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Tales Of The World
Tactics Union
Chapter 4: Assassin In The Shadows
Once everything had settled down and made it to the Kings room. They were standing before Gesar as he sat in his throne. "From what I hear you people are not from this world. It would seem you all are in the same situation." Gesar said as he scanned the room looking at Lloyd and the others. No one said a word; they just listened to the Kings voice. "But now that we have that situated and we know of a way to get you back home, I want to get into the reason that I've called you all here today." The King paused and cleared his throat.
"There has been word that people in Kejora have been murdered and some are saying that the Nexus are behind it. For a week now in the middle of the night a man is going around slaying innocent people. This person killed 4 people through the week and Taru a Pope who keeps everything in order in that town believes that he might be next on the hit list and needs protection immediately." The King said. When Katsu heard the word Kejora he looked to the ground and hid his expression from everyone else, Yumin saw this and gave him a worried expression but kept quiet.
Rita crossed her arms and looked at him as she tapped her finger on her arm "So why do you need all of us? I'm pretty sure the four of us can take care of this request." She stated. Sheen rolled her eyes 'Someone's a little cocky' Sheena thought to herself as she crossed her arms. Konyu noticed this and nudged her gently on the arm. Sheena looked at him and noticed that he was shaking his head which made her sigh.
"I think it's time we unite the guilds. Listen I know that Angie, Winky, Yumin and Moon don't get along but we need to unite them to take down the Nexus. They're causing too much trouble and we never know when they're going to stop playing around and launch a full scale attack. If we can unite the four guilds and pair the guild members together, then the Nexus won't stand a chance." Gesar announced.
Hanamiya looked at him and raised an eyebrow "But how are you going to get the four of them to work together? I mean they all can't stand one another." She asked as she awaited an answer. The King smiled at her "Trust me I know they don't like one another, but they're going to have to swallow their pride if they want to take down Nexus once and for all. It's going to take some time but I know they can make it happen. Right now I'm having Angie and Winky choose members from the guilds to pair up and take on a mission. You guys will do the same; I want you all to work on this mission together as a team." The king said as he turned his attention back to Lloyd and the others.
Yuuto sighed and crossed his arms "Do we have to, I mean this mission doesn't sound like such a big de-" He started until Yumin smacked the back of his head. He turned to look at her while clutching his head "You'll follow the Kings orders, you hear me? If you don't I'll have to punish you." Yumin stated. Yuuto raised an eyebrow "What kind of punishment are we talking about?" He asked.
Yumin smirked "If you don't follow his orders, I'll expose your secret. I know about the little crush you have on the new girl in our guild. What was her name? Oh yeah! Elize, I wonder how Elize would react if I told her that you have a crush-" She started until Yuuto spoke up.
"Okay, okay I'll do it just don't say anything!" He exclaimed. Yumin smirked as she achieved victory. Moon looked at Konyu and the others and raised an eyebrow "No objections?" She asked. Konyu smiled "No way, the kings asking for our help, I don't think it would be right to say no." Konyu stated which earned him a small smile from Moon.
'If there's one person I can count on It would have to be you Konyu.' Moon thought to herself. "I'll gladly help." Asbel said. Lloyd nodded "I'll help as well." He added. Sheena smiled and nodded at the boys agreeing with them.
"Well then you should set off immediately. If you leave now you'll make it there by evening. I'll provide you with a map so you'll know exactly how to get there." Gesar stated. Everyone nodded and prepared themselves. "It's not fair; I wanted to spend time with Konyu. Now he's leaving and I don't know when he'll be back." Hanamiya pouted to herself, making sure nobody heard her.
Once the group was ready to go and had their supplies, they set off on their adventure crossing grass fields and woods. Time had passed for our heroes and they were getting close to their destination. "I wonder what this assassin's like. I wonder if he's as strong as the king was making him out to be." Yuuto said. Katsu put his hands in his pockets as he looked to the sky and continued to walk "I'm pretty sure this person is strong, I mean I know the king wants the guilds to unite and all but I doubt he would send 8 people to handle one person if they weren't that strong." He replied to his brother.
