Hakurei Honor Ch. 7
Author`s Note: And now for a boss battle!
As for EXpertUS : I know… but no one's volunteering and I don't have the time and what do you mean please importing more characters from other series please. I also know how painful reading this fic is… don't remind me! BTW I showed that Mami took out a different gun apart from her muskets, didn't you read that part? And that pacing problem? I planned to show what happened fully at the school later on so no problemo….
Chapter 7: Vicous Battle!; Versus Samurai Kaijin
The cheering stopped as the two younger girls realized that their sempai was silent. Not only that, upon observation she was gritting her teeth stance at the ready and looked ready to bolt at any time. Now realising that something was amiss, they turned to where their sempai`s attention was at; wherein they finally heard the clapping, and the ominous metal clinking noise for every step the clapping individual made.
"What?" Sayaka exclaimed taken aback while her friend Madoka held her friend tightly in her fright.
It was humanoid, that was certain. Garbed in red and black samurai armor complete with helm and mask. Face though hidden by said mask, one could still see the sharp demonic red eyes glaring forward. And most importantly the large steel grey katana that was as long as the samurai was tall. Many conjectures and conclusions one could make upon the individual`s appearace but only one was in Mami`s mind.
"Kaijin..." she drawled out, her grinding teeth muffling out the sounds.
"Oh? A very powerful and... clever child you are. Though I am perplexed to see that you not a bit suprised but your little friends are." he said voice heavy and booming while glancing at the younger girls, whose wide eyes meant that could not believe their senior`s exclamation.
The blonde chuckled, cold sweat dripping upon her face as she eyed the large garden shears briefly before kicking one of the grief seeds towards her juniors (who picked it up after a little fuss) while she used her bayonet pick the other one, flicking into the air catching it, and then pushing it down into her clevage. She winced a little upon it prickling her bosom but made no motion if she was hurt. Upon completing her task she launched an explanation. "I`m not dumb. I am no dumb broad nor a dumb blonde. I am quite clever as you say I am. For you see, I`m an urban legend myself." She edged a little forward. "I`m one of the few who`s as real and certain as the morning sun and the silent moon. Yet I`m as ficticious as many a fairy tale, many a myth." She began to walk slowly to the direction where her juniors are but still giving quite a distance. The kaijin did not move but continued to turn facing her, sword at the ready. It pretty much told Mami that she was facing a person/thing that knew how to fight. It made her more tense than she already is. "But unlike you and your kind, me and many magical girls if any (she knew that this was a lie considering what Kyubey is doing...) (Where was the twerp anyways? He/she was with Madoka the whole time they were in school and was also there before entering the witch barrier). We`re pretty much stories to many, unbelievable in many ways. No evidence to prove our existence. Your kind on the other hand and those who oppose you (the kaijin seemed to snarl at this) are well documented. Many sightings, photos and videos of your kind circulates on the web, the news and the many rumors it generates. The evidence that you exist is staggering despite how much of the media disclaims or how much of the government hides. Thus you are well known. And so, to another urban legend to find this out, should it be surprising for either party?" As she finished as she stopped moving, satisfied that her juniors safely behind her with an escape route farther back.
"Truly clever, yes... I applaude your deduction." it said unfazed and unmoving, sword still at the ready. "So as a suggestion to a fellow intellectual I suggest surr-"
"Surrender? Sorry but no. Like I said; . . Among the many stories, rumors and information about your kind, the most notable is your atrocities. And thus even if I cannot beat you..."
"I WILL MAKE SURE WE`LL ESCAPE! GO!" the battle then began.
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"GO!"
Upon their senior`s prompting, Sayaka grabbed a frightened Madoka and ran frantically towards the open grounds (and then to freedom) just behind them. She was just as shaken as Madoka but one of them had to take point, and hell was she sure that Madoka was in no shape to do that (she was timid as well). One thing for sure, she was seriously reconsidering on being a magical girl if all of their runs was like this. Mami dissuading them sure made sense now. Suddenly she was jerked back and halted by a screaming Madoka and a loud clang. Turning, she was shocked that the combatants was now just a few feet from them.
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Mami with her battlecry began attacking in earnest, shooting fiercely at her opponent left and right, up and down, making sure the kaijin focused on her, not on her juniors. Unfortunately for her, the kaijin was unbelievely fast. It evaded all foward shots (where she shot at it directly) and all reaction shots (where she shot at where she thought the kaijin would dodge). In short, her clever shooting was useless. She was immediately glad that her rifles could shoot infinitely as long as she had magical power.
