Chapter 46 – Speed against Power
Ratiasu raised her fan to block Carmesi's attack, but as soon as she blocked it she suddenly felt as if her body was lifted off the ground. She looked around, Ketu and Haruka had disappeared and she was floating in darkness, then a second later she fell, deeper and deeper into the darkness.
Minutes later, although it seemed like hours to Ratiasu, she landed hard on the ground. She slowly got up and looked around. The area had significantly changed. It wasn't the castle type wall in one room that she was in before. But now she was on a vast plain of flowers and grass. The place actually looked surprisingly pretty. Ratiasu took her time and took in the surroundings. There was nothing else in sight except the plain of flowers and grass, no rocks or trees.
"I don't remember much about Usaitar from our child days, but for him to warp me to a place like this? A bit too strange, what's he up to?" thought Ratiasu to herself.
There was a sudden sound and Carmesi appeared a few metres in front of her. "I'm glad you could join me," he said.
"Alright what's going on now? What does my brother have planned this time?" asked Ratiasu pointing her fan at Carmesi.
"Yes very threatening that is," he said sarcastically.
"Enough with the sarcasm I just asked a simple question. What kind of low cowardly trick is Usaitar up to this time, separating us like this and placing me in such a weird place."
"My Lord is not a cowardly person who relies on tricks to win a fight. Even though he stated that this is his universe and he controls everything in it, he will not do anything that will give him an advantage. He may be evil but he's one of the most honourable people I know and that is why I pledge my loyalty to him."
"Okay, to be honest I never expected any brother of mine could be dishonourable and I guess I was right. At least I hope," thought Ratiasu. "So alright then, explain to me why he separated us and where are we?"
"He separated us into three fair one on one fights. And the only way to escape is by killing me, which of course you won't do. Where we are, is just another section of the dimension created by my lord's zanpakto. There is nothing here that can be used to enhance fighting strength or distract us. This place was designed for a completely fair fight."
"I see, well then. I guess, let the best fighter win."
"Yes, so prepare to die, I will do my lord a great favour and clear you out of his path." A cero shot was quickly fired out without any movement from Carmesi.
Ratiasu was quick to move and moved her fan in front of her and just as the cero hit her fan she lifted it upwards and the cero was easily deflected. Carmesi didn't stop and fired out a continuous volley of ceros. "Hmph, don't try weak attacks," said Ratiasu. She placed one hand on the top of her fan and one on the bottom side she then flicked both hands the opposite way the fan stayed hanging in mid-air as white beams of energy shot out and intercepted the cero shot for shot.
"You're right, I shouldn't be trying weak attacks against you. But I wanted to see how good you were first, after all if you couldn't easily survive that then there'd be no point in carrying on with our fight."
"Are you saying that was just some test to see if I was strong enough?" asked Ratiasu.
"Indeed it was, and congratulations you passed. But even so, I don't think you're strong enough for me to draw my sword just yet."
"Really? Well then, I think it's finally time I took a fight seriously and I'll make you draw your sword." Ratiasu vanished and was next to Carmesi in the fraction of a second she sliced down expertly with the bladed side of the fan. Carmesi moved out of the way a tiny bit too late was a part of his right sleeve was cut but there was no flesh wound.
"I see you're fast. Lord Usaitar did warn me about your speed, but seeing is believing, so I wanted to see it for myself. And now that I've witnessed your strength I know I can go all out." Carmesi drew his sword and a wave of spiritual pressure was sent out from his sword signifying its strength. Ratiasu stood there unphased by the brute strength of Carmesi's blade. "To stand there with this much spiritual pressure and not even flinch. I see I've picked myself a worthy opponent," he said calmly as he stood there, sword at his side.
"Indeed you have, an opponent that's going to kill you," Ratiasu stood with her fan at her side standing there calmly letting the wind from the spiritual pressure die down. "Aren't you going to use your resureccion?"
"There's no need just yet. You're not that strong, as far as I can see anyway."
"We'll just see about that." Ratiasu vanished once more and slashed down with her fan right in front of Carmesi. He was expecting it this time and stepped back to dodge. Ratiasu landed and shot off forward and charged into Carmesi with her fan. He raised his sword vertically and stopped her charge.
"Not bad, you may have speed. But you do not have enough strength," he said as he pushed Ratiasu away. He then fired another cero rapidly. Ratiasu flicked her fan and deflected it up into the air. She then moved behind him and stabbed at his back. He turned around and blocked, then used the other hand to fire a close range cero. Ratiasu saw it coming and intercepted the close range cero with a close range hado four. The power was equal between the two of them and both managed to jump out of the explosion unharmed. "That's some power you've got. To be able to strengthen a weak hado like that to the level of a cero attack, not bad. Not bad at all."
