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Frame of the Undying Fortitude (finished)
An Odd Sea Slug:
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"Finally..." gasped the panting Wriggle as she staggered up.
Wriggle held her right arm out, steadying it with her left arm as she focused her willpower into forming a faint energy ball, aiming it squarely at Ayase's former seal. She gritted her teeth, trying to ignore the pain in her body while summoning the very last of her strength to form the projectile... Actually, she may have been out of strength now... But that soon wouldn't matter. Ayase was bearing down on the insect youkai...
"Foolish nightbug. You haven't nearly enough power to do that... No one here does." spoke Ayase as she landed slowly and softly behind Wriggle.
Wriggle ignored Ayase, trying to keep her concentration. Ayase's smile faded upon realizing Wriggle wasn't going to give in so easily. She walked up to the insect girl.
"You came here thinking 'I must stop the transfer of power to that strange girl', didn't you? Too bad. It won't happen with such little power. The only thing you can do to stop me is to face me directly."
Wriggle narrowed her eyes while still looking at the power rich seal below. If what Ayase said was true, then her last effort would be useless. But if things went like this, what would the outcome of Mokou's battle be...? There was no choice... Either fire at the seal, or Ayase... Or...
Ayase put up her key.
"You should really make it easy on yourself and come quietly. Or shall I take you by fo-"
Ayase was interrupted, shocked as Wriggle snapped around with a yell, firing out her final energy blast... Not at her... Not at the seal... But in fact...
"Wh-what?!" stammered Ayase as she watched the display.
...right at Mystia!
"...?"
The possessed bird youkai watched without any emotion as the blast flew straight toward her! She let out a weak moan as the blast slammed into her torso, burning a near perfect circle into her clothes as she flew backwards into the ground, tumbling a small distance before coming to rest. In her current state of mind, Mystia could not identify this sudden sensation... An... ...uncomfortable sensation. Even in her possessed state, Mystia found the feeling unpleasant... ...and familiar... She looked down at her damaged clothes as she sat up, peering at the burn mark on her torso...
Meanwhile, Wriggle launched another blast at Ayase, a more potent one at that! Ayase had been distracted with Mystia and was only barely able to put up her key in time to block the blast originally intended for the seal, damaging part of her right arm and pushing her back some! Ayase only barely kept her balance, now visibly angry at Wriggle, realizing she had released a tiny portion of the built up power to shoot Mystia and directed the rest at her.
Upon seeing the smoke clear, Wriggle's eyes widened as she tried to move out of the way! But she had already used the rest of her energy, her body freezing as if totally turning to stone... In other words, her body had finally broke down, leaving her at Ayase's mercy. Disregarding her injured and bleeding right arm, Ayase charged at Wriggle, smashing her giant key right into the insect youkai's head! Upon falling limp to the ground, Wriggle could then a sharp pain at the center of her left leg, accompanied by a sickening snap as Ayase brought the smaller end of her key right down on the back of Wriggle's left knee! Wriggle shrilled violently at the pain in her head and leg, only exacerbated by the prior torturous pain from the earlier fighting and abuse incurred by Kaguya. She now found herself holding back tears and not solely due to the pain... But because Ayase's retribution was also the number one sign that her final plan had failed.
She gritted her teeth as hard as she could, unaware that Ayase was looking down at her resentfully... ...and that she was pulling back her right leg... With neither the mental or physical strength left to fight it off, all the pain in Wriggle's body began hitting her all at once, reducing her to a drooling, writhing creature that had been driven to near madness. She was no longer able to hold back her tears as thoughts of death began entering her mind...
Even as Ayase kicked her in the chest, sending her broken body tumbling across the ground, Wriggle thought of death. What she had previously been trying to avoid had begun to look like a sweet embrace, an end to the pain in her battle-ragged body, an end to the pain of failing her friends... An end to...
Wait... An end to... An end to...
To... ...what?
Her friends... An end to her friends...
An... End...? Yes...
Death would be the end. Of her... ...and her friends. They had been defeated. They were all...
Wait, what...? What were they...?
