Nico Union ~Story to Reach the Future~
Genre: Fantasy, Adventure, Friendship
Rating: M
Chapter 1: Justice?
Good morning, there! I'm back with a Fantasy/Adventure fiction. This time, I made a Love Live fiction in a medieval fantasy Universe.
Warning: 404 no men found: In this Universe, all beings are female: Everyone is female, a world without any male being! Also, two girls can make a baby.
Also, this fic contains lot of swearing and rather bloody description!
Disclaimer: I do not own any show/game nor any Character mentioned here.
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Pain, loss, injustice, shame… The citizens of Bronquia have known that for a century now.
100 years ago, the legendary empress led her citizen alongside Bronga, the dragon of purgatory into a savage war. The damage caused by that war left so many scars, that the mention of it would scare the people.
At first, the empress' military force was the strongest; no one could oppose her supremacy. But one day, a league of hero formed an alliance and managed to seal the dragon first before defeating the empress.
Soon after that, all Bronquia's royal blood was executed. It was told that the dragon's power is sealed in the blood of Bronquia's royal family. Despite their tries, though, one child could escape, and hid at the wasteland of Lost Aries.
The Lost Aries was a desolated place. There was no sign of living being. The only survivor then decided to make that place her refuge, waiting for the right time to claim their throne.
Since the end of the Purgatory war, only a person assigned by the world's government has ascended to the throne of Bronquia. The problem was that everyone who got the power was only there to get revenge for what their ancestors lost. Due to that, the Bronquians were living misery.
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The people have suffered for so long that they finally gave up. All hope was lost.
On a night when sky was dark, some voices could be heard.
"Come on little girl. Give us everything you possess, and maybe we'll spare you." Three sword-wielding women following a cleric-looking person were surrounding a dark-red-haired younger girl.
"B-But I don't have anything." The little 10 years-old girl explained. "I am just here to find my older sister… But I got lost." She was wearing a black and red gothic Lolita dress.
"If you say that…" The cleric looked at her with a mischievous grin. "Then, you are a good for nothing child." She turned to her grunt. "Kill her!"
"With pleasure, miss." One of the swordswoman wielded her weapon and charged at the young girl. But before she could slice her, an arrow hit the sword user's eye. "Awww… What the hell!" Another arrow went directly on the burglar's chest and finished her off.
"Who dare defy my authority?" The cleric yelled, trying to identify the opponents.
"We are." Walking out of the window, a raven-haired girl wielded a spear. Her hair was tied in twin-tails (or pigtails) and she was riding a hours. Standing beside her was a bow-wielding brunette.
"Who do you think you are? Trying to revolt against my authority." The cleric was mad. That was right: she was assigned by the Empress herself to this town. She used her authority to steal from people.
"I am Nico. And I will bring justice to this world of darkness." The young knight raised her lance and then charged into the burglars.
She first stabbed one of the swordswoman before this one could draw her sword. Then, the other sword wielder rushed at her and tried to slice. Nico could raise her spear quickly, so she could block the blow. "Hanayo, now!" She yelled.
With that, her friend shoots an arrow direct into the last-standing sword wielder's stomach. Nico quickly stabbed her opponent before that one could do any more move. "Now, you're the last standing!" The raven-haired girl pointed her lance into the cleric's direction.
"Shit! I will remember this." The priestess wielded her staff and casted a spell to teleport her elsewhere.
"What, you bitch. Get back here." Unfortunately for Nico, the woman has escaped.
"Leaving that aside." Hanayo tuned to the younger girl who was watching them since earlier. "Are you OK?"
"Yes. Thanks to you I could get out of trouble. By the way, my name is Yukiho."
"Nice to meet you, Yukiho. I am Hanayo, and this is Nico."
"I am glad to see that you're not harmed." The twin-tailed girl got off of her horse to examine the little girl. "So earlier, you mentioned about looking for your older sister…"
"That's right. I used to live at the wasteland of Lost Airies, but my Aunt told me the other day that I have to find my older sister because she couldn't take care of me anymore."
"I see. So, we wish you good luck in finding her." Nico smiled at her.
"Are you sure you will be alright by yourself?" Hanayo was giving a concerned look.
