RUNE FACTORY ARENA

Chapter 41

THE PRELUDES

Kaiser Coliseum, Serdia

Battle-1 Day-17

The Legendary Earthmate: Raguna

Versus

The Oracle of the Ages: Sharron

"I know you are a fearsome opponent, Raguna." Sharron said, "I will not hold back as others have."

"You are a strong fighter as well, Sharron." Raguna said, "I was watching Ethelberd's last match... I think you are as strong as him!"

"That's Ethelberd..." Sharron said, "Now... Let's begin!"

"Alright!" Raguna laughed and went into the fray.

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"Let's go!" Sharron yelled and flew (with the aid of magic) towards Raguna,

"Hey! When did you learn to fly?" Raguna asked, "GAH!" he yelled as Sharron kicked him in the gut,

"I doubt an Earthmate could learn!" Sharron yelled, "Star Beam!" she blasted a light spell,

"Woah!" Raguna crashed into the wall, "Damn!"

"Crescent Moon Slicer!" Sharron made a white magic razor, in the shape of the crescent moon, and sent it towards the Earthmate.

"Heyoo!" Raguna jumped over the attack,

"Ha ha!" Sharron laughed as her attack boomeranged back,

"Blitz Faust!" Raguna yelled and surprisingly caught the cutter, "Here! Have it back!" he threw it.

"Ha!" Sharron stopped it midair, then made it dissipate, "You think I'm Ethelbert! I can destroy my own moves!"

"Wow... That's a surprise." Raguna said, "Now! Blitz Faust times two!" he received the power boost and dashed towards her, "Hyah!" he uppercutted,

It was an afterimage.

"Ha ha!" Sharron laughed from behind him, "I love this spell!"

"I don't!" Raguna groaned, "Take this!" he ran, "Earth Power!" he punched the ground in BFx2.

"What!?" Sharron yelled as huge eruptions quaked their way towards her,

CRAKABOOM!

The earth under her exploded and sent her sky high,

"Water Laser!" Raguna shot the concentrated water beam towards a flying Sharron,

"Hah!" Sharron put up her barrier, reflecting the spell back,

"Rah!" Raguna smacked his own attack away, "Nice barrier! You make it yourself?"

"Yes... It reflects magic, unlike the original." Sharron mumbled, "Now... Get ready for this!" she charged a small white ball in her hand, "Comet bomb!" she launched it.

"Blitz Faust times Three!" Raguna yelled and powered up, "Ha!" he kicked the sphere, only to have it explode on impact.

SHEEEWWWBOOOMM!

"Hmph." Sharron grunted as she descended, "Let's see..." she walked to the epicenter of the explosion,

There stood Raguna, completely frozen,

"Success." Sharron mumbled, "Now... Genocide B-"

"HAH!" Raguna yelled as he broke free of his icy prison,

"What!?"

"Blitz Faust time Four!" Raguna yelled, powered up, and then kicked Sharron to the wall.

"AH!" Sharron screamed in pain, but quickly recovered.

"Amazing attack." Raguna said, "I've never seen anything like it."

"I bet you haven't seen anything like this either!" Sharron said, "Galactic Cutter!" she made a full glowing white spiral galaxy, "HAH!" she launched it.

"Uh oh..." Raguna mumbled as the razor disk came rocketing towards him, only moving at the last second. "Ah..." he moaned in pain and touched his cheek, which had a long cut.

"Rats." Sharron grumbled,

"That's incredible..." Raguna said as he wiped the blood off his face, "What kind of magic is that? That's... A new power..."

"It's Cosmic Magic..." Sharron descended, "It's power comes entirely from the stars."

"Isn't that light magic?" Raguna asked,

"No..." Sharron answered, "It's fundamentally similar... But still different."

"I get it... Now... Let's continue." Raguna smiled, "Blitz Faust times five!" he yelled and dashed rapidly,

"WAH!" Sharron screamed as she was punched in the face,

"Take this!" Raguna ran behind her and kicked her spine, "That too!" he smashed her to the ground,

"Rah!" Sharron said as she stood back up, "Star Beam!"

"No way!" Raguna avoided the attack, "Wind Cutter!" he launched the razor,

"Barrier on!" Sharron made the attack reflect back,

"Woah!" Raguna barely avoided it, "Hate that thing! Blitz Faust times 5!" he yelled and ran to punch.