Rita was reading a book while walking making sure to look up every few a steps to see where she was going. "We'll find out when we get there. We're almost there." Konyu said. Katsu turned to look at him and smirked "You've gotten stronger since I last saw you." Katsu stated.
Konyu smiled and closed his eyes "Trust me Katsu, you haven't seen anything just yet." Konyu replied. "Then maybe we should find out." Katsu said with a smirk. The two eyed each other down face to face until Sheena stepped in between the two. "Okay that's enough you two." She scolded. Asbel nodded "We have a job to complete; we have no time for fighting each other right now." He added.
Katsu smirked and continued walking "I guess you're right. I'll just have to pound you later Konyu." He said. Konyu just laughed and kept walking "Yeah right, in your dreams." He responded. Rita just continued to read while shaking her head.
Sheena sighed and looked to the ground which Konyu instantly noticed "Something wrong?" He asked. Sheena shook her head "No, I'm just thinking about my friends, that's all." She responded. Konyu looked at her "The one's you said might have been transported here, right?" He asked. Sheena nodded at the question.
"Genis, Raine, Regal, Emil, Marta and Colette they were all sent here like we were. I just hope that they're alright." Lloyd added. Konyu looked at them with a worried expression, knowing that it had to be hard for them.
Yuuto looked at Rita who was still reading her book. He got a weird vibe off her and walked over to Katsu. "Rita's a little scary isn't she big brother?" He asked. Roumen looked at Rita who was still reading her book "She's about what I expect, seems like she's in a crappy mood too." Katsu responded. Yuri closed his eyes and smiled "That's because you two got into it earlier." Yuri explained.
"I don't exactly feel like being on my best behavior when someone calls me a weakling." Katsu responded. "But she said she didn't mean it like that, what if you realize that you're wrong about her?" Yuuto asked. Katsu closed his eyes and crossed his arms "Then I'll swallow my pride and apologize." He quickly responded.
"You better remember that when the time comes." Rita called out as she looked away from her book and looked at Katsu. Yuuto looked at her with a shocked expression "You were listening?" He asked. "I just happened to overhear you. So you think I'm scary, do you?" She asked as she turned her head back to her book and walked ahead of them.
"Watch it Yuuto, she's definitely the kind to hold a grudge. " Yuri warned. Yuuto looked a little nervous after hearing Yuri's warning. Katsu noticed this and smirked "Scared?" He asked. Yuuto shook his head "N-No! Why would I be scared?" He asked. Katsu looked at her and sighed which Konyu caught immediately. "Something wrong?" He asked. Katsu snapped out of his thought and looked at him "What? Oh, nothing." He replied.
Konyu wasn't buying it; he knew something was wrong "Are you sure?" He asked. Katsu looked at him and nodded "Yeah I'm fine, I was just thinking that's all." He responded. Konyu knew that prying in deeper would make Katsu upset.
The sky was starting to change as it was closing in on evening time. "Is that where we're headed?" Asbel asked as he pointed to a town ahead of them. Katsu nodded "Yeah that's it." He replied. "It's a great town. I honestly think they sell the best food here." Konyu stated.
The town was rather large and beautiful with lush green grass surrounding it. As they entered Kejora they noticed that people were being cautious. Some people wouldn't come out of their houses and some were scared to walk around. Everyone seems to be on edge and had a good reason for being that way.
"They look terrified." Lloyd said. Konyu nodded "They have a good reason to be terrified. Someone has been killing innocent people in this town." He said. Katsu continued to walk ahead of them heading for the church. "We should get to the Pope as soon as possible." Katsu said. Rita crossed her arms as she turned her sights to him "Well listen to you, trying to act tough huh?" She asked. Katsu stopped walking and kept looking forward "I'm not acting tough at all; I just want to leave this place as soon as possible." Katsu said as he continued to walk away.
