Sorry for yet another relatively long wait. I was, again, busy this week and didn't get to write anywhere near as much as I was expecting to. Also, I had to send in my laptop for repair and have to use a different one that I really don't like using and try to avoid...lol.
Anyways, hope you like it!
Chapter 52: Take Back the Fight
"Zane! No!" Astra screamed in horror as she saw the nindroid's head fall. She really hoped nothing more happened than him losing the energy to stay up and help her.
"You don't have time to worry about him," Jarle told her as he got back up from Astra's Spinjitzu attack.
Astra turned around in horror as she saw Jarle back up on his feet, stretching his arms and legs to get ready to try and kill her and Zane.
Even though you only managed to do Spinjitzu for the first time, you have still gotten significantly stronger from that accomplishment, Rayseeker tried to cheer the yellow kunoichi up.
That's right! He's not fast, and I can use that to my advantage! Astra exclaimed in happiness. There was still hope in their fight.
Faster than she had ever expected to be, she ran at Jarle and landed a good punch in his stomach. She looked at her fist in amazement. "How'd I move so fast?!" she exclaimed, feeling even more hopeful than before. It was like she moved at the speed of light!
Even Jarle had the same question Astra had asked because he was very surprised by the speed. The faster she ran at him, the more force the punch packed, which was bad for him. He wasn't even good at using his wit to counter such a thing because he was too slow to use it. He'd have to rely on his elemental powers much more than he anticipated which would drain him out of energy really quickly.
Immediately, he turned himself into nothingness by bending the light around him to match the light that reflected off him. That was the secret to how he made himself invisible.
Being ready for that, she was just about to call on the power of Rayseeker's light to reveal his location when she felt a strong punch to her side. It seemed Jarle was faster with that than she expected.
The punch hurt, but it wasn't enough to discourage her from continuing. She moved in at lightning fast speeds and delivered a barrage of powerful attacks that were boosted by her speed. Jarle struggled to defend against such quick attacks, and Astra had the upperhand at that point by pushing Jarle back by going on the offensive.
Brisa was still fighting against Allen while also making sure to always protect Kai. For some reason, Allen was very keen on putting an end to Kai, so Brisa always had to fight on the defensive. She couldn't let her defense break for even a moment because that could mean big trouble for Kai.
One good thing was that Brisa was able to slash Allen with her Blade, which must've been doing something to hinder the One. He wasn't nearly as fast as he usually was, and he was getting more and more impatient with each passing minute. That showed that Allen wasn't able to use his brain as much anymore, and his wits and clever thinking were his biggest weapons that he could use against Brisa (and Kai).
Brisa tried using that to her advantage, but it was hard because Allen would use all sorts of attacks: elemental, close range, and even aerial attacks. It was hard to defend against all of those, and she was really tired but had to keep going.
Allen changed up his element this time and tried to put Brisa at a disadvantage by using dark fire. He hadn't thought of it before, but using his other element on her might be a good idea.
Fortunately for the silver kunoichi, she could blow it back with the wind from her Blade. It was dangerous, but she had to do it and hoped none of her friends got hurt by it.
Allen got angry at her and rushed in for an attack. The sudden move surprised Brisa, but she had to prepare for it. Her plan was to dodge it and then attack with her Blade. She wasn't very sure if it would work, but she'd have to try.
As the silver kunoichi was hoping, she dodged the reckless attack with ease. Angering Allen was a good way to beat him because it stopped his best weapons. Unfortunately, she left Kai wide open for an attack, and he was still on the ground, so Brisa had to quickly slash the One with her Blade. Skydancer hit Allen right in the chest and left a gash there.
Now with the winds in her favour, she had to keep up the offensive pressure on Allen and not let him get anywhere near Kai. It would be hard to do both, but she would have to.
Cole and Reyna were still fighting Tylor. The three of them had become tired, well aware that neither side was going to back down. But they had to continue.
Cole and Reyna had to make as many long range attacks as they could. Going in close against Tylor would be dangerous for either of them because of his strength and abilities.
Cole finally figured out how to break through Tylor's wall of dark earth that would try to wrap and crush him. He'd have to use a tremendous amount of strength to break through it to not get crushed, and he had to break it everytime if Reyna got stuck in it. It was very powerful and could kill either of them very easily by crushing their body.
Cole blasted some more rocks at Tylor for the millionth time that day. He was getting tired from using the same attack so many times over.
Tylor was disgusted. "This attack again? If it didn't work even once before, what makes you think…" He jumped out of the way of the rocks. "That this will be any different?!" He jumped in at a much faster speed than Cole was expecting and landed a punch in Cole's stomach. The impact sent him flying, but Cole still landed on his feet.
Reyna managed to slash Tylor with her Blade, Vinewhipper, right in the arm. It left a cut, but it wasn't bad enough to help a lot. Reyna continued to strike with her Blade, but Tylor brought up another wall of dark earth to buy some time to get away.
Cole regrouped with Reyna. If they would have a shot at beating Tylor, they'd have to work together, not alone. That meant attacking at the same time to force him to pay attention to both of them. The question was: how would they do that? Cole could stand a chance in close range combat, but Reyna didn't have any long range attacks to make it work. If Reyna went in for a close range attack, she would easily be overpowered, making Cole's attack useless. It was a tough decision for sure, but they would have to come up with an idea eventually.
"What if we go close to attack? Both of us at once?" Reyna suggested to the black ninja while whispering.
"I guess that could work," he whispered back. "I'll go first, you follow behind. Okay?"