"It's OK. I can do things on my own."
"But I insist. We are actually looking for a friend of ours, so how about joining our journey?"
"If I am not a burden." They smiled at each other.
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"By the way, why are you fighting?" The three were now walking on the village's Halley. They were planning on exiting the village.
"That's right; you're not from here… To be honest, our people are suffering day and night. That's why Nico wanted to be strong, so she could be able to bring justice back. I am just one of her childhood friend, and I decided to follow her." Hanayo explained.
"I see…" Yukiho nodded.
"Hey, so you're that little piece of shit!?" Suddenly, a voice from the shadow interrupted them.
"Who's there?" Nico quickly grabbed her spear and ride her horse.
"What? You're just some kids. And we got pay to kick your asses." A red-haired woman wearing a hiker's suit walked out of the shadow.
"What do you want?"
"Calm down. You have no manners." The red-haired started flipping the hand axe she was holding. "First of all, my name is not "you". My mother named me Maki."
"So, Maki… What do you want?"
"How rude! You should at least introduce yourself." She held her axe with her right hand. "Bah. Finally, I don't care since you will be dead in no time." With that, Maki charged.
"Yukiho, hide yourself!" Hanayo evaded the blow. She jumped backward as Yukiho ran out and hid behind a chariot.
Maki charged again. Nico threw her spear, but missed the red-haired. She couldn't evade anymore. She took the blow and fell from the horse.
Nico was lying on the ground. Maki was laughing at her. "What? Is that all?" As she was about to finish the knight, an arrow hit her back. "Aw… What the hell?"
Fortunately, Hanayo could have acted quick enough to save her childhood friend's life.
"Fuck! I will be back." The axe wielder jumped on one of the house's roof and ran away, because of her wound.
As soon as the opponent fled, both Yukiho and Hanayo ran toward Nico. "Nico, how are you?"
"It could be better." She joked. She was still able to stand up. "But I will need to train more. I will need to be stronger if I want to be the justice's reincarnation."
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It was the dawn. They finally could get out of the village. They were now about to reach a bridge when someone shouted.
"Hold on right there." A red-haired woman shouted. She was wielding a big sword half her body's size. She looked really like Maki. She was just older. Her Hat had a "Death" written on it.
"Who are you? And what do you want?" Nico prepared for the battle.
"Hehe. You can call me Nishikino. I am a mercenary hired to eliminate you." The red-haired clapped her hand as other mercenaries started surrounding the three girls.
There were 5 mercenaries in total: the leader, 2 other sword-wielder and 2 axe-wielding women.
"They're too numerous for us." Hanayo complained.
"Hahaha. So, here we are now." Suddenly, another woman appeared behind Nishikino. "You're going to pay for insulting me."
"You're that damn cleric. Today, we won't let you flee." Nico yelled angrily and then charged at the two swordswomen mercenaries. She quickly trusted the one with her lance, then turned and her lance clashed with sword.
The mercenary proposed herself in the air and attempted to slice the knight. Nico didn't back down. She took her lance and blocked the attack. The two of them fell backward, but Nico was the first to recover: she quickly stabbed her opponent.
"Not bad!" Nishikino clapped her hands. "But how about this?" The red-head wielded her sword and did an up slash. She was much more agile, so Nico couldn't avoid her attack.
"Damn it!" The raven-haired fell from her horse.
"You see now. The worst mistake during a battle is to underestimate the opponent." The Mercenary lessoned her.
"Shut the hell up, you moron. I can still fight." Nico grabbed her spear.
"In that case, may I assist you?" Suddenly, a blue-haired woman walked toward them from the other side of the bridge. She had long loosened blue hair and was wielding a light saber. "You seem tired. Leave the rest to us."
"Shut up, Umi. I can still fight."
"Then, how about I take the axe wielder and you take the leader." Umi explained, then turned to Hanayo, "Since Hanayo is an archer, you shouldn't have any difficulty dealing against the cleric."
"Leave it to me!" Hanayo grabbed her bow and aimed at the magic user.
In that time, Nico went back on her horse and charged at Nishikino. She tried to trust, but the fencer easily evaded the blow. As the knight was trying to regain her composure, the sword master gave another up slash.
