This will be the final part of the tag battle! I hope you all enjoy!
July 4, X791
Sakura and Sora were still flying in the sky above Domus Flau.
"Forest…"
Frost finally stood up after the beating she took from Bryant.
"Ice…"
"DRIVE!"
Intense bursts of power emanated from Sakura and Frost as their eyes became draconic.
Sakura's body was being partially enveloped in leaf-like dragon scales and a pink aura surrounded her.
"RAAAAAAAAA!" Sakura yelled as she charged at Sora with a sword made out of cherry blossom petals.
Sora formed his own swords made out of heavenly light and blocked Sakura's strike. The two continued attempting to slash at the other, each attack being subsequently blocked by the other.
Frost's body was partially enveloped in icy dragon scales and surrounded in a white aura. She began delivering a series of swift and powerful punches at Bryant, who covered his stomach, torso and face in iron armor and just stood there thinking that he wouldn't feel a thing.
"Hah!" He laughed. "You th-OOF!"
As he heaved from the blow, he saw that a chunk of his armor had broken off and around the new chink was frozen steel. Her fist had managed to break through his armor and strike his flesh.
*She actually broke through?!* Bryant thought.
Bryant finally fought back and he and Frost started trading fists. Neither of them had successfully landed a single blow as their fists kept meeting whenever one was thrown out. He noticed that even with his steel-covered fists, her hands weren't wearing down much.
*Whatever she just did, it shot her power through the roof!* He thought.
"Ice Dragon…" Frost's fists became surrounded in ice. "Double Barrel!"
Frost slammed her two fists against Bryant, breaking through his onslaught, completely shattering his armor and sending him flying into the other side of the metal cage.
"Frost finally has an offensive lead against Bryant!" Chapati shouted into the microphone. "What a comeback!"
Sakura and Sora continued clashing their blades above the stadium. Sora swung both swords at Sakura's with all of his might and when they met, Sakura's petal sword broke apart and the petals were scattered between them. At first, Sakura was shocked that her blade was destroyed, but then smirked. Suddenly, more petals came in and joined the ones between the combatants. Once there were enough of them, the cherry blossom petals formed a whirlwind around Sora, obscuring his vision and keeping him trapped. He tried to cut through it, but there were so many of them and swirling around him so fast that it was futile and pointless.
*I'd curse right now, but then I would lose my Take-Over for a while.* Sora thought.
"Forest Dragon Talon!"
Before Sora even knew what hit him, Sakura burst through the vortex with her foot surrounded in cherry blossom petals and kicked Sora in his bull-shaped. He was knocked out of the vortex and sent hurling into the hole in the ground.
Just as Bryant was about to launch his counterattack against Frost, Sora came crashing down through the cage and on top of him, resulting in an explosion of dust and debris the briefly blinded Frost. Just as it cleared and she could see again, Sakura came flying down and dissipated her wings upon landing.
"Since when could you fly?!" Frost asked.
"Just a few minutes ago." Sakura answered. "Wanna finish this in stlye?"
"Hell yeah!" Frost cracked her knuckles.
The scales on their bodies began covering more of their skin and they emanated more magic power.
"DRAGON FORCE!"
"Dragon Slayer Secret Art: Holy Hail Swords!"
Frost summoned a flurry of ice swords down on the pile that contained Sora and Bryant.
"Dragon Slayer Secret Art…" Sakura formed two large swords out of cherry blossom petals and charged at the two men. "Dancing Spring Blades!"
Sakura repeatedly slashed at Sora and Bryant while they were downed with elegant, beautiful motion without letting up for a moment. Once everything around them was surrounded in a gust of petals, they burst as Sakura was in a finishing stance and the two men were sent flying into the cavern walls, completely unconscious and their bodies reverted to their normal states. The iron cage they were in began to fall apart and crumble with its caster unable to maintain its form.
"Phoenix Dawn's dragon ladies clutch a victory from the male Valkyries!" Chapati shouted into the microphone. "That was a spectacle of a fight!"
"Noshing lesh exshpected." Yajima commented.
"That concludes today's Grand Magic Games!" Chapati announced. "Tomorrow is a day off for our wizards, so come back the following day for the exciting finals! With so many powerful guilds this year, the wait will certainly be excruciating!"
