Chapter 18
Dispute
"Stay calm…. We've been here before, remember Gen?" I told Gen. He nodded his head nervously. This is the only place that I have ever seen Gen scared. He's out on the front lines everywhere else, but here….
"I think... that I'll just get my revenge quick and then be one my way…" I looked up and saw Tsurosa drop down out of nowhere and land gracefully. She cracked her neck.
"Since I only have one life this time around. Can't be as reckless." She said, cracking her knuckles before donning her claws.
She immediately dashed towards. Invisible to the naked eye. She's faster than Gen….
Yoshimori and Tokine created kekkais around us as the world collapsed around us. She crashed into the kekkai, breaking through the first layers before being rejected of the last one. She fell back and stood there, licking her lips and scraping her claws against each other. I held my ears and bit my lip.
"Stop that fucking noise!" I shouted at her and she smirked. She stopped scrapping her claws, but the noise continued.
I looked around and grabbed Yoshimori, "Make the noise stop!" I shook him back and forth till Tokine slapped me and I stopped. I looked up and immediately grabbed Yoshimori and hit the floor. Suddenly, Gen and Tokine did the same beside us and a man jumped through the kekkai, cleaving through it easily and landed in front of us.
He stood up straight, adjusting his purple cloak, pulling the hood over his head. He looked back and I almost drooled a little. Gorgeous red hair, styled to cover his left eye. Beautiful green eyes, although I'm assuming the hidden eye is green. The purple cloak hangs open, only held on by a button at his chest, revealing his toned body. I felt a little bit of blood drip down from my nose and I rubbed it away. My eyes trailed down, looking at his tight black jeans, before I shook my head, Yoshimori is better!
I still had the bloody nose, I feel guilty for doing that. I grabbed Yoshimori and we sat up. The guy smirked at us, and turned back to Tsurosa. He pulled on a wire and the noise was back.
"That's the noise…. A chainsaw…" I mumbled, holding my ears tighter.
"I wish they invented a silencer for those wretched machines!" I shouted, falling backwards. Yoshimori pulled me back up and helped cover my ears. I sighed in relief once Tokine handed me earplugs.
"Who are you?" Tokine asked the guy. I looked back, seeing Gen still on the floor. He's really afraid of Tsurosa. Tsurosa scoffed at him and laughed. Suddenly, the report of a gun echoes from a distance and a bullet crashed into Tsurosa. She stood still, not stunned by the bullet at all. It fell to the ground, having done nothing more than torn Tsurosa's shirt. She looked down at it and laughed again.
"So Derra is here too?" She said, looking directly at the man with the chainsaw. The man smiled.
"Tsurosa, I see you've chosen some new kids to torture."
"Naturally," Tsurosa said, she took one claw off and waved at the man, "How have you been, Emerix?"
Emerix stuttered at the mention of his name and Tsurosa smiled. Emerix dashed at her with his chainsaw and swung it. She ducked underneath and picked up her unworn claw and tossed it. It crashed into Emerix, bouncing off and sending his stumbling back. Tsurosa stood quickly and kicked the staggering man back and catching the airborne claw by the chain inside of it.
She swung the chain over her head like one would a lasso and flung it at Emerix. The chain extended and wrapped around the man, restraining him. The chain ran out and the claw met skin and dug into Emerix's back. Tsurosa smiled.
"You still rush into battle without thinking; don't you remember anything I taught you?" Tsurosa said. I looked at the man in surprise. The student of a monster like this, I didn't think such a thing could exist. The man struggled, his anger flaring.
"It seems my enchanted claws only make your rage hurt even more… so sad." Tsurosa said. Another report echoes and a bullet came flying at Tsurosa. It crashed into her again, and resulted in the same result. But, another report echoed and another bullet shot out of the dark. The bullet connected with the halted bullet and pushed it into Tsurosa's body.
Tsurosa staggered backwards and dropped the claw. Emerix broke out of the chains grip and picked up the weapon and flung it at Tsurosa. Tsurosa ducked under it and slide across the floor. She grabbed the abandoned chainsaw, stuck in the floor, and pulled it out of the earth. She swung it at Emerix and Emerix ducked under it and swung with Tsurosa's claw.
Tsurosa caught the chain and pulled it harshly. Emerix slide on the dirt and went flying towards Tsurosa once she tugged the chain a second time. Tsurosa swung with the chainsaw again. Emerix put his arms up, and was hit by the saw and went flying into a rock.
I looked at Yoshimori and Yoshimori looked at me. I let go of Yoshimori and he made a kekkai around Tsurosa. She immediately cleaved through it with the chainsaw. Suddenly, a green kekkai appeared and slammed into Tsurosa. Tsurosa slide back slightly but remained standing. She glared and swung the claw by the chain at Tokine behind us.
Tokine raised a kekkai around herself. The chain wrapped around the kekkai and it shattered, the chain wrapped around Tokine and the claw swung closer and closer towards her. The claw spun rapidly and Tsurosa gave the chain a tug, sending the claw flying for Tokine's face. Yoshimori made a kekkai around the claw, but it drilled threw it.
