The Gakuencho
Rating- T
Disclaimer- I do not own Mai-otome or any of its related characters. Mai-otome belongs to the genius people at Sunrise.
Summary- Continuation of mai-otome. Life after zwei featuring shiz/nat, haruka/yukino, chie/aoi, yohko/midori, Nao, tomoe and more. Love, romance, drama, secrets, lies and the their lives all revealed. Things really aren't that easy.
"Look it's the Gakuencho!" A girl shouts as she points towards the coliseum. Large groups of Pearls and Corals had assembled and were quickly taking seats in the lower areas of the coliseum to get a view of the action. From above the diplomats and Columns had run forward and were on the edges of their seats watching the action before them.
For this fight Natsuki had chosen to materialize a smaller gun than her usual cannon. Well smaller by Natsuki's standards anyhow, this gun was similar to a long-range rifle, it was slim, light, long and capable of powerful shots. It was the genius idea of Shizuru years ago to use this version of her weapon as a close combat weapon by using it similarly to that of a Tonfa or baton. Surprisingly after a while Natsuki became very good at blocking and parrying attacks with the gun, and she became more of a threat when at a distance where she would quickly simply aim and shoot. The initial belief that Natsuki would be beaten straight away was disappearing altogether as she and Midori exchanged powerful blow for blow with Midori attacking and slashing away, but Natsuki effectively and swiftly blocked each attack every time.
Midori grins in amusement and looks up at Natsuki who is flying slightly above her. She leaps up and slashes at the Gakuencho with her swords, but Natsuki blocks it easily and the clash of metal rings throughout the arena. Midori lands back to the ground but throws a sword at Natsuki distracting her and leaps up again slashing sideways with her remaining sword. Natsuki spins but the slash cuts her midsection tearing her robe and causing a light but solid cut. The crowd gasps at the sight as Natsuki bleeds slighty, but the Gakuencho, strong as ever, continues on strongly. Natsuki takes her chance and quickly grabs Midori's sword hand then spins her gun around and uses the butt end to punch her in the stomach. Midori is winded for a moment and falls to the ground, rolling to sustain the fall. Natsuki flies down towards the Aswad leader to continue the assault. She uses her robe to extend and stab down, but Midori continues to evade out of the way. Natuski lands on the ground and shoots rapidly towards the red head. Midori runs out of the way for some and hits back the energy shots, spinning them into the air and exploding in the high areas of the collesium. She rapidly runs forward and Midori lets loose another fast combination of hacks and slashes but Natsuki quickly spins herself upwards over Midori and extends her gun arm out and shoots multiple times. The powerful energy beams slice through the air and explode on the ground as Midori narrowly avoids each one by dashing out of the way.
"You'll have to do better than that Gakeuencho!" Midori smirks, but she wipes her grin away when she hears a sharp crackling noise. She looks behind her to see giant ice crystals emerging from the ground from where the energy shots had landed. The ice crystals spread out at a vicious speed covering the entire coliseum ground in seconds, some spikes almost impaling Midori. The red head is forced to run between the larger ice crystals that have grown a block high, and soon she finds herself stuck in a crystals maze, surrounded by blocks and walls of solid ice.
"Damn" she mutters. Above her she can hear more shots being fired and she notices her ice cage growing even fiercer, the crackling getting even louder, and soon a ceiling has formed blocking out all light. She hacks at the ice with her swords but it has grown too solid. She can still hear the sound of shots, though quieter now since the ice is getting thicker and thicker. The temperature is lowering dangerously so, and when she breathes out a light chilly mist forms. Her GEM flashes her a warning sign; the conditions are to extreme. She has no choice but to launch her last weapon.
"I was saving this for the end, but I suppose I have no choice" she turns the dial on her GEM and starts the countdown "GAKUTENOU!" A giant portal of light appears on the floor, and a sharp spear emerges and the great beast following behind. Midori jumps on the Gakutenou shatters the ice crystal cage with ease. Ice flies in all directions as the shards spill into the air, scattering everywhere. The crowd gasp collectively at the sight of the metallic monster. They fly into the air and are level with Natsuki who has her gun at the ready. They stare at each other for a few seconds sizing each other up, Gakutenou revving his engine and Natsuki starting her countdown, they know this next hit will determine who wins the battle.
