.
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Within the forests around the shrine, rustling sounds emerge, and only those with keen senses could hear it. Meira has arrived. Beside Kasen, they hide behind trees and block their aura from being detected. Soon, just two more...

But the impatient Angel Of Death cannot wait - It is not night yet! But still... She must strike! The hour is at hand, she knows the others have sensed Kasen and her presence. Yuuka stands only as a distraction; one claiming to be from Yukari. This is the perfect chance... The utmost time to strike...

Alice loses control of every scouting doll, unable to regain control. Something is interfering...

Sariel rips the skies with a swift movement of her hand, bursting into the outside world from behind Mokou, Nanaya and Nazrin. With a swift push of her wings, she flings herself towards the head monk. Kanako flinches, and spins around just in time; Punching Sariel in the abdomen, sending her flying to a wall. Mystia immediately heads for Sariel.

The people begin screaming. Running, total chaos. Panic engulfs the mikos, and they too, begin running for their lives. Sariel pulls off a part of an onoshibura from her chest, releasing what seems to be a low growl from her throat, before flying right back to Kanako, one hand clenched tight, the other holding a small card.

"Aesera! Move!" Kanako shoves her to the ground, bringing an uppercut to Sariel's chin. But she uses this opening in Kanako's side to do something else.

"Spell Card! Death's Embrace!" Waves of sprawling dark bullets fire from her hands, hitting Kanako in the stomach and sending her crashing behind Kenshou. Aesera is quick to run to her side, from her arm emerging that long, red double-tipped lance. She prepares for the throw, but if stopped by Kanako's hand.

"They're playing by the spell card rules. And if so, we must comply." Aesera lowers her lance in confusion, before seeing a flying Orin.

"You think little traps would work?!" Meira bursts from the woods, throwing Gale towards Orin. They collide in mid-air before landing ontop of each other.

Kasen immediately runs towards Youmu, who swings out her two blades. "Spell Card!" The two of them shout in union.

Orin pulls herself off Gale, as Meira stands before them, pulling out a spell card. "Spell Card! Spirit Finale!"

Meira charges forward, a vortex of red danmaku trailing before her, and twin yellow beams firing towards Orin. Orin swiftly dodges and maneuvers through the danmaku barrage, giving Meira a nice punch to the cheek, before kicking her to propel herself in the air. "Spell Card! Corpse Spirit, Vengeful Cannibal Spirit!" The two engage.

Newan is seen running out of the shrine, colliding into Vante. Kotohime jumps from the roof, spinning her tentacle-blade, before unleashing a black wave from it, hitting Newan and Vante off their feet. She returns to a battle stance, her black blade gleeming in the grey light.

Meanwhile above all the madness, Yuuka stands silently on the roof of the shrine, waving her finger in a circle... Grey light expands from it, quickly covering the entire surroundings, every normal human has stopped. The sound of the wind halted. Closed Space. She then vanishes.


---Time Speeds Up in Closed Space. Current Time : 10:21pm

Current VS:

Youmu vs Kasen
Sariel vs Kanako, Aesera and Mystia
Meira vs Orin and Gale
Kotohime vs Newan and Vante(Not using spell card rules)
Ranna, Mokou, Nanaya, Nazrin, Alyssa and Alice are currently not engaging.

Hitomi Kenshou is in danger of dying by: Danmaku or Physical.
                                                        dying from: Sariel The Angel Of Death.

[[Y]oukai [J]esus]

(Remember to read the page before this for Kanjou's post~! <3 Also, I think he'll be posting only once/twice/trice a day, unlike the rest of us. So this gon' be slowww~)

[CrowCakes]

(OOC: I'm sick and exhausted, so I won't be posting often. I just thought I might want to say it now, although I'd rather be writing some wisecrack lines for Mystia.)

[Aya Squawkermaru]

[Nazrin. Are you still with Nanaya?] Newan asked as the sword formed on the back of his hand.

[Yeah, I'll be there in a-]

[No. Stay there. Don't abandon Nanaya unless absolutely necessary. Got it?]

[...Fine.]

With that out of the way, Newan focused on Kotohime. Vante's the better fighter. so he should be the main frontal assault. I'd be better as a distraction. He conveyed this with a simple "I'll distract her," before running forward at Kotohime. However, before he was within what he believed to be her sword's range, he weaved around behind her to deliver a horizontal slash.

[GuyYouMetOnline]

Fine, I'll play by the rules. For now, at least. "Kenshou, let's move."

Aesera took Kenshou by the arm and led him down to where the others were. Getting him to the group. Just as the enemy no doubt expects. I just hope I'm right about what'll happen next.

[XinXin]

"W-what the?" Alice muttered under her breath. Shanghai, who had been sitting next to Alice all this time, quickly unsheathed her knife and sliced off all the strings. Alice sighed in relief. As far as her senses went, there was no darkness spreading to her. Perhaps there might not have been a threat in the first place, but Alice did not want to take chances. Wait, what was that other energy she was sensing? Hostile forces? She had to go and protect Kenshou fast.

[["Everyone, I've lost control of my dolls! I don't know what's happened, but I want you all to be careful! Kanako, you're with Kenshou, right? I'll be going over to you and Aesera. The rest of you, keep alert for any surprises the enemy might have in store!"]] Alice notified all the youkai as she jumped off from her hiding place, Shanghai and Hourai following her as she went to find and protect Kenshou.

[Alyssa, be careful.] Alice muttered over their telepathic connection.

[Understood] Alyssa quickly replied, tense but ready for anything.

OOC: I can talk to all the youkai at once right? If so, [[ = Youkai, [ = Alyssa. If not, just ignore my youkai communication of the post. It works without it.

[Sampson]

Well, I'm not even sure why the Meira girl thought two-versus-one was a good idea, but I suppose I'll join in.

Now, how do I get this whip thing out?  Let's see.

He focused his energy, visualizing the whip, and then he felt a sudden warmness in his right hand.  It was the light whip (obviously).

He had very little time to think of an actual strategy, as Orin was busy engaging Meira with a whole lot of bullets.  So, he decided on simply charging at the warrior from the side.

[Tamashii Kanjou]

In the blink of an eye... everything changed.

