"." - Talking (NO Duh!)
^.^ - Language
(.) - My daft self
. - Singing/Battle Chants
CAPS - Shouting or emphasis on that word
*Note: '-' will be replacing those dot dot dot thingies since dot dot dots
show as only one dot on ff.net.
Disclaimer: I don't own CC/CCS.
Aoi Youkai
*Chapter 7: The Fight preliminary round*
~*~ Flashback ~*~
Aya got to class and when she got to her seat, the first thing said to her was, "You tossed our star wrestler across the stage?"
~*~ End Flashback ~*~
Wednesday came, and there was no school from then to the next week. So, Elle dragged Aya bright and early into her room to do the final touch-ups on her costume. Much as Aya wanted to, she couldn't scream, kick, curse, swear or protest at this, as it was compulsory to have a costume. Instead, she made up for it by sulking in her underwear, a slightly low-cut cross- back today, on Elle's bed drowning her sorrows in 10 pints of chocolate ice cream as Elle hummed happily at her sewing machine.
There was a knock on the door. Aoi's voice came, "Hey girls, Tsuki wants me to remind you that you're gonna be late in roughly half an hour."
Elle looked between Aya and the door, with a mischievous glint in her eye, and then called out, "We can't hear you! Come in and tell us."
The door cracked open as Aya realized what Elle was doing and glared at her over her ice cream, as the latter smiled sweetly and innocently at her. Aoi's face came into view and he immediately noticed the almost-naked girl on the bed. His face turned red and he dashed out of the room slamming the door behind him, "G- Gomen nasai!!"
Elle giggled and got glared at again. Aya shouted, "Ah, wup ass! I'm as naked as I'll be in a swimsuit. Don't be an asshole. And we heard what you said. Elle just wanted to have some fun. Now go down and get me more ice cream."
The reply came, "Fat chance! And Elle, go to hell."
*After a while*
A very grumpy Aya emerged from the room in a dark red and black two-toned lace-up tank top that was cut just above her midriff, exposing every single inch of black material stretched over her stomach, a pair of black low cut slightly worn jeans and her hair pulled into a tight braid (like Lara Croft's, you know, with several strands sticking out) being dragged along by a very starry-eyed Elle.
Ken, not knowing the meaning of the word 'Die', wanted to have some fun by letting loose a few wolf-whistles and cat calls, getting himself almost glared to death.
They walked down the street and ran into Rei, Natsuko and Natsumi. The twins (Duh, Natsuko and Natsumi) gave Aya a high-five each, "Cool costume, Lee-san."
They all continued walking to the school together and Rei fell back to join Aya, "Hey. I'm Maita Rei. You're that girl from the airport, right?"
"Yup. Lee Aya, as you should already know."
"Yeah. You've made quite a name for yourself by joining the Fight."
"I know. It's positively sickening, the attention people give you. You're lucky, Maita-san. People don't find it strange when juniors join the Fight."
"Please, call me Rei. And yes, I suppose I AM lucky."
"Then call me Aya."
They were silent for the rest of the walk as the contestants walked towards the sorcery classroom, which was completely mirrored (like that room Aoi changed the Cards in), and the rest went off to auditorium to enjoy the show, after wishing their friends good luck. In the room, the seniors stuck together, whispering and pointing as Aya walked into the room, but quickly shut up as she glared. There was now a large machine in the middle of the room. Everyone drifted off to do their own preparation. Aya out her sports bag down in a corner and took a holster out and put it on (You know, the type that you put around your body, not your waist). She then released her two pistols (all her weapons and some of her spells are 'sealed' in those little red marble thingies, like the cards are sealed in the cards), checked that they were fully loaded and placed them in the holsters, before leaning against the wall and closing her eyes to rest for a while before the preliminary round started.
She sensed an aura coming towards her and opened her eyes and found herself face to face with Toki, who spoke, "You'll be the first to fall, you hear me, Aya?"
Then, he found a glob of spit between his eyes, trickling down his nose, "Fat, f***ing chance. And it's Lee-san to you."
He was about to punch her as the door opened and the three heads walked in. He glared at her, wiping the spit from his face, stalking off, and got glared back even harder.
Aya fastened her pouch around her waist, magically shortening the string, as Syaoran spoke, "The preliminary round will not be counted, as it is mainly meant for warm-up. It will begin as soon as we get you hooked up to the machine and connected."
People picked up varying weapons, mostly swords, and Aya released her own sword, a long, light and thin, though strangely strong, variation of some of the others' in the room.
She sat cross-legged holding her sword east of the machine, with Rei sitting next to her at north east east (or is it east east north?) giving her an encouraging smile, which was returned.