"...die."
Die?
Die...?
D......I.......E?!
Yes. Die. She and her friends were going to... ...die. In the name of a single crazed woman's vengence, she and her friends were going to... No...
No...
No...
No...
No...
No...!
No!
No!!
NO!!!
NO! NO! NO! ON! NO! NO! NO! NO! NONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONO!!
***
As Ayase picked up the broken Wriggle by her shirt, the insect youkai suddenly snapped out of her pain induced haze...
"Did you not hear me?" spoke Ayase. "You aren't going to die. Or rather... ...you won't die in a normal way..."
Ayase's smile began to return.
"No... Instead you'll Become the last key to my hidden power... The one who will purify me and free me from my part of Koro's curse forever, as it is written. You should feel proud nightbug. This will be something glorious for you, even in death!"
"R-really...? Y-y-you r-really s-seem to believe that, d-don't you...? Heh... Heh... Heh... Heh... Heh..."
Ayase dropped her smile, raising an eyebrow as she continued to listen to Wriggle, her emotionless face drenched in her own dark green blood...
"Th-thats... ...f-f-fine. You have... ...you and your mistress... ...have done so m-much... ...damage to my body th-that I... ...I no longer really c-care if I die, heh heh... Th-the pain is... ...unbearable... B-but..." stammered the weakened Wriggle, struggling to speak coherently while managing a faint smile. "I-it really... ...does not... ...m-matter much... F-for you sh-shall die... ...along with me... Heh.... Heh..."
Ayase briefly raised an eyebrow at this, both Wriggle and herself unflinching, even as an explosion from the battle between Mokou and Kaguya brought a brief, blinding light to shine where they were.
"An odd thing for someone in your predicament to say... Are you finally going mad? It is best that you accept the truth..." spoke Ayase.
"N-no... The truth is this: I'm... ...going to die. But you will die too. Be-because... ...Mystia... ...Mystia will kill you!"
Dismissing Wriggle's words for deluded babbling, Ayase threw her down to the ground before holding up her key, appearing to be activating some sort of spell...
"I've heard enough. You seem to have forgotten that your friend is under our full control, that you have lost this fight. I'm free, and the immortal girl is doomed. Quiet down now... I will put you out of your misery."
The barely conscious Wriggle's smile only widened. She looked toward Mystia, who was cringing a bit while touching her wound.
"M... M... MYSTIA!" called out Wriggle with something of a cross between a shout and a gasp.
The pained Mystia looked toward Wriggle out of instinct for a brief moment.
"Th-that f-feeling of burning... That... ...foul sensation you feel... Its pain. Its pain Mystia. Its the thing you hate most of all..." said Wriggle before letting out a cough.
Ayase looked down at Wriggle with slight irritation.
"You have gone mad! Reaching her now is useless, for she under our full control. She won't listen to you in such a state..." said the key girl.
Wriggle noticed that Mystia was looking toward her, ignoring Ayase and continuing.
"Mystia, listen to me... You're being controlled by your hated enemy... If you... ...if you don't resist... ...you'll only... ...receive more... ... ...p-pain... She's going to... ... ...hurt you... ...even more... So... ...so..."
Wriggle's body began glowing a green color along with the key. Ayase smiled before beginning to chant an incantation.
"So remember that pain! I shot you earlier... ...as a reminder... ...of what we've gone through since the previous night... Reme... Remember what they have done to you... ...in the name of... ...their twisted and meaningless revenge... Fight back Mystia...! I k-know you're in there somewhere, so... ...p... ...please...!"
Wriggle's vision blurred, her breathing strained. She began to feel light headed, too tired to talk any further. Sadly, it would seem as her last sad and desperate pleas fell on def ears...
Mystia remained expressionless aside from the pain on her stomach's surface as she stood up... But as she did so she suddenly cringed hard, whimpering as a sharp pain shot through her back, causing her to stagger about. What was this pain? And... ...why was it so familiar...? A terrible, shooting pain that coursed through her right wing, making it feel as if it was about to explode...
