(A New Fate and a continuation of the current situation that is in front of us, let us see where this path takes us.)
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Fate 23
Previously on Canon Distortion
Sora Minakaze, wanting the cooperation of the Otsu four, fought against three of the Otsu Four in what seemed to be a test of his strength. When he was overwhelmed, he pushed himself to the point he was able to awaken the blue light inside him to reawaken the Otsu four's memories of him. Just before they were able to render their aid to him however, Meifang Lapislazuli showed up and decided to crash the party in the process.
And now, the continuation of Canon Distortion.
"Well look at what the cat dragged in… four little rats and their little accomplices." Meifang commented as Bullet, Makoto and Zhang Pi had made their way towards the main group of Sora, Tetsu, Sofia and Vlad at the arena floor. NOL soldiers had surrounded them and was making sure that their escape options were limited. "And what's this? Do my little eyes spy a lieutenant Makoto Nanaya in their midst?" Meifang said as Makoto tensed her fists at that moment.
"It looks like our intel about you being a little traitor rat were true. Looks like my job is made much easier now." Meifang commented as she grinned at how favored she was in this situation. "To think we would meet the sadist of the Zero Squadron here of all places." Tetsu said as Sora scratched the back of his head. "Yeah I agree. She's going to be a really big issue to deal with." Sora added as Sofia decided to be the first one to say something.
"What the fuck do you want with us huh!? Are you here just to fuck with us!?" Sofia shouted as Meifang grinned upon hearing that. "Oh little Sofia, that mouth of yours is as foul as your father was. I won't miss wiping you and your little posse out." Meifang said as Zhang Pi placed a finger on her chin. "Are you sure you should be wiping out delegates to the first free city of Otsu? Wouldn't that cause a lot of problems for you at the NOL?" Zhang Pi questioned.
"Oh of course… But if the newspapers say that the Otsu Four died in a freak wine tasting incident, nobody would be the wiser as the world as to respect what the NOL has to say. And we have good writers too." Meifang explained as that made Zhang Pi take a deep breath. "Looks like our diplomatic immunity doesn't work on the Zero Squadron guys." Zhang Pi said as the rest of the Otsu four and Bullet sighed upon hearing that.
Makoto in all of this looked at the group and noticed that Sora was slowly reaching his hand towards the gun in his holster, ready to fire a bullet right at Meifang at that very moment. She had always known that Sora was never the type to wait for someone to finish speaking, preferring to attack while someone is distracted with their big speech. Makoto knew that in Sora's head, he was getting ready for them to make a getaway while he holds her back.
At that moment, Sora noticed that Makoto had noticed what he was about to do. He also realized that Makoto had figured out what he wanted to do and now his mind was wondering if he should continue to commit to his plan or allow Makoto to follow his lead. Before he would have made sure that Makoto would have left along with the others but seeing her growth had made him feel much more willing to let her assist.
"Indeed it doesn't. Now if you all would be good…" Before Meifang could finish her sentence, Sora drawed his gun from the holster and fired quickly at Meifang. Meifang felt a bullet strike her where her heart was but thanks to her enhancements and Painkiller, she was able to reduce the damage to nothing but a mere strike as Makoto immediately charged in and delivered two blows right at Meifang, one at her temple and one at her chin, both attempting to knock her out before the battle starts.
As Meifang crashed to the ground, the NOL soldiers reacted by pulling their guns to try and shoot Makoto down. Sora, no longer having to hold back the truth from the Otsu Four, quickly sent a Black Beast head to protect Makoto, the beast devouring Makoto in it's mouth to shield her from various Ars Magus spells cast upon her. As soon as the barrage ended, Makoto emerged from the mouth, rushing to deliver a rapid and hasty blows right into the soldiers, knocking all of them out with one strike.
Meifang however was not downed as she immediately went for Makoto, seeing that she was her closer target but Sora would not let her have her way, firing a bullet that forced Meifang to block with her arm before dodging the rest of Sora's volley, allowing him to jump in front of Makoto at that very moment. "Did you know it's rude for someone to pull a gun on a person and shoot them while they are in the middle of saying something?" Meifang questioned.
"Do I look like I really care about how you feel right now?" Sora said as Meifang couldn't help but be intrigued by the man in front of her. "Tell me your name, so I can remember the indignant ass who dared challenge me as I hang your ass out to dry." Meifang said as Sora looked at Makoto at that moment before deciding to speak to Meifang what was on his mind. "...And why should I tell you my name when you are just planning on killing me anyways? I bet that I would probably be forgotten by you by the next day." Sora said as Makoto couldn't help but nod her head at that.