The current rankings were as followed:
Fairy Tail 52P
Phoenix Dawn 50P
White Valkyrie 48P
Sabertooth 46P
Lamia Scale 43P
Mermaid Heel 23P
Blue Pegasus 20P
Later that night at the inn where White Valkyrie was staying, Sora and Bryant were bandaged up like mummies and lying on their respective beds as Leah was checking her bow for maintenance while sitting in a nearby chair.
"Those ladies certainly did a number on you two." Leah said. "Whatever happens during the finals, let's hope neither of you have to face them again."
"Just you wait and see!" Bryant's muffled shouting could be heard clearly through the bandages.
"Well, the doctors said you'll be able to participate in the finals, so that's good." Leah said.
"We can still come back from this." Kara said as she entered the room. "We're only in third place and ahead of Sabertooth. As long as we are ahead of them, then we have accomplished our goal. Should we fall behind… I know that you all did your best, and that's good enough for us."
"Hell yeah-!" Bryant raised his arm which agitated his fractured limb. "OW!"
Leah sighed in exasperation at Bryant's stupidity as Kara lightly chuckled.
Aqua was still lying on her bed in the infirmary, staring blankly at the ceiling as if she was in some sort of trance.
"Aqua, how are you doing?" Jayden asked as he entered.
She didn't even acknowledge his existence and continued staring directly at the ceiling. Jayden pulled out a chair to the side of the bed and sat down.
*I wonder if I should tell her that we found her arm…* He thought.
(Flashback)
Spiral and Hikari were walking about Crocus when they heard a child panicking around some other kids.
"It's true!" The child shouted. "I saw a human arm in Mercurius!"
Spiral and Hikari looked at each other as they thought the exact same thing.
"Aqua's arm." They said in unison.
(End Flashback)
*It's too late to sew it back on…* Jayden thought before speaking. "Good news! Sakura and Frost won today's battle and we're in second place behind Fairy Tail! Isn't that great?"
Aqua said and did nothing.
"Look…" Jayden said. "I know you haven't exactly been friendly the last few days… and I learned a few new words from Sakura because of it… which ended up in me nearly getting charred to death by Master Blaise… The point I'm trying to make is that you didn't deserve this. You're my friend, so if you want payback on your asshole brother, just let me know."
"Why do you have to be such a knight in shining armor? It makes me want to puke."
Jayden turned around and saw Kyrin walking into the room.
"Let's just say I don't like people suffering." Jayden replied. "I know what it's like; true to its name. You wanna fight or something?"
"You have a clear advantage against me, so I'll have to deny that challenge." Kyrin answered. "Besides, I already had my jaw broken earlier today."
*I'd be happy to break it again.* He thought just as he was readying his fist without raising it.
"Jayden, no!"
Jayden looked back at Aqua to see her sitting up, struggling to prop herself with her left arm.
"I appreciate what you're trying to do, but…" Aqua started leering at Kyrin.
From her bandaged stubble, a stream of water shot out and zipped past Kyrin's head in an instant. It was so much of a blur that the only thing Jayden noticed was that Kyrin was now holding onto his left ear as blood was trickling through his fingers. Jayden looked down at the floor to see an ear sitting in a puddle of blood and finally put two and two together.
"You stupid bitch!" Kyrin growled as he picked up his ear and ran out of the infirmary.
Jayden looked back at Aqua, who now lost her aggressive demeanor and lied back down on the bed.
"I'm sorry you had to see that, Jayden." Aqua said. "I just wanted to give him a taste of his own medicine… Too bad I missed…"
"Yeesh, where were ya aiming?" Jayden asked somewhat rhetorically. "Anyway, how did you do that with your arm?"
"My magic can do anything with water. Just as you came in here, I started getting ideas about how I could still fight without the use of my right arm. So I thought I could just make an arm out of water."
"That's some creativity you've got there."
"I appreciate your concern for me, but if anyone's going to get back at Kyrin it should be me."
"Do you need anything else?"
"No thank you."
"All right… But before I go, I see I've rubbed off on ya."
"Huh?"
"I'll see you tomorrow." Jayden left the infirmary.
"What did he…"
Aqua felt a chill around her body and looked at her chest to see that she was completely naked, prompting her to blush, grab the blanket with her left hand and cover her body with it.
Jayden arrived at the Greedy Mimic to see all of his guild mates celebrating the day's victories. Spiral and Sakura came up to him upon entering.
