Welcome back to chapter 14! I hope you all enjoy!
Warning: foul language is used
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Chapter 14: Invasion: Part 3 (Two Wilds)
"You know, if you used your Side Effect, this might be easier for us."
"You know, it would be pointless to do that with an opponent like this."
Mei let out a sigh as she scratched her head. On one side was her and Yuki, ready for battle and right in front of their opponent. On the other side was their opponent sporting multiple weights on her side, courtesy of Mei herself.
She had received the information about their opponent's Trigger and was already coming up with hundreds of strategies already. That didn't help that she still needed to keep an eye on Yuki though.
She knew they had to get the fight over with quickly for multiple reason. The main two were that they needed to go help other places and that neither wanted the rest of their team seeing their fight.
"By the way, that Trigger of yours is very...stylish."
"Now, now. No need to be jealous. Yours is just too destructive. You know full well that's why Shinoda-san and Akasora-san forbid you from using it."
"Tsk. You're getting me a little mad now." She got in a fighting stance. "Let's just end this quickly."
"Hm? You two dating, or something?"
The two Border agents turned to their opponent to see small explosions go off and the weights destroyed.
"If so, then that give me more of a reason to beat you down, little bitch. First you say that cutie here is your pet, then you put those weights on me, and you finish it off by flirting right in front of me." The crazed look came back to Pyr's face, but with a scowl instead of a grin. "I'll make you escape, then hunt you down to kill you personally, you little bitch."
"Hm. I don't want to hear that coming from a tramp like you."
Yuki couldn't help but wonder where all of this was actually going. He could basically see the sparks clashing between the two females. He let out a sigh and spun the pole in his hand.
The pointed end had a single blade coming out of the side to make a scythe.
'Might as well...'
He rushed at Pyr with his weapon at the ready. When he got close enough, he made a quick jump to the side as Asteroids went passed him and hit Pyr dead on.
Knowing that the attack didn't do much to her, he used some rubble as a platform to jump off into the air and bring down the scythe.
Pyr brought her hands up and grabbed the blade before tossing both it and its owner to the side. Before she could think of another attack, she noticed Mei had come up to her side with a Kogetsu going for a slash and a gun pointed at her head.
Yuki easily landed and looked at the blade to see a '1' on one side and a '2' on the other side. He quickly spun the pole and the blunt end now how the ball back on it and the numbers were nowhere to be seen.
'So it looks like there's a weakness to this.'
He heard an explosion and turned to see Mei landing not too far from Pyr.
He pulled off his jacket and tied it around his waist.
He saw that Mei was going for another attack with her Kogetsu and took in her stance and way of running. Without much thought, he mimicked her attack and went for Pyr's back with his own weapon.
Pyr had already noticed both attacks coming and kicked up a rock towards Mei while she turned around with her arm outstretched.
Not being able to react in time, both agents tried to get out of any fatal attacks.
Mei brought up a Shield while she jumped up.
Yuki on the other hand got his jacket from his waist and threw it in front of him. It had covered Pyr's hand and gave Yuki the chance to swat the hand away and land a hit with the weapon that had a large amount of power to it.
No waisting time, he used his special Teleport to appear above her with the scythe back. He slashed at her and felt the connection, but quickly jumped away when he saw a '3' on his jacket.
"You are really pushing me off now." She stood up to show her cloak and skin tight outfit recovering. "For every hit you land, my soon-to-be pet, an hour of torture will be added.
Not bothering to listen, the two hid behind some rubble, but quickly moved so as not to be caught.
"That cloak by itself seems sturdy. Plus it can regenerate. Not sure if my Kogetsu can cut through it," Mei said as she took a peak to see Pyr facing the opposite direction. "If I use the Lead Bullets, she'll have to blow them up again, leaving spots to attack."
"My Idōgetsu can cut through to her body, but only to make shallow cuts. Jikantsuki and Gengetsu are pretty strong, so that just goes to show how strong that cloak is."
"Yuki-kun... What the name of that heavy hitter form you use?"
"...Mangetsu..."
"..."
"Don't give me that silence! You know it fits!"
"..."
"Mei-chan~~~"
"What can your last attack do?"
"What do you mean?"
"Stop being stupid. We both know there is a last form to your Idōgetsu. What. Can. It. Do?"
"Not gonna use it unless necessary. Besides, I would probably have to Bail Out after using it and it might not even take her out."
"...Fine. I'll try and get as many Lead Bullets as I can, so you need to focus on getting those openings."
"Sure thing."
BAM!
The two went wide eyed when they saw two Rabbits crash land in front if them.
Quickly thinking, the two moved out if the way to dodge a punch and used their weapons to try and cut the Trion soldiers, but weren't able to get passed the hardened armor.
"Found you~~"
BOOM!
Mei reacted quickly enough to put up a Shield, but not quick enough to dodge all the damage. Part of her side was blown up and she say that the explosion was big enough to take one of Yuki's arms.
