Forbidden Love
Eps. VIII
"Um… sensei, are you mad?" Mai asked as they walked quietly in the park. "Hm? What is there to be mad at?" Mikoto chuckled as she couldn't understand why her student would think she's mad. "I'm just wondering if there would be some kind of demons roaming around the school campus tonight," the feral girl mused. "Shouldn't we hurry back to check up on that?" Mai felt almost like she's losing her mind at the mention of demons attacking the school. "Nah, we got a Portal Keeper and a Guardian to fend off any kind of demons that appear. I can't really help since I'm under no obligation to do so, and I don't bare any of those titles either." Mikoto said waving her hand dismissing Mai's question rather calmly.
All the while, back at school something terrible really did managed to squeeze through the portal in the track field. It was earlier than usual, and Natsuki was not happy with the unannounced timing of its appearance as she was in the middle of cuddling with Shizuru. Nao wasn't particularly doing anything to be annoyed, since both her and Shiho were just finishing up grading papers anyway. This would just mean that dinner will be put on hold, and it's as good a time for her to stretch her muscles as she usually put it.
By the time Nao arrived, Natsuki was seen flying smashed into a side of the freshman building. There isn't just one giant demon, but multiple of them. A flying head on a spiky wheel, a giant praying mantis looking thingy, an enormous octopus or squid (hard to tell), a bat demon, and one mutated looking fish of some kind, Nao stared at the monsters in front of her for a while and decided to call in for some backup as the whole water creature thing will not be easy to vanquish. She should know, since she once was nearly drowned by one a few years back during her training days and the thought of it made her shuddered involuntarily.
Back at the park, the teacher and student decided to sit down on a bench and watch the night sky above and enjoy a peaceful moment together. "Um… sensei, do you uh… have a boyfriend?" Mai asked meekly looking down at the ground. "I hate men," Mikoto said with malice within her answer. Though her answer relieved Mai's mind a bit, but the venom within that answer made her curious as to why such a fine person as her teacher would have such a hatred for men. This is something she's determined to find out, but the first thing she wanted to do was probably trying to woo her teacher's heart. I'm going to go for it! Mai's resolved was just that, the girl was determined to be with her teacher no matter what.
Their quiet moment was disrupted when Mikoto's phone went off; irritated the feral girl picked up and answered it. "Hey, is the little spit fire still with you? We're in a bit of a jam, and it would be great if you two can give us a hand or two. The crazy dog is getting her fur ruffled up by the flying head and evil bat," Nao said over the line before Mikoto could even say anything. "Only if you're going to ask Shiho to marry you," Mikoto said flatly and Mai could hear someone cursing on the other line. "Hell no! I'll never ask her to marry me," Nao shouted over the line and Mikoto put the phone at a distance from her ear. "Well, have funs with the demons then…" Mikoto trailed off as she's about the hung up. "Fine! You win, you foul devil's spawn!" Nao shouted over the line. "I'll tell your mother of the good news, and we'll be there in a bit." Mikoto said and quickly hung up without letting Nao cursing at her some more about conspiring with that devil of a woman that is her mother.
"I guess our little walk just got cut short," Mikoto smiled at her student and it made Mai blushed lightly under those amber eyes. "Come on," Mikoto said again as she took Mai's hand in hers and moved away from the park in a hurry toward her bike by the restaurant. The ride back was shorter than the ride there; Mikoto let Mai wore her helmet as she drove without one.
"Remember; use your fire to heat up the fish and squid. It is the most efficient way to destroy them," Mikoto said one last time as they run up to the closed gates. "Its lock, how do we get in?" Mai asked looking at the iron gates in front of them. "Hang on," Mikoto said as she picked the teen up and with one leap, they're already on the inside of the school and the booming sound could be heard. Mikoto didn't let go of the teen, instead she rushed quickly to the scene of all that chaos that's going on.
"Come on mutt, you can't seriously be drained already!" Nao shouted to a nearly flattened Natsuki on the ground. "Oh, like you're any better off ugly spider!" Natsuki shouted back to the red head with glass shards on her back from getting smashed into the windows on the second floor. They're both badly beaten; blood was soaking up Natsuki's midnight tresses and dripping down her face. The praying mantis thing was the only one that they managed to vanquish and wounded the bat, but the other three proven to be more difficult than they looked.
"Kekeke… struggle all you want… you can't defeat us…" the flying head on the wheel laughed. "Now you will pay for killing our comrade," the bat shrieked as its left wing regenerated. "It really pays to know someone from higher up, that's for sure. Hahaha…" the squid demon added as its tentacles about to squeeze the life out of both Nao and Natsuki.
A loud whistle caught the demons' attention, Mikoto stood on the roof top of the freshman building leaving Mai on the ground behind a tree for cover. Like a lightning flash, Mikoto moved quickly and severed the tentacles that got her friends freeing them from death's grip. Putting the enemies in a state of chaos, this giving her enough times to device a plan with the two fighters.
"I'll take the flying head, Nao take out the bat with your claws. Natsuki, shred that squid up and make sushi out of that fish, it will give the kid enough time to summon a strong fireball to evaporate that water fish." Mikoto said in a commanding voice. "Sure, be careful of that damn head, neither of us could get close to it without bleeding." Nao said nodding her head and showing the cut on her arm. "Thanks," Mikoto said. "Alright, let's end this!" Natsuki said with burning fire in her emerald eyes. "You got it mutt," Nao agreed as they both leaped into the air and attacked their perspective enemies leaving the flying head to Mikoto.
Her claws changed into her gauntlets, Mikoto took a leap of fate and aimed to punch the spikes out but unfortunately the spikes were moving at such a speed that it shredded through her gauntlets and into her flesh. "Dammit!" Mikoto hissed as her blood spilled and her right hand about to go numb. "You can't stop me… I'll cut you to shreds… Kekekeke…" the flying head laugh it up spinning in midair.
"Mikoto, do you know how to stop a fan without getting hurt?" a gentle voice echoed in Mikoto's head, a voice she hadn't heard since she was seven. "Heh, the core of course…" Mikoto smirked forcing all the nanonite from her body into her right hand forming one incredibly thick gauntlet, one that looked too big for her hand.