But this time, Nico gripped hard enough so she didn't fell from her horse. Before the mercenary could react, it was her chance to slash her. She swiftly moved her lance and managed to give the older woman a wound on her chest.
"Damn it!" The wound was serious. The woman fell on the ground. "Who would thing that the great mercenary Nishikino will fall by a kid's hand. You gained my respect child. You are a worthy opponent. What is your name?"
"I am Nico, and I will bring justice back into this world of chaos!"
"I see. You have enough resolution in your eyes. Who knows, maybe you could accomplish where the others failed. May I wish you good luck, then…" Nishikino died.
"What the hell is this?" The cleric yelled. All the mercenaries were down. Umi too managed to defeat the two axe wielder. "I won't let you live. You'll regret stepping in my way!" She casted a spell, then flames started dancing in the air.
"Nico, step back!" Umi yelled. Nico did as she was told. "Hanayo, now!"
The brunette shot an arrow direct into the cleric's forehead. "No… This can't be…" The greedy woman fell.
"And another enemy down." Nico announced.
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"So, where were you, Umi? We were looking for you for days now." The knight yelled at her friend.
"I am sorry. I was training in the mountain for a week when I heard about a duo of rebel; stealing supply from imperial storage and giving food and moral to the people." Umi smiled at her two childhood friend. "I thought about joining you. I am willing on lending you my sword for the sake of justice."
"That's our Umi!" Hanayo cheered. "By the way, this is Yukiho."
"Nice to meet you, Miss Umi!"
"Nice to meet you, Miss Yukiho!"
With that, the four of them crossed the bridge. That bridge was longer that it seemed.
They were about to get at the end, when they saw a figure waiting for them. "Who is that?" They quickly grabbed their weapon.
"Calm down, young people." The ash-haired woman spoke. "I just saw your battle earlier and found it wonderful. You are really skilled."
That woman was wearing a black expensive-looking dress. She must be one of these noblewomen.
"What? You're a noblewoman? Get out of my way!" Nico yelled. She hated noble persons. Since her childhood, she has always been victim of these people. She used to work as a servant during her childhood and her employer always hit her without any reason. Many have died due to the noble's aggressiveness.
"Calm down, young one! I am here to help you." The woman spoke again. "First of all, you can call me Minami. And second of all, like you, I am seeking for justice."
"Please explain yourself." Umi's eyebrows frowned.
"Since my childhood, I saw curse around me. I lost the persons that were dear to me. And I wish that one day; I would be able to fight for the people." The woman gave a weird smile. Umi couldn't trust her yet.
"So, we have se same objective…? It's okay. Let's journey together."
"Thank you for your trust! I promise that I won't deceive you." Minami bowed at them.
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"First of all, we need to recruit more members." Minami announced.
They were now walking toward the town of Tiera.
"So, do you have anyone special in mind?" Umi asked.
"I have some person in mind. Let's go to the lone mountain first. There is a strong knight that may help us."
"Roger."
They were still walking on a plain. It was the day. At that time, they saw a group of bandit.
"Hey, girlies. Want to play with us?" The thief leader walked in their direction.
The three took their weapons as Minami and Yukiho hid. "You damn thief. We won't forgive you."
"So, you want to fight? Bring it on, girlies. We won't go easy on you. The axe wielder threw herself at Umi. The blue-haired fencer could easily avoid the blog and slashed at the thief.
The brigand took many steps back. "Chi. You're stronger than I thought." She whistled, and second after, a horde of bandit appeared.
"Shit. They were this numerous."Nico cursed.
"Number is meaningless. We can take them." Umi cheered. "I will take the axe wielders. I will leave the swordswomen to you. And I think Hanayo could easily take the archers down."
"Roger!" The brunette ran toward a big rock and climbed it. There she started charging her crossbow with arrow.
"Here we go!" Nico charged at the firs sword user and trusted her chest. "And one down!"
She quickly held the lance higher as to block the two fencer's attack. But before Nico could counter, an arrow almost got her. "Hell. Hanayo!"
