The Drakon obliged.
The massive beast crouched towards the ground, then launched itself forward towards the two girls. Blake glanced over to see Yang shoot herself out of the way of the giant. The black-haired girl decided to go on the offensive, using the Drakon's size against it. She positioned herself under where she thought the beast's head would be when it came down.
She guessed correctly, and looked up to see a massive set of jaws bearing down on her. She turned her blade to a pistol and began firing at the Drakon, hoping to further injure its mouth. She smiled with grim satisfaction as the beast turned its head away from her in pain, not daring to let loose another roar.
Blake moved to get out of the way, but she had miscalculated the sheer size of the beast. Its gargantuan foot came down on the tree where she stood, causing it to splinter to pieces. Blake was launched into the air, almost losing her grip on Gambol Shroud.
She spun through the air, trying desperately to right herself, but to no avail. In a last ditch effort to save herself, she focused all her aura in a hasty shield about her body. As she impacted a massive tree, she felt the defenses shatter, and the last thing she felt was a searing pain in the back of her head before the darkness came washing over her.
A loud roar brought her back to her senses. It sounded somewhat further away, but there was no mistaking the Drakon's cry. She felt her heavy eyelids lift, but didn't quite understand what she was seeing. It was as if a veil had been lowered over her vision, separating her from reality.
Blake managed to shake her head and clear it, bringing on a splitting headache emanating from where she guessed her head impacted the tree. She was able to lean forward and bring her hand behind her head, feeling a warm stickiness there. Ow. She thought as pain shot through her skull.
She calmed herself and channelled her aura into the wound. She grimaced as the flesh knit itself back together, and even more as the Drakon's roar sent a vibration through the earth. Finishing her self-healing, she looked up to see the Drakon locked in fierce combat with her partner. She watched as Yang let loose a wave of fire at the massive beast.
It must've gotten her hair, Blake thought with a small smile. She placed one hand on the ground and stood slowly, attempting to regain her sense of balance. She managed to stand, keeping one hand on the back of her head to try and dull the throbbing that remained. Blake cast her eyes around the area that she landed in, finding her weapon not too far away.
As she retrieved it, the Drakon let loose another earth-shaking roar. Blake lifted her head to face the beast as Yang launched another attack. She watched as Yang shot herself towards the beast's chest, aiming a massive punch straight at the shield-like bone in its center. Even from the distance she was at, Blake could still hear the crack that the bone made. She nearly shouted with victorious joy at the sound. We almost have it, she thought.
She forced the headache to the back of her mind and willed herself forward. As she ran towards the Drakon, she saw it let loose a torrent of flame at her partner as she descended from her attack. Blake tried to call a warning, but the noise of the giant beast drowned out any words she yelled.
She watched in horror as the flames engulfed Yang from behind, throwing her spiralling to the ground. "Yang!" She cried as the Drakon roared in triumph. Finally closing the gap, she threw herself to where Yang lay and knelt down beside her.
She patted out the flames licking at her partner's clothing and hair as she quickly examined her. She was burned badly along her arms and legs, but her face looked like it had only suffered minor damage. She looked to her torso, which was burned as well, but not too badly. Blake quickly glanced up at the Drakon, which glared angrily at the girls, hungry for revenge.
Blake quickly gathered Yang in her arms and took off, using her aura to augment her speed as she fled towards the tree line. She heard the Drakon roar in anger behind her, but she was determined to get Yang to safety.
Finally reaching the relative cover of the trees, she placed Yang gently down, just as she was beginning to stir. The blonde looked up at Blake with bleary eyes, "Blake?" She said, blinking in confusion, "What happened?"
"It's alright, Yang," She replied, "You got taken by surprise by the Drakon. Just focus on resting." She stood, "I'll finish this."
Yang tried to sit up, failing miserably, "No you won't. Here, help me up."
Blake could've laughed if it wasn't so heart-wrenching to see her partner so injured, "Don't be stupid, Yang. You're in no more condition to fight." She knelt back down beside her partner, gently taking her hand, "You've done all you need to do. Just rest."
"Blakeā¦" Yang said, closing her eyes, "Don't you dare die on me."
The black-haired girl couldn't help but smile, "I wouldn't even think of it."
Blake stood, facing the Drakon once more. It's just you and me. She thought, This ends here.
She unsheathed her weapon and walked out of the tree line. The Drakon roared as it spotted her, challenging her to try and take it down. "Let's dance." Blake said as she sped off towards the monster.
The Drakon sent a stream of flame at Blake. She was forced to use her semblence to avoid it, as the flames spanned a wider area than she had thought. I have to be more careful. She thought. Finally reaching the beast, she split her weapon in two, changing the katana to a pistol. As she went to throw it, the monster lifted its massive foot and tried to stomp down on her.
She leapt back, out of the way of its giant claws and up onto a downed tree.. She threw her weapon, successfully sticking it into one of the creature's scales. She jumped off the tree, swinging towards the beast's underbelly. Coming to the Drakon's stomach, she positioned her feet above her and pushed off, swinging back towards the beast's chest and neck.
She emerged from the giant's shadow to see the Drakon spewing a gout of flame below it, right towards her. She was forced to abandon her attack to dodge the flames, firing her weapon and falling out of the way. She quickly combined her weapons back into one as she sped towards the earth. As she landed, she channelled her aura to her legs, pushing off hard from the ground.
She shot towards the Drakon, air whipping past her face. She brought her blade out in front of her, much like she had seen Weiss do in their practice matches, as she aimed a strike right at the Drakon's cracked shielding. She fortified her arms, fearing she may break something with the speed at which she was going.
The Drakon tried to evade the attack, attempting to twist out of the way of Blake's flashing blade. "Too late!" Blake yelled as she blinked to the side, the image of herself fading away behind her. She felt her blade dig into the chink in the monster's armour. Got you! She thought.
She watched as her blade bit through the bone, reaching the soft flesh blow. She let out a cry of victory before she felt a massive force explode outward, sending her hurtling towards the ground. This is going to hurt, she thought. Blake caught a glimpse of a massive fireball in front of the Drakon before her whole world went black.
