Hakurei Honor Ch.8
Author's Note: Well let's finish the battle now okay!
As for EXpertUS and Reader-of-Many: Reimu well she's somewhere….
Chapter 8: Retreat! Advance!; Recuperate and Decision
Sayaka could not do anything but watch. She was utterly transfixed on staring upon the newcomer as the armored hero slammed into the kaijin, thus saving their lives. She continued to stare as the rider dismounted from his bike and nodded at them. She couldn`t help it. She did the same thing when Mami first appeared before them. They were, after all urban legends. Despite the many accounts, sightings and evidence people could procure, they were mostly tall tales. So one could imagine her surprise at meeting one and lest encountering two more (yet of those two additional encounters, one scared her half to death). Heck imagine the deligth she felt when she found she could become one of them; a hero of justice, a protector of the innocent... a legend. Hell the omnipotent (she thought it was) wish was just icing on the cake. But looking at her sempai, and the hardships that she endured, no matter how coincidental told her the truth. This life, that those hidden from normal eyes lead; was no saturday morning anime. She witness her sempai fight, bleed and now nearly die. She cannot help but be thankful for the timely intervention of the armored hero.
"You two. Please take mahou-shoujo-kun out. I have people that will take care of her." the rider addressed the two girls. Without a second thought, the two girls scooped up their sempai and left. Of the two of them, only Sayaka looked back.
"Thank you." she said, even though she was sure it would not be heard. And without saying, she also said it for a different reason other being rescued. But unknown to her, the man behind the mask smiled. Not only because he heard her thanks but because he knew what she truly meant.
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With the three girls gone, the only ones remaining on the field was the black armored hero, whose red scarf dramatically swayed upon the wind and whose armor gleamed red from the last rays of the sun. And the bloodied heavily wounded kaijin, snarling fiercely at the armored intruder that interrupted him.
"Damn rider! You dare interrupt my victory?"
"Victory? Yes... by the skin of your teeth no less."
"Harrrumph. Humph, no matter. She was powerful that`s all. And I`m just that sturdy."
"You were just lucky. If it weren`t for the area advantage you have, you would`ve been dead."
"What do you know!"
"Enough."
The kaijin who seemed to take offense charged. Showing similar inhuman speed he showed earlier, the kaijin managed to get to where the rider is within a flash. Raising his sword he found... nothing! The rider was not there!
"WHAT!"
"You`re been already beaten. Wounded and now useless. Half of your strenght is gone and you still fight? You`re just stubborn to die."
"-FINAL KAMEN ATTACK RIDE-"
The kaijin could not react to the speed of the attack as several curtains of light slammed into him stunning him, before they turned and circled back to the rider who seemed to disappear within them. They then slammed into him once more then surrounded him. With each passing curtain he felt being cut into pieces. And after a while the curtains gathered into one spot where the rider reappeared.
"-DARK DECADE-"
The rider did not say a word as the kaijin blew up into pieces of light.
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"I`m glad you upheld all of my teachings despite what you felt."
From behind the rider flew down the magical girl`s best friend and one of his greatest students. With her was the somewhat stoic time traveller (who could not help but twitch uncomfortably for some reason) and the so called incubator who was sweating buckets from his/her position of being held by the ears by the miko.
"Admittedly sensei, I would have jumped in sooner if I didn`t trust Mami`s ability enough or if I wasn`t able to restrain this one." the miko told the rider as she pointed with her free hand back to the twitching girl.
"Ah yes. Akemi, Homura I presume?" the rider stated as he turned to the other girl, who for some strange reason froze over. The confused rider could only turn back to the miko who shook her head. Realizing that she was being addressed the girl nodded post haste.
"Something wrong?"
"I… I am not certain… I seemed to feel uncomfortable with your presence." The girl admitted scratching her arm in distress. Once again the confused rider turned to the miko who shrugged.
"Well at any rate..." The miko said hurriedly, slightly embarrassed at the way her compatriot was acting. "I need to take this one back to Gensokyo so several angry after-life types could get their hands on it. And maybe have the doctor check this girl again." Now the girl completely froze upon the statement. Not realizing this, the miko just grabbed the other girl went and flew away.
"..."
"Well... that was unexpected."
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The three girls on the other hand have made it to safety and found the rider`s allies. Though it was easy to say that the two found them. They were two of them, one was a green haired lady wearing white robes and a tan white haired man, who easily is the more interesting of the two since he had inhuman ears.
"Oh dear!" the woman gasped out before instructing the two girls to lay down their friend. She then immediately began healing the girl. The two girls watched in facination as their sempai`s wounds began to close, her breathing became less laborous and her expression became serene, as all her pain went away.
"Looks like you two gone through hell as well." the man said, taking the girls attention.
"Umm... a-ano... It was difficult... being only able to watch and do nothing." the pinkette admitted. Wishing she could at least bear some of the pain her sempai had taken. Sayaka likewise, felt the same.
"I see..." the man said while nodding. "I`m sure it was. But sometimes being there is enough. Or other times being absent from their side is good too." The two were surprised to hear this.
The woman chuckled before giving her own two cents on the matter. "People needs others to survive. Nobody is an island after all." The woman looked nostalgic at this, before continuing "That`s why people in the dark like us need someone by our side. This goes for your friend here and our boss: the rider who helped you. But there are times that we need to be alone, after all... nobody wants to hurt their friends, their love ones even accidentally while fighting. Am I wrong?" The two girls blinked in understanding before shaking their heads.