"Oh so my reputation goes as far that nobodies like you know all about me? How quaint." Meifang said as Sora looked confused at that statement. "But you are right… I have no interest in learning the name of a nobody, especially one that rudely decided that attacking me is their best choice over the obvious threats in the room." Meifang said as Sora closed his eyes and shook his head at that statement.
"If that's a vain attempt to convince me that the Otsu Four are my enemies over you, I am sorry to say that I am not interested in anything you are trying to peddle my way." Sora said as he pointed his gun towards Meifang once again. "The only thing I am interested in is making sure you don't go anywhere." Sora said as Meifang grinned a bit. "Oh how cute… but you know, there is one thing I am interested in. that thing you made…" Meifang questioned as Sora knew she was going to ask more questions and wanted to shoot her so badly but decided against doing so as he knew he could use it to his advantage.
"Interested in my Black Beast huh?.. Well then answer me this, Are you one of this world's chosen?" Sora questioned as Makoto realized that Sora had a good point in asking his question. "A chosen huh?.. that is what that lady said I was no? I see… there is more than one chosen one huh…" Meifang said as Sora couldn't believe what he had just heard. "So you have a wish that the Master Unit deems is fit for being granted? I cannot believe what I am hearing…" Sora said, unsure how to process what he had just heard.
"I do not care what you think. As long as I am able to be granted my wish, I shall gladly dip my fingers into the abyss to do so." Meifang said as Sora couldn't help but notice a small thing hide itself behind Meifang's back. "Meifanggg… Can we play already?" The thing questioned, obscured by a cloak as Meifang grinned. "Why of course, there's a lot of people for you lot to play with. And besides, these NOL soldiers are not going to cut it." Meifang said as the figure let out a happy cheer, tossing their cloak out in the process.
The moment the figure revealed their appearance, everyone could not help but feel unnerved by what they were looking. This person wore black clothes that barely clothed them and their black hair was cut to a bob. Sora couldn't help but notice how their cape was arranged in such a way they resembled wings when fully spread out as this person simply giggled in joy, they long claw like hands pressing all over their face. "Oooohhh I cannot wait to break these toys in front of us… especially that white haired one with the Bladed Motorcycle." The person said as Sora struggled to identify if they were a he or she with their appearance.
"Oh please do so Fuzzy. But do leave the squirrel woman to me. She and I have a lot of personal history with each other." Meifang said as the person known as Fuzzy grinned their purple magenta like eyes focused on Sora before diving right for him. Sora, without any kind of hesitation towards the person in front of him, immediately revved the Rev Blade, making it howl. "Sorry kid, Not interested in you." Sora said. "ENHANCED GEAR!"
As Fuzzy got closer to Sora, they dove in without any fear in their eyes. They were confident that whatever attack Sora would throw their way, they would be able to take the hit and deliver a counter attack that would easily defeat this white haired man. Sora however did not hold back hitting them even though they looked like a child. Slashing with a force that caught Fuzzy off guard, Sora sliced Fuzzy right down the middle as everyone was shocked by the attack Sora had launched and how Fuzzy did nothing to try and dodge the obvious danger that was in front of them.
"...Well… Shit." Sora said as he realized that he had, whether it was accidental or intentional, claimed a life for the first time in a long time. Taking a deep breath, Sora was no stranger to killing people but he needed some time to compose himself as it had been a while since he had commited the deed. "Wow! Nobody's had that much power to kill us in one shot!" Fuzzy said as this alarmed everyone upon hearing the voice of the clearly deceased person that was behind Sora.
"It looks like I don't need to hold back my strength or numbers against someone like you!" Fuzzy continued as Sora immediately turned around after sensing blood lust come his way, slashing and instantly claiming the life of another person yet again. Sora was able to see that the person he had just killed was the same person he had just killed a few seconds ago as soon Sora leapt out of the way as various black orbs smashed the ground where he stood, consuming everything it had struck.
"So if you don't mind… Let's play with each other!" Fuzzy said as Sora looked towards the sky and saw Fuzzy… or rather an army of people that looked similar to the two people that he had just killed flying in the air as everyone couldn't help but stare at the sight in front of them. "What the hell am I looking at?!" Sofia shouted, having to express what she was looking and nobody was blaming her for the horror that was in front of her, everyone would be reacting the same way to the situation in front of them as Makoto herself now knew that the bad feeling she had before was now becoming even worse.
