Author's Corner: My creativity has failed me. For this, I must announce that the familiars Raven summons are Heartless from Kingdom Hearts. (DO NOT OWN ANYTHING FROM THAT SERIES, FINAL FANTASY OR SHAMAN KING)
XDDDD
Meh. This chapter is the first I've written in Raven's fighting style so it's a bit choppy. I'll smooth it out in other fights.
After
my agreement, Chrom explained the rules. I had at most ten minutes to
qualify after he officially declared the match having started, I only
had to land one blow on him (no not the bug like I originally
thought) and other than that, there were really no rules. AKA Be
careful because either of us could kill each other and it would be
okay.
"Do you understand everything I have just said, Miss
Asakura?"
"Yes. But I have one question."
"Of
course. Ask away."
"WHY THE HECK WOULD YOU PICK THAT
FUGLY THING FOR YOUR SPIRIT PARTNER?!" I COUGH shouted COUGH
asked while I pointed at the buggy-monster-thing.
Chrom chuckled.
"In the Patch tribe, we either earn or are rewarded with spirits
to use as fighting partners. This thing as you call it is actually
one of the spirits of the nearby forest in the Patch Village and is a
voracious hunter. I earned the right to claim him after I became of
age, after slaying a deer for my peers to eat at a council meeting.
Is there anything else you wish to ask? No? Very well," he swept
his left hand over his right forearm and traced his fingers along
some sort of black piece of armor that bore a strong resemblance to
the bug. "Then I now declare this match officially open."
With that there was a bright light and I saw that the bug had
attached itself to his arm, flickering dully.
xXx
With those words, I rose my left hand to summon three of my familiars. Out from the shadows of the buildings around us, a small creature emerged. Its body was made of a round head with two antenna sticking out from it, a thin neck, a round torso, tiny hands that didn't stick that far out from is sides and long flat feet coming from short legs. Not a very intimidating creature, but they always got the job done.
He
feinted left, and stupid me tried to have a familiar
cut him off at the right but with a swipe of his hand, his monster
bug kicked its legs and shook the ground with a fierce force. My
familiar dematerialized.
'Dammit,'
I was beginning to thing that the bug oversoul he had was only to
freak out any girls he was suppose to test. Sadly, it was
working.
Nine minutes left.
"Come now, I heard the
Asakuras were great Shamans, the greatest in all of Japan!"
"They
are," I muttered. I just happened to be lacking in the fighting
department. But hey, no time like the present, right?
From my
left, his bug devoured another one of my ant soldiers. The soldier
beside it stood like an idiot. Nope, not even the cute face worked.
And of course I had
to have left my Tarot cards at home.
Just like my grandpa used talismans to control his Shikigami, I used Tarot cards. Without them, my Shadow Shikigami pretty much acted by themselves. All I could do was someone more, force them to 'hide', and integrate them with each other. Made I should listen to Anna when she tries to drag me off for training...
"Eight
minutes," Chrom announced dully.
I growled and brought my
hands together as if I was going to pray and recited the sutra I had
known since I was three. My shadow warriors and ant soldiers
retreated towards me as they sunk into the ground. Coming out at my
side, they had regrouped into a much larger Shikigami. One that
looked like a Chinese dragon with demonic wings.
Chrom seemed
surprised to this. Which, of course, I took to my advantage and
rushed him. My flyer Shikigami must have gotten the clue because I
heard its wings flap rapidly behind me.
"To
me! Defend your master!" Chrom shouted
and his buggy-monster flied right in front. I tried to stop. Keyword:
Tried, but
failed miserably and crashed into the thing. What
the hell was I thinking? Charging at the guy!
I
wrestled with it, trying to keep it from attaching itself from him
all the while trying not to scream. It was that
disgusting.
Chrom chuckled, "Seven minutes."
Grrr. He
was really getting on my nerves.
xXx
Any
bad thing I've ever said about my Shikigami, I officially
take back. The demonic creature had so graciously yanked the creepy
bug off of me and left Chrom defenseless. He was shouting for his
spirit to come to him but the huge grasshopper from hell was being
flown high into the air.
Please let it
fall and smash into pieces.
I
was now running at Chrom, who really had an annoying smile on his
face. As if he was happy
I was about to qualify for the Shaman Fight. Getting next to him and
slowed my pace to a casual walk. A satisfied smile played my
features.
"Touch," I announced as I poked his biceps.
Chrom began to laugh heartily as he disengaged his oversoul, the bug
disappearing from the grasp of my Flyer.
"Congratulations
Raven Asakura!" He boomed, "You have now passed your
qualifications for the Shaman Fight! With the Great Spirit to bare
witness, I hereby present you with this Oracle Pagers as proof of
your qualifications. As earlier stated, it will tell you everything
you need to know about the Shaman Fight and if any of the others on
the selection committee try to bother you, show them that and they'll
leave you alone. Got that?"
I nodded and disengaged my
Oversouls, now realizing there would be no surprised attacks.
"Very
well. As you will find out later, there are special features I've
added to the Oracle Pagers I make that will differ from the ones
Silva or Karim or any of the other officials make. Sadly, I must go
now. I have many other people to test, the entire country area must
be covered by the end of the night. I wish you luck, may the Great
Spirit be with you."
"And also with you," I said as
if I were at Church. Chrom reactive his Oversoul and did something to
it. In a flash, it grew ten times it's already freakish size and he
jumped on its back.
Now if he were going to do that, why the hell
did he disengage it to start with?
"What a waste of mana..."