Mystia... ...remembered this pain. Or rather, she remembered having it for some time. A pain that started not that long back, just a little over twenty-four hours ago... But... ...where did it come from? Thats when an image flashed in her broken mind... Images of her mistress Kaguya. She was fighting her... ...with that green haired insect youkai girl... But she served Lady Kaguya... Why would she be fighting her mistress? Why would her mistress be trying to...
...
...
...hurt her...?
"P... Pain..."
She remembered the pain... That fight... ...was painful... Who caused that pain...? Mystia began trembling...
"Pain... ... ... ... Kaguya...."
Kaguya caused this pain...? But she served Kaguya, never having any... Wait... This pain...
"This pain... This pain..." mumbled Mystia to herself. "This pain was... Was... ...caused by mistress...? N-no, not mistre- Yes.. ...it... ...was...?"
Mystia staggered a bit, sweating as she held her head with her left hand... What were these familiar, frightening thoughts...?
"Silly nightbird, they're trying to confuse you. Why would you listen to lying people such as them?"
Mystia heard a strange voice in her head...
"M... M-miss... ....tress...?" stammered Mystia, beginning to feel emotion once more.
"Now now, I am your mistress. You should know that I wouldn't do anything to hurt you..."
It was Kaguya's voice. A smooth, perhaps even soothing and feminine voice that at first calmed Mystia... But then, something else within her mind came back to life...
"...no..." she said out loud.
***
And in the gold adorned insides of Mystia's mind...
"No. This isn't right... Not at all... You're not..."
The red Mystia -the true Mystia- turned around to the site of an apparently naked Kaguya on top of another girl whom Mystia could not see... T'was a purple Kaguya. They were both upon a large white bed.
"You are not my mistress!" protested the angry looking Mystia.
The Kaguya rose from her position on top of the other girl, turning somewhat to face Mystia while covering herself with her right arm. She wore a familiar smile.
"Silly girl, how am I not your mistress? The curse of Koro is an absolute one. Therefore, you shall be unquestionably loyal to me." she said.
"Gh! Don't you give me that you lying b***h! Release my mind at once!" demanded Mystia.
Kaguya looked away while holding onto her smile. She sighed lightly.
"This is far out of your control. You are hardly in any position to make any demands or threats. For you see, this isn't your realm anymore."
Mystia's eyebrow twitched as she walked closer.
"What do you mean?" she asked, her eyes narrowing.
"Hmm..."
Kaguya moved, allowing Mystia to see the girl she was on top of... Mystia was disgusted at what she saw. No, that was an understatement. Although her body wasn't physical, she felt utterly sick...
For the girl the nude Kaguya was on was in fact herself.
Yes the girl Mystia saw was Mystia. It was her except for a blue color in addition to bearing that deadpan emotionless face when the curse of Koro had... Wait a minute...
"You are no longer in control. This is your true self now." said Kaguya, looking directly at Mystia again. "In short... You are no longer real. You have been suppressed, removed... I'm tempted to say that you don't exist anymore."
Mystia's eyes widened for a moment before narrowing again. She fidgeted nervously.
"N-no... I'm the true Mystia! You two are nothing more than fakes trying to cloud my mind...!"
The purple Kaguya smiled a bit as she began walking toward Mystia, no longer bothering to cover herself. Mystia caught a glimpse of her 'true self', chained to the bed and naked, drool dribbling out of her mouth as if having a prolonged moment with her lover. This disgusted Mystia even more... At this imagery she felt humiliated, defiled... As the nude Kaguya approached her, her anger seethed forth... She wanted to pounce at Kaguya, forcing control out of her mind away from her... But she couldn't move. No matter how much she willed it, she could not attack Kaguya, but why?!
"Everything here is mine now little bird... I control everything. Your mind and body belong to me. Even your very soul is mine to command..."
Kaguya then raised up her right hand. A clanging sound could be heard as large chains suddenly materialized around the red Mystia's body and limbs, going all the way to the wall behind her! She could not move a muscle... But none the less she strained with all her might, trying to free herself from the strange mental bind...