He didn't have time to register the sudden charge. The appearance of something he hadn't seen before; something threatening at that. The shrine had been plunged into absolute chaos; funny at that, since that was the name of what was chasing him in the first place.

He didn't have time to move as one person flew right past him. He had seen this sort of thing before... but he wasn't used to it yet. Despite his ability, he was only human; he could still die to this.

It was at that very moment he felt his arm being pulled by the girl who spoke to him first. He picked up his pace quickly; running with her as he knew every second mattered in this situation. He wasn't sure what to keep his eyes on most; the figure that had stormed the shrine, or the rest of the people around him.

"This is... happening too fast."

There had to be something he could do... In fact, he could indeed do something... but he needed time. And he certainly didn't have that right now.

"...Mima." He muttered. "Where are you?"

[Sonae]

Mokou jolted up by the sounds of ripping and wings flapping. She leapt up only to nearly be ran into by Sariel who flew forward at a dangerous speed. Mokou barely dodged her dive, the gust of wind that followed knocked her backwards and she fell onto the ground. She rubbed her head for a moment and got back up. "Ey! Watch where yer goin ya angel bitch!" Mokou shouted to no avail. Sairel had already vanished up the stairs and to the back of the shrine where her target was.
Mokou frowned, still not seeming to be aware of the danger at the moment. She turned to the group. Seeing they were all safe she sighed in relief.
"So someone mind tellin' me what in 'ell is goin' on?" She said.

As Ranna and Youmu made their way up the stairs,  something flew past them, bringing with it a strong gust of wind. The gust nearly knocked the unprepared Ranna over. As she regained her balance she looked in the direct it had went, but seen nothing. "What the..." She didn't get time to finish speaking. Before she could realize, Youmu had pushed past her, swords in hand. Youmu deflected the first attack, then as if in unity, the two shouted.
"Spellcard!"
Ranna was surprised at how fast their attack had commenced. She glanced back at the group. Seeing they were safe she calmed down slightly. Then she heard another sound and she spun around to see Newan and Vante were being attacked.

Mokou, seeing Kasen and Kotohime attack glared at them and readied to rush up the stairs and join the battle. Then she felt eyes looking at her. She looked over at Ranna.
She was staring at her, as if saying don't move, you need to protect them.
Mokou looked at the group. The only ones able to fight being herself and Nazrin. Reluctantly, she nodded.
With Mokou's reply Ranna dashed up the stairs towards the battle grounds, being careful to not get caught off guard.

Mokou glanced from side to side, making sure nothing was coming from the forest.
"Nazirn, think there's anything you can do?" Mokous expression was sharp. She glanced at the group. Damn it...

[Aya Squawkermaru]

Nazrin shook her head in response. "As much as I want to join the fight itself, Newan told me to stay with Nanaya at all costs. Not that I feel compelled to obey his every order, but if he trusts me with Nanaya's safety, I won't betray his trust. If they decide to attack us I'll fight back, but for now I need to focus on keeping Nanaya safe. I may have some spellcards that could hit from here, but I'm worried about hitting others in our group. "

[[Y]oukai [J]esus]

Alice was vulnerable. Alone with no control over her other dolls besides Shanghai and Hourai now. Or course, she would'nt know until she tried to use the dolls... Alice ran, as fast as she could, into the shrine, past Youmu and Kasen, who payed her no heed, past Vante, Newan and Kotohime, who gave her a passing glace. Past Orin, Gale and Meira, too busy fighting to notice her. And then, in the sight range of Kenshou...

Alice was sent flying, her head crashed on the wall, emitting a disgusting cracking sound. Yes, her skull cracked, but Alice was a youkai. She could still fight. She would heal. Getting off from the rubble, Alice stood straight up, facing the newly arrived adversary. It was a ghost, more like a poltergeist. Kana.

"K-Kana! B-But Why?"

"Silence. Do not speak to me when you are about to die."

"W-Why...? W-We were friends..."

"Oh, you will have lots of friends... When Chaos brings you to  your end." Kana's eyes turned completely black, as in staring into empty sockets in the dark, she lunged forward, pulling out a spellcard.

"Spell Card! Phantom Wave!"

A thick, pulsating wave of Danmaku, colored blue and black, rippled around Alice, while from Kana, curvy beams fired towards Alice, while letting lose danmaku at their sides.
-

Newan had pulled his weapon out. That blade of pure energy sitting on a crystal attached to a blue glove, which appeared in an instant. Swinging it directly at Kotohime was a bad idea. The tentacles grabbed the energy, began compressing it, crushing it... But with Newan's concentration, the energy flared up again, burning the Tentacles through. Kotohime jumped back, whirring her sword around, before slamming it into the ground. The crack glowed a grim, grey light, before tentacles burst out around Vante and Newan, attempting to grab hold of them

Vante was by now in his defensive form. With those bones and brown crystals surrounding his body, the tentacles did no harm, and with a swing of his scythe, they were cut. Vante ran towards Newan, severing the tentacles that held him. Vante pulled Newan up, and they both nodded together. They were men, and they knew what to do.

Vante threw his scythe, clashing with Kotohime's tentacle-blade. It spun and spun, causing Kotohime to move along with the direction, if not, get cut. Newan took this opening to his advantage, running in and stabbing Kotohime's arm with a swift push... But to no avail. She was gone, now above the two, bringing her glowing, black tentacle-covered sword down on their opening.

-

Gale summoned up his light whip, only to have it being banished by a flying Orin, that once again, hits him directly. Meira laughs, cracking her knuckles as Orin got up from Gale.

"Do not use that whip of yours. If she's playing by the spell card rules, we'll have to too." Gale stared in Orin in confusion. Spell card rules...?

Orin pulled out another spell card as Meira did too. "Spell Card!" they shouted in union. "Apology "The Needles of Yore and the Vengeful Spirits in Pain"" Orin flew up into the sky, a thousand, sharp danmaku began flying out of her body.

"Samurai's Honor!" Meira dashed above Gale, towards Orin,  star shaped danmaku engaging.

