Yorihime raised her sword up, which was blocked by Kasumi's sword, as she pushed Yorihime away and attempted to strike again, as they both clashed with each other. Kasumi gritted her teeth, as she seemed agitated. Yorihime picked up on this, tilting her head slightly before bringing her sword beneath Kasumi's, moving her hand and swiping across, forcing Kasumi to jump away, which she did twice.
Kasumi sliced her sword diagonally upwards, as a laser-like shot followed it, appearing as the sword strike was extended in the form of a laser. Yorihime simply raised her sword, as the laser as cut in half and moved went to both sides of Yorihime. Kasumi did the same trick again, which Yorihime cut in half again, before looking behind her to see the lasers had materialised into bullets, and were moving quickly towards her. Yorihime sighed, jumping into the air to avoid the bullets going towards her, before turning around and slicing a new laser that was heading towards her in half again. Kasumi jumped upwards, cutting down which Yorihime blocked. However, she found herself forced down towards the ground as a laser pushed her downwards, which she cut in half and quickly stepped away from all the bullets coming towards her.
"What's wrong?" Yorihime asked, bringing her sword down to her side. "You seemed confident in your ability before, and now you appear much more agitated."
"I'm fine!" Kasumi replied quickly, exclaiming as she came back down towards the ground. "I'm just getting warmed up."
"Good," Yorihime sighed, placing her free hand on her hip. "If you are the leader of this force, i'd be disappointed if that was how strong you Martian's really were."
"Tch," Kasumi said, raising her sword in the air. "'Wind of Piercing Knives'!" she said, as from the tip of her sword a strong wind began to emerge, blowing around the area and distracting both the Martian army and Lunarian army from the strong winds. Yorihime raised her arm to fight the winds as hard as she could, as her dress blew against her legs. From the tip of Kasumi's sword, knives began to emerge and follow in the wind, like leaves in the wind.
"Lord Fujin," Yorihime smiled, raising her sword as a sort of spirit descended to her body. As it did, strong winds also were emitted from her, blowing straight towards Kasumi and taking the knives from Kasumi's own attack with them. Kasumi was swept off her feet, rolling backwards as the knives flew past her, some of them grazing her and leaving a few marks. After the wind dissipated, Kasumi was lying on the ground, with her arms on the floor and her head up, whereas Yorihime was standing with her sword in the ground.
"Looks like we evaded your knives hitting anyone on our side or yours," Yorihime said, looking over to the two armies before sighing. Both armies were lined up together, watching the fight between Yorihime and Kasumi take place. "Stopping in the middle of war? Are both of our armies really that inefficient?"
"You…" Kasumi said, standing up as her long red hair hung below her eyes and was, in general, messed up from the wind. "You don't know how long I spent perfecting that attack!"
"Is that… really the issue here?" Yorihime asked, tilting her head on her arms as she looked at the Martian leader move her hair away from her eyes. "I wouldn't exactly call that attack 'perfect' considering it was beaten that easily."
"Grh," Kasumi said, charging towards Yorihime with her sword raised up. Yorihime sighed, not moving her sword from its placement within the ground.
"Lord Gion," She said, as her sword sunk into the ground and many blades appeared around Kasumi's legs, going up to her hips. This easily halted her advance as Kasumi was left standing still. "I'll ask again, what's wrong? After talking about your power like that and now you seem so agitated."
"Nothing's wrong!" Kasumi declared, breathing slightly heavier. "I just get more flared up when a fight begins, that's all."
"Uh-huh," Yorihime nodded, seemingly not believing her statement at all. "I've trained hard for a long time, and I also have the ability to call gods down into my body to borrow their power. If you're so agitated about that, there's your explanation."
"I-I know that…" Kasumi muttered, which Yorihime narrowed her right eye slightly at.
"Oh? How did you know?" She asked, looking around. "Was it that small fly thing I saw fly past me on the way here? What kind of special powers are you hiding?"
"You saw one?" Kasumi asked, surprised. "But… but they're meant to be almost invisible! Well… whatever. How about I show you my powers now?"