The teal kunoichi nodded in agreement. As soon as he saw that, the earth ninja dashed off, and Reyna followed closely behind. Although she wasn't thinking about it just before, she split from him and went around to Tylor's side. It would be much harder for Tylor to block like that.
However, Tylor seemed like he was prepared. Out of the ground, huge, dark plants taller than himself appeared. They weren't the bright green that Reyna's vines and plants were, but they were a dark and pale green, some even brown, black, or, weirdly enough, purple.
The couple stopped in their tracks, not knowing what these dark plants could do. They obviously looked dangerous, and having no idea what the plants could do, they stepped back to get away from them.
"What's the matter? Not going to come any closer?" Tylor challenged them from behind the wall of dark plants.
Neither Cole nor Reyna knew how to respond to such a taunt when they had no idea what the plants could do. However, an idea quickly popped into Reyna's mind. "Cole!" she whispered a bit loudly. "Use your earth powers to trap the plants, and in the time he takes to break it, we run through and attack him!"
Cole looked over at the teal kunoichi and smiled. Even though it wasn't the time to do it, he gave her a quick kiss on her forehead. "You can come up with some great ideas sometimes!"
They approached the wall of dark plants and made sure it wasn't possible for Tylor to see them. If there was one flaw about his technique, it was that: he didn't have much time to react against an attack that evades the plants because he couldn't see past them.
The black ninja quickly surrounded the two areas of dark plants in a wall of earth in the shape of a rectangle. If Tylor wanted the plants to help him, he'd have to break two sides of the wall on both walls that Cole had put up.
Cole and Reyna ran around as fast as they could while Tylor smashed the important walls as fast as he could. However, being caught in the middle of doing something, the two of them managed to land some good hits on him. They continued to keep it up by continuously hitting him and driving him back. The main goal was to push Tylor forward, not backwards towards the hospital. They wanted him to run back to his "base" where his master would be.
And so Cole and Reyna had to change directions and start pushing him in another direction, and the dark plants were out of range or blocked to attack back. Both the ninja and the kunoichi slashed him multiple times with their Blades too. If they could get rid of them hear, that would be great, but unlikely. Soon enough, they were pushing the One in the direction they needed him to go.
All of the others were succeeding except for Lloyd and Zoe. It seemed like quite a stalemate in their fight, with neither side knowing how to beat the other, especially the ninja and kunoichi who would have more trouble than Lucas.
Just need to get him off guard… Lloyd grimaced as he got ready to deliver another attack. For one second!
Lloyd summoned a huge blast of energy and shot it to Lucas' direction. Zoe took advantage of that moment that Lucas would use to dodge to try and attack, but Lucas dodged the opposite way Zoe was running in. There was a beam of energy separating the two, so it was impossible for her to attack him through that.
He predicted the attack…and then he predicted where Zoe would go to attack hi, so he dodged the opposite side…amazing, Lloyd breathed at the One's skill. Zoe had stood at Lloyd's left, so Lucas knew that if the green ninja fired a beam, Zoe would be cut off from him if he dodged to his left (or their right).
This time, Lloyd and Zoe were ready for Lucas to do such a thing. Zoe was standing directly behind Lloyd, waiting for the green ninja to fire his beam of energy at Lucas. Whichever side Lucas dodged to would be the side Zoe would attack from.
Unfortunately for the duo, Lucas expected them to think of something like that this time around, so he remained one step ahead of them by going on the offensive just as Lloyd was about to release the beam.
The sudden attack scared the two of them as they jumped out of the way of it. Lloyd would have to pull off a much faster beam if he wanted to actually hit the One because he was really fast himself.
Lucas immediately stopped and went after Lloyd. The green ninja decided that he would no longer run from his attacks unless necessary, like when he uses a dark elemental attack. It wouldn't help him during the final battle if he didn't know Lucas' fighting style.
The two engaged in close combat. Lucas, having much more experience than Lloyd, could easily overpower Lloyd, but he also had to be wary of Zoe behind him, so he couldn't give his full concentration to the green ninja.
Lloyd kept getting smacked around by Lucas, not having any opportunity at all to retaliate and make a counterattack. It was really hard fighting him.
Luckily for Lloyd, he was saved by Zoe when she managed to get a surprise attack on Lucas. It caught him slightly off balance and as he was trying to regain it to not be pushed back like the rest of his allies, a fit of attacks were thrown his way and he was unable to dodge all of them, although he did manage to dodge a few. Fighting against him, it was really important and lucky to get even a second to fire off some attacks on him. Lucas was able to see, adapt to and predict nearly everything they had done so far, giving him a big advantage throughout the course of their fight.
Lucas expected the flurry of attacks from the pink kunoichi to end soon, but they didn't; they kept on coming at him. Suddenly, Zoe felt a lot more powerful than before. There was a change in her body, with a surge of energy rushing through it, and it made her spin around. Having mastered the training course with only Lloyd knowing about it, she began spinning really fast and instantly knew that it was Spinjitzu. Her pink tornado swallowed Lucas up and tossed him back out. Not knowing which way was up or down, he couldn't land on his feet to get his balance. Instead, he was pulled up by Lloyd and he too delivered a flurry of rapid attacks at the One. The tides had now turned, and all of the ninja and kunoichi were pushing back their enemies.
Hurray! Zoe learnt Spinjitzu too now! That's the fourth "power unlocking" that's happened during this fight. Nya and Brisa's full potentials, and Astra and Zoe's Spinjitzu. Of course, Reyna and the ninja are past that. Now they will try to follow the Five back to where they were living...we'll see what goes on over there in the next chapter...
Hope you liked it!