-

Kenshou and Aesera ran up and up the shrine, trying to get away from the rampaging Sariel bellow. Kenshou had mumbled about Mima... But she hasn't come, and Kanako was losing the battle...
-

A loud bang is heard, almost like a gun shot, but to those who were from Gensokyo, all would know what it was. Kanako had been hit by a danmaku bullet. Straight in the chest. She fell to her knees, panting and sweating, very unlike a god.

"Is that all you've got? You're a God. a GOD. I'm just an Angel. Oh wait, The Angel of Death." Sariel lifted Kanako's chin up to see Kanako's angry, exhausted face. With blood trickling down her forehead, Kanako did something unexpected. It looked much like a move from Oblivion. She shouted. It wasn't a normal shout, she had released a stored-up ball of concentrated wind. MUch like a Dragonshout.

It sent Sariel flying back, gripping her ears in pain before she slammed into an onoshibura. Kanako stood up, clapping her hands together as a wooden, pretzel-like object appeared on her back, along with four onoshiburas.

Sariel stood up, cracking her knuckles and flexing her wings. The two declared their spell cards.

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Current VS:
Sariel(80%) vs Kanako(30%)
Meira(90%) vs Gale and Orin(90%)
Kotohime(80%) vs Newan and Vante(100%)
Kana(100%) vs Alice(90%)
Kasen(74%) vs Youmu(60%)
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(I'll give you guys permission to bunny the Daughters Of Chaos so that you guys can fight it out in your own posts instead of waiting for me. And don't make it one-sided. Also, don't defeat them. Kanjou, you can post by going something like "MIMA. MIMA. MIMA.")

[Sonae]

((-can't do anything but wait patiently-))

[GuyYouMetOnline]

Mima. That spirit lady Kanako mentioned. The one almost nobody ever sees. "Call to her," Aesera said. "If you're like the rest of us, then you should be able to speak with her telepathically."

Aesera led Kenshou to the now small group. "This is Kenshou," she said. "Kenshou, I'll introduce everyone later. Right now, we have work to do. Mokou, go help Kanako against Sariel. Nazrin, you go, too."

The mouse, of course, refused. "Go," Aesera said. [Kanako, tell Nazrin I have a plan.]

Kanako relayed the message as Aesera continued speaking. "Nanaya, we're Kenshou's guard.Stay ready; the enemy could come for us at any time." And they will when it's just humans here. Someone'll attack. They'll think we've fallen into their trap, but they were never the ones setting the trap, now, were they? If I'm right, they'll be in for a nasty surprise.

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OOC: I've never played the PC-98 games, so I have no knowledge of Sariel's spellcards. Because of that, I'm not going to post about Kanako's battle with her. Sonae, assuming you have Mokou do as Aesera says, you can do that fight (if not, I'll just leave it to YJ).

[[Y]oukai [J]esus]

OOC: I've never played the PC-98 games, so I have no knowledge of Sariel's spellcards. Because of that, I'm not going to post about Kanako's battle with her. Sonae, assuming you have Mokou do as Aesera says, you can do that fight (if not, I'll just leave it to YJ).

Go make the fight scene. Make up random cards. Nobody from PC-98 has spell cards anyway. I made them all up.

[Aya Squawkermaru]

Newan brought up his own sword to parry Kotohime's attack, but wasn't able to block more than the brunt of the attack and received a nick to the left shoulder. He winced in pain as he brought his sword down, only to have it parried by Kotohime. They were in a lock, when Nazrin relayed Aesera's message to him. [...Works for me] he thought back, pushing Kotohime back with his blade. He nodded to Vante. "You're the better fighter. I'll leave her to you." He then headed off to join Nanaya and Aesera. "I knew someone would be able to come up with a decent plan around here."

Nazrin sighed. Well, it beats waiting around... She flew over to help Kanako. Eventually, she saw caught up to the God and the Angel. I'm way out of my league here... well, whatever. "Always wanted to know what happens when you combine Spellcards. Search Sign: Gold Detector!" She held out the appropriate card, making sure not to hit Kanako in the proceeding rain of gold.

[Sonae]

As Mokou heard Aesera order her to help Kanako, a wide grin slid across her face. "Right on it!" She said as she darted up the stairs. She ran up them with leaps and bounds in an attempt to get to Kanako faster. As she reached the top of the stairs, she could see Sariel standing infront of a wounded Kanako.
[Kanako! Get outta the way!] She shouted through the telepathic channel. Her body outlined by a glowing crimson light.
Without a moment to spare Mokou pulled out a spellcard and shouted.
"Spellcard! Forgiveness! Honest Man's Death!"
With that streams of bullets shot out from her body, one flying straight at Sariel. In response, Sariel flapped her wings, preparing to take off above the bullet swarm and follow with a dive to tackle the girl. Mokou grinned.
Before Sariel could put her plan to action, Mokou had aimed a laser straight at the girl. As it's pinpointing light crawled but her body, it began to shine brighter. As it reached her stomach it lit up with an intense bright blue. The laser hit its target, square in the stomach, knocking the corrupt angel out of the sky like a bird that was shot midflight.

[[Y]oukai [J]esus]

Nanaya was silent the entire time. Something was bothering her, something that she knew was coming. Something that would happen, she knew what it was, and she would have to be the one that solves it. Such heavy responsibilities lie on one who never chose to be an embodiment. It was something horrible, something that could change their plans all together.
-

Sariel laid on the floor, panting and gasping for breath. She begin to stand, only to be rained down by bullets from Nazrin. A weak spell, but still dangerous to a weakened and defenseless Angel. Sariel colapsed to her knees, her body trembling furiously. The now motivated trio begin declaring spell cards, raining bullets down on Sariel. Many explosions and cracks were heard, before smoke covered Sariel. The assault stopped.

There lay a broken Sariel, mentally and physically. "Kill... Kill... Kill..." She constantly mumbled. The black in her eyes began to fade, her wings trembled, her body twitched erratically. Finally, she stood up, mustering all of the power inside of her.

"If I'll fall... All of you will come with me..." Sariel spat on the ground, what seemed to be black blood. Acidic too, as it burnt the floor. The multiple horrendous burnt, bleeding wounds on her body did not stop her. Nothing would.

"Spell Card..." Kanako flinched, she sensed an energy like never before... Energy from Reimu. Immediately, she began forming Danmaku. Mokou did too, Nazrin faltered, but raised her rods in preparation.