"...and I control the very chains of fate that bind you."
Finally, Kaguya knelt down and embraced the chained Mystia.
"Now be a good girl and accept your fate." spoke the princess in a soft, soothing voice.
Mystia felt her 'mouth' moving on its own, like she was compelled to speak... She couldn't stop it...
"Y... Y... Y... Yes... ...M-mistress..."
***
Ayase briefly looked over to Mystia even as she continued her strange spell and smiled briefly before looking down at the battered Wriggle in contempt.
"Hmph. I hope you're happy nightbug. You compelled some part of her original self still left inside her mind to try to fight back against the curse. Sadly, in doing so, she will inevitably destroy her own mind. The power of the old curse of Koro is just too great." she said with a hint of anger in her voice.
Why would she be angry now...? She continued speaking, but taking a much softer and somber voice.
"You're not strong enough to break this curse. She isn't either. And if you two aren't strong enough... ...then perhaps no one is..."
The battered Wriggle twitched a bit as she laid on the ground. Had she heard what Ayase had said...
***
An Odd Sea Slug:
"Thats right." spoke the mental Kaguya again. "I am your mistress. Now say yourself. Who am I?"
The chained Mystia gritted her teeth, trying not say what the curse wanted her to say, desperate not to let this last ounce of her uncorrupted mind to slip away into Kaguya's grasp!
"Y... You... ...are... ...m-m-m... N-no...! No... Y-you... ...are...!"
"Yes, go ahead and say it! Sing little night bird! Say who I am!" goaded Kaguya with a delighted expression.
Mystia shook her 'head' violently, trying not to say it when...
"...my mistress. You are... ...my mistress."
The other Mystia... The one on the bed had spoken. A calmer, almost dead tone in a voice identical to the restrained Mystia before Kaguya. The red Mystia's eyes widened. Those weren't her words... Or where they...? Weren't these two fake...? Yet she felt like she had spoken them all the same... She snapped her eyes shut as she forced herself to shout...
"NO YOUR NOT!"
Kaguya didn't seem all that disturbed by the outburst, the scream not at all appearing to hurt her 'ears'. Instead she sighed mildly while calmly standing up, backing away from Mystia a very slight distance, her smile absent. Meanwhile, Mystia continued her resistance.
"NO! You are not my mistress... You have no control over me! I won't let you... I won't let you...!"
Her eyes suddenly snapped open with thin pupils, Mystia struggling to keep herself from saying what she did not want to say. The two Mystia's spoke at the same time...
"Y-you... ...are... ...my..."
The red Mystia shook her head violently once more.
"SHUT UP! You're not a part of me... You do not speak for me!" yelled Mystia.
Her resistance was unexpectedly powerful... But Kaguya saw it as meaningless... She reared back her right hand before swiping it down to slap the red Mystia dead in the cheek, stopping her loud resistance.
"Hmph. Your resistance only makes me more eager to make you mine you know. I find it delicious." said Kaguya with a small smile before licking her fingers a bit. "Now thats quite enough out of you. Be quiet and become as cursed as the rest of you."
Mystia quieted down and slowly bowed her head. She reminded silent for a few moments until...
"F**k you."
The purple Kaguya's eyebrow twitched.
"What was that?" she asked.
"Didn't you hear me princess...? F**k you!" repeated Mystia with a smile.
Kaguya breifly narrowed her eyes before giving Mystia another slap to the face. Mystia cringed hard, but her smile did not dissipate. Instead she spoke again, looking up at Kaguya.
"I told you before, you cannot control me... I will take over these chains of fate that bind me! I break them before your eyes!" exclaimed Mystia.
"You haven't the power. Useless small youkai like you should not be allowed to speak!" said Kaguya.
The princess raised her right hand once more but this time folding it into a fist. She quickly reared it back before striking at the red Mystia's 'jaw', the sound of it echoing in the 'room.' Mystia however did not drop her smile, immediately reacting by lunging forward and biting right down and hard on Kaguya's hand! Kaguya screamed out, immediately hitting Mystia's head with her free left hand!
"Let go you wretched...!"