A headpiece was put on each of them (Like Meia's in Vandread) and they found themselves on a perfectly circular island, large, but at the same time, small enough such that if you stood in the centre, you could JUST see a hint of blue going around the edges.
Aya stood there, still and alone as the heads' mega-magnified faces appeared hovering in front of her, "May the preliminary round begin now." They dematerialised as the other contestants appeared around her. Aya gave her sword a swing as she leapt backwards, to avoid the tip of Toki's sword. She blocked a few more attacks from him, moving further and further backwards, in a circle, to avoid being pushed into the sea, not using her full energy, like she new Toki was. He cursed and swore at her as his attacks became increasingly sloppy. A while later, Aya thought it was the right time to strike and turned on him not exactly full force, but fuller force. The offence and defence switched back and forth constantly, such that it was impossible to see who had the advantage, but Toki was exhausted and Aya leapt backwards, drawing one of her pistols in her spare hand and shot him in the head, killing him. His 'corpse' dematerialised as he was sent out of the room to the auditorium to watch the show, cursing.
Aya went on, switching weapons constantly, from her pistols, to spells, to her dagger, whips, and who knows what else, gradually eliminating her opponents one by one. Rei was doing as well, and soon, it was only them and the twins left. The twins had fought together as a team, Natsuko specializing in magic and Natsumi specializing in physical attack, and they fought as one. Aya and Rei backed up against each other, as the twins circled them. Aya whispered over, "You handle Natsumi. I can erect a shield strong enough to deflect all of Natsuko's attacks, k?"
"Wakarimashita."
"On three."
Then together, they yelled, "Three!"
Aya immediately raised a shield and ran straight for Natsuko. But little did she know, Natsuko never felt the need to release her most powerful, though energy-costing, attack. Natsuko sent a strong blast of water, combined with ki, at the heart of Aya's shield and the shield fell, sending Aya flying through the air. She was about to release another attack when Aya leapt behind a section of raised earth, the result of one of the previous battles, clutching her sword tightly, thinking rapidly. She peeked out from behind her block, and was jerked back by Rei who had already defeated her opponent, narrowly being missed. Aya turned to face her friend, "Bloody hell, that girl's good. She stole my strategy godammit!!"
"What may that be?"
"Save the best for last." said Aya proudly, grinning.
"Good for you then. At least you got one. But now is NOT the time to mope about stolen belongings. Now, what can defeat water?"
Aya sifted through her brain, "ARGH!! I know this! I know this! Um, the five elements, huo mu tu jin shui, huo mu tu jin shui, huo mu tu...JIN!"
"I'm sorry, but I don't understand Chinese."
"JIN! JIN! Metal! Cold! Hard! Metal!"
She stood up and sliced through the stream of water, splitting it in two making it dematerialise as she ran towards her opponent, keeping her sword steady in the middle of the stream of water. As she drew closer, Natsuko screamed and turned tail and Aya skewered her opponent, and Natsuko dematerialised.
Rei got up from their hiding place and they walked towards each other, poised for a fight. Rei spoke, "It's hard to fight your enemies."
Aya continued, "But it's harder to fight your friends."
They charged towards each other and metal clashed with metal. The advantage switched back and forth, back and forth, and those watching from the auditorium watched as the two girls fought it out. Rei stabbed forwards as Aya moved backwards, making the sword miss its mark. Instead, the tip of the sword pierced through the string that held Aya's top together, making it snap and the front fell apart, making it hang from her shoulders like a vest.
Aya grinned, slipping the torn garment off. "Ok, NOW you're dead, whether I kill you or Elle. That happened to be my whole day's outfit."
Her back arched and a ki ball formed between her palms and as she drew her hands apart, it grew larger. She burst forwards and the ki ball shot into Rei's chest, throwing her into the water. Immediately after Rei opened her eyes, she saw the barrel of a Smith & Wesson pointing straight at her face. There was a click as the safety went off. "Gomen nasai, Rei-san."
"Cut the -san and the world will be a happier place."
The gunshot rang through the air and the two of them were transported to the classroom. The gang was there to congratulate her on winning the prelims. Yong Li threw her arms around her friend and hugged her tight, screaming, "You won! You won!"
Aya tore herself from her friend's arms, "No. I have NOT won. Not yet. That was just the prelims. Those weren't even counted. And Aoi?"
"Yeah?"
"Now that we've confirmed the side-effects, I could use a little help here." Then she collapsed, exhausted.
See, sea-dragon? THAT'S why I had to push back your entrance. Pretty cool huh? I'm not that good at fight scenes but heck. Here's another site to go to: It's my cousin's site. Damn funny. Just remember that in the White Room, the doors are links and in the Stupid Stuff section or wuteva it's called, 6 out of the 9 round Pacman-like things are links.