"If you ask me. A bad hangover." Vlad said as he pulled out his sniper rifle and fired a shot right at one of the fuzzies, shooting them at the head and causing them to crash to the ground. Tetsu threw a bunch of screws in the air, assuming a slashing pose and slashed at them, causing them to scatter and fire metal bullets right towards a few fuzzies, prompting them to make evasive action to avoid being hit.
Two of the fuzzies charged right for Sora, one high and one low. Sora would have hesitated trying to go for the kill on these guys but if they were basically copies of the same individual, then any hesitation about killing them will be thrown out of the window. To hit the two of them, Sora jumped higher than the one trying to attack him from above, getting higher than the both of them as they both lined up nicely as he skewered the two right in the head, severing them from their bodies as Sora realized the danger these fuzzies were as more began to try and swarm him.
"Makoto! I need to deal with these weirdoes! Can you handle Meifang!?" Sora shouted as Makoto felt something beat on her chest as she realized that Sora had given her something important to do. That made her warm up inside as that told her that Sora was growing to depend on her and now it was her turn to respond to that trust. Without any hesitation, she charged right for Meifang as Sora smiled and turned his head towards the Otsu Four and Bullet.
"Everyone! We need to get to tighter ground! We can't let these guys use their wings to surround us!" Sora shouted as the Otsu Four and Bullet nodded their heads upon hearing him say that, deciding to follow his lead as they followed him. "Hey! Wait for us!" The fuzzies cried out as they chased after the group. Sora could only snag a glimpse of Makoto as he knew he had given her a hard task but after seeing her handle herself against the great sage Nine, he felt that she would be able to handle someone like Meifang Lapislazuli.
"Godspeed Makoto." Sora simply said as it was loud enough for Makoto to hear through the sounds of the Fuzzies crying out for their prey to stay still. Soon, the arena was left empty for both Makoto and Meifang as Meifang grinned right at Makoto. "So… it's just me and you now Miss Meifang." Makoto said as Meifang nodded her head. "Indeed we are… But I need to ask you something. Are you really Lieutenant Makoto Nanaya?" Meifang questioned.
"Your name is there and my memory of you is correct to the information the colonel gave me… but I can sense that certain details are starting to fade from my memory." Meifang questioned as Makoto couldn't help but raise her eyes upon realizing that statement. 'Is...Is the effects of Balmung now starting to kick in?' Makoto questioned as the word colonel made Makoto feel a chill crawl down her neck. She did not have much time to question what is going on as Meifang came in with a kick that would have easily severed her head with a single kick.
"So if you don't mind… I am going to use this fight to confirm some things with you… Makoto Nanaya." Meifang said as Makoto immediately ducked her head low to dodge the strike, retaliating with a punch right for Meifang's chin but Meifang simply tanked the hit, feeling the full brunt of Makoto's strike as she smiled. "Not bad… My turn." Meifang said as she grabbed Makoto's arm and tried to break her arm at that moment.
Makoto could feel her bones about to snap in an unnatural angle. This forced her to immediately activate Balmung if she wanted to avoid such a fate as Meifang felt her hands vanish right past Makoto's arm, causing her to lose balance as Makoto was quick to deliver a punch right into Meifang's gut with her new arm, sending her flying towards a grape tree and snapping it in two. This did not negate the pain she felt coursing through her arm but it was still usable at that moment.
"A neat trick. That will only work once!" Meifang shouted as Makoto gritted her teeth and immediately raised her arms to block Meifang's next kick. The pain she felt from that kick followed by the previous pain before caused all the nerves in Makoto's body to scream, wanting to give out on her at that moment but she simply gritted her teeth, bearing through the pain she felt as Makoto wrapped her right arm around Meifang's leg and in a swift motion, managed to slip her off her feet at that moment.
Meifang at that moment wrapped her legs around Makoto's own legs, making sure that if she was falling, she was taking Makoto with her along with her arm as she was determined to break her arm before she could use it for any meaningful kind of combat. As Makoto felt her body fall to the ground along with Meifang, she grabbed her arm and with newfound strength, lifted Meifang right above her head, making sure she swung with enough force that Meifang would be unable to grab her head as she delivered a powerbomb hard enough to break Meifang's grip on her even with her reduced sense of pain.
