"NDS: Book 12—Neon: Chapter 89: Raging Wind"
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Two blades strike at one another as the Neon City street's rip away in a gust of wind stemming from the clashing of two warriors. With their blades crossed and their faces inches from one another Emilia scowled with a grunt. "I have no idea who you are…but I know that if I could defeat you in the past, once more should be no problem."
She is pushed away by Rufus. "But I am a new man now!" He declared with a grin.
"Only in body." Emilia replied with bitterness as her blade had now been sheathed. He hands touched an assortment of blades she had not used often, but had come to Neon City with. She had a feeling she might need this attack, but never thought she would. "Shuriken Screamer!" A force of wind burst from her as she let a dozen kunai knife fly into the winds and fling at Rufus who was blinded by the surge of wind and the weapons that were flung at him. He quickly used his left arm's gauntlet to deflect the kunai. "Only that body is stronger! Your mind is still weak!" Emilia declared, but Rufus could not see her body. "X-Strike!" Using her ultimate attack the kunai and the wind flinging them stopped and moved aside as Emilia brought her blade down in a diagonal fashion to make the first part to her attack, but Rufus had already moved.
His body jumped away from the attack, and then vaulted over the woman, causing Emilia to spin to face him. "You tried to distract me with those kunai?" Rufus scoffed as he turned to face Emilia who wore a sour expression after her attack failed. He had known the kunai were mere distractions so she could use some superior attack. "How predictable."
Emilia wore a stern and calm expression. "The strong have no reason to look down upon or talk down to another being."
"You are wrong." Rufus quickly dismissed her statement. "Only the strong can have the right to frown upon those weaker than them. It is their privilege for being superior." Rufus moved in an instant and sent his blade viciously swinging at Emilia who parried the beam sword with all her skill.
With her body growing tired from the constant attacks, Emilia hit the kissaki of her blade to the ground. "Gale Surge!" With that a strong wind blew Rufus away as Emilia charged forward at his body with all her might. With a quick draw from her sheathe she swung her sword at the man, but he dodged it somehow with her body now slowing down.
In retaliation, Rufus body slammed the woman sending her flying ten feet before landing. In the process of being hit however, Emilia had lost her weapon, and stood now defenseless. She had not brought her ARM after all, not expecting a battle. Also, she had gotten used to only needing her Shinobi-zue. As Emilia lay on the ground Rufus let his shadow cast over her. "And now this is my turn to look down upon you just as you had before. My chance to look down upon the weak!"
Rufus' eyes however did not catch the circular motion her right wrist was moving in. "Gale Fist!" With a spinning wind punch Rufus is flung away as his chest armor cracks apart. Emilia was on her feet quickly as Rufus was left to recover from the attack. Holding his hand on his wound. "No one has the right to look down on another." She replied. Quickly moving and snatching up her blade she thrust her shinobi-zue forward at the cyborg who was left defenseless. With no effort at all, Emilia sent her blade at the cracked armor she had made in her last attack. The armor broke for her as the kissaki pierced the man's chest. As Rufus stared at her with wide-opened eyes, she turned her blade so the sharp side was facing up, much to Rufus' discomfort. With a piercing glare and a grunt Emilia brought her blade upwards, ripping through the chest and collarbone, before cleaving the human head in two as the cyborg's body grew limp. Removing her blade after her attack she shook it three times at her side and sheathed it. "No one can look down on another if they can't stand up long enough." With that, Rufus' dead body fell to the city's street with it's upper torso oozing blood and other parts, both from Rufus' human and machine bodies. Emilia simply shook her head and moved on.
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That was short. But it was also pretty disgusting. I mean, half of this guy's body was split in two (even though half of that half was only machine.) I will warn you, in the final battle there will be one pretty gory scene. I'd warn you about it now, but then it would give away the ending. Let's just say…there's crushing involved. That's all I'll say, so if you get freaked out by blood and stuff, I'd tell me so I would handle it in a more delicate manner than what I plan to in a very graphic and detailed paragraph.
Next Time: Plans change as Clive and Ken's battle nears the end, but with Jet arriving on the scene, things may change, as Ken's plans begin to possibly fall apart, or come to fruition.