A Crusader and a Nun

Seven mouths guffawed with insane laughter as they heard her statement. One of them actually fell in all fours as it rolled around the grass holding the sides of its stomach as it howled laughing.

A blush of red appeared in Hara's face as she watched the revelry of amusement in front of her. Getting angrier by the second by the insult that is thrown right in her face, the armored woman leveled her shield and with one swift motion between grace and balance that only people like her could achieve, the heavy shield spun in the air like a discus crushing the heads of two monsters flinging their brain matter to the trees. That of course got the others to stop and gawk at their dead comrades sending a smile of satisfaction at the said crusader's lips.

"Your friends are really amusing aren't they?" she mocked looking at the stunned faces of the dead monsters before turning her gaze to the remaining ones.

"Too bad they aren't here to share my joke,"

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Galatea was in shock as she felt two of the Yoma holding her down suddenly went limp. When some of their tidbits splattered her face, only did she realized that both of them have suddenly lost their heads. She can't understand how a simple human kill two monsters with one attack, even many of the lower digits in the Organization can't kill two with just one stroke of their blades.

"No human can ever do that!"

Pressing her senses on the woman, Galatea triple-checked on any sign of Yoki on her, when she can't sense anything, her head tingled with confusion.

"She really is human,"

Realizing that the attention of the Yoma holding her down decreased dramatically due to their surprise at seeing their brethren fell headless to a mere human, Galatea kicked the surprised Yoma manhandling her leg sending the poor bastard to the side. She didn't get more than a lunge when she was slammed to the ground again by the remaining five.

"Hey let her go!" demanded Hara as she saw the monsters slam the nun back again at the ground.

"At least she got the perverted one away from her leg," she thought idly.

"Come on! There's five of you and one of me," she taunted but frowned as they did not move a bit making the woman sigh in frustration.

"Great! They're much smarter than they look…sometimes I wish life was much more simpler than what I usually have to deal with," she mused.

Looking at the leader she smiled as she remembered at what it is doing to the blind nun just now. Somehow she has to get to get its attention away from the fallen one and into her. And she knew just how to do that.

Dropping her shield (which after spinning it at two of the Yoma, have caught it effortlessly on her hand) Hara grabbed the line holding all her armored pieces together. With one tug of her hand all her defenses fell.

Galatea frowned as she felt all the Yoma's yoki flare in alarm. She wondered what the warrior did as she heard the sound of metal and leather falling on the ground. Whatever she had done attracted all the attention of the monsters pinning Galatea down.

Lifting her head a bit, the nun was amused to receive no reaction from the hands holding her. Slowly curling her hands to a fist, she cannot help a smile as an amuse thought flooded her mind.

"Now they die!"

How Galatea described it was an understatement. The Yoma's eyes nearly popped outside of its sockets as it beheld the blue haired beauty in nothing but her bodysuit. Growling in barely controlled rage and lust he jumped the distance in a second aiming at the warrior's abdomen. He was fairly sure she could not block him in time with her sword. And with the armor off, it would take nothing more than one bite to reach that sweet guts of hers. The very smell of it nearly sent him to a frenzied blood lust.

Hara smiled despite herself as she observed the Yoma's reaction seeing her body. It never ceases to amaze her how humans and whatever she is facing now be stunned at the sight of a beautiful woman in her glory.

A sudden movement caused Hara to jump back as she felt a claw swipe at her abdomen. She could feel the fabric tear as the claw almost reached her skin.

"Great! I loved this outfit," she cursed as she felt cold wind touch her skin.

Sidestepping nimbly side she swiped at the Yoma in front of her who twisted to the side at a speed the woman cannot match. She barely managed to block a claw with her blade when a searing pain in her shoulders caused her to wince. Pushing the monster off she spared a glance at the source of pain and groaned to see the shallow wound.

Looking back at the monster she grimaced seeing i's left hand stained with her blood.

"I'm going to enjoy making you scream," snickered the Yoma as it licked its claws.

Hara grimaced at the ugly figure in front of her.

"Keep your dirty thoughts to yourself monster," she snapped.