SHWOOM! His fist impacted the barrier,

"Err..." Sharron said, trying to keep her shield from breaking.

"HA!" Raguna yelled and punched through the barrier, shattering it completely, "Take this!" he kicked her, and using the remaining Blitz Faust Power, it was pretty powerful.

"AH!" Sharron screamed, "Die!" she launched an array of elemental spheres towards him,

"Ugh!" Raguna blocked them with his arms, but the explosions kept piling on him,

"Quasar Cannon!" Sharron yelled and fired a big white beam from her hands,

"ARGH!" Raguna said as he was engulfed and entirely exploded in the beam.

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"Ha ha..." Sharron said as Raguna crashed into the ground,

"I'm still not out yet." Raguna groaned and stood up, "BLITZ FAUST TIMES SIX!" he powered up ridiculously and charged and a blinding speed, "RAH!" he kneed Sharron in the gut.

"GAH!"

"Hah!" He punched her gut, "AND TAKE THIS!" he elbowed her gut oncemore.

"HA... Ha..." Sharron gasped for air, "Wah..."

"Burning Bomb!" Raguna yelled and launched a wicked fireball towards the Oracle.

KABOOM!

"Ha... Ha..." Sharron panted as the dust cleared, "Take this! Meteor Storm!" she launched a bunch of Cosmic magic energy blasts,

"Blitz Faust times four!" Raguna yelled and started to smack the little blasts to the sides.

"I got you now!" Sharron said and warped,

"What the?!"

"Hello!" Sharron yelled and then held Raguna in a hug, then whisked away with him.

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"What!?" Raguna said, seeing he was no longer in the arena, but in deep space. "Where am I?" he walked around on what seemed to be an invisible floor, further adding to his confusion.

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"Huh?" the Announcer said, "Where'd they go?"

"I don't know..." the Curator mumbled, and the crowds watched an empty field.

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"Raguna." Sharron called out, "Are you ready to face the fearsome power of my own creation? Cosmic Magic?"

"Not really.." Raguna mumbled, "Where are we?"

"In an alternate dimension made by magic." Sharron said, "It wont last long though... I can't keep it open forever."

"Oh..." Raguna said,

"Now! Get ready!" Sharron said and held her hands up,

"What the?!" Raguna said as a starry copy of Sharron came out of the original, then took its place at the other end.

"I will show you the true power of the Cosmos!" Sharron yelled, her hands were drawing energy from the stars, "Ha!" she cupped her hands in front of her chest and held them close to her heart.

"What is she doing?" Raguna mumbled, "What are they doing?" he yelled, seeing the starry copy of the Oracle was doing the same,

"ASTRAL! POWERRRR!" Sharron screamed and shot out a huge white beam from her hands,

"What!?" Raguna yelled, then turned to see Starry Sharron also shooting out the same beam, "Trapped!" he growled, "BLITZ FAUST TIMES SEVEN!" he yelled and powered up.

The two beams zeroed in on Raguna,

"GAH!" Raguna yelled and tried to hold them back, an arm on each one,

"LET'S FINISH THIS!" Sharron yelled, "HYAH!"

The beams crushed the Earthmate and made a brilliant explosion!

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"Woah!" the Announcer yelled as Raguna rocketed down from a rip in Sharron's cosmic dimension, crashing hard on the arena grounds.

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"I won.." Sharron laughed as she walked over to a beaten Raguna,

"No..." Raguna's raspy voice said, "I am... Not out..." he weakly stood up,

"Impossible!" Sharron yelled in shock, "How could you survive that!?"

"Blitz Faust.." Raguna chuckled, "But I must admit... I could've died! You came so close!"

"You've lived long enough!" Sharron angrily yelled, "Genocide Beam!"

"Blitz Faust times Five!" Raguna used the last of his strengths to power up, then knocked the beam back.

"AH!" Sharron screamed as her own attack hit her, "No! no!"

"Bye!" Raguna said,

"AH!" Sharron's heart exploded, and she collapsed.

"I'm glad that's over..." Raguna mumbled, and also collapsed, but out of sheer exhaustion...

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"Raguna! You make it to the Final Four!" The Announcer cheered, "Congratulations! Now! The Ending match of the Preludes! Camus versus! Guu!"

Synopsis:

Sharron is stronger than all Ragunas under Blitz Faust x4

Raguna is equal to Sharron at BF x5

Raguna owns at BF x6-7