*Clang*
Within a meager amount of time the kaijin had fully traversed the distance netween them and forced her into a bladelock. While she wasn`t bad at melee battles, as her uncle made her learn karate, judo and kendo; she was not proficient at it. It did not help that even with bayonets, her rifles are not melee weapons and thus her clear inferior position. Another was her mass, she did not have the proper weight to overpower her opponent. He was also not exerting enough force on the katana to make use of moves that uses the opponent`s force. Any wrong move on her part and a sudden shift of force on the kaijin`s part would easily give mementum or loss. So, she did the option most advantageous to her. Without warning, she fired making marks on the ceiling.
"Cute. Was that supposed to startle me?" the kaijin asked, not showing even the smallest hint of surprise.
"No." Mami said while smiling, as ribbons grew out of the marks and headed directly to the still kaijin. Knowing the ribbons were deadly, the kaijin dodged enabling Mami time to retreat and began her assault anew. In retaliation the kaijin unleashed a powerful black energy wave, but not at her, but at her juniors. Mami ground her teeth, putting energy to her feet she made an impossible moonsault where while upside down, shot a barrage of bullets on the wave`s path that in turn grew out ribbons that blocked (tried to) or a least wear down the attack. In the meantime Madoka has spotted the deadly wave and screamed, just in time for Mami to land in front of her to block the now weakened attack. Only to find, to her surprise that the kaijin in the display of extreme speed traversed the large distace between them once more and with a loud clang forced into a bladelock again. Mami ground her teeth (again), it was easy to see that their safety relied on her fighting in short to mid range combat.
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`What would you do Mami? What would do if you had a secret that you wished that no one would know?` Haruka asked her.
`Then make sure to reveal it to someone trustworthy.`
`Reveal it?!` the girl asked, surprised at the advice.
`Yes. So you`ll have someone by your side in any event that transpires from it.`
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`Honestly Haruka, I wished I followed that advice of mine.` the blonde thought as she disengaged herself from the bladelock first by doing the trick she did moments ago, only for it to fail as the kaijin pushed more weight unto her for a split second making her fire farther back making the tactic useless. She then began wiggling her hips summoning muskets from under her skirt whichfell awkwardly on the floor albeit still pointing at her opponent. Without losing her footing she stomped her right foot causing the fallen muskets to shoot at her foe`s feet which not only distracted him but bound his legs even for a second.
"Stop gawking and move!" She commanded, causing the stunned girls to begin retreating again. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Mami began making disarming and disabling shots. Despite being able to quickly free himself, Mami was able to score some good hits but was disappointed that she was unable to disarm her opponent.
"As expected from someone like you." The kaijin said as he straightened his stance finally fazed by the damage he took (he was even smoking). "But the only way you`ll leave here is with me. Whether you are concious and well or not!" It charged once more. Mami not moving from her spot, held up her rifles as readying for another bladelock.
"Trying me at melee! NAIVE!" he shouted as he ran pass her fully intending to attack the retreating pair. It was a bad move seeing that he did not took notice of Mami`s smile at he passed her. For as he passed Mami shot the bullets his way. And as it impacted on the ground the kaijin knew what she was planning.
"That trick again?! I only need to dodge!" And dodge he did, but no... not just the ribbons that tried to crush him, but also Mami`s deadly midsection thrust that almost gutted him if it weren`t for his block, only to block another thrust when the girl spun and used her other bayonet to try for the other side. What happened next was deadly short to mid range battle that despite the blonde`s disadvantage was not favoring the other side. The blonde frowned as her disadvantage though not big was bad enough. Using his speed and strength the kaijin forced the fight to follow her juniors` tracks. Her only solace was that she barely recieve any damage and is able to fight effectively. She was pretty much doing a dance as she piroutted, moonsault, dived, twirled and bent out of attacks while countering with her own slash or thrust and maybe a shot thrown in. Once again she thanks her friends and this time Reimu due to her playing Dragon Quest. And it all started with one character doing a weird dancing skill to a weird conversation about dancing resulting into her learning various dances, ballet and gymnastics. Even so, one wrong step would be a disaster.
"It was wrong of you to fight me in a battle where I am most proficient at!"
"You yap too much!"
The kaijin swung once more and this time Mami decided to summon muskets as she summersaulted. Not taking any chances the kaijin sliced them into pieces only to find them turning into ribbons binding him. Again taking advantage of this Mami shot a barrage of shots then followed by a shout of "Tiro Volley!". Summoning hundreds of muskets at once Mami poured shots into the barrage to the point that the only thing visible was dust. The two retreating girls who was able move a little farther thanks to their senior`s sudden finisher, stopped cheered as they thought that the battle was finally won. Unfortunately, it was not. With a large burst of wind the dust cleared and an insane laugh is heard.