The Yoma charged again without warning making deadly swipes with its claws at an amazing speed forcing the warrior to defend herself as best as she can with the sword in the sword in front of her. She already could feel the numbness on her hands as the Yoma's blows become harder to hold.

"I'm going to strip you down naked!" snarled the Yoma as it swiped another claw breaking the woman's defense ripping the cloth covering her shoulder exposing white skin underneath. Aiming a kick at her gut he was rewarded with the sound of pain as she doubled over.

Jumping forward the Yoma raised a claw aiming at removing her head from her shoulders, however his smile vanished as he saw the woman grinning at him.

"You monsters are so stupid. Now you die!"

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The moment Galatea felt the largest of the Yoma attacked the human warrior, she took the initiative to flip causing the surprised Yoma holding her down to stumble as they lost their balance almost immediately. Landing softly on the soles of her feet, Galatea smiled as she danced in grace avoiding the swiping claws of the four with relative ease.

Clenching her right hand to a fist, Galatea darted towards the Yoma on her left and planted her fist into its gut with such force that it sent the unfortunate creature flying toward a nearby tree splattering the bark with its blood.

"That's one,"

"Bitch!" growled one of them as it threw random attacks at the nun. She gracefully evaded its attacks as she slid passed him kicking him in the back breaking his bones.

"That's two," Galatea thought as she watched the Yoma flopped like a fish before it died.

Looking at the two remaining Yoma she smiled as she felt their inner Yoki flare with fear as they watched her kill their comrades with relative ease.

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The Yoma "leader" screamed in pain as it felt its body disintegrate as the holy light emitted by the woman's sword cut him in four parts.

Looking in fear at the long-haired beauty staring peacefully at her, it growled in anger, before he died.

"What the hell are you?!

"I thought you should have known by now," Hara smiled as she picked up the heavy shield from the ground.

"What?!"

"I'm a Crusader monster….Now die!" a searing pain made the Yoma wail as the burning aura disintegrated him.

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The remaining Yoma made a frantic dash away from the site as they tried to escape from the blind nun chasing them. They barely made it out of the woods as humming sound made them look back for a second. One of them screamed as they realized their mistake too late. A few seconds later both bodies fell headless to the forest floor. The Crusader grunted as she catched the flying shield in her left arm.

Galatea smiled as she felt the remaining yoma die. However she felt uneasy at the new stranger. As far as Galatea is concerned she is human but there's a faint energy like her yoki only a tad lot cleaner (not to mention safer) emanating from her that tells the blind nun that this is no ordinary human.

Picking up the small axe handle that now resembled her broken hatchet for self-defense she walked towards the stranger in a non-threatening way, hoping to glean more information from the woman who helped her out.

Hara was grumbling to herself as she strapped her fallen armor back to their places as she heard the nun approaching. Smiling she looked in surprise as she saw the white eyes with the scar marring the other woman's beauty.

"Sister…" Hara cannot stop the sympathy in her voice as she stared at the ugly wound on such a beautiful person.

"It's alright my friend. I know how I look with my face," Galatea cut her off not willing to hear the words of sympathy that is about to come out of the other warrior's mouth.

"My name is Sister Latea miss-?"

"Hara de Chouville," answered the woman as she held up her hand.

The surprise of the nun must have caught her attention for she laughed aloud.

"Just Hara will do Sister Latea, I'm pretty sure my last name is too unpronounceable for anyone anyways."

Galatea was now aware of the body sounds of humans as they made their actions and reactions. Thus she had no trouble as she felt the hand reaching out, clasping Hara's hand on her own Galatea frowned within herself.

The hands are too soft for a warrior. Hell they're too smooth even for someone wielding a sword, and Galatea was sure she could hear the heavy clanking of armor and the weight of the shield (which is too heavy for her standards). And listening just now from the battle they had she judged that Hara weight was no heavier than her.

"Sometimes I wish I have my eyes at times like this," she mentally sighed.

"Uhmmm….Sister Latea would you mind letting go of my hands now?" a curious voice cut her thoughts.

