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Chapter 36: Surprise Surprise
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Nova's POV
Jumping back, I leaped away from where Avon's sword smacked into the spot I was in and lifted my machine gun. Taking aim, I brought it into its Second form and fired at Avon's form. A huge blast came from the barrel, heading straight towards the fire wielding Shigai. Seeing her wide eyes, I smirked as the bullet made contact. As I slid against the floor, I drew my arm back as a figure darted out of the smoke from the shot. Immediately swinging it forward, I gritted my teeth as my blade clashed against Avon's. Glancing down, I saw her foot coming up and lowered my other arm, her foot smacking against the gun instead of my stomach.
"What's wrong?" Avon said as she struggled pushing me back, a grin on her lips. "Don't think I can play this game of yours?"
My gaze caught her arm swinging, making me pull away from her as I felt her fingertips barely touch the fabric of my cloak. Landing a good distance away from her, I glared at her through one eye and raised my machine gun. Avon's gaze my own before she chuckled slightly, clenching the hand that almost grabbed my cloak. As soon as she began running to the side, I fired as many rounds as I could, hearing the empty chambers clink on to the floor. Letting the weapon meld back into my arm, I brought out my other katana just as Avon suddenly descended from the air.
"Take this!" She screamed as she slammed her red blade into my crossed katanas, sparks flying through the air. Keeping steady, I slid my blades off at the last second and leaned back as I lashed my foot out. Feeling it hit against metal, I scowled as she shoved me back. Not having time to right myself, I felt a fist collide straight into my stomach, sending me reeling as I bounced against the cold floor.
Gritting my teeth, I took a deep lungful of oxygen as I shot up on to my feet, heading straight for the Shigai. Letting my katanas into its Second form, purple sparks trailed up and down the jagged blades as I ran towards her, my eyes set only on one target. The smirk on her face only fueled to my anger.
"I'm gonna make you pay for you what you did." I growled as we crossed swords once more, this time not even pausing for a second with our attacks. Dodging her fist that lashed out at me, I blocked another slash from below before we held our ground once more.
"Me? What did I do?" Avon inquired innocently, blinking her eyes a few times as she met my gaze. I glared at her, memories of my destroyed home flying back.
"You. Destroyed my hometown. For that, you'll pay with your life." I spat out as I shoved her back and leaped forward, pulling my katanas to the side as I flew by her. Feeling the jagged edges slash into her side, I smirked as I whirled around, my boots squeaking against the floor. Avon hissed at the sight of seeing her own blood as she turned to face me, her red eyes wide anger.
"That was your hometown? Who knew you came from such a pathetic and poor place." She drawled out as a wide smirk appeared on her lips, the issue with her blood gone from her mind. I tightened my grip on my katanas, refusing to succumb to her taunting. It was all an act for me to lose myself. I can't allow that to happen.
"You shut up." I grounded out as my shoulders began to shake from how tight I was clenching my weapons. I widened my eye at her as I willed my Innocence to let my katanas to merge to their Final form. "You don't know anything about that place." I seethed as dark shadows wrapped around the blades of my katanas. Avon's expression piqued with interest as she glanced at my weapons.
"Interesting weapons, sadly I don't know who you are yet. I want to know the person who has an enormous amount of power in their hands." the Shigai said as she narrowed her eyes at me, a smile appearing on her face. "I'd really like to find out, ya know. Say, did you have people precious to you taken away? You seem like the type of person who has experienced all of that."
I lowered my head at her words, the shadows that engulfed my katanas disappearing as black and purple flames covered the blades. The shadows instead swirled around my arms, soon dispating to become black pieces of armor. Lifting my head up slightly, I met her curious gaze once more, still not seeing the recognized look in her eye. As soon as I saw that look of realization, I wouldn't use it. I knew what was at risk if I did. I couldn't afford to use it yet.
"Wow, very impressive. It makes me want to kill you more." Avon whistled as the deadly look returned to her eyes. Suddenly, she grinned as she let loose an enormous wave of power, her red armor bursting into flames at the shoulders, arms and legs. "I suppose I'll have to burn off that cloak then,"
Exploding off of the floor, she zoomed straight towards me. Preparing myself, I tensed as she approached, before leaping into the air to dodge her pointed attack. Flipping over her, I landed on the floor, my back to her. At the same time, we pulled our weapons at each other and clashed on opposite sides, red flames fighting against violet.