I turned around and ran towards Tsurosa, not wanting to see the blood spilt. I heard a loud clanking sound and I immediately ducked. A bullet soared above me, taking out a little from my ponytail. The bullet flew towards Tsurosa and Tsurosa put the chainsaw in front of her as a shield.
I dashed towards her as she was occupied and drew my claws. I slashed her arm and she dropped the chain of her claw. I grabbed it and tossed it in the air. Yoshimori caught it in a kekkai and collapsed the kekkai. I turned and jumped back to avoid the chainsaw. I tripped and hit the ground harshly.
Yoshimori rushed in and picked me up, barely avoiding the angered woman with a chainsaw. He ran carrying me bridal style. I held onto his shirt, realizing we were still wearing our school uniforms. Yoshimori stumbling and we fell to the ground. I held my arm and stood. Yoshimori stood beside me, his hand over his injured eye.
"It's still there…. Right?" I asked, looking at Yoshimori worriedly. He nodded.
"Its just still bleeding, its still there though." He said. I hugged him and shook my head when I heard a loud cracking sound.
"It feels like the world is breaking…" Yoshimori said looking into the black sky, "I felt the same thing when she was shot; the world seemed to shake a little."
I nodded, burying my head into Yoshimori's shoulder, "I wish we had more time to ourselves,"
"Not now though…. I have to make sure I protect you." He said with a smile.
I blushed, "I can protect myself!"
"Sure you can."
"I would stab you if you were already hurt enough…."
I looked up and my eyes widened. Tsurosa approached us, with a shining red moon behind her. She smiled at us and held the chainsaw above us. I tried to run with Yoshimori, but I stumbled and fell.
My ankle's broken!
I looked up as Yoshimori jumped over me, to shield me with his body. I gasped and tried to push Yoshimori off me, but I couldn't, I'm not strong enough. I hugged Yoshimori and closed my eyes.
Suddenly, the roaring of the chainsaw stopped. I opened my eyes slowly, afraid that it may have stopped as it was cleaving through Yoshimori. I gasped at what I saw. I large piece of blue fabric stuck in the chainsaw, jamming it. Tsurosa looked at it angrily and pulled the wire again and again, but it wouldn't start.
Suddenly, a large green arrow kekkai appeared and knocked the chainsaw out of Tsurosa's hands. Multiple arrow kekkai appeared, pushing Tsurosa around like she was a pinball. Tsurosa stomped in the center, staggering and a large amount of kekkai slammed into her, holding her down.
Yoshimori stood up and I took his hand and stood too.
"I really don't care who you are, or what you can do, but you're going to pay for two things." I looked back and saw Tokine picking up the chainsaw and pulling the fabric out of it.
"Firstly, you threatened to kill Yoshimori and his neko boyfriend, along with myself and others. But secondly, you ruined my skirt!" Tokine said, enraged. I looked at it and saw what she was talking about. The fabric caught in the chainsaw was from Tokine's skirt.
"Sure, I can buy a new one, but it won't give me the pleasure of avenging it now, won't it?" Tokine said, I shivered, Gen had told me that Tokine was the most ruthless and uncaring, but I didn't think she was this bad.
She pulled the wire and the chainsaw roared again. She smiled and tossed it in the air. The guy came out of nowhere and caught it in the air.
"It seems you read my mind." Emerix said.
Tokine shrugged, "I assumed you wanted some sort of revenge on her, it must be more important than my skirt." Emerix smiled and ran at Tsurosa. Yoshimori's hands flew over my eyes as the roaring started again.
Shortly after, I hear a kekkai explode and Yoshimori took his hands off my eyes. I crossed my arms and pouted.
"Trust me; you wouldn't want to see it." He said, the world we were in cracked and disappeared, returning us back to the tattered school. I stumbled and Yoshimori caught me. I leaned on his shoulder.
"You're rather beat up." A woman appeared from the shrubs with two large sniper rifles in her hands. She spun them around and they changed to claymores, which she returned to their holster on her back. I looked at her carefully and sniffed the air.
"You were real helpful Derra." Emerix complained. He clasped his hands together and started whining. "Don't ever make me do that again! You know I don't like fighting! She fucking stole my chainsaw from me and used it against us!"
"Fine, Emerix, you can take a break during the next one." Derra said, facepalming. She looked at him, "but, you didn't think once to use your powers?"
Emerix shrugged, "I forgot, you chose the wrong guy for the job. I'm no good at this."
Derra sighed. Suddenly, she looked over at me and her atmosphere completely changed. She rushed over to me, leaving a trail of smoke in the air.
"Oh! You're so cute!" She said, fangirling over me. "If you ever need anything I'm here! And, we can't go too far, I'm afraid you'd get me pregnant!" She said, rubbing her stomach. I sweatdropped and Yoshimori was fuming. I covered Yoshimori's mouth with my hand to stop his outburst.
"You're a guy, aren't you….?" I asked. Derra, still fangirling, shook her head.
"Not anymore! Oh, your ears are the cutest thing!" She said. I sighed. She's the most flamboyant person I've ever met…
"A transgender Ayakashi, does it get any weirder?"