IV

Yuuka prepared the tray for the tea, set the tea pet at the edge, a small clay wolf. She unsheathed the tea knife and broke out a piece of the tea cake, purple pu erh from the mountain regions of Yunnan China. That type of tea was hardly available in Academy City, and shipping often took 6 weeks to arrive. Yuuka had just arrived 2 weeks ago.

She broke the piece to loosen the leaves, and used some hot water to rinse the tea, this first brew is usually thrown away. She poured this brew onto the tea pet. In a way Aleister saw himself as that wolf, this tea was expensive, it was nice tea, tea shops would sell this brew as a good one to make a profit, but she threw it away, she gave it to a good luck charm, it was a treasure to many, to her it was tea for the good luck charm. Of course she poured good brews into it as well, the tea pet deserved good tea as well.

After brewing the tea for a second time she served the brew to Aleister, he found it nutty, with a clear flavor of the forest. He felt his body becoming more awake, more aware, tea did not have this effect, it was Yuuka believing that the tea had this effect. Belief often changes reality, but it has to be carried on by many humans in unison, or be powerful enough that your belief becomes a simple spell. Yuuka was the only being who casts magic just like that, no need to set up a closed system, no need to limit the area of action to a bucket to affect only that space, she was a meteor in the sea, the earth itself causing typhoons or tsunami on the sea.

Being around Yuuka made Aleister feel odd, he drew part of his power from Aiwass, and Aiwass drew power from her. Babalon, the ultimate mother, the goddess of mercy and destruction, around her Aleister felt how his strength increased. The tea pet was getting a second brew and not just the rinses.

"It reeks of magic" Yuuka said while continuing to serve her tea.

"There are some wizards in the city" Aleister said

"The self healing moron is not close, neither is your offspring, in fact those two are in the same general area… This does not smell like Lunarian either" Yuuka got up and took a long whiff near the window.

Aleister focused, it was hard to find any trace of external mana around Yuuka, but it was faint, it must be a strong signature, if he could sense it besides Yuuka.

"Clove oil… And leather" Yuuka sniffled the air "Sweat too"

"A saint of the Anglicans, I will go take care of it" Aleister began getting up

"Please continue with the tea without me" Yuuka said, she put her hand on his shoulder.

She snatched a red coat from the hanger besides the door, she put it on and buttoned it up, then got a pair of gloves from the left pocket.

"I thought you respected the clergy" Aleister said joking, Yuuka did not want to stain her uniform with blood.

"Not Anglicans, let them suffer for what they did to Ireland" Yuuka smiled to herself, the only reason she had not destroyed the Anglican church was because she wanted their fall to be slow and painful.

"You invited an anglican nun lunch!" Aleister felt a little panic

"I thought it was you… Thanks for letting me know, I will go see her after taking care of the saint"

"No wait! Leave Index alone!" Aleister blurted out, a difference from his usual calm demeanor.

"Why?" Yuuka stood there with the door open.

"She is my grand daughter, please leave her alone"

Yuuka nodded "Fair enough"

She closed the door and walked out of the school.

The streets were empty, Yuuka wanted privacy, not out of wanting to hide her actions, but in fear she may lose herself to the fight and hurt someone she did not mean to. Just a desire to be alone, no need for runes or rituals, that was enough to cast the spell.

A girl with an umbrella and a long coat, it was a hot night yet she wore clothes fit for winter or rain season. Her thighs were warm even, silk thighs to wear under her skirt, they tried to make her use polyester, she considered that an insult, this was supposed to be a fancy school, yet the thighs were made out of polyester.

Yuuka made herself invisible when she noticed the scent of the saint got stronger.

It was a tall woman with a voluptuous body, her jacket and pants were torn in one side. She carried a nodachi in her hip, and had her right hand poised over it.

The woman swung her sword without unsheathing it, steel wires cut through the air around her, Yuuka dodged them, they were just a warning, the noise made by the rustle of her clothes allowed the woman to sense where Yuuka was. She turned around and attacked again, her eyes were closed, if the enemy is invisible sight is useless.

Yuuka dodged them again, this woman was going too easy, though the wires cut a little closer to Yuuka now. "You are attempting to see how big I am! Now you know where I am, you try to see how big…" Yuuka made herself visible again.

"Presentations are in order, I am Yuuka"

The girl did not move from her defensive position to answer "Kanzaki Kaori, my magic name is Salvare 000"

"Nobody in this city is in danger to be saved from" Yuuka said with a smile "Except you. Tell me girl, can you save yourself?"

Kaori felt a chill on her spine, every muscle in her body told her to run away.

"I suppose you are familiar with the story of Moriya Suwako"

Kaori tightened the grip in her sword.

"She had metal weapons, stronger than yours even! A truly powerful goddess. Until she met a Rudra" Yuuka smirked "Great granddaughter of the first Rudra. She knew of Suwako and asked him for a weapon to counter Suwako and her metal"

"Kanako got a thin vine, and with it she broke the weapons" Kaori said "But Kanako and Suwako are allies now"

Yuuka floated up "Rudra is a wind god, he did not have the weapon. He, as the first avatar of destruction, asked the sixth avatar for a counter, he knew she had one, because the sixth avatar was a fairy, and that fairy was known to turn weaknesses into strengths"

Yuuka aimed her umbrella at Kaori, its tip glowing blue. Kaori used her nanachi again, the wires aiming at Yuuka attempting to immobilize her. A vine grew at a great speed, all around Yuuka, it wrapped its stems at the wire and caused it to rust and break.