Konyu looked at Yuuto who had a worried look on his face, knowing exactly what was bothering Katsu. At that moment Konyu remembered something tragic that happened in Katsu's life. "What's wrong with him? Usually he would have a smart remark as a comeback." Yuri asked. Konyu didn't know if it was right to say but Yuuto spoke up "Our mother was killed in this town." Yuuto stated. Everyone went wide eyed as they looked at Yuuto who looked to the ground but stayed strong. Yuuto was taught to be strong by his big brother Katsu.
"Was the Nexus the ones that killed your parents?" Sheena asked. Yuuto shook his head as he continued to walk. Everybody looked at each other and said nothing; they just followed after Katsu and Yuuto. Once they made it to the church, they walked inside to see the Pope praying. Once the Pope heard the door shut he turned around and saw a group of heroes standing before him. "Did King Gesar send you all?" He asked as he scratched his white beard. He was wearing a blue robe with yellow designs and a blue pope hat.
"Yes he did. Can you tell us what's happened here?" Katsu asked. The Pope nodded "Certainly, it started two days ago. I was cleaning the church when I heard a loud scream. It sounded like the voice of a woman. When I ran to check out what happened people of this town were surrounding the dead body of the woman that screamed." The pope explained.
"Was there anything left behind? Like evidence?" Asbel asked. The pope nodded at his question and pulled out a note from his pocket. "This was laying on top of the woman." He said as he handed Asbel the note. Asbel scanned the note, reading the words that were on it. The note read:
"This is a warning to the people of Kejora town. These deaths will not stop until the pope dies. He's an obstacle in my goal and must be eliminate him. If he hides then another person will die, I suggest you capture him and hold him down until I arrive. Failure to do this will lead death of another person. I will be here tomorrow night, that'll give you enough time to prepare."
After he read it he gave the note back to the pope "How have the people reacted so far?" Asbel asked. "The people of this town love me and don't want to do anything to harm me. I was ready to give myself up but they suggested that I call on the Kings help." The pope explained.
"Well we're here now. You have nothing to worry about we'll put a stop to this mystery killer." Konyu stated. Lloyd looked out the window and noticed that the sky had darkened and the night had arrived. "Well whatever we're going to do, we should do it now. The sky is dark already." Lloyd said.
"We should split up and keep watch and different parts of the town. We don't know where he'll show up at so we should watch as many spots as we can. I'll team up with Asbel and protect the pope. Lloyd and Yuuto will head to the left side of the town. Rita and Katsu will watch the right side and Konyu and Sheena will walk around town and check on the Towns people while keeping a look out." Yuri said.
"Sounds like a plan." Konyu said. Katsu looked at Yuri and then nodded and headed off to the location he was set to watch. Rita walked over to Yuri and raised her eyebrow "Is there a reason why you put us together as partners?" Rita said feeling a little irritated.
Yuri smiled at her as he crossed his arms "You two keep going at each other's throats. This job won't be a success if you two don't work together. You can use this time to get to know one another and sort out your differences. I know you don't want to but trust me it's the best thing to do. You'll thank me some day for this." He said. Konyu walked over to them and smiled "Listen Rita, Katsu might come off as a jerk from time to time but in reality he's a really nice guy once you get to know him. Rita just rolled her eyes and turned away and started to walk away "If this job fails. Just know that it's on your head, jerk." She said to Yuri as she left the church.
Yuuto walked up to Yuri and looked at him "Do you think that was the right thing to do?" he asked. Yuri nodded "Don't worry; those two will be just fine." He responded. "Well if we got everything planned out we should move out as soon as possible." Asbel said which got him a nod from everyone else.