Disclaimer: I don't own CC/CCS.
Aoi Youkai
*Chapter 7: The Fight preliminary round*
~*~ Flashback ~*~
Aya got to class and when she got to her seat, the first thing said to her was, "You tossed our star wrestler across the stage?"
~*~ End Flashback ~*~
Wednesday came, and there was no school from then to the next week. So, Elle dragged Aya bright and early into her room to do the final touch-ups on her costume. Much as Aya wanted to, she couldn't scream, kick, curse, swear or protest at this, as it was compulsory to have a costume. Instead, she made up for it by sulking in her underwear, a slightly low-cut cross- back today, on Elle's bed drowning her sorrows in 10 pints of chocolate ice cream as Elle hummed happily at her sewing machine.
There was a knock on the door. Aoi's voice came, "Hey girls, Tsuki wants me to remind you that you're gonna be late in roughly half an hour."
Elle looked between Aya and the door, with a mischievous glint in her eye, and then called out, "We can't hear you! Come in and tell us."
The door cracked open as Aya realized what Elle was doing and glared at her over her ice cream, as the latter smiled sweetly and innocently at her. Aoi's face came into view and he immediately noticed the almost-naked girl on the bed. His face turned red and he dashed out of the room slamming the door behind him, "G- Gomen nasai!!"
Elle giggled and got glared at again. Aya shouted, "Ah, wup ass! I'm as naked as I'll be in a swimsuit. Don't be an asshole. And we heard what you said. Elle just wanted to have some fun. Now go down and get me more ice cream."
The reply came, "Fat chance! And Elle, go to hell."
*After a while*
A very grumpy Aya emerged from the room in a dark red and black two-toned lace-up tank top that was cut just above her midriff, exposing every single inch of black material stretched over her stomach, a pair of black low cut slightly worn jeans and her hair pulled into a tight braid (like Lara Croft's, you know, with several strands sticking out) being dragged along by a very starry-eyed Elle.
Ken, not knowing the meaning of the word 'Die', wanted to have some fun by letting loose a few wolf-whistles and cat calls, getting himself almost glared to death.
They walked down the street and ran into Rei, Natsuko and Natsumi. The twins (Duh, Natsuko and Natsumi) gave Aya a high-five each, "Cool costume, Lee-san."
They all continued walking to the school together and Rei fell back to join Aya, "Hey. I'm Maita Rei. You're that girl from the airport, right?"
"Yup. Lee Aya, as you should already know."
"Yeah. You've made quite a name for yourself by joining the Fight."
"I know. It's positively sickening, the attention people give you. You're lucky, Maita-san. People don't find it strange when juniors join the Fight."
"Please, call me Rei. And yes, I suppose I AM lucky."
"Then call me Aya."
They were silent for the rest of the walk as the contestants walked towards the sorcery classroom, which was completely mirrored (like that room Aoi changed the Cards in), and the rest went off to auditorium to enjoy the show, after wishing their friends good luck. In the room, the seniors stuck together, whispering and pointing as Aya walked into the room, but quickly shut up as she glared. There was now a large machine in the middle of the room. Everyone drifted off to do their own preparation. Aya out her sports bag down in a corner and took a holster out and put it on (You know, the type that you put around your body, not your waist). She then released her two pistols (all her weapons and some of her spells are 'sealed' in those little red marble thingies, like the cards are sealed in the cards), checked that they were fully loaded and placed them in the holsters, before leaning against the wall and closing her eyes to rest for a while before the preliminary round started.
She sensed an aura coming towards her and opened her eyes and found herself face to face with Toki, who spoke, "You'll be the first to fall, you hear me, Aya?"
Then, he found a glob of spit between his eyes, trickling down his nose, "Fat, f***ing chance. And it's Lee-san to you."
He was about to punch her as the door opened and the three heads walked in. He glared at her, wiping the spit from his face, stalking off, and got glared back even harder.
Aya fastened her pouch around her waist, magically shortening the string, as Syaoran spoke, "The preliminary round will not be counted, as it is mainly meant for warm-up. It will begin as soon as we get you hooked up to the machine and connected."
People picked up varying weapons, mostly swords, and Aya released her own sword, a long, light and thin, though strangely strong, variation of some of the others' in the room.
She sat cross-legged holding her sword east of the machine, with Rei sitting next to her at north east east (or is it east east north?) giving her an encouraging smile, which was returned.
A headpiece was put on each of them (Like Meia's in Vandread) and they found themselves on a perfectly circular island, large, but at the same time, small enough such that if you stood in the centre, you could JUST see a hint of blue going around the edges.
