CHAPTER 7BAkarin keeps her gaze towards the man in black. His sickening grin makes her blood boils as if taunting her.
“Hahaha! A girly maid is trying to protect the princess? With a broom too? Are they trying to prank me or something… Don’t joke with-
GAH!”
Before the man could finish his talk, Akarin had made the first assault; by giving a strong kick straight on his balls.
“Don’t mess with a Darth Maid, dude.” Akarin glares, her eyes burning with flames. No one messess with a maid and a broom. No one. The man tried to keep his posture albeit the pain on his middle.
“DAMN YOU! You’ve ruin my future!”
“I don’t think you’ll have any future left… after THIS!”
Akarin swings her broom wildly, hitting the man continuously in different places. But the man dodged every single hit with ease. Akarin keeps on giving hits after hits, trying to find an opening. The man smirks as he grab hold of the broom just a few inches in front of his face. However, Akarin has a few tricks under her sleeves.
“Heh… such a feisty maid. But now that I got you, what are you going to do-
URGH!”
The broom handle elongated with a press on a hidden button, hitting the man squared on his face.
“You talk way too much I’m getting sick of it…”
The man holds his face with wide eyes.
This maid is not joking! She really can fight!“What… what is that thing? That’s not a normal broom!”
“This broom is specially made to fight people like you! Behold! The Suda Lightning Bind Majestic Broom!”
He keeps on trembling with a shocking face, only for it to change back into a smirk.
“T-that… that… is quite hilarious! HAHAHA!” He stands straight with a menacing glare directed to Akarin.
“To think a girl like you can fight, it’s entertaining to say the least. But I’m running out of time… I’ll finish you before I take away the princess….Hehehe… HAHAHA!”
“Akarin!” Rena shouted from the other side of the room, afraid of what's going to happen.
“It’s okay, Rena… I can handle this.”
The man begins chanting undecipherable words with hand seals. The atmosphere turns dark with a foul smell beginning to fill the air. Akarin wasted no time as she also performs the Lightning Seal onto her broom, making it glow with bright light.
The guy turns into a weird slimy creature, with steams of smelly odor evaporating from his body. His face is contorted, his nails become longer and scales covered his skins.
“Man… what are you?!”
The slimy man quickly charges towards Akarin, slicing his long nails along her clothes. Akarin just barely evades the attack.
“Akarin! Are you okay?!”
“I’m fine! Just stay-ARGH!”
The creature pounced on Akarin as she gave her attention to Rena for a split second. He opens his crooked mouth, showing those sharp teeth as he tried to gnaw on Akarin’s head. A few drops of his saliva fell down on the ground just beside Akarin’s ears, melting the floor with like some hazardous acid.
“You’re kidding me! He smells… and he has acid drools?!
EWWW!” Akarin mutters loudly while still trying to block the mutated guy from snapping her neck in half. With all her strength, the maid pushes him with both legs, knocking him over the floor. She quickly gets up and swings her broom.
THWACK!“GRRRR!” Feeling annoyed, the man sways his hands wildly and managed to scratch Akarin’s hand.
“ARGH!” The wound bleeds profusely. Akarin hissed in pain as she holds her arm. The man seizes this time to kick Akarin, sending her flying to the wall. Not giving any time for the maid to recover, he gives out a punch directly to her stomach, resulting in Akarin coughing uncontrollably. Blood can be seen flowing from her mouth...
“GRAAAH!” Having enough of the maid, the slimy man turns his attention towards Rena who is cowering on her bed behind the sheets. He treads heavily towards Rena; his foul smell making the princess gags as she puts a hand to cover her mouth and nose. Tears can be seen flowing out uncontrollably from Rena’s eyes. She’s scared to death. Suddenly, she felt something odd inside her... It’s the same as before. The same pounding in heart tries to get out, screaming for freedom. Her vision begins to be clouded with redness as a deep voice tells her one thing.