"You won't exist after this battle's over. I promise you that." I gritted out as our blades slid across each other, the wall of violet and red flames extinguishing.
"Heh, just watch. You won't see me coming." She countered as she turned to me.
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Avon's POV
I...just don't understand! Why can't I remember who this girl is? I've never seen her weapons before but I feel like I should know her!
Shaking my head at the thought, I met the one eyed gaze of the girl a good distance away from me. Coming at each other at the same time, our weapons met with one another, as we landed blow after blow, not stopping. For some reason, the girl's presence simply infuriated me. I couldn't place it. Why?! I wondered why I could only see one eye from the shadows of her cloak. Just who was she?
"What? Recognize me now?" The girl inquired, as we held each our own ground. I scowled at the sound of her voice, a hazy figure resurfacing in my mind. We pulled away from each other, sliding across the floor.
"You..." I trailed off as I tried to grasp my own words.
"Hm?"
"I...know you from somewhere." I finished as I saw her tilt her head to the side. A faint smile appeared on the girl's lips.
"You just don't know who yet right?" My eyebrow twitched at her voice. The hazy figure in my head not clearing up. I tightened the grip on the hilt of my sword in anger. Flying up into the air, I glanced over at the two walls of fire closing on the red haired man. He seemed to have an irritated look on his face. Facing the girl once more, I looked at the wall behind her and sensed an evil presence on the other side. I was surprised that she hadn't noticed it at all.
Smirking, a plan emerged in my mind. If she dies from the impact, at least I'll get to finally see who she is. Folding my wings in, I shot straight towards her, my arm pulled back. Slamming into her two katanas, I pushed her back, the momentum from my descent adding to the pressure. As the flames from my armor caught on to her cloak, her widened eye met my own, realizing.
"You-" Her words were cut off as I shot out my other hand to wrap around her throat. A small giggle escaped between my lips as I flapped my wings, sending us both towards the wall at high speed.
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Tyki's POV
I must say. It was nice to see this ponytailed man once again. I had to say, it was always a pleasure fighting against him. Dodging his swipes, I bent down and aimed for his side, my combat blade immediately meeting one of his katanas. Shoving him away from me, I smirked as I met his enraged gaze.
"What's wrong? Feeling a bit lonely without Nova by your side?" I teased as I saw his eyes narrow at me in anger. Kanda shot towards me, his jaw clenched as I blocked his attacks with my arm. Summoning Tease, they wrapped around my hand, forming a knife. Instantly lashing out at him, he barely had enough time to dodge as my blade scratched his side.
Stumbling to the side, Kanda paid no mind to the wound that I had inflicted. He simply widened his eyes, what seemed to be a third iris emerging. The two katanas he was holding grew in power, its glow getting brighter. I tilted my head to the side as I observed his weapon, a strangely unique one.
"Why are you still alive? Shouldn't have that old man killed you?" He growled at me as he met my yellow eyed gaze. I narrowed my eyes at him, not completely understand what he was saying.
"I don't remember enncountering an old man..." I trailed off as I gripped the hilt of the knife tightly.
"Fine, then I guess I'll be the one doing the job." Kanda suddenly said in front of me, his arms coming up from below. Having almost no time to react, I moved my head to the side, the blades slashing across my body except for my head. Jumping away from him, I lightly touched the cuts with my fingertips, blood staining my hand. As I met Kanda's gaze, I saw him widen his eyes as my body began to heal itself, steam rising from the closing cuts.
"You'll have to do a lot better than that to kill me," I said as I narrowed my eyes at him, a sinister smile appearing on my lips. I was astonished when Kanda smirked at my offer, getting into an offensive stance.
"I'll kill you as many times as it takes." He growled as he launched himself towards me, moving at a higher speed than before. Trying to follow his movements, I blocked an attack, only to have a slash penetrate my skin. Sparks were flying from blocked attacks and blood was spraying from his blows on to the ground.
Soon I was a bloodied mess, droplets of scarlet blood hitting the floor. However, I grinned at the exorcist's attempts to kill me, my wounds already beginning to heal. Straightening up on to my feet, I tilted my head up, my hair falling back. Lowering my eyes to meet his gaze, I saw the angered look in his eyes. Grinning, I let go of my knife to form another combat blade, attaching itself to my arm.