"Mimicry..." The trio rained blue, red and grey bullets down on Sariel as she struggled to raise her arm. She clicked her tongue, and another spell card appeared in her hands.

"Spell Card. Mimicry." The bullets connect, hitting Sariel's front, back and top, burning her, but she doesn't relent.

"Abyss Nova! Fantasy Heaven!" Immediately, the bullets from the trio in the sky were repelled, rendered useless. Sariel jumped up, her body glowing gold, brighter as each second past. Seven balls of pure darkness, surrounded by cracks, emerged around her, spinning.

"Move! Move! Move!" Kanako turned and fled, flying as fast as she could. Mokou's phoenix wings emerged from her back as she too flew with Kanako. Nazrin scampered away too. But they were too slow! Sariel was fast, suddenly. Really fast. In a swift movement of her wings, Sariel appeared before them once more, her body now shining brightly.

Orin's ears twitched she sensed power much like... Utsuho! She turned to Gale, and shook him. "Okkus' here! She's here! She's-"

A sudden burst of yellow light from the center of the shrine rippled out in all directions, pulsing with energy and pure nuclear power, Kanako, Mokou and Nazrin slammed into the walls, extremely hurt. But this was not the end. Mystia flew in, firing her Danmaku as the black orbs flared up. Kanako raised her hand to Mystia, her mouth making out something like... "Save yourself..."

A burst of black and purple light engulfed the area, completely desolating the shrine. It's middle portion now ripped apart, along with it, Mystia, Kanako, Mokou and Nazrin. After the light faded away, all that stood was a mortally wounded Sariel. The four were not dead... yet... And Sariel had no energy left to dispose of them.

Beside Sariel stood another woman. A newcomer. Yumeko.
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Now VS:
Yumeko(100%) Vs None
Sariel(3%) Vs None
Meira(90%) vs Gale and Orin(90%)
Kotohime(80%) vs Vante(100%) - No Spell Card Rules
Kana(100%) vs Alice(90%)
Kasen(74%) vs Youmu(60%)

Now Exposed: Aesera, Kenshou, Nanaya, Newan
Out Of Combat: Alyssa, Rhiseza
Unable To Fight: Kanako, Mystia, Mokou, Nazrin

[XinXin]

"I'm not gonna let this happen..." Alice threw out a few dolls into the air, sustaining them wi-

And the dolls fell to the ground, much like dolls were supposed to.

"W-what the?!" The danmaku came fast. She had to act fast. Shanghai and Hourai were still around, floating protectively around her. There was one thing she could do, with these last two dolls she had surrounding her. She had to create an opening for some sort of escape, but if she just jumped she would merely fall into another trap.

"Hah! Welcome to your grave!" The beams started converging at Alice, and the waves started closing in and taking effect as a wall, a wall that was starting to lock Alice in. "You can't get away!"

"Shanghai... Don't fail me now!" Alice jumped and flied high in the air. Stray beams attempted to crash into Alice, but it only made her flight slightly rocky due to the danmaku that was constantly shooting out of it, which did little damage.  She pulled out a spellcard and stared straight at her adversary, her old friend. "CURSE SIGN! "SHANGHAI DOLL"!" She yelled and, with a flourish, pushed one hand forward, shooting out a purple beam that rippled with energy. The beams that came from Kana could not stand the force of this attack, immediately fading away. "I'm sorry but I don't plan on dying today!" The beam grew stronger as did Alice's resolve.

"What's this!?" Kana's reflexes did not keep up with the beam flying towards her. After all, for a while it still did look as if those beams were hers. She jumped away but Alice predicted it, at least to the best of her ability. The beam blasted into Kana's upper half of the body, her face and torso. This halted her spellcard, and dealt a considerably amount of damage to her. However, the life of Alice's spellcard was equally short-lived, and it died down, Kana falling to the ground.

[GuyYouMetOnline]

So they did have a few tricks ready. "Newan," Aesera said, "get in there and keep the new girl busy. I've got a plan, but I need you to buy me some time. Kenshou, Nanaya, with me. And Kenshou, keep calling for Mima."

Aesera pulled Nanaya and Kenshou back. "Kenshou, this may not make a lot of sense, but don't ask questions. I'll explain later. Nanaya, I need a signal. I'm pretty sure my other self is ready for this, but I can't contact him without taking myself out of the picture for a bit, so I need something that'll get his attention and tell him 'now'."

"I have his mind," Aesera explained. "Presumably, then, he and I think alike. And when I look at the current situation, I see a perfect opportunity for a trap. The enemy's taken the bait, so now it's time to spring the trap. What I don't know is if it's us or our other selves who have the next move. If we signal them and something happens, we'll know it's them, and if nothing happens, we'll know it's us. And which it is determines our next move. So give me a way to signal them, and now."

[Aya Squawkermaru]

Newan winced as Nazrin hit the ground. [Nazrin? Nazrin?! NAAAAZRIIIIIIIIIIIIIN!!!!!!] But there was no response. He then heard Aesera's plan of action, and a grin appeared upon his face. "I was hoping you'd say that." He ran forward to meet the newcomer. "I will be your opponent."

The maid made the first move, wordlessly firing off a volley of blades. Newan was caught surprised, and as he rolled out of the way one of them hit his cheek, creating a long mark. I guess the danmaku training at the temple paid off... He used the momentum from his roll to move towards the maid, and jumped up with an uppercut slash. The maid parried it with one of her own blade, but not before receiving the tip of the blade to her stomach. Newan followed up with a sideways slice, which just barely nicked the maid as she parried again, this time kicking him away and charging jumping up, firing off more swords. This time, Newan was better prepared, and managed to dodge completely sideways without getting hit, but this put more distance between the two of them. Dammit, this isn't getting me anywhere... I know I'm just trying to keep her busy, but we just keep exchanging small hits here and there.

...Hold on. Earlier, when that one girl was corrupting the blade, I was able to focus my energy to undo the process. I wonder... He looked down at the blade, and focused on it, trying to pile some more of his energy into it.

[CrowCakes]

Mystia, seeing the chaos and impending danger to Kanako, swooped down and began her attack earlier than she had wanted. Her danmaku ("It still works.") did nothing to impede the Angel.

