>"Well, I guess Aya's not going anywhere at this point."
>Let's observe the fireworks. And pictograph 'em.
>Yogan extricates herself out from under the taller youkai's arm and floats forward up into the air. Hina for her part distances herself from Momiji and also rises to meet her opponent. The wolf, you note, take several prudent steps backwards away from the field of fire. You follow suit.
>The red haired idol wastes no time unleashing her firepower, discharging a cone-shaped spread of orange lasers in front of her, a matching spread of yellow lasers behind her, while red circle-shot flies from her dramatically gesturing arms and feet. Her pose aside, her opening spread is a sight to behold. The gaps between her lasers are very very slim, and the circular bullets that fly through and around them are moving very fast and have no discernible pattern you can detect. To make matters worse for the curse goddess, Yogan follows this assault with a wide swath of blue and brown wedge-shaped danmaku, half of which seem to track the rotating goddess.
>As you noted earlier, Hina's skill at the game of danmaku is average at best, and her ability to dodge is only on that level as well. An attack like the one Yogan is employing would be a challenge for Aya to evade completely. For Hina, this task is impossible. But the divinity is not helpless, and she returns fire as she absorbs hits, sending out torrents of red and blue talisman shot, waves of purple circle danmaku almost hidden within the seemingly aimless talisman barrage. It's an impressive looking attack, and the criss-crossing patterns of lasers and multi-colored bullets makes for a better photo op than you were initially expecting. One danmaku pattern isn't enough to judge, but so far Yogan seems to be backing up Daliah and the Kappa's claims of her power.
>Hina is the first to falter, her bullets fading as she produces one of her spellcards after weathering less than a minute of Yogan's assault. "Fate: Old Lady Ohgane's Fire." she declares, as red fireballs appear in bent lines around her, like a broken wheel, dispatching waves of bullets aiming first inturned, then outturned, creating an interlocking pattern of ribbon-like fireball shots.
>The idol, however, continues to dance in the air, as though to music only she can hear. You have to admit, she makes for a good show all by herself, but the lights and the spectacle of a spellcard duel only serves to accentuate her verve and energy. Though it pains you to admit as you watch Yogan dance in and around Hina's attack, that youkai idol may be nearly as agile as you yourself are, and that's not an easy thing for a Crow to admit. And you also feel a momentary twinge of sympathy for Hina. You could handle the spellcard pattern she's using, and Yogan's skill at danmaku, from what you've seen, indicates that the goddess may very well be in over her head.
>Yogan actually sings the name of her spellcard, "Burning Passion: Blazing Heat!" A brilliant aura of red light surrounds the gyrating youkai, and a large scarlet flies past her, passing by Hina to her left. As this laser fades, dozens of music note danmaku appear around Yogan in a spinning hexagonal pattern, before collapsing inwards. As another laser flies past Yogan, this one clipping Hina on her right, the music notes dissolve into hundreds of circular danmaku of all the colors of the rainbow, blasting out at great speeds, followed a criss-crossing circle of fireballs of her own. Between the lasers, the danmaku swarm and the rapidly crossing fireballs, the poor spinning goddess doesn't have a chance.
>After just over a minute, Hina's spellcard shatters with that dramatic sound, and in quite a rare sight, the goddess stops spinning. Weirdly, despite the fact that Hina has only taken one spellcard's and a bit worth of damage, her clothing seems disproportionately damaged compared to other duels. "You are quite powerful." she says with a mix of disappointment and admiration. "I was only trying to be nice and chase you away..."
>Now that her performance is over, Yogan's bashful nature reasserts itself, and she gives the goddess an uncomfortable smile. "I'm sorry. But you wanted to see how strong I was."
>And she did just that. And gave you quite a number of good shots, as well.