As everyone started to Asbel looked at Yuri who was watching everyone leave. "Hey, why did you choose me as your partner? Didn't we just have a fight, hours ago?" Asbel asked. Yuri nodded "Yeah we did, but it's because you remind me of a friend of mine. He was part of the imperial knights back in my world and he was skilled with a sword. When we fought, I saw a little of him in you." Yuri explained.
Asbel smiled "Is that so? Well before I became the lord of my hometown I went to Knight Academy and was taught how to wield a sword there." Asbel explained as he looked at Yuri who was still smiling. "A lord huh? That's quiet the achievement." He responded. Asbel nodded and extended his hand out to Yuri "We kind of got off on the wrong foot but I hope we can work good together and make this job a success Yuri." He said. Yuri shook Asbel hand and showing that all was well "I was just thinking the same thing Asbel." Yuri replied.
Meanwhile Katsu had arrived at his location and was looking up at the night sky. He noticed that it was a full moon and gazed at it. Thoughts were flowing through his mind but he wanted to push them aside. Before he could do anything else, he felt a hand slap the back of his head. Katsu gritted his teeth and clenched his fist as he turned around fiercely. "YUUTO!" He exclaimed. Katsu was about to throw a punch but stopped midway when he saw Rita standing behind him.
"I dare you." Rita said with a serious expression on her face. "Rita? What the hell did you hit me for?" He said. Rita crossed her arms and looked away "You had your guard down so it's your own fault." She responded. Katsu was about to say something but quickly changed his mood and looked away from her. Rita noticed this and sighed as she remembered what Yuri had said.
"So your mother was killed in this town right?" She asked. Katsu's eyes went wide for a second but soon went back to normal indicating that he calmed himself down "Yeah, a few years ago when I was still a kid. Bandits had come to take whatever they could find. They told my mom to hand over purse, but just like me she was stubborn and told them no. One tried to snatch it away and my mom fought back and the man slit her throat with a knife. I tried to attack them but as a kid I had no strength so I was knocked to the ground easily and Yuuto was still an infant so he was pretty much defenseless too. He was in my arms when I was knocked to the ground and I held on to him for dear life." He paused for a moment. The moon light shined down on his crimson hair and Rita noticed this. She felt bad for him having to see his mother murdered.
"Just when I thought we were going to be killed Yumin came in and saved us. She took out the bandits and saved our lives. She felt bad for not saving my mother that she took me and Yuuto in and let us live with her. I owe her a lot, for everything she's done for me and my little brother. When I look up to a full moon like this it reminds me of my mother and how we use to do this as a family" He explained as he looked up at the moon. "Katsu…" is all Rita could say at the moment. Katsu turned his head to look at her and noticed that she had a worried expression on her face. 'Rita?' he thought to himself.
Before they could say anything else a squealing sound could be heard. "What was that?" She asked. Katsu shook his head "I don't know, but I'm going to go check it out. Stay here I'll be right back." He said. Katsu quickly walked past some bushes and was soon out of Rita's sight.
Katsu pushed through sticks and leaves trying to find his way towards the noise he heard. He pushed through a few more branches before noticing a slain pig on the ground. He noticed that there were slashes on the Pig meaning that the pig was killed by a blade. This is when reality hit him and he quickly ran back to where Rita was.
Rita crossed her arms and looked at the moon "So he acts that way over his mother huh?" She asked herself. Rita suddenly got a weird feeling in her stomach, she felt like someone was watching her. This made her very uncomfortable and quickly kept her guard up.
Suddenly a blade was coming down towards Rita, which made her jump to the side and dodge. When she looked up she noticed a person wearing a jump suit that was colored white with purple lines around it. The person also wore a white full cover face helmet with a purple star in the middle and he wore purple boots. He also wore a long red scarf and wielded two shining silver Katana's. Red blood covered his blades and Rita noticed this, she looked at him in shock "You're the killer aren't you? The one that's after the pope is you." She said.
