(Ragna x Ruby)
It was annoying for Ragna how he was stuck walking with probably the only person who could compare to Tao when it came to the annoying department. "This girl just won't shut up will she?" the girl's name was Ruby and at the moment they've decided to work together or anyways Ruby made that decision for Ragna. At the moment Ruby was asking questions about who Ragna was if she could hold his sword and other stuff he'd rather not answer. Finally, after his nerves had gotten irritably close to bursting she asked the first question that in his mind sounded reasonable.
"So who are you looking for?" He raised an eyebrow before giving a harsh sounding response "An annoying ass rabbit that I have no doubts is part why this problem's come up." that made Ruby blink at Ragna he definitely had a way with words so the reaper elaborated a bit "She's about your height, has ribbons that look like rabbit ears which is why she's the bunny leech and is an ass to about everyone she meets so you'll know when you see her." that made Ruby nod as Ragna went to sigh about how things had gotten out of hand.
He was snapped from that however when a mad laugh filled the air and a voice that made Ragna's eyes shoot around rapidly poured out practically streaming venom out of its tone. "See I told you Raggy would be here." Ragna had seconds to react as heard Hazama mocking call out his attack "Above you." raising his right arm Ragna caught the attack pushing against both gravity and Hazama's weight. That's when the laugh came out again and a vicious kick was delivered to Ragna's stomach.
"What's wrong Grim Reaper, if you can't shake off this pipsqueak you aren't worth eating." It was Azreal great this really was just his lucky day wasn't it. Looking at Ruby who was slightly unnerved at the sight of the tank-like Azreal and the stylish Hazama. Ragna recovered from the tumble he had taken quickly retorting to the mad dog "Your really trying to bit off more than you can chew, you bastard."
Ruby shook any hesitation off despite the menacing look of the two men they were threatening her enigmatic partner giving as strong of a look as she could she said. "Don't worry Ragna I'll back you up!" this made Hazama crack an eye open in interest, before turning to Ragna with a sly look. "Oh dear me Ragna, you're going to work with that little tike over there.." in seconds the once playful tone shifted into a violent, deadly one "Now you're just trying to make this fun for me."
(3 minutes later)
It wasn't looking good at all for them, it wasn't too much a surprise for Ragna since he knew exactly how outgunned they were. He looked at Ruby who had just been on the receiving end of Azreal's Black Hawk Stinger and sighed damn this girl. "Get goin," Ragna growled out making Ruby look at him in surprise, but before she could ask any questions he interrupted her"Look you have friends to find, I'll manage these two..somehow." he thought that last part as Ruby gained a defiant look saying.
"No way, I'm not running from a fight especially if it means abandoning someone who'll be in danger." that made Ragna click his tongue this girl was getting to be a handful and he'd only been with her for a little while. Ragna raised his right arm "Get ready then I'm going to show you the power of my Azure Grimoire." that made Hazama smirk before saying. "Oh please Rags quit acting cool, your not the only one with that trick and I can do it better," Ragna replied by having a dark glow come around him as the wind picked up around them making gasp for a second, the two growing powers had managed to knock the wind out of her.
"What are you doing forgetting about me you..." Ruby was barely able to lunch herself out of the way by firing crescent rose into the ground as Azreal snickered while finishing his sentence" you damn appetizer." After that Ruby fired multiple shots into Azreal from the air, it barely affected him as he gave a vicious grin to her. Ruby was nervous for once, this guy was insane and had all the power he needed to overwhelm her with "Hope Ragna can beat that guy quickly."
(Over with Ragna and Hazama)
What started as a fight between enemies had quickly developed into a brawl between two demons as Ragna and Hazama's attacks collided one after another. "Geez Rags why are you trying to take this so quickly, is that girl something important to you?" The Reaper remained silent Ruby was just someone caught up in the mess that the rabbit (probably) caused for shits and giggles. Hazama gave a grin at the silence picking further at Ragna asking him "Oh, no answer maybe I could get you to start barking if, I don't know I gave that little girl the Jin "treatment"." a low shot even for him but, it got a reaction out of Ragna.
"You won't lay a hand on her you bastard snake!" with his roar he pushed Ragna back before a Hell's Fang was delivered to Hazama's face being followed up with a Carnage Scissors that blasted Hazama through a few trees in the far back of the field. The Reaper turned then to see Ruby get thrown to the ground from a kick from Azreal.
(With Ruby and Azreal)
Right as Azreal was about to deliver another Black Hawk Stinger to Ruby while going all out, she closed her eyes while trying to avoid the attack as it came towards her at an impossibly fast speed. "CLUNK." a metallic noise rang in Ruby's ears as she felt herself fall against something strong that was easily holding her up. "R..Ragna yo..you saved me?" she muttered with a slight blush going to her face as Ragna grumbled.
"Tch, don't take it to heart Ruby your still a pain in the ass." she gave a small punch to his rib playfully before hearing Ragna growl out his left arm shaking. "Mind getting out of the way now so I can put this Mad dog down." Ruby jumped off to the side as Azreal laughed maniacally at Ragna. "Finally I can get to the main course, I'll have that little bitch as an after meal snack." Ragna rolled his eyes before telling the tyrant.
"In your dreams Mad Dog!" Ragna mustered as much power as he could with the Azure to push Azreal back, figuring the only good way to put the bastard down for a nap was "that" move. As the two collided attacks, Ragna was quickly losing ground against the monster of a man with Ruby trying to think of how to help him. After a moment she noticed how focused Azreal was on pushing against Ragna and gave a mischevious grin.
Ragna noticed how Ruby dashed under Azreal using Cresent Rose to pull, the Mad Dog's feet out from under him. Ragna complimented the girl mentally " She's got quick thinking down." taking the opening Ragna entered the stance needed to unleash his astral roaring out. " It's over you bastard!" a singular heavy swing stunned Azreal while he was off-guard and Ragna called out "Black Onslaught!" Ruby's eyes lit up as she watched Blood-scythe transform to its full length and Ragna began swinging it rapidly. After using an orb of darkness to tear into the Mad Dog Ragna geared up for the big finale hit roaring out "people like you will only lead this world to.." and as he speared the blade into Azreal sending him flying back with a beam of darkness Ragna finished his sentence "DESTRUCTION!"
(With Hazama)
"Urgh wonder if that dirty dog's gone and mulched Rags yet." the snake muttered while pushing himself up from the direct punch. He didn't get too long to think as he saw Azreal's form being hurled in his direction and he silently cursed the existence of Ragna the Bloodedge.
(With Ragna and Ruby)
The Grim Reaper sighed tiredly after having to deal with two of the biggest pains in his ass, now he was back to hearing Ruby's ramblings about his weapon and how cool he looked. "you weren't too bad yourself kid." he had to think that while looking at her, she had a long ways to go before she was his level of power but, hell her quick thinking could definitely get her there. What he didn't realize was that he had sighed those very words out, just audible enough for her to hear.
"Ragna y..you complimented me, thanks I like to think I'm a pretty good fighter hehe." Normally Ragna would have gone and instantly denied any idea that he had done so, rather he decided to agree with her trying his best to hide his smile to her. "yeah guess I did.." after that, they went back to trying to find both Ruby's friends and the rabbit who was (probably) responsible for everything.
author's note- 1. This was a pretty weak first one I'm pretty sure but, at the same time I'm trying to keep to the characters and I think I did well. 2. If you're wondering why this came up I got Cross-Tag battle and was playing it all of last week hehe. 3. This may be the most sporadic with the uploads we'll see and next is the Neptunia article.