"Charge Gekutenou!" Midori yells as she jumps off.
"Howling Silver wolf!" Gakutenou launches forward, gigantic spear leading the charge and Natsuki shoots her giant energy beam, which has taken the form of a wolf. The two collide in a giant explosion and as the dust settles slightly, Gakutenou is winning slightly pushing the energy beam back. The creatures roar shaking the very coliseum itself. But Natsuki holds strong and increases the force of the energy beam. Hit by the new blast of energy the spear of Gakutenou begins to disintegrate and suddnely the rest of the beast shatters in its wake. With full force the beam shoots forward straight towards Midori, and she can do nothing but stare at her impending doom.
"What the hell? Natsuki will kill her!" Nao shouts looking to Shizuru
"Natuski can't stop the beam now" she says.
"We should intervene!" Sara exclaims worriedly. Shizuru folds her arms, but remains silent staring at the arena.
Midori raises her arms in front of her to block the impact and she closes her eyes. But nothing. No blast. No impact. Nothing. She opens her eyes to see a giant circular disc of bright light in front of her that is absorbing the energy of Natsuki's attack. A loud roaring noise, almost like a vacumn, emits as the force of the attack is taken in, and once the energy beam has been fully absorbed the disc spins and disappears in a flash.
Natsuki flies towards Midori
"Are you ok?" she asks.
"Yeah…I'm guessing whatever that hell that was, was Yohkos doing?"
"Yes, and thankfully for you it's a successful test." Midori looks towards the observation booth to see the scientists and researchers jumping up and down, hugging each other. Yohko herself looks more stunned than anything else, but she catches Midori's eye and they smile to each other.
Natsuki helps Midori up, and an assistant runs up and passes a microphone to the Principle.
"Guests of Garderobe, you have just witnessed the first version of the Goddess system. A defense mechanism that will absorb any impact or energy which is deemed uncontrollable or too dangerous for combat. With it we aim to avoid any future abuse of power of or by an otome, to ensure the safety and fairness for all involved in the Shiruba Geiha tournament." The crowd erupts in applause, and the students go wild, probably moreso at the lightshow rather than the invention, but still Natsuki smiles slightly. She clears her throat and continues
"Thank you as well to Midori, the Aswad leader who volunteered to participate in our fight today." The crowd cheer loudly, and Midori sees a group of Black Valley residents sitting in the collesium who are going crazy with excitement. "Finally, Guests please follow Meister Viola to our board room where we will present you with the finer details of our project and lastly students back to your clases." The girls all groan "but first you may all have an hour break" she says with a smile. The girls cheer, and declarations of love are thrown Natsuki's way.
Midori looks towards the principle and puts a hand on her arm in camaraderie.
"You beat me, well done, not many people can say they've beaten an Aswad leader."
"I'll be honest when you summoned Gakutenou I thought I was going to end up like the Cardair Otome."
"That was my aim, but seems like your gun was too much. You put up a good fight. But understand tournament conditions are not the same as a real battle. The outcome will be different in a real fight."
"Of course, but I hope I'm never on the opposite end of a battle with you." They both chuckle and shake hands.
"Natsuki" Midori nods towards Shizuru who has stepped onto the coliseum grounds.
"The wife is calling you, you better go" Natsuki smirks and points towards Yohko who is fast approaching them.
"Same to you" she says.
"We're not-" she pauses seeing Natsuki already walking off. Midori shrugs and picks up her sword.
"Yo, Yohko!"
OMAKE
Natuski: don't worry midori, yohko has a plan in place that will protect you
*fires beam*
Midori and Natuski fight, the beam instead actually hits Midori
Midori: oh crap, NAtuski actually fired at me!
*pulls out otome contract*
M: I signed on for stage fights and romantic scenes not this!
*looks up, a halo is present*
M:OMG I'm dead? FUMI SAMA?
*Fumi waves, shes in a bikini drinking out of a coconut*
A/N:
And here we are, back again; I hope it's worth the wait. To reward your patience, the next chapter is already half written and will be posted soon.
This chapter was moreso goody fanservice for an epic battle between midori and natsuki and plot progression. Next up will be some fluff to relax things. But boy Natuski OWNED the fight no? I would expect her to in all fairness. I mean swords vs guns? That age old question.
Anywho I'd just like to thank
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