"You'll be dying soon, so I don't think I should give you an explanation." The person said in a deep manly voice as he prepared himself. This discovery showed Rita that the killer was a man. Rita wasn't about to stand around and let him attack her, she quickly channeled her energy which was a red aura and prepared her attack "Burn!" She exclaimed as she launched seven fireballs at the man.
He quickly dodged the fireballs with after images which caught Rita by surprise. His speed was impressive and she needed to find a way to keep up with him. "Die." Is all he said in a blunt voice as he quickly dashed forward and was about to slash her with intense speed, but his attack was stopped as his blade met with a gauntlet.
Rita closed her eyes preparing for the worst but when she opened them she noticed that Katsu was standing in front of her. "You're in my way, move!" The man ordered. Katsu smirked "Sorry but I can't do that. She's a member of my guild and my partner; I can't let you kill her." Katsu stated. "I was going to kill you anyway so why don't I just get you out of the way first." The man said as he swung his left blade but Katsu blocked it with his left gauntlet.
The two were now in a clash and struggling to gain the momentum over the other. Katsu kicked the man in his stomach which knocked him back. This didn't stop Katsu from keeping up the attack; he jumped into the air with intense speed and launched three spin kicks to the man's helmet. "Swallow dance!" He exclaimed as the man was now knocked to the ground. "Rita, now!" He exclaimed as he jumped out of the way.
Rita was already channeling energy and was now ready to launch her attack "Fire ball!" She exclaimed as she launched seven more fireballs. This time the fireballs made a hit as the man tried to stand up but was now back to the ground.
Katsu smirked as he noticed the dust and smoke was coming from the attack 'and to think, this isn't even her strongest technique. His smirk would soon fade away as the man stood up unharmed. "What the hell?" He said. Rita was just as shocked from this, "You were struck by seven fireballs but you're still moving. How did you do that?" She asked
The man stood tall and looked at her through his helmet. "My equipment is made out of M5 fiber. Your fire based attacks won't work on me. Your physical attacks are useless too; I wear chainmail under my clothes. So physical attacks won't work either. You will not defeat me, you will die." He said.
"He's basically untouchable right now. What are we going to do?" Rita asked. "Anything we can do if we don't keep fighting he's going to kill us and the pope." Katsu stated. This made the man laugh "its funny how you're trying to protect him from me but didn't stop to think if I was bringing reinforcements" He announced.
The man was stating facts as Nexus soldiers started to run around the town looking for the pope. Asbel and Yuri knew people were approaching and readied themselves. "Sir we'll need you to hide under or behind something. If they see you they're just going to all spring after you." Asbel said. The pope nodded hid behind a piano.
Once the door was kicked open, Nexus soldiers started to run inside, only to be met by Asbel and Yuri who smirked at one another "Let's go Asbel!" Yuri said as he charged in and unsheathed his sword. Asbel nodded "Right!" He exclaimed as he also unsheathed his sword.
As Yuri approached one soldier he Yuri thrusted into the enemy's stomach with his sword and then slammed the soldier with his fist, knocking him into the ground. As he did that a soldier tried to sneak up on him but Asbel quickly slashed the soldier in the back making him fall to the ground.
Asbel and Yuri soon stood side by side in front of another Nexus soldier and sheathed their swords. Soon after they spun their sheathes slashing the soldier and kicking him to the ground. As they did that three soldiers ran after Asbel and Yuri. "Asbel, jump!" Yuri exclaimed. Asbel nodded and jumped backwards, Yuri charged up his energy before slamming his palm into the ground, creating a large explosion of energy hitting the three soldiers and taking them down.
As Asbel landed near a few soldiers and slammed his sword into the ground, creating an explosion of yellow lightning. This made four soldiers fall to the ground instantly. Asbel and Yuri stood back to back preparing themselves. "Just a few more left." Yuri stated. Asbel nodded "We can take them." He replied. The two then dashed forward after the soldiers as the Pope continued to stay hidden.