"Roger!" The brunette aimed at the archers and used her special ability. "Take this! Thunderbolt!" Lighting fell on their enemies as she shot the arrow. In a second, the three bow users disappeared in the lighting attack.
"Okay! My turn now!" Umi wielded her saber first saber with her right hand, and her second with the right. She was now using a dual sword. "Here I come… Item Break!" She rushed at the axe users with full speed and hit them before anyone could react.
It seemed like her technique had no effect at first… But then she put her saber back in her belt, the enemies exploded. Lighting and fire roared from inside the victim's bodies as they all disappeared in a dark smoke.
"The rest is up to you." Umi smiled at the leader.
"Leave it to me!" Nico charged at the remaining sword users with all her strength and knocked them. "All done!"
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"All done!" Nico smiled as all their opponents were done.
"Don't you dare think it's over yet!" Suddenly, someone shouted. They turned around to see the source.
"Maki!" the knight recognized the new encounter. "So, we meet again… What do you want this time?" Nico asked with an annoyed tone.
"How the hell dare you threat me like that?" The red head steppes forward, followed by two other axe users. "You motherfuckers killed my mother, and you still dare to ask such question?"
"So, Nishikino was your mother?" Umi pointed out. "We do apologize for what happened to her… It was too bad the world lost such an awesome swordswoman…"
"Stop fooling around. I'm going to kill you all right now!" she whistled and Nico was surrounded by mercenaries who appeared from nowhere.
"What the…?" the young knight has been separated by her companions… Yet she was surrounded. She had to fight alone to get out of this.
One of the axe users charged at her as she couldn't evade the blow. Nico's horse stepped aback as she was trying to calm it. Before she could react, a pair of sword wielder jumped at her. Luckily, she could block the attack and quickly countered.
She got one of the two fencers who just jumped at her. The second was more agile and could avoid her counter. "Damn! It can't be helped." As another axe wielder jumped at Nico, an arrow saved her.
"Hang in there!" Hanayo shot another arrow that got into the swordswoman's chest.
"Good job, Hanayo!" Nico backed to her friends' side.
The battle was difficult. Maki was as enraged as all the other mercenaries. They must have respected Nishikino a lot. They were agile and it was hard to take all the enemies down.
"In that case, may I help you?" Everyone got surprised by a voice coming from aback a rock. A girl then walked from the spot. She had ginger-colored hair and blue eyes. That girl was wearing iron armor with a silver crown and she was wielding a really huge axe.
"Who do you think you are?" Maki yelled at the new character. The ginger charged at the two axe users and gave a deadly blow with her giant axe. It was as big as her body, but she could easily wield it.
"My name is Honoka." She started. "And I can't stand such injustice."
"What are you talking about? These people killed my mother, so of course killing them is only fair."
"I am not talking about that. I mean these people are fighting for a world of peace and you want to kill them?"
"Jeez. Stand out of this! This isn't your business!" Maki yelled.
"Of course, this is. Because starting now, I will be fighting by their side." Honoka took her axe and jumped in the air. "Rockfall!" boulders fell from the sky. Maki could evade the attack, but her grunt couldn't.
"Shit. I will remember this!" She took a card from her pocket and casted a spell to teleport her away.
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"Ah, I'm glad this is finally over." Nico complained.
"Thank you for your help, Lady Honoka." Umi bowed at the new member.
"No need to thank me. I'm the one that should be thanking. You gave hope to people, so I want to repay you back." The ginger smiled, then looked at the blue-haired maiden, "And don't call me "Lady". I don't like it." She pouted.
"Understood, Miss." Honoka gasped. Everyone broke in laugher.
"By the way, I am Hanayo." The brunette introduced, "This is Nico, our leader." She pointed at the twin-tailed girl, "And our strategist Umi."
"Nico to meet you." The ginger smiled.
"By the way, I'm Yukiho." The dark-red haired girl spoke.
"Nico to meet you, Yukiho. You fight too?"
"I can ride a griffon, but I can't fight yet."
"You ride a griffon?" Nico yelped.
"Yes. I used to take care of griffons back at when I was at Lost Aries."
"Why didn't you tell us about it?"
