One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.
*SHINE*
"Welcome back, Keiko." Keiko turned into her human form, and responded in kind.
"So whatcha get?"
"Guidance scroll. The skill Guidance allows me to create a path for someone I have mutual trust with to follow."
"So only me?"
"And Tetsu. And possibly Miya, if I can stop her bouncing long enough to execute the stroke."
"…" But whatever Karin was about to say was interrupted by a chubby man with the energy of a Poncle.
"Good day, young lasses! How goes it, hohohoho?" Keiko and Karin had the exact same thought.
"Can I help you?"
"Oh, so sorry, lovely ladies. My name is Yasha. And I was here, investigating the lunar circle over there." The girls looked at the circle.
"That wasn't here when you went underwater."
"It definitely wasn't. Yasha, are you playing us for fools?"
"Nonononono, my beautiful Oina. This is as real as you or me."
"…Can't hurt to look at it, can't it?"
How wrong were we?
"At last, I have you right where I want you!" Yasha, our guide to the lunar circle, transformed with a poof into a demonic fog.
"You. I'll remember that face. Rest assured you will find yourself at the wrong end of my fangs."
"Glad to know you're smart enough to know this isn't when we'll duel. Instead, take this!"
'This' was Mr Sugawara. No, he was King Fury.
"This is going to suck."
"OK, Keiko. I am going to remain here to try and stop the arena from turning us into pancakes. Your job is to stop King Fury from stopping me."
(Understood, Karin. I'll do my best.)
The fight was incredibly basic at first. Just block each and every attack. Well… on paper, maybe. The swoops, magic and speed were actually pretty difficult contenders, had Keiko not been, you know… easily combustible…
King Fury decided that he had enough of Keiko's rampage. He charged up a blow.
"Uh oh. This smells like trouble. Keiko, get me up there. And I need to get there yesterday." She said it so calmly that it hardly seemed an issue. But Keiko did so anyway, and Karin absorbed his attack with her Miko pow- wait, she was flying?
(Karin, I have newfound respect for you.)
"Not now, Keiko." Karin landed back on the ground, and continued to focus on the arena. This was, sadly, a cycle. Except for that one time King Fury duplicated, there wasn't much else to discuss individually. He didn't even have the ending dialogue that was expected.
"…That was shockingly underwhelming."
(All I got was this. I doubt I'll ever use this… Magnatisem… thingy.)
Short and to the point. But at least I'm updating, right?
Really, I've reached the point of new inspiration. Which completely sucks, thanks to my writing styles. I have a fleshed out plan, and ideas for a huge story plan already. And just look at Mystic Amber!
...Yeah, Tale of Two Geniuses has just kinda gone belly up. I hate the feeling of leaving something unfinished, just as I'm sure you hate the feeling of finding something permanently unfinished (Orphaned Series, anyone), but I'm sad to admit... Tale of Two Geniuses was a good concept, but the execution was goddess-awful. Imagine any ending you wish. Benadeel, no-one's stopping you from finishing it yourselves. I won't even blame you for posting your works.
...Leap before you think! ...Sorry, briefly forgot what I was posting.