Let me out! However, before the man can lay a hand on Rena, a long steel punctured through his gut. He howls in pain as the steel glows brightly, signaling a direct hit on his Mazoku mark. The man vanishes into thin air, revealing a heavily wounded Akarin who is holding the broom. She gives a smile towards Rena, making the young girl calms a bit and her vision returning normal.
“Told you I can handle this…”
Rena steps down from her bed to assist Akarin. However, before she could reach the maid, a force makes both of them flew away from each other.
“Not so fast, girls…”
Another hooded figure with a girl’s voice appeared in front of them.
“Now that you’re taken care of, may I take the princess away…?”
- - - - - -
“
CENTER!!!”
Jurina was thrown onto a nearby tree by the Demon Gorilla. They’ve combined forces to defeat the hideous monkey but it is too powerful as they fight recklessly. Well, they've just met after years of being separated so their synchronization is a bit messed up at the moment. Can't blame them...
“Gosh… that hurts like hell! I think this is gonna sore tomorrow…” Jurina grumbles as she picks herself up from the ground.
“Quit whining… If you were a bit serious, we could’ve hit his mark on the neck.”
“Tch. Now I have a sister who acts like an old hag…”
“Hey, you love this old hag…”
“Is that a self-proclamation of love? Awww… SHO SHWEEET~!”
“Shut up! Anyway, his attacks are strong, but lack of speed. We need a plan…” Hikage keeps on distracting the gorilla, running around in circles with some kunai thrown on her target while Jurina sits on the ground crossed leg, thinking of a way to crush this fury guy. Her eyes twinkled as the cogs in her brain finished working.
“
GOT IT!”
“What?”
“Got any rope?”
“Err… I think so. Hold on... Here!”
“Good. Hey, furball! Catch me!”
“Huh? Oh… I think I know what this is…”
“Hehehe… let’s play like old times!”
Both Jurina and Hikage keep on jumping from one tree to the other, one would distract the gorilla while the other holds the rope. They keep on repeating the process, making the gorilla irritated as if they were playing with him. The gorilla stops following them and stand still in one place, keeping an eye on Jurina.
“EEEP! He’s looking at me!”
“Be careful… he’s planning something.”
Just as Jurina landed on a tree, the gorilla opens his mouth, releasing a supersonic shockwave. He missed Jurina by a mere centimeter but the damage it did can be fatal as the force made a hole on the innocent tree.
“What was that?!” Jurina exclaimed in shock as she wraps her hands around her body, trying to calm herself from the vibrating force of the shockwave.
“Apparently he can shoot shockwave from his mouth. Be careful not get in front of him…”
“Heeeh… I’ll try. Now, we just need to taunt him a little.”
“Let’s go!” Hikage jumps towards the gorilla, slashing him on his hand as Jurina distract him from the other side. The gorilla screams as Hikage wounded him. Suddenly, he began stomping his hands on the ground in repetitive manner. The shock caused a small earthquake, making both of them thrown away. The gorilla runs toward Jurina as he had targeted her for mocking him from the beginning. He swore he would finish her first... Jurina stays on the ground, waiting for him to get closer.
“
NOW!”
Jurina sprints her way towards the gorilla as if trying to commit suicide. The gorilla speeds up, anticipating on crushing the girl in a stampede. But Jurina had other plans. She slides through the opening of his feet, making her way across. Confused, the fury guy turns his attention to the back but something got caught on his feet. It was the rope that both ninjas had played just then. They were passing around the rope while looping it on a tree to make a trap for the gorilla. Unable to control his balance, he falls down face first onto the ground.
“
YOSH! Take this!”
Hikage immediately jumps down from one of the tree, stabbing the gorilla on his neck. Her blade glows brightly as the gorilla yells in agony before dematerializing like the others.
"Rest in peace..." Hikage muttered as some sort of respect for the dead innocent soul...
Suddenly, Jurina falls down the ground. Alarmed, Hikage rushed to her side afraid if she was hurt during their battle.
