I'm not really good when it comes on writing fight scenes =.=
This is quite challenging since I'm a hard time writing them, but oh well,
Time for me to get some rest for tomorrow, I will have a very long day at work.
The Last Stand Ch 1 A-1: I'm not sure if I'm doing it right ~The Cowardly Wota vs. The Legendary Squirrel~ Arrows vs. Sword
If Love-tan didn’t threaten her, she would have just run and jump outside that stage. She doesn’t want to be beaten almost to death by other students, specially that squirrel who’s chasing her right now, but being chase by summoned souls (which will detonate once contact was made) is not a good option as well.
She’s afraid of ghosts after all.
Even though everyone from Leonine respects her for being a supportive senior, they cannot stop making fun of her for being afraid of ghosts. Indeed, her arrows can pierce any monsters that show threat to their territory, but ghosts, well they are a different story.
Going back to the tournament, Sashihara Rino (or Sasshi as they call her) still couldn’t believe that she needs to face the well-known Oshima Yuko of Sacred Gate. If she wants to get out alive, she should keep her distance from the most fearsome swordswoman and think of a plan besides running, shooting arrows to her opponent and dodging slashes being thrown at her. Who knows what will happen especially now that the squirrel is already pumped up and ready to kick everyone’s behind. But seeing that Love-tan is watching her, playing dead is not a good idea – at all.
Oshima Yuko on the other hand is getting a little bit impatient. Seeing how Sasshi managed to dodge all of her slashes, knocking her off on a close-range distance would be her best choice.
“Yosh, if you keep running away from me like this, then you leave me no choice.” She told herself.
Not stopping on her chase, she parried the arrows that came towards her. After making sure that no more things are flying on her direction, she then pulled her great sword in front of her horizontally and casted;
"Lightspeed". She then suddenly vanished from everyone’s sight.
“Oh my, it seems that Yuu-chan started to lose her patience. I hope she doesn’t overdo it” Yuko’s partner said which earned a glare from the young Leonine shaman.
Noticing that there are no more slashes being thrown towards her, the unsuspecting archer looked back and stopped once she didn’t saw her pursuer. Not letting her guard down, she tried to listen to her surroundings. Hearing a faint ruffling sound, she was surprised when Yuko appeared in front of her with her sword positioned upwards ready to give her a hard blow on the head.
“Jumping Slash!” shouted the swordswoman. Sasshi barely manages to block Yuko’s great sword with her long bow. Visiting Murashige to reinforce her bow was a wise decision after all. But the squirrel’s power overwhelms her. Sasshi gritted her teeth as she tried her best to hold on.
Finally seeing Sasshi’s seriousness, Yuko grinned and kicked Sasshi on the stomach making the archer fly away from their position. Sasshi almost felt that some of her bones cracked after feeling the kick, but she managed to shift her position so that she can land on the arena’s floor with her feet. Sliding a few more meters, she then pointed her bow upwards.
“Arrow Storm!” she shouted and released the string of her bow. Yuko then saw multiple arrows from above but instead of dodging them, she twirled her sword like a baton parrying all the arrows sent by the archer’s skill.
“That’s more like it. I don’t plan on winning by default.” Yuko said as she gets back to her fighting stance.
“Ano, Oshima-san, I don’t really want to fight you. I don’t even know why I’m here.” Sasshi replied.
“Boo! You’re no fun at all! Let’s do this already.”
Sasshi just sighed. She can only hope that she won’t get any scars from this tournament.
“Yosh, back to my hit and run strategy. KAWASU” she said.
Yuko can’t help but smile. Their real fun is about to start.
“Tranquility.”
“Better to be prepared than nothing.” Yuko doesn’t doubt her strength but she doesn’t want to be caught unprepared either. She doesn’t know how sneaky the archer could be.
Sasshi started to run again, still keeping distance from her opponent. But knowing that Yuko casted Lightspeed earlier, this won’t be easy as she thinks.
And then Yuko disappeared from her spot. Sharpening her senses, she tried to guess where the squirrel would show up next.
“Sunken Strike!” Sasshi looked up and saw Yuko descending from above. She jumped up and dodge Yuko’s sword again, but it was a wrong idea. As soon as Yuko’s sword hit the ground, a massive amount of chi was released. Sasshi was then again sent flying to the air.
“Burst Fire!” Sasshi shouted, releasing multiple arrows aiming towards Yuko. Having casted Tranquility, the swordswoman didn’t even think of dodging them. Sasshi’s arrow didn’t even manage to scratch the squirrel’s armor.
“Common, you could do better than that.” Yuko mocked. But she then fidgeted a little when she felt something scratch her cheek. The swordswoman may not noticed, but the archer casted her “Armor Piercing Arrow” when she dropped her guard for a few seconds.
“You little.” Yuko said.
“STARFALL!” Sasshi shouted.
“This time no more playing around.” The squirrel commented as she chases the archer again, this time while trying not to get hit by asteroids falling from the sky.
Sasshi kept on casting STARFALL to keep Yuko at bay.
“You see, you can’t stop me with falling stones and arrows!” she said. Concentrating her chi, Yuko pointed her sword up and shouted “Lightning Strike!”and got a direct hit.
“Sasshi!” Love-tan shouted after seeing the archer struck by lightning.
Sasshi fell on her knees after being electrocuted by Yuko’s skill. But she still couldn’t believe how the squirrel did it. A swordsman doesn’t have enough intelligence when it comes to spell casting.
“You should feel proud since that was the first time I’ve used that skill. It took me quite a while before I can master it. Was it really that shocking seeing a swordswoman casting magic?” Yuko asked.
Sasshi couldn’t reply since she’s still feeling the shocked on her body.
“Ano, no hard feelings Sashihara Rino, but this may hurt a little.” Yuko said.
“Sword Explosion!”
Sasshi just closed her eyes as she felt the energy wave sent towards her. She was then again sent flying but this time she’s totally thrown from the arena, hitting the walls.
Love-tan run towards her direction worried about the poor archer. Even though she wanted Sasshi to win the tournament, well, it hurts her more seeing Sasshi being beaten like this.
“Love-tan go-men, I’m. . no much when it comes to some-one as near as a legend.” Sasshi muttered.
“Baka, don’t speak, I can’t carry you to the infirmary so try to walk with your feet.” Love-tan replied.
She then casted “Sacificial Ritual” and helped Sasshi to stand with her feet and guided her towards the arena’s infirmary.
“Nee, Nyan-Nyan should be like that to me~~” Yuko felt jealous after seeing the two students from Leonine walking away from the stage. She felt a little bad beating Sasshi like that, but this is part of being selected as “Ace”. She then turned around and saw the other two still fighting, guess she doesn’t have anything to do but to sit and wait on who’s going to be her opponent.
"Now, can somebody remind me again why just we didn't have a sousenkyo?"
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