"Because you didn't ask." Nico punched the ground. Everyone broke in laugher.
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"By the way, this is our manager, Minami. She will help us recruiting more members." Hanayo pointed out.
"Nice to meet you." The noblewoman bowed.
"May I call you auntie?"
"I don't mind… but… It's a little embarrassing…" For the first time ever, the ash-haired woman blushed.
"Okay. Okay, Auntie." Honoka hugged her.
"I'm glad you can get along well." Hanayo let out of some giggles.
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"So, I think we'll need a name." Honoka pointed out.
They were now walking toward the closest town to resupply. That was when she gave that conclusion.
"Now that you talk about it…" Nico placed three fingers on her chin.
"Then, let's think about a name." The ginger cheered.
"Then, how about Nico Nii league?" the shortest among them proposed. Umi yelped. "Please, anything but that. It sounds so embarrassing."
"And how about Honkers?" Honoka proposed. The sea-girl looked at her in horror. "You make it sound like we're a comedian band."
"A name, you say…" Minami placed fingers on her chin and thought, "What do you think of µ's?"
Everyone looked at her with admiration in their eyes. "That's our Minami!" Honoka hugged her once again.
"Minami?" Hanayo made an amused smile.
"Please shut up, Hanayo… Or she'll-"the manager couldn't finish her sentence.
"That's right. Sorry auntie~" Poor Minami couldn't escape Honoka until they arrived at the next town.
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It was the night. The µ's were walking on the Halley of Tiera. It was so calm, until...
"Please someone help." A young orange-haired girl ran into them. She was holding a crutch; her right legs must have been wended. She desperately lifted her head and attempted to stand up.
"Hey, are you OK? What's wrong?"
"Please someone help my sister. Some group of assassin has surrounded her and she told me too flee, but I can't leave her alone. Though I can't fight yet because my leg isn't healed yet."
"Don't worry! We'll save her." Nico quickly wielded her spear and ride her horse. "Wait here with Yukiho and Minami. We'll save your sister. Umi, Hanayo, Honoka Follow me!" The four of them ran toward the center of the town.
"Hey, look at that!" Hanayo pointed at a crowd of people wearing black outfit. In the center were a dark-red haired girl wielding a rapier and fighting against the aggressors.
"Give up already! You have no chance against us." A blonde woman wearing a mask and holding a bow said.
"No way! I will never give up!"
"Such futile resistance. Get her!" The assassin leader commanded as the others charged at the young Valkyrie.
A spear-wielding Undine (fighting mermaid) first charged at her and knocked her aback. Then comes an axe wielder. Thanks to her agility, she evaded the attack and countered by piercing her opponent's chest.
"Not bad." The assassin leader commented. She then took her bow and ran toward the younger girl. "This is the end."
"Not so fast!" Suddenly, an arrow hit the assassin's back.
"What the…?" She turned around and patted heavily. Her mask fell on the ground to reveal a young face.
Before anyone could react, Nico charged at the Undines and knocked them down with her spear. Honoka followed and jumped into the sky once again. She then kicked the air and that increased her landing speed. Many tones of power fell on the enemies as it let out of a loud boom.
Umi ran to the wounded girl's side. "Are you OK?"
"It's OK. I can still stand…" She fell back on her knee and held her stomach. The girl was bleeding.
"Hold in there. I'm going to heal you right away." The fencer placed her hand on the wounded spot and murmured a spell. "Refreshment…" Then, the wound instantly disappeared.
"Thank you! I will help you too." The red-haired grabbed her rapier and stood up. She then ran toward the enemy and jumped into the air.
"Revolution!" Lighting roared from her blade as she landed on the ground. The floor cracked and most of the enemies were knocked away.
"Not good!" The assassin threw something on the ground and smoke came from it. After the white matter vanished, she wasn't there anymore.
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"Damn! She escaped." Nico stepped forward.
"Well… I guess it is still OK…" Umi nodded and then turned toward the three other's hiding spot. "You can go out now!"
The orange-haired wounded girl quickly walked toward her sister. "Erena! Are you OK? I was so scared."
"I'm OK now. Sorry for scaring you, sister." Erena turned to the µ's. "Thank you so much for helping us."
