"Yay! I think we're winning!" Marie shouted, punching the air. Starkin only gave her a knowing glance.
"You'll never know truly if it's over," was all he said.
At that moment, A Maiden's Kiss suddenly flew though the air, landing with perfect accuracy on Mack the frog-conidtion's head. Mack was really, really, angry now.
"Attack!" he screamed, swinging the sword. Starkin didn't dodge. The blade caught him in the neck, and he fell to the ground with a loud "Omph!" The staff clattered to the ground.
Layla reacted first, swinging her sword, which Mack parried and countered, missing her only by a hair.Layfette and Maria formed a circle around Mack, Layla one-quarter completing it... Kayi suddenly realized that she would finish the circle while Lief, Bruno, and Dasmon held off any blows.
Mack was surrounded. He didn't like being outnumbered- he loved an equal fight though. But a Mog Knight always gave all one could- so he attacked, swinging his sword around in a circle, and feeling the blade knocking the Assassin's own sword to the ground.
"Crap!" Layla cursed and pulled out her bow. Dasmon came into the circle as Layla left to take over his duty.
Even though Mack was surrounded, he knew that his opponents were on the two extremes- two too old, two too young. He was just coming into his prime, though. He executed the swinging move again.
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A whirlwind picked up again, this time summoned by Bruno. The moogles were ready for it, though. They gripped whatever they could hold on to, rendering the whirlwind a minor distraction. The tide was turning.
Lief shot as accurately as he could, hitting one moogle in the arm.
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Layfette was knocked back as Mack suddenly charged.
"Hey! That wasn't fair- omph!" Marie's elbow knocked against him as she too was forced a few paces.
"Children..." Layla muttered, turning around and shooting an well-aimed arrow straight into the moogle's neck. He fell forward silently, landing on top of Layfette and Marie, who stood stock still, stunned. It was obvious that they had only battle training in arenas.
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Bruno caught four rapidly-fired bullets in his chest as he fell down.
"Even bigger crap!" Layla cursed as she fired arrows and took to the trees nearby.
Dasmon turned around after Mack had fallen. He spotted Layla hopping on the branches like the old days and nearly smiled. Just like the old days! He knew what she was up to, alright. The Mage and the Gunner couldn't spot her, but the Black Mage had causeda small fire that was spreading after her, chasing her in the place of its creator. He saw the staff raise again...
He bellowed, drew his sword, and made a beserk rampant towards the trio of moogles. his shield was in front of him, and he was running at full speed, not breakneck, but enough so that a collision would be deadly. Even so, that was not his purpose, as the moogles hopped out of the way easily.
A few arrows and a Last Breath whipped out of the trees. Layla's aim had been true with two arrows- one Gunner and the Gadgeteer were hit.But the other Gunner and the Black Mage saw the blows meant for them coming and struck the arrows aside. A few dirty words were heard from the tree.
"Come on guys, we have them outnumbered!" Dason yelled, waving at Kayi and the younger members.
Kayi charged forward reluctantly, rolling to the ground to avoid bullets. Dasmon just stood there. Clearly he was testing to see if they could handle the two moogles. Kayi felt a strange obligation to lead the others. She drew the sword, its tip flashing in the sunlight, and charged.
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It's getting late. That's all for today. Anyways, I didn't want to make Clan Crystal Bane too goody-goody at first- I just wanted to surprise you with a different twist to the battle. The tides and stuff. I'm balancing my two stories now, so sorry that I cannot update as fast. But Winter Break's coming up- you can expect a big boom next week, coo!
-MakoStreak- thank you for reading and reviewing!