"I'd be disappointed if you didn't," Yorihime smiled, watching Kasumi more closely to see what she did. Kasumi raised her sword once again, as swords were summoned all around Yorihime, taking her by surprise as she lifted her sword out of the ground. As she did, Lord Gion's power disappeared and Kasumi was set free.
"You'll need more than just strong winds to block an attack from all directions!" Kasumi exclaimed, pointing her sword forward triumphantly. "It's over, god summoner! There's no way you'll be able to avoid damage from these weapons!"
"Lord Kamayama-hiko," Yorihime said, looking at Kasumi through the gaps in the swords. "Turn these irritating flies surrounding me into sand," as she said that, the swords that surrounded her did, indeed, turn into sand and fall onto the floor.
"What!?" Kasumi exclaimed, staggering backwards in surprise.
Yorihime smiled, raising her own sword to point at Kasumi. "And now, return to whom you originated from," as she said that, the sand around her raised up to around the Yorihime's blade tip, as they materialised once again into swords, this time directing straight towards Kasumi.
Kasumi, faced with the danger of all these swords flying towards her, smiled in return. "Not so fast!" She said, raising her arm upwards as the swords flew upwards, following her arm's directions. They scattered from around Yorihime, above her and closed in once again.
Yorihime quickly jumped to the side, her feat submerging into the water of the sea they were fighting near. The swords all stabbed down into the ground, bringing up moon dust as they did.
"My ability might not be as flashy as summoning gods," Kasumi smiled, tilting her head. "But I can summon familiars at will and control them how I want. Those swords were summoned by me and I get to control them, even despite your little sand trick there. Familiars are more than just animals, you know? In fact, my mastery of this ability has extended to where I can bring anything I like into this world as my familiar."
"Interesting," Yorihime smiled, keeping her sword in a ready position in case Kasumi's familiar swords attempted to strike her. "'Anything', you say? I'm certain that include gods, or galaxies, or planets or even other moons like ours. If that were the case you'd simply of threatened our Lunar Capital with the possibility of another moon destroying it, right?"
Kasumi lowered her sword, closing her eyes and adopting a more serious face. "Perhaps. But for all the purposes I need them for, there's nothing else I need be able to summon."
"Well, how about this," Yorihime smiled, raising her sword again. "Lord Takemikazuchi," She said, as many swords of her own began to appear around her, pointing towards Kasumi as well as Kasumi's swords that were stuck in the ground. "The god of swords versus your own swords. Fighting fire with fire once again."
Kasumi gritted her teeth, as she summoned more swords and raised the swords already in the ground and fired them at Yorihime. Yorihime answered in kind, as she had the swords surrounding her push outwards and meet the swords aimed at her, clashing together as they neutralised and disappeared. Both Yorihime and Kasumi stood still as these proceedings took place, until after it finished and one sword flew straight as Kasumi's face, which she dodged by moving her head and only received a cut to the cheek.
"Looks like I win," Yorihime said, raising her hand as she pointed her sword towards Kasumi. "Any more tricks? I'd like to learn as much about you Martians as possible. I believe that to be the best thing to do in this situation."
"I…" Kasumi began, gulping into her throat as she breathed heavily. "I… I give up!" she exclaimed, falling down onto her knees in defeat.
"Huh?" Yorihime asked, tilting her head onto her shoulder at Kasumi's reaction. "Seriously? Or is this some other kind of trick?"
"There's no way I can beat you…" Kasumi admitted, looking down to the floor as she bit her lip. "Even after all my training i'm still weaker than you people on this satellite. No matter what I try, your ability seems like it will always be able to beat mine in a straight contest. So… I give up. You win."
"Well, that's rather surprising," Yorihime said, waving her sword around as she walked towards Kasumi. "If the leader of the offense gave up, doesn't that mean your entire army surrenders to us?"
