Sparring Chapter 2
Aika and Fina finish eating, and start to walk back to the Delphinus, when Aika stops and turns.
"What is it?" Fina asks.
"Maybe would should tell Vyse that we'll be training."
"He's sleeping, and I'm sure he wouldn't mind."
"Yeah, you're right. Come on!"
They reach the Delphinus, and head in, towards the lifeboat containment. As Fina is getting in, Marco runs up to them.
"Hey," he says, "Where are you two going?"
"We're going to train," Aika replies. "Whenever Vyse wakes up, tell him that we're training, ok?"
"Yeah, sure thing. Have fun you two."
"Thanks."
Marco runs off as Aika pushes the lifeboat off the ship, jumping onto it.
"Do you think that's a good island?" Fina asks, pointing to a small, flat, sandy island.
"Yeah, that's probably pretty good."
They land on the island, and find a group of four small monsters heading towards them. There's a Looper, two small rat-like monsters, and a larger, dog like monster.
"Cool," Aika says, pulling out her boomerang. "Warm-ups!"
"Let's do this," Fina says while Cupil takes the form of a sword. She takes the Cupil-Sword in her hands, and rushes forward.
"Yeah!" Aika dashes to the left, throwing her boomerang at the Looper, quickly taking it down. She jumps into the air, and lands behind one of the rats. She catches her boomerang, and smirks as she lashes at the second monster with the sharp part of her weapon. The small squeak shows that it has been felled.
Fina, having dashed off to the right, swung Cupil-Sword in a wide arc, leaving a large gash on the second rat. She kicks at the rat, and connects. The rat soars through the air, hitting a rock, and falls to the ground, unmoving. Fina turns to see the dog-thing rushing towards her. Cupil quickly morphs into a spear as Fina crouches. She juts Cupil-Spear forward, impaling the last monster. She pulls Cupil-Spear back, unleashing a torrent of green blood from the dog's wound.
"That was a good warm-up," Fina says, pulling out a small cloth to wipe Cupil-Spear down.
"You said it," Aika agrees as she wipes the blood and fur from her boomerang.
"Ok, ready to train?" Fina takes a stance as Cupil morphs once more into a larger, thinner sword.
"Yep, but first, can you cast regeneration in us? I don't want to end up over doing it, and hurting you."
"Ok." Fina sets Cupil-Sword down and puts her arms in front of her.
"Moons… Bathe us in your light…" A dim silver light encompasses Aika and Fina. Fina starts to glow, and the light explodes from being dim to blinding. A ball of green light surrounds Aika and Fina. As the lights dissipate, Fina smiles.
"Now, for the training."
Fina picks up Cupil-Sword and takes a stance. Aika takes a defensive stance, muttering words under her breath, readying a spell.
"Pyri!"
Fina is engulfed in flames as Aika rushes forwards, towards the fire. The fire lessens, and Aika sees that Fina is no longer there.
"Wevli!"
Extremely fast gusts of wind surround Aika as she gets a cut on her cheek.
"Ouch!" Aika turns around, and sees that Fina is no longer there. 'Damn, where is she,' she thinks.
"Electri!"
"Oh, no you don't!" Aika turns around again, and barely manages to lift her boomerang up to block the yellow spell. It bounces back at Fina, and she catches it directly in her chest. As she stumbles, Aika throws her boomerang at Fina's arm. Fina dodges to the right, and the boomerang misses her, only leaving a burning scrape. 'That shouldn't have hurt that much,' she thinks. She catches a glimpse of the boomerangs Moon Stone Panel, and sees a tinge of red. 'That's why!'
Cupil-Sword changes from silver to blue, as Fina slashes the sword in an arc towards the sky. A gust of wind flies right at Aika and hits her arm. Aika yells in pain, and drops to her knees, dropping her boomerang as well.
Fina dashes forward and sets Cupil-Sword right underneath Aika's chin.
"F-Fina, c-calm down." Aika looks up and sees Fina, her eyes a weird shade of red.
Fina swings Cupil-Sword and hits Aika in the neck.