As the later explosion hit her, a thought passed her mind. Maybe she should have just stayed up in the air?

"She should have stayed up,," Vante murmured, referring to Mystia. She was currently out of commission, so his plan of having her sneak on Sariel from above was gone.

The scythe he throw was currently unsummoned, and Vante drew his two baston, which were now wrapped in a thin, colorless aura. He was in a neutral stance.

"Well, shall we give each other the respects?" he said to Kotohime. Two things: one, it just didn't feel right to fight like this without the proper start. Two, he was going to merely counter the attacks he was given. Offense, as demonstrated by Newan, didn't seem so to fare so well.

Kotohime stood with great seriousness engraved in her face. "Even in this chaos, you still choose to do so?"

"I chose to have the time. Why not?" Vante shifted his left foot away from the right foot. He did a quick, full bow, and Kotohime begrudgingly reciprocated.

Vante's opponent went into her offensive stance, but Vante merely held his weapons in a neutral hold. "Well, should I attack first?"

The girl came down on him first with a stab. Stepping sideways and back, Vante held his right stick laterally and swung at her with the left. His breathing heightened.

Kotohime skipped backwards and retaliated with a diagonal swing aiming for her opponent's head, which was blocked again.  With both sticks, Vante struck her this time on the neck in succession, but there was no apparent damage except for a flinch and some considerable imbalance in Kotohime's stand.

She recovered quickly and rushed forward, blade held vertically and level with her body. Vante pushed against it with his sticks, but was only able to stop her advance. He stumbled a backwards, still holding up his weapons against Kotohime's blade.

(OOC: Did I bunny too much?)

[[Y]oukai [J]esus]

(OOC: Did I bunny too much?)

No. I would like people to bunny as much as you do. A little more would be better too. This allows longer posts.

[[Y]oukai [J]esus]

"You fight well, for a mortal." Kotohime mumbles, pushing her body's weight against the blades. "Maybe in a few centuries, you'll be able to fight me." Kotohime releases the grip on her sword, jumping back as the blade begins spinning, emitting black light, which in turn, turns the tentacles into worm-like creatures with mouths. Vante immediately jumps back, almost being bitten by them. Kotohime walks forward slowly, grabbing the still-floating sword and turning it back to normal.

Vante and Kotohime exchange blows, with a slash here. A lunge here. A stab here. a defensive maneuver here. It was just endless, weapon-to-weapon combat, neither one of them faltered, neither one of them relented.

Kotohime was getting sick of this. It was boring, and she was growing restless. Finally, she stabbed her sword into the ground, before getting into what seemed to be a martial arts stance.

Vante too, like the gentleman he is, puts down his two bastons. Assuming a more taekwondo-like stance.

Kotohime had a smirk on her face, this would be an easy fight. Easy to throw in blows, but not easy to do harm. Vante's armor covered his whole body, and never did it hamper with movement or agility. The two converged on each other, raining blows down. This sequence of events took place for quite some time, before Kotohime began to feel tired. She had to end it, here and now.

She went in with a feint. A totally obvious move. So obvious that Vante would'nt even suspect it to be a feint. She threw herself and her fist directly at Vante's chest, leaving a wide opening. Vante fell for the bait, moving his arm towards her side and another towards her chin. Kotohime reacted just in time, jumping up and spinning, she managed to kick the sword off the ground, dislodging it. Kotohime brought the sword down in a curvy motion...

It connected. With a loud shattering sound, the blade pierced Vante's armor, reaching into his back, threatening to break his spine. But no, Vante couldn't die. Not now, so he did the only thing possible. Bring her down with him. Vante swiftly moved his hand up, right behind Kotohime, before his trusty scythe emerged from thin air, cutting through bone and flesh of the youkai.

Kotohime fell to the ground, the scythe still lodged in her back. Vante fell face-first to the ground, exhausted, in pain, the sword still in his back too. But he wasn't dead.

-

Kana lay on the floor, silently smiling. Alice walked over, looking at her childhood friend, now lying in despair. Then, laughter. Laughter from Kana.

"Oh Alice, young mistress Alice..." She flinched and jumped back, moving Shanghai and Hourai to her side once more. Kana was slowing beginning to stand.

"You still remember, that I'm a ghost. Right?" Kana disappeared into oblivion, a thousand echoing voices booming around Alice. The sound was so loud and horrendous that Alice fell to her knees, covering her ears. Alice's eyes snapped open, and looked around. The surroundings seemed to be blurry, wavy, as if this was all an illusion...

The sound stopped, and Alice regained her footing. But fear had replaced her noble heart. All around her, stood all of her old childhood friends. Everyone from Makai. Even her very own mother. They looked at her in anger, resentment. They were holding daggers of sorts, all made from rock.

"You left us..." They said in union. "Left us all..." Alice trembled, she was afraid, so dearly so.

She remembered her past. She left everything behind. Even her caring mother.

--

Nanaya was silent at Aesera's demand. Contacting the others? Impossible. She had exhausted all of Katelin's energy for... other things. She turned to Aesera, her eyes pleadingly wanting her to just get everyone and run. Nanaya was crying. Why?

"There's no way. No way I can get them. No one can... Not anymore... Maybe next time, but... Not now..." Nanaya sniffles, wiping her eyes. This had happened before. Four hundred years ago. This had happened before, but back then, the "heroes" could call upon their otherselves. Not anymore.

"W-We should go... We should all go... I don't think we can win this..." Nanaya had an unsteady voice, very much unlike her old self. She was surposed to be arrogant, headstrong, always full of pride. But something had reduced her to what she never wanted anyone else to see. Her true self. A fearful little girl, hiding from the world.

Aesera grabbed Nanaya's shoulders, and shook her hard. "And lose everything we've fought for?!" She pointed to the fallen, and those still fighting for their lives.

"Look! We won't be able to leave! We may be losing, but if we wo-"

"No... I'm not more important then all of you. If one of you die, we all die." That statement shocked her. Aesera has always thought that Nanaya was much higher above everyone else...

"T-Then..."

