Even if the world is your enemy
Chapter 1: Goodbye
A/N: What, another new story? It seems so, I just felt like I needed some angst and action. Don't worry, the other stories are still in progress, just need to gather my thoughts^^. Please enjoy this one
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The orphan-like enemies surrounded them in large numbers, each one ready to strike the unsuspecting victims.
'Darn it! We were caught off-guard!'
An orange haired girl shouted in an irritated voice. At her hands there were large gold rings that were burning with a red fire. She parried an attack and hit the monster with her rings which made the enemy pushed back knocking a few other monsters that were behind it. A girl with spiky black haired jumped to her side and held her ridiculously large black sword tightly in a fighting stance.
'Don't worry Mai! I have your back!'
'Thank you Mikoto!' Answered the orange haired girl with a smile, relieved that she had her back protected.
'Ara, ara, how sweet.'
A kyoto-ben voice rang out. The owner of the voice was also busy fending off enemies skillfully using a fine long red naginata that had magically appeared out of nowhere.
'As much as I like a good fight, this is getting tiring. Can anyone see the one summoning these things, they can't be far away.'
'I'll look for him, Shizuru.' Mai magically summoned gold rings at each of her feet which became ablaze and she hovered into the sky. She scanned the surrounding before she noticed some bright green sparkles in the distance.
'I see it! Mikoto, go! Around 30 meters south, on top of that tree!'
The girl called Mikoto sprinted towards the tree and found her target. A pink-haired girl was busy blowing on a flute and was surrounded by bright green sparks, the energy needed to summon the creatures that were attacking the girls. Mikoto was ready to strike at the girl when she was suddenly hit with something cold and sharp that caused her to suddenly be thrown to a nearby tree.
Mikoto smashed into the tree causing a large dent in the tree trunk. She staggered to her feet and checked her wound. There was a large ice shard stuck in her right leg and blood was oozing out. She tried to move but found herself glued to the floor. Bewildered, she checked the floor and finally noticed that the ground had turned to ice, her own feet were trapped in the thick layer of ice.
'Ice?'
By now the other two girls had managed to fight their way to the wounded girl.
'Mikoto, are you alright?' Shouted Mai very worried about the younger girl.
'I can't move Mai!'
Shizuru looked at the scene and a horrible feeling was starting to grow in her stomach.
'Since when has the enemy had an ice user?' She thought. She looked at the summoner and noticed she wasn't alone, standing beside the red-haired girl was another girl dressed in a black jacket and black jeans. Raven colored hair flew slowly as the wind blew.
'N..Natsuki?'
The raven-haired girl did not respond but stared at the girls with indifference in her green eyes. Her face was emotionless, and seemed very cold. She cocked her elemental gun and prepared to aim again.
A shot was fired and Mai obstructed a fire shield against the array of ice shards.
'Why is she shooting at us!?' Mai shouted as loud as she could to Shizuru as she maintained the shield. More shots were rained down on the shield and Mai fought hard to hold on
'How do I know…' The brunette answered. Shizuru was confused as well. Why was her partner was shooting at them?
'I'll tell you why,' the girl with pink hair answered, putting down her flute. 'She has joined our side. Isn't that obvious?' The pink-haired girl laughed wickedly.
'Natsuki, is this true? Answer me!' Shizuru shouted to Natsuki who had stopped shooting.
'I don't have to answer to you or anyone any more.' The green eyed girl answered coldly. She turned to the other girl and asked, 'how much longer are you going to play? Finish them.'
Shizuru was devastated hearing such words from her partner. She stood still, mouth agape trying to make sense of the situation. She did not realize that an orphan had snuck behind her until the last minute and a shot had barely missed her and hit the monster squarely in face before disappearing into green sparks.
Shizuru stared at Natsuki with adoration that Natsuki saved her but was faced with an angry but flushed Natsuki.
'I won't do that again.'
The pink haired girl laughed loudly.
'You still can't let go of her, how admirable, what a *tsundere.'
'You were testing me, weren't you…' Natsuki huffed and turned away, her back facing Shizuru.
'It doesn't matter; you've vowed your loyalty to us anyway. This is just an announcement to these people.' The pink haired girl replied smirking.
'Natsuki is now ours; we will make our move in no time. The Obsidian Lord will rule supreme.' She clicked her hands and the remaining orphans began to attack aggressively. Shizuru and Mai found themselves busy fending off the enemy as well as trying to break the ice the entrapped Mikoto's leg.
'Natsuki, why are you with these people?' Shizuru screamed trying to attract the blue haired girl's attention.
'Goodbye Shizuru.' The girl replied with a sad look on her face before disappearing into the night with the pink haired girl.
'NATSUKI!!!!
To be continued…
*tsundere : a Japanese term used to describe a person who is rough and cold at the surface but is actually a softie at heart. They are really mean to the one they like, sometimes intentionally or not. (my own definition XD)
A/N: How is it? Please give your opinions