"It was a pleasure." Umi smiled.
"Oh, by the way, I am Anju and this is my younger sister Erena." The orange-haired girl continued.
"Nice to meet you two!"
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"So…" Nico watched carefully at the two sisters. "Why did these people attacked you?"
"The truth is that they are from a Phantasnian evil organization. Their mission is to delete people who know too much, or are just enemies to Phantasnia's royal family." Anju explained.
"I see… So, you two do know something?" Umi asked.
"The truth is that we were adopted by a noblewoman years ago; but she unfortunately assassinated. We later discovered our adoptive mother was the leader of a rebel army. We found out many secrets such as the hidden imperial weapon storage and other governmental secrets."
"I see…" Umi placed on finger on her chin. "So, what are you going to do now?"
"We don't know yet. We have nowhere to go…" The elder sister looked down.
"In that case, why don't you join us?" Honoka cheered. "We are fighting for bringing back peace in this world."
"That's right! And your knowledge may help us a lot." Umi insisted. The two sisters looked at each other. "It would be a pleasure." They both smiled at the new encounter.
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The morning came. All the members of µ's were ready to take their leave.
"So, where should we go first?" Hanayo wondered.
"I think we should get strong allies. Like I said yesterday, there is someone I know who live on these mountains." Minami pointed at a nearby mountain.
"Roger!" Everyone nodded.
After that, they walked the road. There were now 8 members: The 5 of them could fight. They could reach their destination without any problem.
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On the top of the hill was a small village. Minami proposed to go see the elder first.
"There is no such thing as elder here." A little girl said as they were talking. She seemed like in her 10. She had pretty blond hair. "Everyone leaved this place year ago. Only my sister and I remained here."
Everyone got surprised at that affirmation. "Say, could you please tell us why?"
"The truth is that this village used to be a strategic point. Imperial armies were stationed here…"
"Alisa!" Suddenly, someone stopped her. Everyone turned to see an orange-haired girl. She was wearing a black armor and was ridding a creepy horse. The girl was wielding a trident spear. "Who do you think you are? Stepping into our territory?"
"We are the µ's and we wish to ask for you assistance. We are planning on rebelling against the government." Minami explained.
"I see. Hehe, sound interesting." The girl made a mischievous laugh, "I am Rin, by the way. And I am ready to fight as long as there will be blood."
"She is creepy…" Honoka stepped back.
"So right. I don't think I could trust her." Nico walked closer to Rin, "And why would I trust you. You seem fishy. I bet you are the kind of person who only fights for pleasure. Who knows is you will be betraying us for pleasure."
"Hehe... So, you doubt me…" The orange-haired stepped away from her horse and leaned closer to the twin-tilled girl, "Way to go… Akame (Akame=Red Eyes)"
"What the hell?" Nico got annoyed. "I definitely can't trust that person. Let's leave this place."
The other members agreed and walked away.
"Wait!" A commanding voice stopped them. "Do you really think I will let you go after treating me like that? You've got guts, Akame."
"Everyone turned to the creepy knight. "Sister, please. I beg of you, please don't do that." Arisa was on the verge of tears."
"Step away, Arisa. I took my decision. There is no turning back." The younger sister left them, crying.
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"So, how about a duel?" Nico proposed.
"I couldn't believe you more, Akame."
"Stop calling me Akame! The name is Nico, NICO!"
"I don't care since you will be dead soon." The two of them took their spear and rid their horse.
"OK. The rule is simple. The one who got knocked out first loose." Minami explained.
"If I win, you're all dead mead." The creepy knight glared at Yukiho and Anju with terrifying eyes.
"And if you win, you'll just leave us."
"Way to go, Akame!"
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"Start!" As soon as Hanayo gave the signal, Rin charged at Nico with full speed. The raven-haired stepped aside and instead of being dead, got a scar on the cheek. The creepy knight wasn't holding herself. Nico almost died.
The orange-haired didn't wait long before giving a slash. Nico couldn't evade it, so she almost fell. The dark knight was merciless. Without waiting a second, she charged again.
"Damn! Nico is loosing. We have to do something…" Umi had horror in her eyes.