Crash. Kenshou fell to the floor, grabbing his leg. The still injured Sariel had shot a danmaku bullet. It trailed off course, but it still was able to reach it's target. and do damage. Sariel grinned to herself, before she totally went black. Kenshou was immobilized, his leg was fractured. Aesera rushed over, helping him up. There seemed to be no other threat... Everyone else was occupied...

-

Yumeko was getting angry. Angry that Newan wasn't up to her standards at all. Fed up, she threw down everything she was holding, before punching Newan in the face, with full strength, sending him flying and hitting a wall. Newan is mortal. He wasn't like those from Gensokyo. he could die. Easily. Newan was on the ground, sitting, leaning on the now-broken wall, panting and bleeding. Yumeko walked closer to him.

"You've not entertained me enough."

Newan spits blood, coughing and clutching his arm in pain. The energy blade flickered, before winking out of existence. Without his will, the blade would not come back.

"Oh? No weapons now?"

Yumeko picked Newan up by the collar, and began punching him rapidly in the stomach, chest and face, before throwing him back down to the ground. Bones were broken. Muscles were torn. His spirit was shattered. He had no will to fight anymore. Among everyone else, he was the most cowardly. The weakest.

Yumeko laughed, kicking dirt on his face and spitting on him. "Is that all you've got? Really? Oh wait. I bet, if I killed one of your friends in front of you, you would get angry. Just like all those TV Shows!"

Newan turned his head instintively to Nanaya, only to see that she was slowly breaking down, crying, unable to help. Yumeko noticed this.

"Oh? You want her to die? Sure!" In a flash, Nanaya was thrown from where Kanjou and Aesera was, by some unseen force directed by Yumeko calling her over. Nanaya fell face-first to the floor, coughing and crying. Yumeko pulled her up, her shirt almost getting torn apart.

"So... How would I want to torture you first...? Oh! I know!" Yumeko's fingers grew sharp, not the nails, but the fingers themselves, as if they became miniature drills. Yumeko scraped her middle finger around Nanaya's face, making it bleed, before she pulled her hand back, slowly approaching to rip her eyes out. Nanaya stared at Yumeko's sadistic face, choking and crying to herself. She had no powers at all. Nothing. Just like an innocent civilian.

And Newan was right beside them.

[CrowCakes]

(OOC: YJ, status update, please.)

[[Y]oukai [J]esus]

Current VS:
Sariel(0%) - FATALITY - Kanako(2%), Mystia(2%), Nazrin(2), Mokou(10% and counting)
Yumeko(89%) - VICTORY - Nanaya(100%, Inability to fight), Newan(10%)
Kotohime(1%) -TIE- Vante(30%, May be able to fight)
Meira(90%) vs Gale and Orin(90%)
Kana(80%) vs Alice(70%)
Kasen(63%) vs Youmu(57%)

Now Exposed: Kenshou(70%), Aesera
Out Of Combat: Alyssa, Rhiseza

[Sonae]

Ranna watched the many battles before her. Flesh being ripped open, bones being broken, blood being spit up. Her eyes were wide. She felt as if she was stuck. She couldn't intervene when these so called Spellcard Rules were in play. She watched as the 4 battling the Angel had been expelled. She watched as Vante and Kotohime stuck their weapons into each other's back. She watched as Newan was beaten to a pulp by Yumeko. The colors in her eyes seemed to dance with excitement. A purple and green aura began to swirl around her. Her eyes closed. She clenched her teeth, her body shook with helplessness. Then Yumeko changed targets.
Nanaya was dragged over to her, suspended in the air by Yumeko's strong grip.
There was no more time to think. Rage filled her, the colors swirling faster and faster. Her hand twitched into somewhat of a claw, then the swirling aura gathered.
They materialized into a bow, a much better one than the one she'd left at the shrine. It was much stronger, resilent, and powerful.
Power.
She opened her eyes. They were violet once more. She swiftly brought her bow up, aiming at Yumeko. The aura returned swirling and materializing in her other hand, forming an arrow.
She pulled it back, power beginning to swirl around the arrows, like moths drawn to a flame.
"Let go of her Bitch!" She shouted as the arrows flew at Yumeko.
They hit their target. One sunk into the clawed hand that was about to injure Nanaya. The next few dug into her arms, one in each.
Yumeko frowned. She dropped Nanaya and turned her attention to Ranna.
"What was that for..." She muttered, shaking the two arrows off her arms. Ranna watched in terror, eyes wide in horror. Yumeko grabbed hold of the arrow and pulled it out of her hand, blood leaking from her wounded hand. She threw the arrow to the ground and slowly began walking towards Ranna.
Ranna was frozen, her body shook violently with fear. Her attack didn't even phase the demonic maid. All she had done was serve as a decoy, a distraction, a delay to an inevitable doom. She couldn't move, enough though she wanted to run, her muscles wouldn't allow her.
The maid walked over to the girl, frowning all the while. Then she spoke, her voice rife with annoyance.
"You think your little toys can really damage me?" She asked in a cocky tone. As she got closer a smug grin slowly slipped onto her face. "Those things. To me, are equivalent to a fly bite." She said as she swung her fist at Ranna's chest.
They blow connected, knocking the air out of the girl. She fell to the ground, gasping for oxygen.
Yumeko smiled sadistically and laughed. "How pathetic you humans are!" She shouted. She stomped her foot down on Ranna's hand as hard as she could.
Ranna stuttered a raspy scream of pain. The pain shot through her arm, paralyzing it. She wouldn't let herself weep in pain as she called for help. She bit her tongue, holding herself back.
The maid laughed at the girl, being taken down by so little. She moved her foot back and forth, grinding her hand into the ground.
Ranna screamed in pain. She could feel her skin being torn open as it was forced against the rough concrete. She bit her lip hard, trying to dull her pain. She couldn't take much more of this...