"Impressive! Clever! And truly strong! Very very strong! If we get our hands on you our organization will truly get stronger!"
"""What?"""
#0#
The kaijin was still not beaten despite the amount of damage he took. Still, he looked worse for wear with many parts of his armor cracked, full of dents and blackened. He was also bleeding black blood from some of his joints. Mami took caution regardless and was able to dodge a heavy swing to her left shoulder. She rolled to her right as the kaijin made a vertical slam trying to cut her in two. Mami was perplexed as she dodged another fatal swing to her midsection. `What the hell was he saying about taking me when he`s making fatal attacks.` Her misgivings heightened as she felt her magic waning as her earlier barrage drained her reserves. She needed to purify her soul gem but she doubted her opponent would let her. With her acrobatic movements she found that: daylight was burning out as the now orange sky turned into a deep red. She didn`t know if her opponent could see in the dark but she knew hell that she couldn`t. Her musings unfortunately costed her as she misjudged another slice, for when she dodged to her left she felt her right arm break followed by flying through the air and slamming into a pillar. She coughed out blood as she felt her back burn and her right arm broken and apparently her legs as well. Fortunately she was able to hold on her weapons, not that it would do good since the only thing she felt was the searing pain she was experiencing...
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`But what about the reprecussions?` the girl asked again.
Mami frowned, Haruka was clearly a reflection of herself back on her first year albeit with a much more larger crisis than the other girl was having. Unfornately the isolation and jeers she recieved from her back on her first middle school was similar to he own. Cursed child she was called, from the many incidents she had suffered in the first part of her life. `There are always reprecussions. That`s why we need someone beside us. Like if you were a streetfighter that fought gangs and only you know of this. What would happen to you if you never told anyone? To the point that you are caught in deadly battle that left you broken or half dead. No one will ever know...`
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`Ironic that I`m enacting that example of mine.` The blonde thought weakly as she struggled to move while the two girls doubled back to aid her. She was a little angry that they did not left when they had the chance and grateful that they didn`t. As Sayaka held up the grief seed taken from her bosom (convincing the two to hold on the other one) while she weakly held up her soul gem and frantically healed herself. She was grateful that her opponent was taking his sweet time getting to her, as evident by the clinking metal sound his boots made. All the while she was thinking of all the people who she could/should have told her secret. Reimu and Mirai was a given, they were her best friends. The shrine maiden has proved many a time that she was as special as she is, and the long list of reasons was staggering. Not to mention, that during those New years at the shrine, assured her that the miko is a very competitive exorcist as well. Mirai was no slouch either. She had a vast knowledge of the occult, accurate down to the obcurest information. And at one time when she came with her to the shooting range, showed that she could also handle a gun. Apart from them was her homeroom teacher; Takeshi, Hongo. He was as strong as he was wise. He also knew martial arts, could do almost impossible levels of acrobatics and had nigh inhuman intuition and reflexes. Hell some of the assasination attemps that still plauged her first year was easily twarted by him. Then there was many honorable members of her class, Mio and Ritsu were given in that category. Both girls she knew very well and were trustworthy despite the blonde of the two having a big mouth. Kousaka, Hyouma was another. Yes he was a delinquent, and yes, he could be a complete jerk but he was responsible and loyal to a fault. It should be noted that all of this could be proven by his upbringing and his firebrand of a mother. And there was another of her good friends Hiiragi, Kagami. Another shrine maiden, the purple twin tailed girl was a kind and energetic heart despite being a tsundere most of the time. She was very responsible and with her association with Reimu one could see that the girl was special as well. She then really wished that she followed her own advice. As she finished her musings, she was also done healing, just in time as her opponent finally appeared on their sights. Now standing, fully stretching and jumping. Mami decided to try another finisher once more. `Since my last attack damaged him that much, then one more could finish it.` She turned towards the exit and saw the sky begginning to darken more. `Either way, it`s my only option.`
"Listen to me you two."
"Yes?" "H-hai Mami senpai?"
"When I charge, and you retreat don`t look back."
"B-b-but..."
"Listen. He`s after me. I don`t know why as I`m not keen on how a kaijin`s mind works. But he is, and there`s no reason to drag you into this, more than you are. Admittedly this kind of battle is not what a mahou shoujo is involved in. But let this add to my arguments on why you shouldn`t become one..." she finished asshe turned her back and walked forward.