"Metal is soil, and plants love soil. I guess you were not listening, I gave Rudra the weapon to counter Suwako, a very basic spell!" Yuuka laughed, she then remained silent for a second, in fact she was gulping down blood, her own body reacting negatively to the magic. As a fairy she could regenerate from all physical damage, even damage from casting magic by being an ESPer. The Lunarians tried to turn her into one to seal her magic, but just managed to make her more powerful, the pain allowed her to focus, to make her spells stronger. A clear mind is absolutely necessary to cast magic, and pain is a tool many use, that or meditation, Yuuka did not need to meditate, the pain cleared her mind.

Kaori unsheathed her sword, just like that she used her battoujutsu to slice the vines before they could rust the blade. She was in a bad situation, avatars are Saints among Gods, basic aspects of the universe given a body. Gods already represented an aspect of the world, Avatars represented aspects that allowed more complex aspects to exist. Yuuka was destruction, she carried the seed of the void inside of her.

Kaori could be as strong as God, but only nothing is stronger than God, and Yuuka carried Nothing inside of her.

"If you want to save people, save those who your church killed! Save my people!" Yuuka exclaimed while using her umbrella to bash against Kaori's nodachi.

"You bastards drove me out of my own land! Just to curse the land, kill those I swore to protect! You morons attempted to take away faith from me. Without realizing that I do not depend on faith, I give the faith to my servants" She continued bashing, Kaori was nearly driven to a corner.

"Ireland…" Kaori muttered, the fear turned to shame, the Anglican church expelled the fairy Queen from Ireland centuries ago. They thought she was a god, no fairy was supposed to be that strong, yet Yuuka did not grow weak without the faith, here was the proof. Kaori tried to think of something to say, but Yuuka was right, there was a lot of death caused by the Anglican church, all from driving her away. Kaori was now doing the same, she was fooled into doing it so.

"May thy sword chip and shatter!" Yuuka uttered, and just like that Kaori saw her blade break into pieces in that one hit. The umbrella kept going and hit Kaori in the wrist, she felt her bones cracking, just as her will was broken now. The Anglican church had asked her to save the city from Yuuka, when in fact the Anglicans had killed millions by driving Yuuka away. Kaori would do the same again.

Kaori fell to the ground, she was not willing to fight, if her blood would pay for the sins of the Anglicans she will allow that to happen. But Yuuka did not continue.

"I asked you not to come" She said

"Got the leaves burned… Sorry" Aleister laughed

"It was a brand new brew! Oh well, if you broke their bladder I should not complain" Yuuka shrugged "Go back, put more water in the kettle please. I think we are done here" Yuuka smirked "She can still fight, but she is not doing it"

Aleister nodded "I left it on before leaving, I assumed you would finish this quickly"

Kaori felt odd to see Aleister Crowley following orders, he followed orders from nobody, not even Aiwass. Except perhaps… "Babalon" Kaori realized this city was not in danger, it was never in danger, not even a little. Yuuka is the master of Aleister Crowley's own master, the ultimate mother goddess, the creator of the Master Spark.

Yuuka heard that name, she aimed her umbrella at Kaori "My name is Yuuka, everything else is a nickname, and only my friends can call me by nicknames…"

Kaori nodded slightly. Yuuka turned around "Rather disappointing, Aleister is this all the Anglicans have to offer?"

He waved his hand "More or less"

"How boring… I will ask Elly to take care of the rest, she needs to have some fun from time to time" Yuuka smiled.

Aleister tilted his head "Who?"

"L'Ankou, last time I let her free was after the Paladin fiasco" Yuuka chuckled "I knew her miasma was deadly but not that much"

"The black death" Aleister said "You call her Elly?"

"I call her Apple, she calls herself Elly"

Kaori tried to get up, Yuuka broke her other arm with a swing of the umbrella. "I am talking to you! If you are the best the Anglicans have to offer then there is little in it for me. Want to save those who should not be saved? Save those bastards from the plague" Yuuka placed her foot on Kaori's bare thigh.

"I will give you until Saturnalia, let us be fair, you did not stood a chance right now" Yuuka let go of Kaori's leg, there was a red spot where she had stepped.

Kaori tried to get up, her leg was broken too. "Have at thee!" She managed to move her leg, this caused a few wires to attack Yuuka, she dodged them.

"You are indeed brave tonight but the fight is mine" Yuuka tried walking away

"Just a flesh wound!"

"What will you do bleed on me?" Yuuka groaned

"I am invincible!" Kaori yelled, she got up letting her good foot take most of the load. The stigma allowed her to continue fighting, even though her body was still past the point of being considered broken.

Yuuka kicked her on the knee, it bent the wrong way. She continued walking away after this. "You are a loony"

"You coward! Come back here and take what is coming to you! I'll bite your legs off!" Kaori said while squirming on the ground.