Yuri and Asbel continued to slash away at the enemies one by one. They made sure not to let them get anywhere near the pope. "Brutal Fang!" Yuri exclaimed as he started punching the last soldier over and over again. The punches went from one to seven, to fifteen, then to twenty four. Asbel noticed this and ran over to Yuri "Alright Yuri, I think he's sorry already let him go." Asbel said with a nervous smile. Yuri stopped punching the soldier and let his unconscious body drop to the ground "Sorry about that." He said scratching his head with a smirk.
"Judgement!"
Yuuto created several pillars of light that struck randomly across the battle field hitting four soldiers. Another soldier came running after him but Lloyd stopped him in his tracks as he slashed him down the middle. Another soldier cam running towards him but Lloyd had stabbed him seven times in the chest "Sword Rain Alpha!" He exclaimed.
"As long as the people stay inside their homes, they won't be attacked by the soldiers." Lloyd said. As Yuuto was about to answer him, he heard the sound of footsteps, meaning someone was coming towards him. Yuuto quickly spun around and slashed the soldier's stomach.
"If the Nexus soldiers are here-" Lloyd started but paused as he cut down another soldier. "That must mean the assassin is part of the Nexus." He finished slashing another soldier.
"It seems like that may be the case. But we can't worry about that now. We have to take them down now." Yuuto responded. Lloyd nodded and prepared himself as he was ready to attack another soldier.
Suddenly a female scream could be heard. Yuuto turned his head to see a soldier trying to break into someone house. "We should stop him!" Roumen said as he jumped onto Yuuto's shoulder. Yuuto quickly jumped into the air and slashed the soldier in the back as he landed on the ground.
"They're even trying to attack innocent people? Are they really trying to get to the pope that badly?" He asked himself. Roumen turned around on Yuuto shoulder and opened his mouth. He released a powerful Fire ball at a soldier that tried to sneak up behind Yuuto.
As the Soldier fell to the ground burnt and unconscious, Yuuto turned around to look at him "Thanks Roumen." He said with a smile on his face. Roumen nodded "No problem, now let's finish this Yuuto." Roumen said which earned him a nod from Yuuto.
Meanwhile Sheena and Konyu were also busy taking down soldiers. Konyu started slashing left and right as he ran by six of them. They dropped to the ground moments later which made Konyu smile. He looked to his left to see Sheena taking down a few soldiers as well. She kicked a soldier in the stomach pushing him back. She kept up the attack as she started jabbing the soldier with her right and left hand. She then pulled out a seal from her pocket and smirked as she placed it on the soldiers head. "Pyre Seal!" She exclaimed. This sent the soldier flying backwards into the ground.
Sheena smiled at her work until a soldier tried to creep up on her from behind. The soldier was about to swing at Sheena but the sword he was wielding was blocked by Konyu's blade. "I don't think so!" He exclaimed as he used his strength to push the soldier back. Sheena ran forward and passed Konyu as she jumped into the air and delivered a swift spin kick to the soldiers head.
As the kick connected, the impact of the kick knocked the soldier's helmet off and into the air. Konyu and Sheena's eyes widened as they saw a skeleton head that looked like it was made out of stone. "What the-?" Konyu started until the soldier cut him off.
"How dare you!" The soldier exclaimed. Konyu and and Sheena looked at each other in disbelief. The soldier took one step forward but Konyu was already prepared as dashed forward with intense speed past the soldier, slashing it as he passed by. "Fang Slash!" He said as the soldier dropped to the ground.
Konyu and Sheena walked over to the soldier who was now presumed dead and examined it. "This thing isn't human."She said as she looked at it. Konyu was about to say something but noticed that a Nexus soldier was still alive and was about to slash Sheena in the back. Konyu quickly pushed her out of the way and blocked the attack with his left hand sword.