“Center! Hey, Center! Are you okay? What’s wrong? Hey, don’t die on me!”
Jurina just lay on the ground motionless. Hikage shook her countless of times, worried evidence in her eyes. Tears starts to brims on the corner of her eyes when a grumbling sound could be heard.
“Hey… I’m hungry…”
Jurina whined while rubbing her stomach. Biting her lower lip to refrain her anger, Hikage bumps her knuckle on the kid’s forehead.
“Sheesh, Center… You’re still the same kid from back then…”
“Hahaha! That was fun!”
However, a clapping sound could be heard from one of the trees.
“It was fun indeed… But this is only the beginning!"
- - - - - -
“You… you’re not a host. Who are you?!” Akarin demanded after sensing the aura coming from the figure is slightly different from the one she just fought with.
“You don’t have to know. I’m just here to pick up my princess…”
The figure stride towards Rena but Akarin blocks her way by grabbing the figure’s foot. The figure merely gazed onto Akarin’s eyes as the maid was thrown abruptly on the wall. Strings of papers that had appeared out of thin air constraint her limbs keeping her hanging on the wall. Akarin struggled to release herself but the more she fights the grip of the papers tightens, making her scream in pain.
“Now, now… I don’t want to use any force. Let’s just go back in a peaceful way, okay princess?”
On the other hand, Rena is fighting with her inner self. The pounding feeling comes back as she watches Akarin being thrashed around helplessly. The voices keeps getting louder and stronger, chanting the same words all over again. Her reddening vision darkens in each passing seconds.
Let me out…Let me out!LET ME OUT!Rena lets out a scream as her eyes become bloodshot red. She lashes out on the hooded figure but she just stands there unfazed, waiting for Rena to come closer. With a single knock behind her head, Rena becomes quiet. She fainted on the figure’s hold.
“Just in time…”
“L-let… go… of Rena…” Akarin gathers all her strength to produce the words. By now, the maid is in a worse condition she could’ve fainted anytime. Instead of following Akarin’s request, the figure only snaps her fingers before releasing the maid and disappearing with a knocked out Rena in hand. Only pieces of cut out papers remained…
Akarin just stares on the last spot Rena was last seen before she fainted, collapsing on the ground.
- - - - - -
“What do you mean?!” Jurina keeps her front while Hikage is thinking of something. She is definitely sure she had encountered the air emanated from this person before…
“The school… That was you, wasn’t it?!”
The figure laughs dryly. She jumps down from the tree to approach them…
“Well… the one who did that wasn’t me but the idea was mine. Brilliant, right?”
“Brilliant, my cute ass! You could’ve injured thousands of innocent lives!” Jurina lashes out. She was about to jump on the figure but Hikage holds her down.
“Don’t… we don’t know her powers.”
“Yup. Your partner is right. Besides, I’m not here to fight… We’ve already got what we needed. So, see you later!”
“Wait! What are you saying?”
“Hmmm~ Let’s just say… this battle was only a distraction for getting our most wanted princess.”
Hikage and Jurina look on each other, knowing what the figure implied on.
“You mean…?!”
“Why don’t you check for yourself? I’ve got more important things to do than talking with two dimwits. Toodles~”
“HEY, WAIT!”
The figure jumps upward as a huge bird flew down from the sky. She lands perfectly on top of the bird before flying above both Jurina and Hikage, making them duck down in safety. No words were exchange between them as both of them swiftly turns around with distress and anticipation present in both faces. They rushed through the trees towards one destination in mind; Matsui Rena’s house.
To Be Continued...
A/N: Okaaay this is seriously slow paced

I don't know if I want to continue this fic. I have the plots in mind, I DO! But I just don't have the feel to keep on writing this... What do you think? Should I stop and work on other more realistic story or keep on with this?

I'm not giving up, just losing hope on this one ahahaha

You are always welcomed to write your opinions down here my lovely readers