Chapie 5 coming at you, I'm not very good at noticing if I miss something, so if you see something I miss please tell me at Any names I use might be from somewhere else, if it is, it isn't mine and I get no money off of this
Chapter 5 'First Floor'
"So Alita, how do we reach this person? Oh, and when we do, want am I supposed to do exactly?" Nina and Alita right outside the large tower, which Alita explained was simply called the 'Alberna Tower' because it was the first building in the town. A resident of the forest to the south of town, a female beast-human, had entered town and hid in the top of the tower. No one knew how the beast had got up there, only that it was a taboo for anyone to enter without the consent of the high priests. It aslo seemed that the guardians of the tower were acting up, attacking any of the people who entered to confront the girl.
"The tower has five basic floors, each seperated by hundreds of stairs, we just need to climb to the top. The catch is, with all the creatures in the tower acting up, we'll have to fight our way through. What we do with the beast once we reach the top is, as master said, totally up to you. But I'd hold any judgements until we reach the top, we don't even know why she's up there." Alita was perky, it wasn't much she got to talk to other people, besides her master, and this one was really interesting. She held the powers that could rival even her masters, though it didn't seemed she knew this. Also, Alita thought of how soft Nina's wings and hair was 'Not now!' Alita chided herself, 'But later, mabye I can sneak a feel...Urgh! I sound like a horny pervert!'
"So, fight our way up, assess the situation, and go from there?" Nina asked making sure that it was really simple, snapping Alita out of her reverie.
"What? Oh yeah, thats all, but first I'll teach you a few simple spells." Alita pulled back the sleeves of her robe to start her spell casting.
"Wait won't Yana be angry with you for teaching me without her consent?" Nina asked cautiously, even though she would want nothing more than to learn some magic.
"Probally, but I won't be helping directly. Plus, I won't teach you anything complex, just a couple of healing spells and a few elemental spells." Alita clearified.
"Okay! If your willing to teach me, I'm willing to learn." Nina exclaim excitedly
"Right, now start with finding your center, look for your magic reserves."
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Thirty minutes later, Nina had mastered using a low level cure and esuna spell. She was also well on her way to master the fire, lightning, water, and ice spells.(I mostly know the RPG magic, so I'm not good on stuff like the black magic thats less rpg and more actual paranormal) Nina just finished casting a fire spell for the second time successfully.
'She uses white magic with her right arm, and black with her left' Alita noted 'I'll have to tell master that.'
"Yay! I did it!" Nina was jumping around in glee, her wings her fluttering in excitement as well. She was on her way to learning magic, just like Emand and her mother wanted. 'But what will I use it for?' Nina found herself thinking, but didn't let it get her too far down off her current high 'I'll do whatever I want with it, so there consience.'
"Good job, you progressed really fast. Now let's do this, the faster we do this, the faster I can see your training unfold." Alita, in truth, just wanted to make Nina her training partner, though she really did want to see how far Nina could advance. Nina stopped jumping around, but still wore a heart melting smile.
"Thanks, I think I'm ready." Nina pulled out her rapier, holding it in a ready postion. The plan was that Alita would stay a bit behind Nina, to watch her and make sure nothing life threatening happened, but otherwise just to observe.
"Let's go!"
Nina cautiously, entered the first of the five floors, Alita close behind, but far enough not to interfere. It seemed quiet and empty, no enemies were visible. After a few seconds of no activity, Nina dropped her guard.
"I guess the first one is a freebie?" Nina commented, then like a flash, they were standing in front of a wall of some, thirty smelly, ugly, green goblins. "Guess not." The largest and ugliest of them all stepped forward and spoke in a voice that showed he had to think of what his words were.
"Boss, say people no pass. Boss say if people pass we be punished. Boss say Boss can't be inter-inter...bothered. So can't let pass." The leader hit his large club to his fist to prove his point. Nina was about to speak but the full extent of the Goblin's stench attacked her, sending her reeling for a few seconds, so Alita spoke instead, being father away.
"We have to get pass to get to your boss, we have to speak to her so-" Alita stopped at the look on the wall of goblin's faces, they seemed insulted. The leader spoke again, this time harsh and filled with fury.
"Boss no be girl, Goblin's no follow female leader! You ins-insu...you die!" Nina, by now, had recovered and blocked out the scent. The goblins charged, rather clumisly, and in no particular formation. Nina put herself into a defensive stance, while Alita hopped out of range, charging a couple protect spells on Nina and herself. 'Now to see how she does, not that this is a hard enemy, just right for a trainee.' Alita mused while preparing to heal if necessary.