Mokou was in the cracked wall gasping slightly as her broken rib cage slowly healed back into place. She opened her eyes to see the horror of the battle. Kanako, Nazzrin, and Mystia lay around her, unconscious and injured. Vante lay on the ground, a sword lodged into his back. Kotohime's body fallen with a scythe in her back. both of them bleeding profusely. Alice cowered in fear of a ghostly threat, her mind slowly being broken away. Meira and Orin battled vigorously with their danmaku as Gale was left knocked to the ground uninjured, but expelled from the fight. Kasen and Youmu's relentless blows clashed, their danmaku flurried down on each other. Newan was disabled from the battle, his bones broken and blood seeping out wherever it could. Yumeko held the powerless Nanaya up in the air, preparing to claw her eyes out. Nanya choking and crying as blood dripped down her cheek. Sariel had made a final move, injuring the man they were all trying to save. Ranna, Aesera, Alyssa, and Rhiseza were the only ones left uninjured. Mokou clenched her teeth tightly as she breathed in and out, her body slowly recovering. 20%
The sudden shouting got Mokou's attention. She slowly turned her head to see Ranna aiming right at Yumeko with her bow drawn and an arrow in hand. Mokou shifted slightly. 22%
"No....don't do it...." she mumbled in an attempt to stop the girl. But it was too late. The arrows took flight, landing on Yumeko, drawing her attention to the now frightened Ranna. The maid dropped Nanaya and made her way towards Ranna. 26%
Mokou's heart sped up. Her body shifting and twitching, trying to muster the strength to get up. Her body refused to comply. Shit....Ranna...run away....run you dumbass....! 29%
Ranna was frozen, shaking in fear at the sight of the maid, who didn't even flinch when the arrows had dug into her flesh. The maid had finally gotten to the frightened girl and unleashed a blow to her chest, knocking her to the ground gasping for air. 35%
Mokou tried to force her muscles to work. Come on come on come on! Work dammit! I need to save her! She clenched her teeth. 38%
Slowly her body sloppily began to move slightly, digging her nails into the dust from the debris. 41%
The air around her seemed to waver slightly, as it does in a desert, or on a hot day. She slowly brought herself up to a seated position, gasping for air, pain stinging her lungs. 44%
Her body shook, as if attempting to stop Mokou from moving any more. She stopped for a moment, unable to push herself any further at the moment. 45%
Then she heard a weak scream of pain. She opened her eyes wide and gazed at Ranna.
She was on the ground, her body racked with pain. Yumeko stood before her, grinning with insanity. She stomped her foot onto Ranna's hand as hard as she could, nearly crushing. After a few seconds she continued with her torture, grinding her hand into the pavement. Ranna screamed in pain again, the flesh of her hand ripping open as it was forced into the rough pavement. Mokou watched, eyes wide. She clenched her teeth together as tight as she could. 49%
Come on! I need to stop her!...I need to...get... She forced her body onto her knees. She gasped for air, a trickle of blood coming from her mouth. 52%
Mokou raised her eyes, shooting the devil's maid an intense glare. A glare of someone who was willing to kill. 54%

The maid grinned with satisfaction. "Ah...Torturing humans is so much fun~" She said as she made a sword appear in midair. She grasped it with her right hand, pointing it at Ranna's weak body. "Now where should I cut you...~" She said, tracing an invisible line around her body as she looked for a place to sheath the sword. She looked at the girls legs. She put pressure on the sword, the tip of it cutting her flesh. She dragged it along the back of her leg, making a wide gash in it. 57%
Ranna screamed in pain as she felt the blade tear through her muscles. Her eyes wincing in extreme pain. Unable to hold back any longer, tears began to form in her eyes. 59%
Yumeko just smiled sadistically. She looked at the girls neck, then at her back. She grinned. "Yes...there would be most excellent..." She mumbled with a slightly psychotic laugh. She brought her blade up, hovering just above her target. Blood dripped from it's tip, the clean part of the blade glistened in the moonlight. "Farewell in the underworld, you pathetic little maggot" She said as she began to lower her sword, its tip piercing Ranna's back, drawing blood. 60%

At that moment, Mokou mustered all the strength in her body. She forced herself to her feet. An orange light began to swirl around her entire body as she stood to her feet. She gasped as she wobbled slightly. She clenched her teeth again. She glared at the maid, who had stopped, but didn't even bother to turn to look at her. A frown covered her face.
Mokou's crimson eyes were full of anger. Anger, and...
A killing intent.
"Get...get....." She muttered.
The maid turned as gazed at her with boredom. "Ah...what was that? I can't hear you I can't hear you~" She said dully, mocking her.
Mokou's eyes widened with anger as she shouted as loud as she could. OHSHI- SHE'S PISSED
"GET THE FUCK AWAY FROM HER!!!"
At that moment, Mokou's surroundings burst into flames. Fire consumed her body, illuminating the entire batlle field with a vibrant orange. Wings of fire spread from Mokou's back. They were huge, larger than the ones from earlier, much larger. The fire danced excitedly, spreading across the rubble of the building, setting the shrine ablaze.
Mokou thrust her body forward launching herself towards the maid.
Yumeko was shocked. She quickly spun around to face the oncoming threat. She threw her sword at her.
Mokou collided with the sword, its blade sunk into her shoulder, it's hilt resting just before her. The speed at which the two met had drove the blade into, and straight through Mokous shoulder.
But Mokou wasn't gonna let that take her down, she flew straight towards the maid, fire trailing after her.
Yumeko was taken aback at Mokou's determination and stepped back slightly, releasing Ranna from the weight she had applied to her foot. Ranna, gasping and in pain squinted in the bright light of the fire.
Yumeko began to form another blade, but she was too late.
Mokou had reached her. She charged, tackling the maid.
Yumeko's body was flung back until it hit a tree. She slammed into the tree, coughing up a small amount of blood due to the impact. She probably had a few broken ribs, but she wouldn;t need to worry about that.
Mokou stood before her, her hands on the demon's stomach. She held tightly, her hands forming claws, her nails digging into her enemies skin. She was breathing heavily, as if no matter how she tried, she couldn't get any air. Blood dripped from both ends of the wound, splatting on the ground. Her shirt stained all the way down with blood. Mokou raised her head and faced the maid. Mokou glared at her, eyes sharp as a hawk. Her face was serious.
"Ya know....It's been years since I've killed someone....you should be proud.....you'll be the first of Chaos's minions to die by my hands...." She said. looking up at the maid. She smirked. "...Congratulations."
As Mokou finished she dug her nails in deeper, flames errupted from her hands, burning through the maid's clothes, and next, her flesh.

