*The Second Strike is Made, Will Blizzard be Able to Hold Up?*
*Note to readers, it has only been a day since Chapter 9, that is all*
It was morning and a certain pair was just waking up from pleasant dreams they were having on their Aniue's couch. Speaking of a certain purple-haired demon, he had walking in just as Amaimon and Blizzard sat up from their temporary bed. The two looked absolutely perfect in Mephisto's eyes. He cleared his throat to get their attention and of course it worked. Two sets of eyes, one green set and one icy blue set, landed on him with sleep still clouding them.
"Good morning Aniue~" They said in unison. Ahh, their voices sound so adorable in the morning. I'm glad that I no longer have to hear such a lifeless voice from my little Ototou, he sounds much better with his little Ice Queen with him. "Good morning you two, how did you sleep last night?" Mephisto sat down on his chair and started looking over his paperwork.
"We slept just fine Mephisto." Blizzard gave a small yawn and stretched out her arms, wincing a little as she did.
"Your shoulder's still hurt, Blizzard?" Amaimon gave a yawn of his own.
"Just a little bit. Nothing to bad, but I wish they would just heal already." Blizzard gave a small playful pout. Amaimon smiled and gave her a kiss on her forehead.
"Well," they two turned to face a busy looking Mephisto. "If you two want to, I guess I could allow you to have a walk around the school grounds. Only around the school grounds though, no going outside the barrier, am I understood?" Amaimon and Blizzard looked at each other with excitement written in their eyes and the next thing Mephisto knew he was caught in a tight hug from both demons at the same time.
"We promise we'll behave! Thank you Aniue!" They both sang in unison, then they were out the door before Mephisto could say anything else. With a grin spreading across his face, he fixed his now crooked hat and chuckled.
"Those two, still the exact same way as they were back then, energetic, inseparable, down right adorable but also very irritating sometimes." With one last look at the door the two had rushed out of, Mephisto returned to his work, although he won't be occupied by the paperwork for very long.
Now outside with nothing to do, Amaimon and Blizzard decided to do exactly what Mephisto had said, wander around the school grounds. They hadn't really taken the time to actually look around the school they had been living in until now. It was actually pretty big for a simple school, and it was pretty fancy too. They had to be careful though, classes were still in session and Mephisto would surely be angry with them if they disrupted anything involving the human children. So, as promised, the two stayed close to the outer ring of the school and stayed within the barrier. Even though Mephisto never said that they couldn't go further into the school grounds, Blizzard didn't want to take any chances knowing that one, Amaimon could possibly get into trouble and be punished by Mephisto, or two, they could wind up attracting a demon too close to the students of True Cross Academy. In the end, Blizzard was right to make the two stay on the outer ring of the school.
Not even half an hour into their walk, Blizzard felt a sudden heat wave hit them and then she fond herself being pulled out of the path of a molten rock being thrown their way. They knew what was going on long before a giant Fire Golem smashed its way into the protective barrier of the school. Claude had made the second offensive move, a sure sign he wanted to weaken them quickly.
"Blizzard, stay back, I'll take care of this thing." Amaimon had pushed Blizzard behind him and was ready to make the next attack. The golem had turned to face the two and with some what quick movements, it had thrown another molten rock at the two on the ground. Amaimon had put up a wall of solid earth the shield them and then attacked. A barrage of spike-like stones jutted out from the ground and pierced through the golem. Sadly, Amaimon's attack was ineffective. The rock simply melded into the golem's body and made it grow. They were both at a big disadvantage. Amaimon tried his best to try and cut the golem down but each move he made just increased the golem's power and so far had made it double in size alone. At this rate, the two just might be taken out. Dodging another attack Blizzard had an idea.
"Amaimon! We need to attack from different sides, if we can get the thing to follow one of us," she jumped to dodge a ball of lava thrown her way. "then we could probably do some damage. Okay?" Amaimon nodded. "Ready, one, two," she jumped again. "THREE!" Amaimon ran for the golem's right side getting its attention by jamming another stone spike through its abdomen while Blizzard created several sharp, solid ice swords and multiple ice shuriken. While the golem was distracted by Amaimon she focused where each weapon was to go and propelled them forward with the flick of her hands. Each one landed a decent blow to the golem. Steam rose from the flaming beast as the ice melted and doused its flames. The golem turned to face Blizzard and attacked once more with a wave of molten earth. Blizzard was able to dodge the attack, but just as she looked back to see where the wave would land she saw several student passing by. They were right in the molten wave's path of destruction. Moving on instinct, Blizzard had stood in front of the trembling students who, sadly, had seen the danger and froze in the spots they stood. Blizzard put up a thick ice wall to protect herself and the students behind her but she hadn't been fast enough. The force of the molten wave had caused Blizzard to be pushed back and some of the scorching hot earth had splashed onto her left arm, burning it severely. She screamed in pain but held the ice wall steady. When the danger was gone the wall had melted and the Ice Queen fell to the ground, clutching her arm in pain.
"Blizzard! Why you!" Amaimon turned to the golem once more and this time aimed for its head with his attack. Cutting the head of the golem clean off, he finally defeated it. Amaimon rushed over to Blizzard and the now fainted students. Upon closer examination of her left arm Amaimon saw that her shoulder blade had been snapped clean through. "This isn't good." He tried his best to console the now writhing Ice Queen until several Exorcists arrived to take the fainted students, as well as Blizzard, away to a medical office. Amaimon saw his brother approaching him and he looked to the ground.
"Amaimon, are you okay?" Mephisto was worried about both his little brother and Blizzard. At first Amaimon didn't speak but he eventually answered his older brother's question.
"I'm fine, but what about Blizzard? Will she be okay?" Amaimon had a tinge of sadness in his eyes. He felt as though it was his fault that Blizzard was injured yet again. Mephisto simply smiled at his little Ototou.
"She'll be fine. The Doctors will start her medical treatment immediately. She'll be up and running around again in no time at all." Amaimon smiled at his brother's optimistic view of the situation. Although, neither brother would be smiling if they knew what was in store the very next day.