"Not quite," Kasumi smiled, looking up to Yorihime. "We'll send more people here that will be able to win this war for us, trust me. I'm not the only head of this operation. After all, I saw another one of us above your little capital fighting someone else. Now, Hiroko, have Kaiya bring me back." Kasumi said, standing up. However, nothing happened. "Huh? H-Hiroko? Hello? Kaiya?"
"Who are you talking to?" Yorihime asked, confused as to what Kasumi was doing.
"A-ah! Kasumi, i'm sorry," Yorimi replied through the chip. "Erm, Hiroko and Kaiya are both busy right now so I was put in charge of talking to everyone through the chips. Looks like i'm the only one spare right now."
Kasumi looked surprised, before laughing slightly to herself. "So, the others are already here. Looks like you satellite dwellers are really putting up a hard fight against us, huh?"
Yorihime sighed, raising her sword up to Kasumi's neck. "You're being placed under arrest by the captain of the Lunar Defense Force. Any attempt to use your ability will be responded to in kind."
Meanwhile, in the north of the fighting area, Toyohime held her fan in front of her face, seemingly disappointed with what was happening down on the ground. "Did Yorihime really manage to fight the mastermind behind all this? How lucky of her."
Toyohime sighed, turning flying through the air towards the fighting and watching it more up close. "These Martian people really aren't much to cry home about. Hopefully their mastermind would show up and make this a little more fun."
"Did someone call for me?" A voice said behind Toyohime, as Kaiya appeared behind her and walked slightly forward. "It seems our previous leader of the operation gave up against someone she was fighting down in the south. You're that god summoner's sister, correct? I figured if we can't win down south then we should attempt to win up north instead."
"Oh, excellent timing," Toyohime said, spinning around as she waved her fan in front of her face. "I am Watatsuki no Toyohime, leader of the Lunar Defense Force along with my sister. Looks like good luck shined on me and I got to fight the stronger one."
"Minister of Discovery for the Martian City, Kaiya Amari. Saiko beat the girl you had above your capital, Sagume Kishin, I believe her name was, and Kasumi lost to your sister. I'm not much of a seasoned fighter as the two of them are, so my apologies if I disappoint you at all."
"Minister?" Toyohime asked, still waving her fan in front of her face. "Well, that would still put you pretty high ranking. But your not much of a seasoned fighter, you said? What a shame, just when I thought things might have turned up for me."
"I'm not much of the seasoned fighter in terms of offense against enemies, that's simply not my job," Kaiya said, smiling as she placed a hand in her jacket pocket. "However, offense isn't the only portion of a fight that matters. Of course, abilities, speed and defense make up a fair portion of one's ability to fight, which i'm afraid Kasumi neglects quite a lot during her fighting."
"So, you might still be fun for me to fight?" Toyohime smiled, bringing her fan down from her face and to her side. "Well, that's good. Just when things really were starting to look unbearably boring for me over here. Let's see what you have, Kaiya Amari."
"I promise I won't take you lightly," Kaiya said, taking one hand out of her pocket. "If you're anything like your sister, I couldn't afford to make such a mistake. Now, you strike first. As I said, offense isn't my forte."
*Spell Card!* World Insight!
According to the Martian's book of history on the Invisible City:
It is unknown of the origins of the Invisible City, as in when the city came to be on the planet known as Mars, or for what purpose the founder created it for. There are, however, theories sparking around the Martian's such as 'The creator was bored one day', or 'Maybe this was a place the creator took over and now calls home'. Both of these theories serve as a fun brain exercise for the Martians to think over, but only the creator truly knows the cities origins.
Another thing that is unknown and widely debated is Hiroko Amagai's relation to the creator of the city. Many have seen it as suspicious that her, and only her has ever been able to speak to, or even send anything to the creator of the Invisible City. Many think that Hiroko is a co-founder of the Invisible City, and due to that fact the two of them are close friends and like to stay in touch, while the creator value's his or her privacy. Some even think they are related by blood, but Hiroko Amagai herself has openly disagreed with this statement in public and advises not to think of them in that way, but rather as 'Old Acquaintances'. Nothing else has ever been revealed about their relationship.
