Maya vs. Megami
"Maya," Jet muttered, "You sure haven't changed. Still hunting for gems after all these years."
"Yeah, wanna make something of it? I don't see your little pals around this time though. Where are they? I wanna show that Virginia girl up once again," Maya retorted.
Jet groaned. He really didn't feel like dealing with Maya Schroedinger at the moment. Or at any moment for that matter. She was much worse than he ever was when it came to gem hunting. So he just told her, "Ginny and the others aren't here. I'm just doing some work for Megami."
Maya laughed. "So, the great Megami is here. I would like to see her in action for myself. How about it, you and me fighting each other. One on one, my allies won't interfere."
"Works for me," Megami told Maya, "But be warned, I'm not a pushover. I'd like to see what a little girl like you can do against a professional like myself." She stared Maya down.
"Sis, this woman is serious. You should just back out now," begged Alfred. He was already looking behind them, wanting to get out of there right away.
Maya yelled, "I won't let her get away with insulting me. Where is that book I just brought."
Todd pulled a hardcover book out of his bag. "Here you go my lady. What is it this time? A magician, a martial arts master, a gunslinger, a swordswoman?"
"It's the Adventures of the Master Ninja," she informed him, "All about a ninja woman who goes off in search of treasure with her completely incompetent partners." She eyed the other three as she said the word "incompetent". After reading for a little bit, she began to transform. Now, Maya was decked in a red ninja's jumpsuit with brown boots, brown gloves, and her hair was braided.
"What is wrong with this girl? Is her brain on the fritz?" asked Megami.
Jet informed her, "Maya has the ability to emulate characters from books. Not too deadly if you know how to handle whomever she's imitating. But you didn't have the worst of it. My friends and I fought her on four separate occassions, and our biggest problem was when her allies worked together to perform a combo attack. That and the afro man's confusing us all the time."
Maya grabbed her ninja swords. "Ready to fight me? I won't be beaten by the likes of you. Ninjas are naturally faster than most other warriors. You can't catch up to me. And I'll bet you won't be able to hit me with the evasion techniques I use."
"Whatever kid," Megami yawned, "I can take you on any day of the week. Do you think that scares me? I'm pretty fast myself, and besides, you're not using your ARMs."
'She's confident. What makes her so sure she can stand up to Maya?' wondered Jet.
The fight was on. Maya was only a little faster than Megami, but the gunwoman had a greater dodging ability. So she didn't have to give herself a Healing Berry very often. But Maya was also healing with a berry on many occasions, delaying the fight for some time. Jet was getting bored, and he wasn't the only one. Alfred looked like he was falling asleep, Todd was practicing with his sword instead of watching the fight, and Shady was just staring off into space. The young man thought that Maya was going to blow a gasket when she found out what they were doing instead of watching her. That might be fun to watch, especially if she began burning Todd's afro.
Maya told Megami, "It's time for my trump card now. Go, Knife Throw." She began firing a rapid procession of throwing daggers at Megami, knocking her down.
Megami laughed. "You call that a trump card? Bah, this is a real attack. Refrigerate." With that, the icey spell hit Maya, knocking her down. She was out of the fight.
"You win, this time," Maya stated, "But I will be back to extract my revenge someday. Let's go Alfred, Todd, Shady." With that, the Schroedingers left the building, Maya in the lead.
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"Where did you learn to do that!? That was magic only obtainable from invoking a Guardian's Medium. How could you use those abilities?" demanded Jet of Megami.
She shrugged and replied, "I studied in Baskar for a short period of time. Must be nearly ten years since that happened. What is your problem with me using magic anyway?"
Jet looked down. "My friends and I went to Baskar some time ago, and learned how to use magic. The power of the Water Guardian Schurdark was one of Virginia's specialties."
"More painful memories, I take it," Megami stated, "Just don't let them bother you. Leave behind all of the pain in your past. You'd be a much happier man if you only would listen to me."
"I'll lose myself if I forget Ginny. It's because of her that I'm the person you see today. Without that, I'd just be another greedy Drifter, living only for the Gella," he replied.
Megami asked him, "What's wrong with that? I've been like that for a long time now. And it hasn't impeded me in my life at all. You have some real issues Jet."
Jet sighed. 'She really sounds like the old me. Now I know how Virginia felt when she had to deal with me on a daily basis. I just wish I could see her again. Won't she be surprised when I tell her about this. Imagine, a female version of me running around. I'll bet nobody expected that to happen.'
"Well, it was a pleasure working with you," Megami stated, "You can seemingly hold your own in a fight. Hope our paths cross again someday." With that, she walked off towards Jolly Roger.
Jet decided to talk to someone about what happened. He figured Clive would be the best for advice, as he was the calmest person Jet knew. So the youth teleported to Humphrey's Peak.
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Teefa's Last Words…
I had to go online in order to get it right, and then I had to scroll up to double check the second time around. Couldn't it be Maya Cassidy or something? A famous outlaw was named Butch Cassidy. Kind of like Ashley from WA2 having the last name of a type of gun. I'm still looking for Maxwell's significance. Jane from WA1 had only herself and her sister. So unless Jane's children kept their mother's maiden name, there would be no one to carry on the Maxwell name. Meaning there would have to be a distant cousin somewhere. And that would have a purpose if the name held significance.