Aya stood there, still and alone as the heads' mega-magnified faces appeared hovering in front of her, "May the preliminary round begin now." They dematerialised as the other contestants appeared around her. Aya gave her sword a swing as she leapt backwards, to avoid the tip of Toki's sword. She blocked a few more attacks from him, moving further and further backwards, in a circle, to avoid being pushed into the sea, not using her full energy, like she new Toki was. He cursed and swore at her as his attacks became increasingly sloppy. A while later, Aya thought it was the right time to strike and turned on him not exactly full force, but fuller force. The offence and defence switched back and forth constantly, such that it was impossible to see who had the advantage, but Toki was exhausted and Aya leapt backwards, drawing one of her pistols in her spare hand and shot him in the head, killing him. His 'corpse' dematerialised as he was sent out of the room to the auditorium to watch the show, cursing.
Aya went on, switching weapons constantly, from her pistols, to spells, to her dagger, whips, and who knows what else, gradually eliminating her opponents one by one. Rei was doing as well, and soon, it was only them and the twins left. The twins had fought together as a team, Natsuko specializing in magic and Natsumi specializing in physical attack, and they fought as one. Aya and Rei backed up against each other, as the twins circled them. Aya whispered over, "You handle Natsumi. I can erect a shield strong enough to deflect all of Natsuko's attacks, k?"
"Wakarimashita."
"On three."
Then together, they yelled, "Three!"
Aya immediately raised a shield and ran straight for Natsuko. But little did she know, Natsuko never felt the need to release her most powerful, though energy-costing, attack. Natsuko sent a strong blast of water, combined with ki, at the heart of Aya's shield and the shield fell, sending Aya flying through the air. She was about to release another attack when Aya leapt behind a section of raised earth, the result of one of the previous battles, clutching her sword tightly, thinking rapidly. She peeked out from behind her block, and was jerked back by Rei who had already defeated her opponent, narrowly being missed. Aya turned to face her friend, "Bloody hell, that girl's good. She stole my strategy godammit!!"
"What may that be?"
"Save the best for last." said Aya proudly, grinning.
"Good for you then. At least you got one. But now is NOT the time to mope about stolen belongings. Now, what can defeat water?"
Aya sifted through her brain, "ARGH!! I know this! I know this! Um, the five elements, huo mu tu jin shui, huo mu tu jin shui, huo mu tu...JIN!"
"I'm sorry, but I don't understand Chinese."
"JIN! JIN! Metal! Cold! Hard! Metal!"
She stood up and sliced through the stream of water, splitting it in two making it dematerialise as she ran towards her opponent, keeping her sword steady in the middle of the stream of water. As she drew closer, Natsuko screamed and turned tail and Aya skewered her opponent, and Natsuko dematerialised.
Rei got up from their hiding place and they walked towards each other, poised for a fight. Rei spoke, "It's hard to fight your enemies."
Aya continued, "But it's harder to fight your friends."
They charged towards each other and metal clashed with metal. The advantage switched back and forth, back and forth, and those watching from the auditorium watched as the two girls fought it out. Rei stabbed forwards as Aya moved backwards, making the sword miss its mark. Instead, the tip of the sword pierced through the string that held Aya's top together, making it snap and the front fell apart, making it hang from her shoulders like a vest.
Aya grinned, slipping the torn garment off. "Ok, NOW you're dead, whether I kill you or Elle. That happened to be my whole day's outfit."
Her back arched and a ki ball formed between her palms and as she drew her hands apart, it grew larger. She burst forwards and the ki ball shot into Rei's chest, throwing her into the water. Immediately after Rei opened her eyes, she saw the barrel of a Smith & Wesson pointing straight at her face. There was a click as the safety went off. "Gomen nasai, Rei-san."
"Cut the -san and the world will be a happier place."
The gunshot rang through the air and the two of them were transported to the classroom. The gang was there to congratulate her on winning the prelims. Yong Li threw her arms around her friend and hugged her tight, screaming, "You won! You won!"
Aya tore herself from her friend's arms, "No. I have NOT won. Not yet. That was just the prelims. Those weren't even counted. And Aoi?"
"Yeah?"
"Now that we've confirmed the side-effects, I could use a little help here." Then she collapsed, exhausted.
See, sea-dragon? THAT'S why I had to push back your entrance. Pretty cool huh? I'm not that good at fight scenes but heck. Here's another site to go to: It's my cousin's site. Damn funny. Just remember that in the White Room, the doors are links and in the Stupid Stuff section or wuteva it's called, 6 out of the 9 round Pacman-like things are links.