She jumped away and got a clear view of the whole scene. She could see where Pyr currently was, along with Yuki and the Rabbits. She also saw that the explosion had created large portions of the ground to be scattered around.
'I'll do that then...' She landed on the ground with a thud and took out one of her guns. "Hey, Kiyoshi, get that hair out of your eyes!"
From his side of the area, Yuki went a little wide eyed before smirking. He did as he was told and put the hair covering his eyes behind his ear. Along with that, he put the pole away and brought out a Scorpion.
He ran at the Rabbits and easily dodged the punches meant to hit him. He tried to cut them, but the armor was too much and didn't break.
"Oh? Does his eye have some strange power?" Pyr grinned in anticipation. "My pet sure is something~~ Hey, bitch! Why don't you leave the fighting to the real fighters?"
Pyr turned around just in time to see the tip of Kogetsu in front of her and a gun pointed at her mid-section. She barely dodged the blade, but still got a cut on her face and more weights added.
She let out a yell as she tried to kick Mei, but the hit was dodged.
"Viper."
As she flew in the air from her jump, a five of Trion appeared by Mei before splitting up and shooting at the spots where the weights were.
Just before the Viper got to Pyr, she had used her Trigger to get rid of the weights, leaving a spot for the attack to hit. She was shocked by the attack hitting her, but she quickly recovered and threw multiple rocks at Mei.
"Asteroid!"
The rocks were quickly shot down with the explosions causing dust to rise again.
Mei used the cover to get closer again. She slashed at Pyr and managed to get a shallow cut in and land a few Viper hits from behind before launching Pyr into the air using Grasshopper.
Pyr flew into the air and saw some more Viper attacks coming from the side. She used some rocks she picked up to stop them, but didn't see someone above her.
Yuki had gotten above her and had the ball at the end of his weapon. He used the force of the fall to smash Pyr back towards the ground.
Instead if hitting the ground, Pyr found that she was stopped by wires that had cut through her cloak. She saw Mei shoot out more Lead Bullets and could tell the wires were now cutting through her skin-tight outfit. To finish it off, she saw Yuki starting to fall above her.
"Looks like we win."
"Don't you..." A giant '10' appeared on the ground. "Don't you underestimate me, fucking bitch!"
BOOOOOOOOOOM!
The three, along with everything else, were blown away by the massive explosion.
Pyr stood without her cloak.
Yuki staggered as he put away his weapon to bring out a new one.
Mei stood there with calculating eyes.
'What happened to those damn Rabbits?'
"If you're wondering about those new model, take a look yourself."
"Hm. So that eyes does have some weird power then," Pyr said as she saw the downed Rabbits.
"Wrong. It doesn't have some strange power. It just helps me see more clearly without the hair in the way." Yuki gave a small, smug smirk. "I was just fighting you with a handicap."
"Hm. The torture will be fun..."
"By the way...Fuji is stronger than me, even with my new weapon."
"..."
Without another word, the fight continued.
Mei and Yuki ran towards Pyr.
Pyr got in a fighting stance.
Yuki lowered his stance and made his way past a punch, only to put up a Shield to block an explosion.
Mei had two cubes of Trion next to her. As she started to slash at her opponent, the cubes split up and moved around the two, trying to hit their mark. She was pushed back and the Viper attacks had hit their mark, but didn't do muc damage.
Yuki quickly came back with his body covered in Scorpions. He started moving around Pyr and was able to land shallow slashes on her. He continued to get rid of one Scorpion after another when he saw a number appear on them.
The fight had turned into a simple one of punches, kicks, slashes, and explosions.
None if the fighters backed down and always seemed to be keeping up with each other.
If someone saw the scene, they would compare it to... a fight between vicious animals.
"What the heck is with these explosions?"
"If I had to guess... It's the fight Yuki-senpai is in."
"Then we need to hurry the hell up!"
The rest of the Tsukiko Squad made their way to where their leader and Operator were. They couldn't help but feel a little bit of fear when they continued on their way. As they got closer, they saw the scenery change from destroyed buildings to rubble scattered around to almost an open area.
They had faced the Trion soldiers multiple times and took out some Rabbits, but they felt as if they were traveling from their own world to a post-apocalyptic one. It didn't help that large explosions constantly shok the ground every few seconds.
"We haven't seen a Bail Out yet, so it's safe to assume that neither Mei-senpai or Yuki-senpai have lost, but for them to take this long with an opponent..."
"Hey, Take, have you ever seen Mei fight? I know Suzume hasn't, but you've been with them longer than either of us," Toby asked as he chopped down some weaker Trion soldiers, like they were suppose to do.
"...No. I came in a little after Mei-senpai became Yuki-senpai's Operator. I heard them speak about trying before, but have never actual seen then go at it," Takeshi answered as he shot more down.
"I bet she look really cool when she fight." Suzume shot a few more enemies.