Appearing behind him for an attack, we landed blow after blow against each other, not pausing for even a second. Slashes upon slashes appeared on both of our bodies, mine healing, but the samurai's not. Pulling away from each other, I watched as Kanda tried to catch his breath, blood staining his exorcist coat. Glancing behind him, I saw his other teammates battling it out fiercly with my Level 3's. They didn't seem to be in as much of a bad shape as their friend over here.
"I suppose I'll have to kill you now." I stated as I met Kanda's furious glare. He gritted his teeth as he fell into another stance, the blood from his wounds seeping through his clothes even faster.
"That's my job." He grounded out as he prepared to attack. I did the same, about to launch myself towards him when a certain rumbling made me pause in my steps. Glancing at the wall to the side, I saw it shake for a few seconds before exploding into a crumbled mess. My opponent stopped in his tracks as he turned towards the commotion that had gone through the wall.
As he and I took in the scene, it seemed like a figure was wrapped in fire, as someone pushed them through the smoke. The two figures that had come from the other side of the wall descended to the floor, slamming into the other side of the wall. As smoke rose from their landing, all fighting paused for a moment as everyone tried to see who had crashed into the battlefield. As soon as I saw her figure, I widened my eyes in surprise.
Avon. Was here? Who's that person in the flames then?
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Kanda's POV
As I stared at the two figures that had flown through the wall, I began to identify the one with the black wings as Avon. However the one under her, I couldn't place. It seemed as though the entire room had gone silent as they observed the two from had suddenly appeared.
"Now...why don't we see who's under here?" Avon sweetly purred as the hand that was around the person's throat pulled away to lift their hood. I noticed that the cloak the person was wearing was covered in flames, and that Avon's armor was completely enveloped by the same flames. Before Avon could reveal who we all wanted to see was, she was suddenly sent flying when a foot slammed into her stomach. As the Shigai picked herself up off of the floor, the figure that was slammed into the wall panted as they took a step forward. With a black armored hand, the person grabbed hold of the burning cloak.
"Heh...I guess I didn't think you'd win so soon," The person muttered under her breath as she yanked the cloak off of her body and threw it
From that point on, everyone in that room excluding her was surprised with shock. There stood before me was the person I wanted to see the most, covered in black armor from her shoulder to hands, an eyepatch across her right eye, and the most determined look in her silver eye. Steam was rising off of her body, burns from the fire from her cloak now beginning to appear on her skin.
"Nova?!" We all called out in astonishment. We all stood frozen at her appearance, unable to make a move. I started to make my way towards her when she turned her head slightly to meet my wide eyed gaze, making me halt in my steps.
"Well well, look who's come back from the dead!" Avon exclaimed as she glared at her angrily. She seemed awfully pissed about something. "I guess that's why I was so infuriated by your existence earlier."
Nova smiled as she glanced over at the other members of our team, meeting their astonished gazes. Slowly, smiles began spreading across their faces, confusion now shifting to happiness. With clenched fists, unable to stop myself anymore, I was dead set on reaching her when a red sword blazing with fire landed in the spot in front of me. Avon.
"Hm, I guess I should've known when you said that was your town huh?" Avon smirked as she summoned her sword into her hand again, disappearing from in front of me.
"So she didn't get killed?" Tyki blurted, causing me to turn my head slightly to meet his gaze. He had a pretty shocked look in his eyes. The Level 3's were getting antsy again, breaking the pause in the fighting. Soon my entire team was back to holding them off, now a new light in their eyes.
With Mugen clenched in my grip, I met Nova's gaze silently. If she knew me well enough, she'd be able to tell how much I just wanted to get over there and kiss her face. Holding each other's gazes for a few more moments, I broke it off when I heard Tyki clear his throat behind me. Turning around to face him, he had another cigarette going already.
"If you don't mind?" He inquired, an eyebrow raised as he gestured to our battle. Smirking, I fully faced him, dropping into an offensive stance. Nova...
Moving at high speed, I exploded off of the ground and shot straight towards the Noah, feeling lighter than before.
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...ergh. How was that? What about that little surprise I laid out for you all hm? Did you all think that was gonna happen? Because I honestly thought that way was beyond epic. :3 lemme know what you think in a review! In the next chapter, both of these battles finally come to an end!
See you all in the next update!