"You know. I am starting to think you are a pain in the ass to fight Miss Sadist!" Makoto yelled as Meifang simply grinned upon hearing that statement, taking what Makoto had said as a compliment as she knew that her memories of the woman in front of her match. "… So you are the Makoto Nanaya that I remember seeing in Kagutsuchi and Otsu." Meifang said as Makoto couldn't help but sigh upon hearing that answer. "Oh that's good for you, do you want a medal?" Makoto questioned as Meifang chuckled upon hearing this response.
"There's no need for medals for me. I have had a lot of medals in my timeline and I simply do not care for them anymore." Meifang said, giving her response to Makoto's choice words as Makoto began to sense that Meifang was interested in her for more than one reason. Standing back up and patting the dust that had collected on her shoulder, Meifang looked at Makoto with a sharpened look on her eyes. "I just need to see what Relius meant by your power."
The moment that Makoto heard the name Relius come out of Meifang's lips, she couldn't help but feel the chill that she had felt grow even further. She did not know how to feel about the fact that Relius Clover of all people was letting people know about her… let alone still remembering her somehow. If there was one person she could have had any memory about her wiped, it would be the creepy puppet man who wears a creepy mask most of the time.
Without even saying another word, Meifang dashed right for Makoto, sending chills down her spine. Makoto tried to raise her arm to block but immediately felt a pain hit her by her side as she saw blood spill out an open wound near her side. Makoto immediately realized that Meifang had used some kind of ranged Ars Magus to hit her and the pain was enough for her to be distracted by what she had just felt.
"Whatever you did requires you to be able to see what is going to happen next Am I right?" Meifang guessed as Makoto quickly turned her head around to face where she had heard Meifang's voice only to see nothing. "Let's see how well you can attack if you don't see anything at all." Meifang continued as she felt Meifang's arms wrap around her neck. The feeling that Makoto felt as soon as Meifang applied a tight choke told her that Meifang was trying to choke her out
Makoto did not Balmung to know that if Meifang took her to the ground she would be dead on the spot. She then saw two possibilities open in front of her as she remembered what Sora had taught her and waited for Meifang to take one of these paths. 'As long as she takes one path, that's one other path your opponent would have skipped.' Sora's words ringed as she felt Meifang's legs wrap around her back, leaning her back to drop her to the ground.
Meifang was executing a textbook triangle choke takedown. A few seconds was all she needed to take down a person and a few seconds after unconsciousness would be death. Normally that would be it as the person would crash with her to the ground with proper technique, they would be knocked out. This time however was different as she felt herself fall but she was the only one falling as she could feel Makoto slowly phase through her arms and legs, as if she was losing tangibility trying to choke her.
Makoto meanwhile had seen this possibility happen in front of her. The other possibility she had seen was lost but in it's place was the possibility she needed to happen. As Meifang slipped past her, Makoto was immediately snapped into position for her possibility to take place, bones snapping and resnapping back in place as she felt the urge to die at that moment hit her but she held strong. Placing Meifang's ass on her shoulders and grabbing Meifang's hips, Meifang only had a second to realize that she had been countered before Makoto delivered a strong smash to her head on brick and concrete, cracking the ground in the process.
Makoto did not waste time holding the pose, knowing the danger a woman like Meifang brings. Getting off Meifang, Makoto immediately jumped into the air and with the combined height and force, she smashed her fist right onto Meifang's temple. Makoto hoped that even with her immense durability, all the damage she had been doing to this woman's head would be enough for her to eventually knock her out.
That did not happen as she felt her arm get grabbed, a tight grip forming in the process as blood dripped down Meifang's smiling face. Wrapping her legs around Makoto's punching arm. Makoto immediately knew that Meifang's intention was to pull her towards the ground and she did not have enough time to stabilize herself as immediately she knew that there was two things Meifang could do, both would be fight ending if the last few were not fight ending.
The first one would be pulling her towards the ground and snapping her arm, rendering her remaining normal arm useless but the other possibility was Meifang instead wrapping her thighs around her neck, completing another triangle choke in the process. Makoto knew that regardless which Meifang picked, both options were going to suck but the first one would not be as bad… it would just involve her doing something that Sora told her not to do in any circumstance unless absolutely necessary and already it was coming to that point. She just needed Meifang to do what she was thinking yet again.