"Follow your own path. For a life of a mahou shoujo is nothing but a curse."
""Curse?""
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"You`re not attacking them?" the blonde asked, as came closer.
"Not needed, because I will beat you faster than you could blink. Then I`ll haul you and your little friends back to our organization."
"Then you better start your apologies because I doubt you`ll beat me."
"Oh? Are you saying that because you have damaged me."
"In a word..." Mami spun her rifles before slamming them into the ground bayonet first making them stand then spread out her hands. The kaijin was surprised when ribbons suddenly formed around him in a closed circle formation with round nodes also formed from ribbons. Mami smiled, when her opponent first showed surprise was the time she knew he could be beaten. An opponent that did not show emotion, did not stagger or flinch was a difficult opponent but not an opponent who does. After all emotions and body language are indicators of whatever an individual was doing, kaijin not width standing. "YES!"
"Ougi! FORESTA DI METALLO!" At her command the nodes bursted into belt fed chainguns with the ribbons connecting them becoming the belt of bullets.
"SHOOT!" throwing her arms forward crossing them palms open as bullets rained upon her opponent for the second time. Not waiting even a second she grabbed her rifles, pointed backwards and shot a golden beam propelling her forward then upward. Now airborne she swung her rifles overhead the beams becoming blades as she swung down in cross formation.
"CHESSSSTTTTOOOOOOOO!"
She felt the beams cleave her opponent asunder, the same time feeling the drain from her reserves. This was one of most powerful finishing moves, with her original finisher "Tiro Finale" and her other finisher "Tiro Volley" being tied at second. Landing awkwardly from the heavy drain, she watched her attack fade and the dust slowly clear. The slash marks made clear making deep gouges on the ground, along side it was the large number of holes her chainguns had made. Then she spotted them, large pieces of armor and furthermore was a grotesque severed arm. She did it... she wo-
*slickt*
She felt her body burn, as she felt herself being sliced from her left shoulder down her waist and another from her right hand, leg and finally to her left foot. She didn`t even scream or couldn`t even scream as her body finally registered the force exerted into it as she flung backward, rolling and tumbling awkwardly breaking more bones than she could count. It got more painful as she felt her bones turn into a putty as she broke through several pillars as continued her deathly tumble. The worse part was when stopped moving; she landed right front of her clearly horrified juniors, who immediate went by her side.
"HAHAHA! EXCELLENT! EXCELLENT! YOU HAVE EXCEEDED BEYOND MY EXPECTATIONS!" The kaijin`s voice boomed as in a flash he was by their side slapping the grief seed from Sayaka`s hand. He was incredibly wounded, his right arm was gone along with his helmet showing his grotesque skull like visage. Parts of his armor was gone and the blade of his sword was chipped. But from the look of it, it did not deter him in the slightest. She failed... she failed as she lay there half dead, barely breathing yet fully concious. And thanks to her failure she was about to be subject into something unimaginable, along with her two juniors.
"No!" the blue haired girl said as she stood up and blocked her downed sempai in defiance.
"S-S-Sa-sa-yaa-ka..." "Sayaka-san"
"You`re a brave girl but foolish." the kaijin said as he raised his sword.
`No` Mami mentally shouted as she demanded her body to move. But no matter what, her body did not respond. The only she achieved was extruciating pain. As she mulled her failure and continued to futilely struggle she heard it. The roar of a motorcycle engine, and from the kaijin`s sudden snarl and abrupt stop he heard it too.
"Haaa-haah..."
"What? NO!" "Mami?" "Mami-san?"
"In t-t-th-the e-end I-I won..." Mami blurted even as her troat burned and said motorcycle slammed into the kaijin. It reminded her of a phrase this urban legend was most associated with it.
`Even if there is no god or buddha...`
The kaijin tumbled back snarling and roaring in anger. The black armored hero stepped out of his motorcycle, his red scarf blowing in the wind. And the last rays of the sun rains upon his shiny black helmet.
`...there is...`
The man turns nods at the girls as he faces the snarling kaijin.
`KAMEN RIDER!`
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Kai: And cuuuttt!
Mami: But it`s not yet over!
Kai: I know but you survived though.
Mami: That DOES NOT MATTER! I THOUGH NOTHING WILL HAPPEN TO ME!
Kai: Hey I said not much…
Mami: *growling*
Kai: Hey blame this on Homura…
Homura: Yoouuu! *shaking fist*
Kai: Errr... before I get mauled see you in the next chapter! *gets jumped by the two girls*Aaaaaarrrgghhhh!