"If she trained with Yuki, them of course she'd look cool!"
"But why would she switch from being a Combatant to an Operator? If she really is that good, then wouldn't it be better if she was fighting?"
"Good point. Maybe we can ask them about it when all of this is done."
"Yeah... Let's speed up. We also need to help around other places as well."
"Roger!"
"I'll give you two credit... Only Enedora has pissed me off this much with a fight..."
Mei and Yuki simply stared at their opponent.
'She's relentless. We don't have time for this if the Headquaters is under attack and they're going after the C-Ranks.'
'Why am I fighting again? Will everyone even be thankful with all the destruction?...' Mei shook her head a little as she got ready for another round. 'Can't think like that right now.'
"Fuji, got another other plan?" Yuki glanced at his friend and saw that she seemed to be spacing out a bit. "Mei!"
"H-huh? Oh... Yeah. But you need to use your Side Effect. Stop holding back that much."
"..."
"What? You don't like that?"
"...No. It's fine. Let's go."
"Right."
"And Mei..." Yuki looked forward again with a serious expression. "Stop thinking about pointless and stupid things."
He ran forward with a Scorpion in his hand. He tried to slash at her head, but missed. Not leaving an opening, he brought his leg up to for another slash.
Pyr grabbed the blade and a '1' appeared on it.
Yuki got rid of the blade and jumped behind Pyr.
'He's right. I have to focus on this.'
"Hey, Yuki-kun..."
"Hm? What is it?"
"...Can you tell me again...Why you chose me?"
Yuki looked at his Operator as he finished up his bucket of ice-cream. He let out a small sigh. He knew that this was a constant question, but hated every time it was brought up. He never liked it when his friend got into this state of mind, so he always tried to keep her preoccupied on something else.
Mei continued to type on her computer as she waited for the answer. She had so many things going on in her head, so she needed to be reminded of things like this from time-to-time. She knew how her friend felt about the question, but she always asked anyways.
"So? What's your answer?"
"Because you're the person I trust the most and always get the job done. You-"
"I'm not talking about being your Operator, Kiyoshi."
"...That's because... That's because we're alike in that we were lonely. We understand each other better than anyone." Yuki gave a big smile. "And because you're kinda cute, Fuji!"
"Hm." Mei couldn't help the small smile that appeared on her own lips. "Save those kinds of lines for the C-Ranks that try and ask you out."
"But that would give Suzu-chan some material."
'That's right...' She made a big gash in Pyr's arm. 'I'm fighting because this is the city my friends are in.'
Mei made cut Pyr's right side.
Yuki copied it and got her left.
Mei tried to cut her mid-section, but was blocked.
Yuki copied it and got her back.
Mei jumped back and used Viper.
Yuki copied it and used Asteroid.
The mirror attacks continued on as Pyr's anger increased. For every hit Mei got on her, Yuki was able to get the opposite side.
That's when she had enough. Pyr slammed her foot onto the ground and a giant '1' appeared on the ground. The whole area was caught in a flash just before the massive explosion. Thinking she had won, Pyr let out a laugh, but was silenced when she was launched back into the air. That's where she saw that Yuki was also in the air.
"This probably don't take you down, but it should do some good damage to you." Mei was behind Pyr and got her in a headlock while trapping the Neighbor's arms with her feet. "Meteora."
The area was filled with explosions again, but this time to take out an intruder.
Bail Out.
Yuki saw as a flash sped through the air. He got ready to attack again for another one-on-one battle.
When the smoke clear, he could see Pyr standing there with only minor injuries.
"Sorry, Yuki-kun. I couldn't take her out."
"It's fine. I know you had other things of you mind, Mei-chan."
"Just to let you know... They finally arrived."
"About time."
Pyr started walking towards Yuki with rocks in her hand and a grin on her face. She threw the rocks at Yuki just as they started to glow.
"Asteroid."
A beam quickly got the rocks, making them explode before their rightful time.
"Porcupine!"
Pyr jumped up just in time to dodge multiple Scorpions trying to slice her body.
"I'm here too."
Pyr was shocked when she saw a small flash and tried to dodge in the air. She managed to nit get hit in the head, but another part of her mid-section was shot.
"Nice to fine have you guys here." Yuki gave a small smile as he saw them.
"I'm sorry we're late, Senpai."
"We tried to get her quickly, but had to deal with the other Neighbors!"
"We'll try out best now."
"It's fine. You're here now and that's what matters. Now let's finish this before any more damage is done."
"Roger, Captain!"
QOTC: What is your favorite Side Effect?
And there you have it! The fight was suppose to be longer, but I still hope you enjoyed it! If you didn't then that just means I didn't do a good enough job!
So yeah, the fight was suppose to be longer and the flashback came out of nowhere, but I'm fine with how this turned out. Next time we finish it up with half T.S. Vs Pyr & the second half being everything else.
Until next time, bye!