Finally, Kaguya forced Mystia to release her hand via harsh backhanded slap. She held her injured hand, no blood visible. Then again, projections didn't have blood... Kaguya growled at her rebellious quarry... Mystia only glared at her.
"...as I thought." she spoke.
"What is it?!" asked Kaguya, now irritated.
"You aren't the real princess... You're just a twisted abomination created by the curse and shaped to look like her. You are not real. And now, you will no longer have power over me." claimed Mystia. "Wriggle gave me the reminder of the pain I needed to remember who I really was... That will be my strength."
The Kaguya laughed nervously.
"Your strength?! She's no friend of yours... She shot you! She hurt you, may have very well killed you! Surely you are delusional...!"
"A funny word to use, curse-girl!" Interrupted Mystia. "The whole lot of you are the deluded ones! Thinking you can just use this power however you please... From this experience, I realized that something like you should not have ever been allowed to set foot upon this Earth!"
The Kaguya look-a-like growled with a scowl... Mystia sensed that more violence would soon be afflicted upon her, yet continuing to smile.
"How dare you... I will make you obedient... ...even if I have to beat your mind, body and soul within an inch of existence!"
Mystia ignored this warning, instead quietly chanting something...
"Flap... Flap... Flap... Flap... Flap... Flap... Flap... Flap..."
"W-what are you doing?!" asked the Kaguya projection.
***
Back in the real world, Mystia, despite the current chaos in her mind -or perhaps because of it- felt a strange urge, one she did not resist. Perhaps unable to resist...? She began trying to flap her wings... Her right wing had done well to heal, but it wasn't ready yet... If she tried to flap it now... But she continued anyway, even as great pain began filling it and consequently, her back as punishment for the attempt.
"Flap... Flap... Flap... Flap... Flap... Flap... Flap... Flap... Flap... Flap..."
Ayase and Wriggle looked over, puzzled at what the nightbird was doing. No, a better description for Ayase's expression would be a mix of horror, fascination and awe...
"...it can't be..." she muttered.
***
The red Mystia spoke louder now, as if trying to force the rest of her mind and body to obey...
"Flap... Flap... Flap... Flap...! Flap...! Flap! Flap! Flap! FLAP! FLAP!"
"Sh-shut up! Are you attempting to irritate me?!" yelled the purple Kaguya. "Enough of this farce... I'm going to..."
Suddenly, the Kaguya felt a sharp pain in her back! A dire and horrendous one as if something in it that should not have been moving was moving. She staggered backwards a bit with a shocked expression, instinctively reaching behind her back! Suddenly she could feel all of the pain Mystia felt!
"I-IMPOSSIBLE! This is the pain that only the physical body should feel, why am I...!"
She then noticed that Mystia had one eye closed, shuddering in her chains as if also feeling the pain, but she did not stop her chant. The purple one's eyes widened before swinging around to look at the blue Mystia on the bed... She was also chanting the command to flap while trying to roll over as if a great pain was also upon her back!
"N-no...! No one can... No can possibly do this! To resist the spell... The curse... The sheer mental strength of will it would take has been too much for even the greatest of beasts, but a small youkai like you...! No... I will not let this happen... Do you hear me?!" said Kaguya in a panicked expression. "There isn't anyway you can break the curse! I will end this right now!!"
Mystia briefly had her eyes tightly shut as she felt the great pain. She managed to hold her smile, elated that her body still obeyed her, this projection, a walking representation of what little of the old Mystia was left. She was also pleased to see this projection of her cursed captor Kaguya in much pain, delighting in this payback for all the agony she had caused. She briefly opened her right eye to see what she was doing...
She did so just in time to see her adversary plow her left hand nails right into said eye.
All three girls hollered out in torturous pain, all three of them sharing it. But why...? Surely this projection know what would happen since they shared the pain... Kaguya immediately staggered back once more before falling to her knees, instinctively covering her right eye while the Mystias thrashed in their bonds violently. All this extra pain served to break the red Mystia's concentration, her body briefly beginning to turn blue... Kaguya stopped her screams and smiled with and expression of great insanity as she dug her left hand's nails into the ground and began a grim cackle.
