Magic flickering in my fingertips; I lunged at the angel.
Surprised he lurched back.
"Use your magic." Leo urged.
"Use yours." I snapped back, power flying through my fingertips as i zapped him.
"You fight with honor." Leo said, driving me back with one hand. "Demons will not spare you such a thing."
"But you will." I said, pooling magic in my fingers and hitting him with it. "I face each opponent differently.,"
Leo landed a blow, driving me back a step.
Drive back. Build Up Magic. Dodge.
I swung and he ducked and orbed behind me. I whirled and met his next blow.
Thrust. Build Up. Blow.
He drove me back again, and my wrist crossed his, ablaze with magic. It seemed to absorb and flicker out when it touched his skin.
I smirked, knocking his arm away and pushing him back.
He gained his footing and knocked me back again.
I spun my hand and cut off a bit of his hair with magic, grinning again. A flinch. Drive back, Blow. He pushed me back, and I defended again. Ah, always on the defense.
"Now for the Lotis." I grinned, held up my hands to block, straight up, fists in upward. "RII-YA!"
A rune glowed on my arm and a giant barrier exploded forth and drove him back against the wall where he fell.
Leo, for his part, was pretty sporting and got up with renewed vigor and lunged for me.
I lurched forward to attack, and the weakness struck and then...all went black.
Xxx
Leo caught Kuri in his arms.
This was beyond his capacity to heal.
He quickly orbed her to the nearby hospital. He got her through quickly as his patient, and had her in a bed.
Just hoping she would wake up.
She had to wake up.
He sat there waiting in the growing darkness.
As he closed his eyes in a pained sigh, the image of her lurching forward, her face brilliant in apprehension of her own attack and then—that horrible moment!—when her bright eyes had flickered out.
It had been like the life drained out of her, and then she was lost to him.
Leo gazed at his hands. He could not let this happen. She was precious to him.
He could not let her die!