Konyu then used his right hand sword to stab the skeleton five times in the chest piercing the armor he was wearing, "Sword Rain!" He exclaimed. Konyu did not stop there as he then stabbed the skeleton 8 more times "Sword Rain: Alpha!" He said. Konyu still wasn't done as he let all his anger out and stabbed the skeleton 12 more times with intense force "Sword Rain: Beta!" He exclaimed as he landed the final blow and let the soldier fall to the ground.
Sheena's eyes widened in shock as she watched the brutal attack on the skeleton. She never saw anyone use the Sword Rain skill the Konyu just used it. To go from Sword Rain to Sword Rain: Alpha and then into Sword Rain: Beta was amazing.
Konyu noticed the look on Sheena's face and quickly calmed himself down. He sheathed his swords and looked at the Skeleton "I'm sorry…" He said. Sheena shook her head and smiled "No, you don't need to apologize. Thanks for having my back." She replied. Konyu looked at her for a moment and the smiled "Let's head back to the Church, and report this." He stated. Sheena smiled and nodded as she followed him back to the church.
Back with Katsu and Rita, they were now dodging attacks from the assassin. The man started swinging his blades at Katsu over and over which Katsu was blocking with his gauntlets. The man kicked Katsu in the stomach sending him backwards as Katsu's feet grinded against the dirt.
Katsu gritted his teeth and ran forward after the assassin. The man launched three swings from his blades, all attacks were aiming for Katsu's head. Katsu dodged each attack and then launched two punches to the man's chest and then a swift kick "Cerberus Strike!" Katsu exclaimed.
The attack didn't seem to work as the man started swinging his blades once again. Katsu blocked with his fist gauntlets again but was pushed back from the impact of the blades once again. Katsu then swung his right hand in an uppercut motion, releasing a powerful energy projectile that traveled on the ground towards the assassin. "Demon Fist!' He exclaimed.
The assassin swung his sword in an upward motion and also released a powerful projectile at Katsu's projectile "Demon Fang!" The man exclaimed. The two projectiles collided and created a huge explosion.
The wind blew through Katsu's hair as he looked at the assassin who was preparing himself once again. The assassin dashed forward and started slashing away at Katsu, but with Katsu's swift movements he was dodging the attacks one by one.
He then jumped back and pressed a button on his gauntlet which removed the fist parts and freed his hands. As the assassin dashed forward once more to launch an attack Katsu smirked and began channeling his energy.
"What the-?" The assassin said as he noticed what Katsu was preparing to do. Rita's eyes went wide as she noticed this as well "Is he about to-?" She started but stopped mid sentence. "Thunder Blade!" He exclaimed. Katsu summoned a large sword of lightning in the sky, which was about to pierce into the ground to create an electric shock that affects a circular area around the impact point.
Rita knew it wasn't good to be near such an attack so she jumped backwards and landed beside Katsu. The assassin tried to jump to the left but took some damage from the attack as he was still in range. The electric shock made the assassin's body shake.
Rita saw an opening and thought it would be good to do a combination attack. She started to channel her energy "grant them thy undefiled purity, Splash!" She said. Rita started to spin around with intense speed as she said the incantations using her scroll to create the layers of blue circling aura. The attack caused a series of water streams to fall on the assassin making the lightning attack more powerful and dangerous.
The assassin's body started to shake even more before an explosion accrued, sending the assassin flying into the air and towards the bushes where he was out of sight. As the smoke started to clear Rita and Katsu looked one another before looking forward. "I think he's done." Rita said.
Her words would soon be taken back as four Kunai knives came flying after Katsu. The knives hit Katsu and pinned him up against a huge tree by his shirt and pants. "No way…" Rita said in disbelief.
"Did you really think it would be that easy?"
A figure showed up behind Rita, and kicked her to the ground. Rita hit the ground hard but was still conscious. The assassin walked over to Rita and held his sword up above her "It's time to receive punishment." He said in a dark and cold voice.