"Yes! W-with this, I can finally take over the rest of your mind! What the hell was I worried about?! Its impossible for you defeat Koro's curse! Ahahahahahaha!"
But as quickly as she said that, the red Mystia's body began reverting back to its prior color as she chanted something new...
"T-take control... ...of the arm... Move the arm... Move the arm..."
The purple Kaguya, still in great pain and distracted by her own premature relief did not notice this...
***
Wriggle and Ayase were shocked by the sudden loud screaming Mystia did as she fell to her knees, Ayase nearly dropping her spell as a result!
"M... Mystia...?!" uttered Wriggle almost incomprehensibly.
Mystia quickly began staggering back up to a standing position as her right arm stiffly moved back, grabbing her right wing and digging her claws right into it! She screamed madly in pain as blood quickly began dripping from her hand as it twisted with the already injured wing in its grasp... It moved as if the nightbird meant to completely tear it off!
***
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!! NO! NO MORE! STOP IT, STOP IT, STOP IT! HOW CAN THIS BE?! HOW CAN YOU POSSIBLY DO THIS?!?!"
The purple Kaguya along with the two Mystia's both writhed in pain! The room around them began to shake violently, cracking and vanishing! The red Mystia spoke one last time...
"Heh... Heh heh heh... I am able to do this... ...because of her... Because of them. Wriggle and the others who came here, putting themselves on the line in order to rescue me... Seeing their bravery... ...gave me hope. When I saw Wriggle's light, I was filled with hope... ...once more. In her own way, she showed me that no matter how terrible the enemy or how great the pain... ...you should fight through it if it means protecting those close to you. That is the courage that gives me this new strength, the power that can resist Koro." explained Mystia weakly, fighting the pain in order to talk.
The fake Kaguya looked at the nightbird with an expression of terror.
"S-so... I will no longer feel the pain, no matter how great it is. I will fight through it for an eternity... ...if it means I can dispose of a devil like you! I... I know Wriggle is still alive out there... ...hurting just as much as we are right now. And I know that you are not her... ...that devil named Kaguya... But even so... ...you should know that... ...we no longer fear you... ...neither you... ...nor her! The only thing for you to do..."
The fake Kaguya's eyes widened in ultimate fear...
"NO, DON'T...!"
"Is to... ...GET THE HELL OUTTA HERE!!"
And with that, everything shattered. The walls, the floor, the chains hold the red Mystia, the blue Mystia in her entirety... ...and the purple Kaguya, who's screams quickly faded into nothingness. As the room became a pitch dark well, the red Mystia stood in place... ...and smiled.
***
An Odd Sea Slug:
Mystia's eyes widened along with the sound of a horrific tear...
"WRIIIIGGLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLEE!!!" shouted Mystia as she throw away her formerly attached right wing. "Wriggle... I'm so sorry... Forgive me for being so weak earlier..."
She panted as Ayase and Wriggle both looked on in utter shock. Ayase nearly dropped her key, her green aura vanishing. There was something different about Mystia's voice... It sounded deeper, more mature...
The nightbird looked at her fallen friend, Wriggle looking back. They both smiled. Wriggle could almost swear that Mystia looked a little taller...
"We wouldn't be like this now if I hadn't fallen for Kaguya's tricks... But what is important now... ...is that we're alive. That, and we're no longer the slaves of that mad princess. And now we're going to beat them and leave here... ...together." finished Mystia before glaring harshly at Ayase.
"We're both in excruciating pain because of you and your mistress... But who cares? I will ignore even the greatest pain if it means besting you two in the end and stopping your idiotic plans... I don't need that damned wing... I don't need anything other than the strength of my friends to beat you!"
Suddenly, Mystia shot forward at a break neck speed head on at Ayase putting up her right hand claws while yelling out in aggression! Ayase was still so shocked that she almost forgot to avoid the attack, a large chunk of her right arm being sheered right off! As Ayase collapses to the ground, she thinks of only one thing:
To break the control spell... These two are... Could they really be the ones capable of breaking the curse?! Is it possible?!