"Do what you can. Do what you feel is right. Despite what other people say otherwise." The man then added. The pinkette held her head down while a resolute bluenette nodded.
Silence then plauged the quartet (Mami does not. She`s been unconcious for a while now if you haven`t noticed) as each one had something on their mind. The two older individuals remembered early days in Umihara and what it lead to. They met a happy-go-lucky, explosion loving magical girl, her shy, somewhat mature blonde friend, the somewhat unfortunate friend/pet/familiar/explorer (they couldn't say what he is at times), the semi-insane powerful miko that admittedly still scare them whenever they see her, the girl that was the first to give them worth, love and respect and the man who became their new boss or father figure or family head, adopting all of them (literally) and gave them more than what they bargained for. The pink haired girl meanwhile is tormented by her inability to do anything for her friend, the truth and measure of the advice given to her and her fear of the world shown to her. The bluenette looks at how she fully understood her sempai and her warnings, and how to help her completely. 'Find your own path.' Indeed.
"Done." The woman finally answered. The man nods and picks up the still unconcious blonde.
"Well take care of the rest. Please go ahead home. I'm sure your families are worried about you." The man said. Both girls looked uncertain about this.
"Don't worry. Nothing will happen to her." A new voice said. Noticing the smiles upon the faces of the two adults. Both girls turned and saw the rider walking with his bike by his side, before a blinding flash surrounded him and revealed the man underneath. To say what a shock it was to the two girls was an understatement. Upon the revealation, they found a man… or a teenager, it was hard to tell. He was tall, had short black hair and wore a black dress shirt with white vertical lines and black slacks and black leather shoes. His face was difficult to describe as he wore dark sunglasses that obscured most of his face. His posture and voice however spoke volumes. They were authorative and final, confident and sure. It was easy to see why those two followed him.
"I assure you she will get home safely." He continued "I will vouch for their worth, so trust them."
"But…" The pinkette wanted to say something but was cut off by the rider as if reading her mind.
"Taking her to a hospital is not a good idea, I assure you. What would you say to the hospital staff anyways? And I'm sure she's fully healed right now. So trust me, trust them." It was hard to say no. And his reason was infallable. Despite not liking it, both girls agreed and left. Once they were gone, the rider turned to his subordinates who nodded left for the blonde's apartment. Now alone the rider looked up and muttered:
"You were right young man. Things are far more complicated than anticipated.
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Kai: Chapter end!
Sayaka: That was short.
Madoka:*Nodding*
Kai: Bite me! At any rate see you next chapter!
Sayaka: Wait we have omakes!
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Omake # 3 : Behind the Scenes
A little far from the ensuing fight stood the red and white miko and her new compatriot the stoic time traveller. With them was the little thing called the incubator who was being manhandled by the ears.
"Well this is interesting. I nev-" But the incubator couldn't say more as an ofuda slammed into his/her face and covered his/her mouth.
"Shut it runt." The miko said harshly before increasing the strenght of her grasp.
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All three watched with interest as Mami's fight continued. And it was very difficult for the miko. Many a time did the time traveller wanted to bolt into rescue, ignoring the miko's warnings. She was even forced to restrain her fully when Mami first gone down. Admittedly she wanted to rush in too, but it was too early for her to appear, nor was it for her compatriot's. Even though it assured easy victory it would lead more problems than solutions. She didn't need her best friend suspecting her of something since the blonde was sadly naturally untrusting due to her childhood. She had to wait.
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But the tide has changed, as an attack she was sure that finished the kaijin didn't and pretty much forced her to move! Her friend was really in danger now and at this point discretion was stupid. Signalling her compatroit she began to move when… she heard something….
It was the roar of a motorcycle!
She began to laugh, confusing her compatriot until she pointed out the unexpected savior. The girl was shocked to see him. She continued laughing until the man finished the kaijin off.
"Well… let's go say hi to sensei!" the miko told the other girl while grabbing her by the hand and flying towards him.
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Omake # 4 : Torture
Reisen, Tewi and Youmu shifted uncomfortably in their seats while Reimu drink tea and seemingly Homura sat silently. It was hard since the incubator's wail of pain was disturbing since it followed several female evil laughs.
"Oh… pipe down you three. If you're gonna act like that, then you should've have gone with Shikieiki, Kaguya, Ran and Chen." The miko admonished them.
"Easy for you to say usa. Reisen and I live with one of…" Tewi couldn't continued as she shuddered being on the table once. And it was a very sobering experience. Reisen was even more uncomfortable since at times she was… beside her… teacher when something like this happened. And Youmu? Well this was the first time she 'witnessed' her mistress being cruel.
"Why don't you be like Homura over there. Behaved and quite. Right Homura?" But Reimu got no response.
""""Homura?""""
"I'm a good girl-"
"Huh?" "What?" "Homura?" "Is there something wrong?"
"I followed everything Eirin-hakase! I swear! I AM A GOOD GIRL EIRIN-HAKASE! PLEASE!" Homura continued screaming and folded into herself, swaying and muttering in fetal position. It seemed her examination and treatment with the good doctor scare her good… too good… All three other girls looked at Reimu accusingly.
"Ummm…. I'll get her consuling with Byakuran later…."