"Leave her alone! Don't do it! If you want to kill someone then kill me. Just leave her out of this!" Katsu exclaimed. Rita's eyes widened 'Katsu?' She thought to herself. The assassin laughed "Sounds like you really care for this girl." He said. Katsu gritted his teeth "Like I said before she's my teammate and I don't want to see any of my team members die. If I have to I'll take the fall for them including her. So let her go!" Katsu ordered.
"It's too bad that I won't be able to grant your request. She attacked me and now she's going to die." The assassin said as he held up his sword and prepared to bring it down on Rita. "NO! STOP!" Katsu said as she tried to pull free from the knives but they had him pinned down tight.
"Final Gale!"
Before the assassin could see who said those words he was hit by an X-shaped wind-elemental projectile. Rita and Katsu was shocked by this sudden attack and turned to see who launched it. Two people stood before them one of them had short spiky black hair and orange eyes. He was wearing a lab coat with a black T shirt underneath along with red and black pants.
The other was a girl has long beautiful brownish blonde hair with a strand of hair sticking up with a greenish highlight she also had violet eyes. She was a white and blue shirt with a white and blue mini skirt. She was also wore white and blue gloves with a line of black in certain places.
The assassin stood up and looked at the group of people "I didn't come here to take on this many people. I'll have to finish this, another day." He said as he sheathed his sword and began to jump away.
"You won't escape!" The girl said as she chased after him. The boy was about to run but stopped and looked at Rita. "Meet up at the church. This is the orders from Moon and Yumin." He said before running after the girl.
Rita stood up slowly and turned to look at Katsu who was still pinned against the tree. "Were you hiding your ability to cast magic artes this whole time?" She asked. Katsu closed his eyes and shook his head "Yumin and Yuuto knews about it. I just don't like using them, when I don't need to." He explained. He sighed and looked to the sky "I guess you were right, I am weak minded, letting my anger get the best of me." He said.
When he looked back down he saw a smirk creep across Rita's face. "What are you smirking about?" He asked. "I'll be taking that apology now." She stated. Katsu was speechless, knowing that he had just spilled the beans. "You said that if you realized you were wrong, you were going to apologize." She said.
Katsu sighed knowing there was no way around this, he had to be a man and stick to his word. "Alright, I'm sorry for misunderstanding your words Rita." He said as he was looking in the other direction, not trying to make eye contact.
Rita's smirk grew wider as she gritted her teeth together. Katsu wasn't feeling comfortable with the smirk she was giving him; he knew she was plotting something. "Now seeing as that's out of the way. I want you to do one thing for me before I get you down." She stated.
Katsu raised an eyebrow "And what would that be?" He asked. Rita wasted no time in answering "You're going to be my servant for a whole week." She said. Katsu eyes went completely wide when he heard this "NO WAY!" He shouted. Rita gave him an 'Oh really' expression as she looked at him. "Is that so? Well that's too bad," She said as she started to channel her energy.
This made Katsu a little scared as there was no reason for her to channel energy. "Wait, what are you doing?" He asked. Rita continued to channel her energy as she looked at him "I don't know you tell me Katsu." She stated with an evil smirk. It took Katsu a minute to figure out what she was up too, but once he did the fear crept across his face.
"Wait! Rita, you can't be serious. You're not really about to blast me with a fire ball are you?" Katsu asked as he tried to wiggle free but it was no use. "Let's find out, Katsu." She replied. Katsu knew she was serious, he knew that it was about to be all over. "Alright, Alright! I'll do it, I'll be your servant, just please don't blast me!." He begged. Rita smiled in victory and stopped channeling her energy. "Good boy." She said. Katus sighed looking to the ground knowing that his life was going to be miserable for a whole week 'This is so unfair!' He whined in his thoughts. Once Rita finally let him down the two made their way to the church so they could meet up with everyone else.
Hope you guys liked this one. Plz Review and comment. I left a few cliff hangers in there, who is this Assassin? Why were Nexus Soldiers there? Who were the mysterious man and woman that saved Katsu and Rita. You'll find all that out in the next chapter.