After her attack, Mystia ran over to Wriggle, kneeling to her insect friend and grabbing her hand.
"I... I'm so glad you're okay... ...Mystia." muttered Wriggle with a faint smile.
"Me too Wriggle... Me too." said Mystia, seeming to hold back tears. "Wriggle... Thank you. You really saved me."
Mystia took Wriggle's hand and helped her up, the two seeming to draw strength from one another.
"M-Mystia, I'll only slow you down... Please, just get out of here."
Mystia shook her head.
"No. We're in this together until the end. You risked your life to protect mine. Now its my turn to do the same for you. We're going to leave this vile place together. Don't forget what you said before. You said we could get through this as long as we stayed together right?" asked Mystia.
Wriggle looked at Mystia for a bit before smiling again.
"Y-yeah." she responded. "Lets do it... ...together."
***
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POWER OF FRIENDSHIP
An Odd Sea Slug:
"Look Sakuya!" called over Eirin, pointing toward the events transpiring from farther away even as she dodged Sakuya's knives. "The princess has succeeded. You cannot hope to be of any effect now!"
"Hmph!"
Sakuya threw another wave of knives as Eirin fired another volley of arrows. The weapons clashed against each other in mid-air and fell to the ground. Both women looked as if they had been fighting for awhile, with partially torn clothes
"I will not be intimidated by some little light show. I have the distinct feeling that whatever it is you unsealed isn't really worth much." said Sakuya nonchalantly.
"I will not be talked down to by the dog of the Devil. Your mistake of underestimating Koro's power will be a heavy one..."
Eirin pulled out an arrow, an orange one with a small chain attached to its back. Placing it in her bow, she took aim at Sakuya, letting it go once it was level. The chain stayed with and attached to the bow, growing continuously as the now energized arrow streaked at Sakuya like an orange laser. The maid leaped out of way of the 'beam', flying across the ground as the orange beam of death chased her around, bending as it moved to pursue the maid. Eirin smirked a bit before firing a second arrow of the same type ahead of Sakuya, forcing the maid to dart off to the side as the beams converged on her. Finally, the nurse let out a third. With three lasers coming at her, Sakuya stopped moving for a moment, allowing them to get closer.
"A dog...? Funny..." uttered the maid.
The maid athletically and skillfully leaped between the lasers before pulling out her pocket watch... Around Eirin, the world briefly flashed black and white... Instinctively, Eirin released the chains on her bow, the laser arrows dissipating as several knives came at her from the front, back, left, and right, two on each side! But only two...?
"Tsch..."
Eirin pulled out a purple arrow, one that immediately began glowing purple as a visible swirl of energy began twisting around it. She hurriedly cocked the arrow in place, purple swirls of energy quickly surrounding her. The nurse span in place, deflecting the every last one of the knives before firing the arrow blindly! The weapon split in two upon being launched, homing right in on the approaching Sakuya! The visibly surprised maid only barely managed dodged the first, only to have the second go right through her...
And cause her to vanish? Eirin was alarmed at this... But she wouldn't have time to wonder, for Sakuya -rather, the real Sakuya- had once again stopped time, restoring it just in time to deliver a swift kick straight into Eirin's nose!
"You're following a twisted order regardless of the consequences without a hint of question. The only dog here is you." stated the maid.
The nurse fell down and backwards, gagging as blood flew out of her nose. But despite this, she realized there were knives coming right at her from all sides! With no time to dodge, Eirin almost instinctively pulled out a bomb and exploded it, annihilating the knives before they could stab into her! She recovered and landed safety on the ground, immediately blocking a slash from a charging Sakuya before pushing the maid back. The two jumped away from each other as they unleashed volley after volley of arrows and knives and one another while attempting to dodge each other's projectiles.
"Hmph!"
Eirin soon pulled out a spellcard, Sakuya following suit.
"Come now Sakuya. We shall see who the dog truly is!"
"Fine by me... ...Eirin Yagokoro."