"Nico, you can do it! We all believe in you!" Suddenly, Hanayo shouted.
"That's right! Do it, for the justice's sake!" Honoka cheered out loud.
"Everyone…" Nico looked at them, and then gave them a smile. "Of course. Nico Nii won't loose here."
The twin-tailed girl's horse jumped aback. She then lifted her spear and her horse started running on Rin's direction. "Chariot!" Nico's spear glow with a bright light.
"Ah, bring it on!" Rin prepared herself. She imitated her opponent. "Chariot!" Her spear shined too.
After that, an explosion of light blinded everyone. It made a heavy noise.
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Once the light went down, all the spectators looked at the result. The battlefield was ravaged, the trees were burnt out and there were hole everywhere.
Nico was still standing on her horse. Rin was on the ground.
"Fuck it!" The dark knight punched the ground.
"I won. Now, you have to leave us." Nico walked toward her friend. She still had difficulty moving because of her wounds.
"Let me heal you." Hanayo too a medical kit and started working on her friend's wound.
"It seems like you lost." Minami turned to Rin. The dark knight turned away. "Now, get out of my sign!" Then, she walked away.
"What's wrong with that girl?" Honoka pouted.
"The truth is…" Alisa peeked from her hiding spot. She was hiding behind a tree all this time.
"Please tell us, Miss Alisa. Why did everyone except you two boycott this place?" Umi inquired.
"The truth is that the members of the imperial army were aggressive toward the folk. They killed people for fun. My sister was a victim of their torture. You might have seen the scar on her forehead, right?"
"It was right that we saw that huge scar."
"It was actually due to our parents. Our mother was the captain of the army assigned her. She was really aggressive and never cared about us children. Rin was always there to protect me when ever mother was drunk and wanted to harm me. One day, mother went home with a knife in hand. She then cut Rin's forehead. That was a nightmare for both of us since we didn't have any medical kit."
"Sound so painful…" Honoka commented.
"But miraculously, she could survive. A month after that, our village got attacked by a group of rebel. Everyone thought that the imperial army would help them, but it wasn't the case. All the imperial soldiers fled, leaving the weaponless people against the rebel. We couldn't do anything. The elder hid the younger, scarifying themselves."
"It's so sad." Honoka never shut her mouth.
"Rin decided to lead our remaining troop. Not all imperial soldiers have fled. Some of them stayed behind. Since my sister was the best among them, everyone followed her order. She led the little army… Yet they didn't have enough weapons..." Alisa paused.
"So, what happened?" Nico finally spoke again.
"The rebels attacked our village, killing everyone who was trying to get in their way. That was a savage night, but Rin never gave up even when she was the last standing against them. She used all her determination and managed to defeat all the opponents."
"Wow. She is really strong." Honoka commented again.
"She fought for us villagers. She dreamt of justice. She wanted to build a peaceful world for everyone… But her dream was crashed the next morning. Everyone who fought by her side perished on the raid… And the worst is that people started fearing her; some even called her "Monster". That was why everyone left us here… Since that day, Rin became cold and hyper-aggressive each time someone looked at her with fear." The blonde ended.
"Alisa! Where are you? Get here!" Rin's voice echoed from the woods.
"I am coming!" She looked down. "I apologize for my sister's behavior. And I wish you good luck on your journey." She bowed at the µ's and walked away.
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"So, it's a failure…" Nico concluded.
"Let's give her some time." Honoka cheered. "I am sure that someday, she will walk back on the right path. And that day, we will be helping her."
"You're right." Hanayo smiled. "I'm sure she still has her kind nature."
"If you say so…" Nico smiled. "We'll come back to look for her once we'll be stronger. That way, we'll convince her to join our case."
Everyone walked away from the mountain.
"So, where is our next destination?"
"Let's see…" Minami took a map from her bag. "There are two places we could go. There is a rebel army at the west, led by Kousaka. And there is a genius name Tsubasa at the northern mountains."
"Alright! Let's go for the rebel army, then!" Nico led the way. Everyone followed.
[To be continued]
This was my first time writing battle scenes, so it may be beginner-looking.
If you any question or concern or such, you know what to do!