"Well truth be told hado four is my most skilled and favourite kido, so I've strengthened my hado four to that of a level eighty kido," explained Ratiasu.
"I see, well then let's continue." Carmesi moved with sonido to behind Ratiasu, but she was way too fast for him and flash stepped behind Carmesi and fired a hado four at him again.
"Not this time. Reves," he said and the hado travelled round him and back at Ratiasu. She wasn't expecting it and was blown out of the sky by her own kido. However, she landed safely on her two feet with only a small cute across her arm.
"I can't say I wasn't expecting that to happen, that was rather predictable," taunted Ratiasu.
"Blocking your own attack with you fan? You have very quick reflexes I see. I wouldn't expect nothing less from the sister of my lord."
"You haven't seen anything yet." She folded up her fan and a white blade extended out from the fan. Her left hand lit up with blue lightning around it. She put her left hand onto her right hand and infused the lightning with the blade. She raised the fan sword with both hands and gets ready for attack. Carmesi stands his ground and watches.
The blue lightning that now surrounded the blade grew bigger, she raised it above her head and swung it hard shooting out a huge bolt of lightning at Carmesi.
"Let's see you expect this one. Reves," he said coolly, the lightning whizzed past his head and turned round and shot off at Ratiasu with twice the speed and power.
Surprisingly, Ratiasu smiled. The lightning smashed into her and raised a huge dust cloud. From that dust cloud Ratiasu came flying out at an incredible speed and has lsashed at Carmesi already within a second. He quickly moved and blocked the attack just in time. Ratiasu flash stepped again behind him and slashed multiple times, Carmesi struggled, but managed to block them all. Ratiasu shot a close range hado four at him. He used Reves again and jumped back as the hado four hit Ratiasu. He saw a slight movement from the smoke from the attack and instantly he was slashed across the shoulder unexpectedly. Ratiasu went for another attack but Carmesi blocked the next one and fired a cero at her. Ratiasu opened up her fan, the blade disappeared and used the fan to deflect the cero as she carried on her attack.
Carmesi was completely overwhelmed by Ratiasu's speed and was cute on his legs and arms as well, though no fatal wounds were dealt. With one last attempt to recover from the attacks Carmesi fired another volley of cero attacks whilst Ratiasu shot like a bullet after him. She flash stepped around the cero weaving around them and intercepting them when needed. She got closer to Carmesi with every move she took and eventually arrived in front of him. She quickly folded up her sword behind her and the blade came out, and she slashed down. Carmesi raised his sword horizontally to block. Ratiasu forced the sword against Carmesi and he was pushed downwards whilst they were high up in the air.
"As I've said, you lack power. You can't win against me in strength," said Carmesi still calm even though he was about to crash into the ground if this carries on.
"don't underestimate me, I have got some power." As she said this her left hand glowed with the same blue lightning again and she forced her hand down onto the blade. The blade glowed with the lightning and Ratiasu forced Carmesi away and swung her sword sending Carmesi crashing into the ground and a massive bolt of lightning followed and smashed into him.
Ratiasu landed a fair distance away from him. "That is my version of hado four," she said. She opened the fan up again and flicked it blowing away the dust that was raised when Carmesi crashed into the ground. The vegetation around where Carmesi was lying was all scorched and all there was a brown dead looking crater.
Ratiasu knew Carmesi wasn't dead, but she wasn't going to kick someone while they were down so she waited for him to get up. Eventually after a few minutes Carmesi started to stand up, slowly and was struggling a bit. "Impressive, turning a simple hado four into such a powerful attack. I'm honoured to be your last opponent."
"Thanks, but I can't take all the credit, that lightning attack was what me and Ketu designed together."
"Ketu? You mean that boy who was with you earlier?"
"Yep, that was him. He may look arrogant and immature. But he's a really nice person and he knows a lot about kido, enough to come up with his own set of kido, though I did help him, so it's really our set of kido."
"Own set of kido attacks eh? Now that sounds interesting." Carmesi was already back on his feet, apart from his torn clothes and his heavy breathing, it doesn't look like he took any damage at all. "You know what, I'd really love to see that set of kido attacks you two created. It intrigues me."
"Well, if you can still fight on I may not have no choice but to use it," said Ratiasu getting ready again. "I can see your strength though, getting hit by my hado four and not even getting a scratch. Guess I need to work a bit harder. Alright, I guess it's time for the main show to start. I hope you're ready, because this time, there is no holding back." As she said this, Ratiasu's spiritual pressure glowed and raised high around her as two dragons wings sprouted from her back.
"Finally, let's get the show on the road," said Carmesi as a dark, black spiritual pressure surrounded him. He stabbed his sword into the ground and pressed his hand on top of it. "Drain them empty, Oscuro Vacío."