Yumeko screamed in pain as the flames attached to her body. A weak sizzling could be heard with a faint plume of smoke rising. Her flesh began to turn black, peeling open, exposing the layers of red meaty flesh below.
She screamed even louder now as the flames whipped against her raw flesh, mulitating it. Blood covered Mokou's hands as she held onto the woman, refusing to let go.
As if in response, the tree behind Yumeko caught on fire, the wood crackling and snapping, smoke rising as the leaves turned to ash.
Mokou's body began to shake, she was losing her energy. She winced as the pain started attacking her body. Not yet....I can't.....not....yet....! As she thought that the fires intensified, trying to work their way inside of the youkai.
Yumeko screamed in agony, the pain so intense she couldn't move. All she could do was hope someone would save her, or that Mokou would pass out. Seconds felt like hours, but no one moved, too afraid of the fire that assaulted the shrine. She was running out of time.
Suddenly Mokou's body froze shaking weakly, her eyes wide. She lowered her gaze and looked down at her chest.
A small tip of metal portruded from it, dripping with blood at its sharp point.
Meira had rushed over, thrusting her blade into Mokou's back and through her chest.
Mokou began to shake violently.
Meira withdrew her blade, blood following.
Mokou's body began to wobble, her eyes losing their light, and fading. Mokou's grip on Yumeko was shattered, her arms falling to her sides. The fire Mokou's body was releasing, from her hands and her back, had dissipaited until a weak smoke was all that remained, and even that was not there for long. Mokou collapsed, her body falls to the ground, bleeding and unconscious.

((Lolz, took both my characters out...))

[[Y]oukai [J]esus]

With a swift kick to the ribs, Nanaya is sent flying to the wall, crumbling beside Newan. Coughing blood and still crying, Nanaya curled herself up and whimpered next to the injured Newan, still having this weird inability to move.

Yumeko took slow steps towards Ranna, clenching her fist. Melee against a constant barrage of arrows isn't that much of a good idea. But it was... Doable?

Ranna took light steps back. The arrows seemed to have no effect on Yumeko. Of course, some went into her body, disappeared soon thereafter leaving a burn mark and a hole. But nothing would stop Yumeko. With a sadistic grin on her face, she broke into a sprint, so abruptly that Ranna didn't even have time to react. Right as her finger pulled on the bow, her face was caught in Yumeko's hand... Flying straight to the floor.

The ground cracked. Blood spat out from the hole. Ranna's head was almost crushed. But she wasn't head, and no bones were broken. No bones were... broken? She opened her eyes, only to see a mess of red and green energy above her face, holding up Yumeko's hand. Yeah, the back of her head hurt, and she was immobilized, but she wasn't hurt anywhere else. Or dead.

Yumeko pulled her hand out from the mess, only seeing a disfigured head. Strange... There were no sounds or screams at all. She could'nt be dead. Oh right, she's mortal. Yumeko turned around,  now somewhat injured, walking over the Nanaya and pulling her by the hair, getting a muffled "walp" from her.

She grinned once more, her fingers becoming those sharp claws...

Punnngggghh.

The sound of flesh being torn. Nanaya threw her head back, before it tilted to the right. Yumeko had thrust her whole hand in her stomach, before pulling it out and licking the warm red trickling fluid. Ranna pulls herself out from the ground, her aim steady once more, about to shoot...

What's that...? It's a red dot...? It's so bright, so shiny...!

Ranna colapses. As Yumeko reaches for Nanaya's eyes.

Current VS:
Sariel(0%) - FATALITY - Kanako(2%), Mystia(2%), Nazrin(2), Mokou(10% and counting)
Yumeko(60%) - VICTORY - Nanaya(50%, Inability to fight), Newan(10%), Ranna(80%, Energy overload)
Kotohime(1%) -TIE- Vante(30%, May be able to fight)
Meira(90%) vs Gale and Orin(90%)
Kana(80%) vs Alice(70%)
Kasen(63%) vs Youmu(57%)

Now Exposed: Kenshou(70%), Aesera
Out Of Combat: Alyssa, Rhiseza

[GuyYouMetOnline]

Not yet. Aesera formed her lance and threw it. Yumeko ducked to the side to avoid it, but it wasn't there. Aesera quickly unformed and reformed it in her hand and threw it again, piercing Yumeko's leg.

Aesera ran up to Nanaya and slapped her in the face. "Snap the fuck out of it and fight!"

[Sonae]

((btw i've been writing for more than two hours now, so if you could please move Yumeko over to Ranna. That'd be best))
((Will be finished soon))
((DONE.  Post updated, Newan BSOD Enabled Initiate NAO!))

Status update Post-Pyromaniac galore;;
Mokou (0%) -She's unconscious, but the Tree, Shrine, and rubble, are still on fire.
Ranna (40%) -Injured. Can hardly breathe. In no condition to fight.
Yumeko (30%) -In extreme pain but she's a youkai, of course she can walk when she's just been nearly cooked alive.
Kanako, Nazrin, and Mystia are all at risk of burning to death.

[XinXin]

"W-what is this..." Alice looked all around at the people surrounding her. All of her friends, all of whom she had left behind, abandoned for the upper world. She missed them so and always wondered how they were... perhaps... this was what they thought of her. That she left them in Makai after supposedly just going to visit her new friends for a while. She had never contacted them for several years, living seemingly peacefully in her new home. "I... I didn't mean to... I just... forgot to... I... didn't remember to..." Guilty. She felt guilty for leaving them all behind. And now that they were back here to haunt her, she felt as if she missed them, but that she didn't deserve their forgiveness.

"You... left... us..." They all raised their daggers of cold, hard rock at Alice, ready to strike. Her mother stood right in front of her. The blade fell.

"MIRA! PROTECT ALICE!" Just as the dagger struck Alice, Mira's light engulfed her, Alyssa commanding from behind. The blade did not hurt her, dissolving into dust. "Snap out of it!" Suddenly, all of the people before Alice became who they truly were to her. Moving statues devoid of heart and soul. They weren't her friends. That wasn't her mother. She was getting out of there, fast. But it reminded her to visit Makai when she was free, that was one thing. To clear something that she should have cleared a long time ago.