"How's Aqua doing?" Spiral inquired.
"She's holding up better now." Jayden answered. "Physically and emotionally. On a side note, her chest is good, but Kagura's is better."
"Ch-chest?!" Spiral blushed.
"When did you become a pervert?!" Sakura slapped Jayden across the face. "And if you bring up how small I am again, I'll punch your head off!"
"I didn't even mention you!" Jayden pointed out. "And I just did what I felt like I had to."
"Sounds like our boy Jayden has finally become a man." Tristan came walking by while carrying a half-full mug of ale. "It's only a matter of time before he takes that lovely lady and starts giving her the night of a lifetime. If only Spiral could grow up that fast."
"I-I don't want a relationship based on sex!" Spiral shouted as he continued to blush. "I think you had too much to drink, Tristan!"
"Once you and Hikari finally bang each other, neither of you are going to get enough." Tristan resumed his slurring. "She clearly wants you in every way imaginable. You two are going to have so much sex, you'll be having kids every year."
"Could someone please get him away from me?" Spiral asked out loud. "He's making me uncomfortable!"
"Awwww, looks like someone's shy…" Tristan said before falling onto the floor and passing out.
"… I'll take that." Spiral said.
"Hey, where are the Phoenix Dragon Slayers?" A gravelly voice spoke from behind Jayden.
"Gajeel, Natsu, fellow flat-chest…" Sakura reacted.
Behind Jayden were Natsu, Gray, Lucy, Erza, Gajeel and Wendy, the last of whom was somewhat irritated by Sakura's comment.
"Please don't call me that!" Wendy whined.
"Hey, Frost!" Jayden called out. "Fairy Tail has something to say to us."
"Actually, it's something I have to SHOW you." Gajeel clarified.
"Huh?" Spiral, Sakura and Jayden were suddenly curious.
A/N: I'm really sorry this chapter took so long. I've just been distracted by a lot of games. Another user wanted me to make this a three-parter, but it would have had a lot of filler and I don't have the energy for it.
Anyway, if any of you are gamers like me, you've probably heard a lot of censorship issues in gaming news. Xenoblade Chronicles X had its custom bust size for the female avatar removed for NA and EU releases (now I can't recreate Momo!) and Street Fighter V practically removed a character's animation. What pisses me off about these is that there's no reason for it! They'd both be rated T either way and that SF character is a wrestler, she's supposed to be over the top! There are people who are boycotting those games because of the censorship which I think is even stupider than the censorship choices. I know they want to make a stand against censors, but a majority of people are still going to buy the games regardless because of their gameplay and modes. I'm one of those people. I'm really excited for both of those games and have them pre-ordered and I highly recommend getting them when they come out. And here's a petition to convince Nintendo otherwise.
p/nintendo-put-the-breast-adjustment-option-back-in-xenoblade-chronicles-x
Another thing is that Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 won't be releasing outside of Asia because of those annoying SJWs and that it won't sell well. I'm indifferent on whether if I want to play it as I've never played any of them, but I signed petitions just for the hell of it (I love the fighting games, by the way). The Xtreme games are proven to have sold better in US than in Japan. Personally, I do find the series' ladies physically attractive, but I only really care about the ones who have attractive personalities (If you know the characters, my favorites are Honoka, Momiji, Kokoro, Kasumi and Nyotengu). In my opinion, a character can be sexualized as long as there are non-physical aspects that can be considered attractive, interesting or likeable. I also love looking at their eyes in DOA5 than any other part of their body, even though I'll still ogle the bodies. I'm indifferent on Xtreme 3, but what happened pisses me off. Go onto with the following link and sign the petition to get the games over here if you want, if anything just to make a stand against SJWs and Tecmo. Actually, what escalated from there is kind of hilarious so I recommend checking out all of the news articles on the topic of the game's localization and Play-Asia (who are selling the Asian version which will have an English text option).
p/koei-tecmo-bring-dead-or-alive-xtreme-3-to-the-west?recruiter=333197059&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=share_twitter_responsive
Sorry for the long-winded rant, but I needed to express my thoughts on those occurrences. Feel free to express your thoughts on the matter in your review as long as you also comment on the chapter. I once had a review that only focused on what I talked about and not once mentioned the story or the chapter and that really bugs me when people do that. Anyway, I do hope you enjoyed the chapter. Stay tuned for next time!