Nina remebered everything that Emand taught her about fighting agaisnt a group, 1) Don't concentrate on one enemy 2) Never move forward, unless for a good reason, let them come to you 3) Only use magic as a last resort 4) Watch your back, or hopefully have someone you trust watching it. Running through the list, she checked off each, she knew number one and two, number three wasn't that much of a problem, and number four, well she felt she could trust Alita, but would be carefull any way.
The first two goblins reached Nina, both striking at the same time. Nina stood there and parried one blow directly into the other, causing both to miss, all with relative ease. They both looked dumber than before, looking at eachother in shock, then one pushed the other to swing his club again. Nina kept blocking and parrying, barely even having to move. 'Why isn't she attacking? She only blocks.' Alita thought, once she had realised the goblins had all but forgot her. Nina continued to block, losing no ground, but not making any advances. 'This is ridiculous if she doesn't do anything she might slip up, I'm going to help.'
But before Alita could do anything, a goblin fell, but it wasn't by, Nina, not directly at least. Nina's latest parry sent the leading goblin's blow straight to one of his lackie's necks, killing it. The other goblins, noticing started attacking each other, not knowing which one killed the goblin only that it might happen to them. Once they were all attacking each other, Nina was suddenally by Alita's side.
"That worked perfectly." Nina was smiling brightly, and was barely sweating. Alita was stunned, one second Nina was fighting intently and with what looked like a few problems, the next she was standing beside Alita with her enemies fight themselves.
"W-Wha-you-how..." Alita composed herself then spoke again "Why didn't you attack? Was that whole thing to get them to fight each other?"
"Yep. I knew that if I fought them they might sneak up on me, so I thought, 'Why not have them fight each other, then finish whats left?' Sure I could've fought them meself, but this is so much funnier to watch." Nina laughed lightly to herself at the fact that only two goblins were left, the leader, and a lacky.
"What happen? Where girl go?" Alita had a feeling that the thing would've droned on with more questions, but his air was cut off by a long thick blade coming out of his neck. Alita looked to her right and saw Nina was gone again, and then looked back around to see that Nina was up on the monsters back, sticking her sword through it's neck. 'I didn't even see her move, she's amazing!' As soon as Nina had put both feet back on the ground she disappeared again, this time the other goblin's torso and legs were seperated. Nina looked down to her arm, seeing the blood there, and felt disgust take over her. 'Such an awful smell!'
"Nina? Are you okay?" Alita finally managed to snap out of her thoughts and came closer to the angel/vampiress.(Will now be refered to as vamgle)
"I feel strange, not bad, just strange." Nina looked up to Alita and smiled reassuringly.
"How so?" Alita asked, not as shocked at what just happened any more.
"Well, for starters, when I was fighting the goblins, they felt like they were moving in slow motion, and even when I couldn't see the attack, I could tell it was coming. Mabye that spell did more than suppress my darker side, I think it held back my real power as well." Nina seemed to examine her surroundings "I can see sharper colors and in a further distance, I can smell the blood here and its almost overpowering stench, and I can hear the girl thats talking to herself about disobeying her mother, which you had better head off before she gets freaked out." Alita was stunned again 'Amazing, she seems to have all the strengths of a vampire and a angel, but none of the weakness, as far as I can tell. Oh right the girl.'
Alita headed outside and sure enough there was an six maby seven year old girl nervously looking between the tower, and a bunch of kids egging her on. 'Must be a dare.' Alita mused. Alita shooed off the girl and gave a 'do-that-again-and-I'll-beat-you-so-bad-you-won't-be-able-to-sit' look that her mom would give her when she got into trouble. Alita went back into the tower to find Nina bursting out with laughter.
"What?" Alita asked, slightly peeved. Nina stopped laughing, enough to speak.
"Oh nothing, just whatever you did caused two of the kids to pee themselves. Wow Alita, you must be pretty scary." Then Nina started laughing really loudly again.
"Very funny, I'm going ahead." Alita huffed then headed to the doors leading to the staircase up. Nina tried to stop laughing but couldn't. When she failed twice she yelled ahead to Alita,
"Don't be mad, its just funny. Alitaaa, please wait up!" Nina ran to catch up.
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Well, keen sense of hearing, smell, and sight. With enhanced reflexes and strength. Nice additions, but will there be more? Thats for me to think up and you to find out in chapter six, I'm not saying the name because I always change it. Stay tuned.
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