Here's the second, hope you enjoy. Once again, i do not own soul calibur characters.
This one has a little less action in it, in my opinion anyway, but enjoy anyway. I decided to take this bit by bit.
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Chapter 2: A Torch in the Face of Darkness
The ninja's grip grew tighter around Sophitia's neck. She tried kicking the ninja in her legs and midriff but each blow seemed futile and powerless, with each blow the ninja didn't wince or even move. It was as if the ninja was a ghost and had no reaction to each blow like it passed right through her. Sophitia figured it was most likely because the demon used its possessed victim as a shield was the reason why it didn't wince.
The ninja's eyes grew darker as she stared at her struggling prey, she lifted her higher into the air. Sophitia grunted from the pain as she grabbed the ninja's wrist to try and lift herself into the air.
'Argh! I can't use my sword either; I don't want to hurt the victim. Wait, maybe I don't need that sword.'
Sophitia remembered that she still had her brown leather bag at her side. Holding it between her legs as she reached in and grabbed its contents, she whipped out the Sword of Light. The weight of the sword being more than she could bear, she gently laid the blade on the arm of the ninja, pointing it right between her eyes. She didn't have to keep it there for long however.
The ninja's eyes grew wider as she suddenly dropped Sophitia and quickly backed away a few feet. Strangely, as the demon within her backed away, it stumbled slightly and fell to the ground but quickly picked itself back up. The ninja raised her arms slightly as if to defend itself although it stared in a frightened manner, like a torch shining at bats or a vampire looking at a flask of holy water.
Sophitia, after regaining her breath and feeling the blood flow back into her head again, jumped forward and tackled the ninja so that the demon wouldn't try to run away. The demon only stared as it was tackled to the ground and looked up at the warrior of the gods.
Sophitia however had no idea what to do now; she just brought the tip of the sword to the ninja's throat.
"LET HER GO!!" Sophitia could only threaten it as she tried to think of a possible method of how to go about this.
"P-place... the hilt... on my forehead." The ninja whispered out, much to Sophitia's surprise, even if her voice was strained as if she was trying to speak as someone was choking her. She did as she was told; she made the blade lie parallel to the ninja's body. Holding the ninja's legs and arms so that the demon within her wouldn't squirm or try to escape, she watched in amazement as the dim runes running down the blade began to glow. The glow became brighter and brighter by the second, then one part of the glowing blade faded into a dim black and swirls of red.
'What's happening?' Sophitia had never seen this happen before, once and a while the runes on Sophitia's own blade, the Omega Sword, would glow if she willed it to by praying to her gods as she fought, but it would never change colors in a certain area.
As the ninja grunted with pain as she slowly lifted her chest up off of the ground as a dark mist seeped through the runes just above the ninja's raised chest. Sophitia watched the mist rise into the air and the demon's form slowly melded. It stared at Sophitia with hate, it looked like it was about to pounce straight at her and dive down her throat in return for ruining its plans.
Lucky for Sophitia, the ninja was faster; she grabbed the hilt of the sword from her forehead and stabbed the middle of the black mist. The demon shrieked much like it did when it attempted to use the ninja's dagger. The mist twisted around itself in pain as it slowly disappeared, leaving only the echo of the demon's cry to break the silence of the night.
The ninja exhaled, dropping the sword to her side as the rest of her body fell with it in exhaustion. Sophitia was relieved to see that the ninja's eyes were back to their brown color.
"The deed is done." The ninja spoke softly. She gently laid her hand on her forehead and shut her eyes tightly. "Urgh, headache... damn demon." The ninja groaned as she rubbed her forehead from side to side. Her hands quickly moved to her shin, gripping it as she cringed. Sophitia remembered that that was one of the places that she kicked her. "Argh! Did you have to kick so hard!?" She yelled, not looking up.
"Uh, yeah, sorry about that." Sophitia rubbed her nape apologetically as she lowered her head. 'What else was I supposed to do?' Sophitia looked back up to find the ninja leaning back on the heels of her palms, frowning at her with eyes that looked like they were surveying her. "Something wrong?" She asked lifting one eyebrow. 'Why's she looking at me like that?'
"I heard a rumor that there was a person traveling around Japan who held the Sword of Light. I figured it was true, I just never realized that it would be a foreign woman." The ninja spoke plainly. She cocked her head to one side. "Who are you?"
"Sophitia Alexandra. And You?" Sophitia expected her name to be a complex tongue-breaker like the many other Japanese names that she heard of while she was in Japan.
The ninja was silent for a moment, as if she didn't trust this strange foreign savior. "Well, since you freed me from that damn demon's possession..." The ninja look down. "I guess you deserve to know my name." The ninja blinked and looked back up at the foreigner. "It's Taki."
'Oh, well, that doesn't sound so hard to pronounce.' Sophitia thought, a bit relieved.
"Guess this sword lives up to its name." Taki eyed the sword she gripped in her hand. "Where'd you get it?" Not turning her head, she looked up at Sophitia.
"My Gods gave it to me." Sophitia replied with slight pride. The ninja raised and eyebrow.
"So... Your Gods just... handed you a sword that wards off demons? Hmm." The ninja sounded like she didn't believe what the younger-looking woman told her. Her gaze drifted down to the blade again.
"Well, they didn't... hand it to me personally, of course. They have their own ways of sending me oracles and objects that I need for a mission." Sophitia explained on her defense, but it didn't help any.
"Uh huh, I see." Taki's opinions obviously didn't change by her tone in her response, but the ninja said nothing nonetheless.
"It's an offering to the keeper of this shrine; do you know where he or she might be?" Sophitia raised her eyebrows and leaned forward as she asked.
"You're looking at her." Taki spoke plainly.
"You? You're the keeper?" Sophitia stared at her in surprise. Taki stared back with a look saying 'do you find something strange about that?'. "How do you survive living in a place that seems to be plagued by evil spirits and demons? You were just possessed by one!"
Taki's eyes widened the quickly narrowed. "Hey, I was doing just fine before you showed up! You destroyed my concentration when you called out to me, thus giving the demon an opening!" Taki looked down. "I earned my rank as a demon hunter; I just hope no one was watching when that demon possessed me. My reputation would be ruined if anyone found out." Taki's voice turned soft as she continued to gaze down, most likely thinking of the possibility of anyone finding out.
Sophitia looked down at the ninja who seemed to be lost in thought with soft eyes. 'I understand what she's feeling; it feels like you let people down.' Sophitia thought. "I didn't mean to judge your skill in combat; I didn't know you were a trained demon hunter. I doubt any one saw you being possessed because I doubt that anybody would set foot in those forests." Sophitia looked behind her and into the dark woods.
"You did." Taki noted, not looking up. Sophitia smiled softly.
"Yeah, but that was because I had a reason and I didn't have a choice." Sophitia walked over to the dazed-looking ninja and held out a hand. The ninja's eyes snapped to her hand but just looked at it for a few seconds with a blank expression. She wasn't sure if she should take it, but then she saw Sophitia's warm smile. She took it and pulled herself up with a little help from Sophitia's own strength.
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It for now. review if possible.
Silvermoonlight GJ, May i say i am honored to have you as my first reviewer, i've read your work. Brilliantly done!