Galatea was surprised that she had not let go of the woman's hands. Dropping her fingers immediately, Galatea kicked herself mentally for spacing out. An awkward silence emanated in the air and it took the nun to realize that she had to take the initiative now to break the ice.

"Thank you Miss Hara. I never thought I would be bested by those Yoma back there," muttered Galatea. She hated to admit failure and worse, she hated thanking someone. That kind of attitude unfortunately was deeply ingrained in her as a past Number Three in the Organization and a hit on the pride of the vain woman was too much for her to absorb.

"Welcome," shrugged the Crusader but she added almost immediately. "So those things are called Yoma? What are they anyway?"

Galatea was shocked. She never heard of a person who does not know anything about the Yoma. Every generation of humans feared them, hell even some warriors of the Organization do. Now here's some warrior asking her about them with complete innocence in her voice. Galatea could not believe her ears. She needed confirmation.

"Haven't you known anything about them at all?" asked Galatea.

"Nope….actually I thought at first that the ones attacking you are demons, only a little bit slower and a hell lot dumber," answered Hara.

Galatea was now looking at Hara with suspicious blind eyes. She is sure that she is no warrior, but who can tell what the Organization has experimented this time.

"Well there's one way to find out,"

"What are you?" inquired the nun as she controlled her voice to keep the confused thoughts to herself.

"I'm a Crusader Siter Latea," answered Hara. "Isn't my armor and shield proof enough for any bystanders?"

When she did not answer Hara winced as she saw the blind nun frowning at her, with the great emphasis on "blind"

"Jesus! Sister Latea I'm sorry I kinda forgot the eye thingy just now," Hara apologized. Changing the topic to avoid the angry glare she continued.

"What are those Yoma Sister Latea?"

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Galatea was annoyed as the so-called "Crusader" whatever that is exclaimed that it is obvious to her. As far as Galatea knew there is no such thing as Crusader ever here at their place. She is still wary about the aura she felt on the woman but the thing about the armor and its wielder got her interested.

"She doesn't sound evil too,"

"May I see you?" Galatea asked avoiding the woman's questions.

"What do you mean?" answered the wary woman. She could tell that the nun was avoiding her questions.

Galatea answered her by bringing her hands up in front of her.

"I can't see but I can still feel. Come closer," she ordered.

Hara felt weird as the nun's hands touched her face following the lines and contours. As much as annoying as it is, she cannot help but appreciate the delicate hands that grazed her skin. She cannot help but shiver as she feel the fingers grazed her neck sending chills on her spine.

"Damn! Even there?" she thought as the hands went lower toward her body. She had to suppress to flinch as Sister Latea's hands touch some of her sensitive spots. Focusing on a mental image on her head, Hara bit her tongue as she tried not to laugh as the poking fingers touched her hips.

"By all that is holy that is really tingling. Hee-haw-hee-hee"

Galatea could not help but give a wry smile as she felt the woman became taut as a bowstring on her ministrations.

"Nobody must have ever touched her before," she thought to herself.

As her hands guessed her guinea's pig true shape, Galatea smiled as a clear picture of the warrior filtered in her mind. She had been rather adept at it already a few months before. She can tell already that the tall warrior was beautiful, and based on her answers and way of talk her character complemented her beauty very well.

Galatea could not help a sigh escaping from her lips. Pushing back the other woman she smiled at her.

"You're pretty, I can tell as much,"

"Same goes to you," replied Hara smiling at her. She could practically feel the essence of the smile by the crusader.

"Let's go back to my house Hara. I know you are hungry and have questions of your own. And so do I," said Galatea as she turned back walking back to the slope of the hill heading up to her house. Frankly she's worried about the children up there.

"Really? You have food?" answered an enthusiastic voice.

"How far is it to your house Sister Latea?"

"Twenty minutes tops from here if we continue with the pace we have," looking back at the trudging woman behind her, Galatea gave her a small smile.

"Don't worry, the road's a less rougher than the fight we have here. After all, they say that the road can give you many chances for someone to greet,"

"Yeeeesss! But it also gives you very little chance to eat," pouted Hara.

Galatea could not help but laugh aloud at her companion's witty remark. Hara joined her laughing a few seconds later.