Meifang meanwhile had a choice in front of her. She could obviously go for the choke hold again but after seeing her previous attempt fail the way it did, doubt had managed to creep it's way to the back of her mind. She knew the risk repeating the action she did would bring against such an unusual ability and the safer option in front of her was already present. Besides even if this ability did give Makoto the ability to faze right through her, all she needed to do was disable her options and that would make handling this squirrel ghost girl much easier for her in the long run.
In a split second, Makoto felt a bone in her arm snap as she screamed as loud as she could. The pain she felt coure through her veins and mind was overwhelming as Meifang was not done, further amplifying the damage by snapping more of Makoto's arm to bit, making Makoto screamed even more as she then dislocated Makoto's entire arm in the process, completely and utterly destroying Makoto's farm to the point that Makoto could no longer feel any sensation in her arm as Meifang kicked her hard on her face, sending her flying.
"Looks like your fancy trick doesn't require any kind of vision to see what happens. But with only one arm you are done for!" Meifang said as Makoto got to her feet, seeing Meifang jumping right towards her with her fist ready to make contact. Meifang was confident that she struck fast enough for Makoto to be unable to respond to her attack and with her broken arm, she would be forced to respond with her other arm and that will allow her to break her other arm without much effort.
At that moment, Meifang' knew that her fist was going to reach faster than Makoto's, she not only had the range, speed and advantage but with her opponent was disabled, there was no way that Makoto could respond faster than she could attack. That was why when she felt a fist land on her face with force Meifang couldn't help but feel a strange sensation hit her. If she had to describe it, it was as if she had been hit by a car from her blind spot without any warning and was now only registering the impact.
'What had hit me?' Was the thought that Meifang had as her eyes scanned as much as they could to find the culprit as her face continued to turn along with the fist. Time had slowed down for her as she did not expect this at all while in reality she went flying rapidly towards a bunch vineyards. Makoto panted greatly as she looked at her broken arm, now fixed back together as if it had never been broken in the first place and a smaller version of her astral fist had manifested over it.
'If you are crazy, you can always picture a possibility that your arm was never broken in the first place. That will definitely catch a person off guard when they think they got you.' Sora had explained to her in the past as Makoto looked at her arm as the astral fist disappeared from it. 'The only warning I am going to give you right now is this. You will feel like hell soon after. I can do it because I have done it so many times I think the nerves of my body are all fried at this point. You are still new are this so your nerves are going to still be very much alive.'
As if on cue, remembering Sora's words. Excruciating pain overwhelmed Makoto. She gripped her reformed arm tightly as she immediately felt her bones painfully refuse and snap back to place. The joints of her arms clicked back into place like very painful block pieces as she absolutely felt a rush of pain that she had to immediately quell by smashing her arm right on the hard surface, hoping that pain meeting with pain would counter act it. However it did not as she simply screamed even more in pain as her arm, no her entire body was simply on fire.
If she had something like the Ars Magus of Painkiller she could have nulified the pain to be so much bearable but she did not so she had to feel every single inch of her body light up on fire. Makoto then felt another sensation strike her as she immediately forced herself through it, using Balmung to retaliate with a punch from her pained arm as she could feel her nerves wanting to die. 'If I have to kill my nerves to do this then I will fucking do it!' Makoto thought as Meifang and Makoto were sent flying from their respective blows, sliding across the ground in the process.
Both women couldn't help but pant quite a bit. Both had managed to do substantial damage to each other and both were recovering from the blows each other had inflicted. Makoto, despite the unbearable pain and suffering she felt was the first up to her feet as Meifang took her time to do so. "Amazing...your new power… it's truly that of a gods." Meifang commented as Makoto couldn't help but raise an eyebrow upon hearing that despite the immense pain she was in at that moment.
Makoto: A god? Have you gone crazy on me?
Meifang: I think you are the one who has lost their grip on sanity. How can you just look at the power you have right now and simply say that I am the crazy one here. You are here manipulating the very fabric of the world aren't you.
Makoto:… and what if I am? That's not relevant to the current fight we are in right now.
Meifang: Oh but it very much is! This power to change one's fate, to the point one is able to undo the damage they have suffered from broken bones and fight as if nothing had happened. Don't you dare that you now have the power of god in your very fingertips. Relius Clover was right about you, you really have become something quite different from us.
Makoto:… I am still myself, regardless of what I can do now. Don't you dare try to say I am some god.
"The arrogance of this woman! Claiming that you are human while you clearly possess power that nobody should ever be given! Then why even have this power in the first place when you are not going to even use it to gain the fate you wish!?" Meifang shouted, wanting to understand the rational of Makoto's logic. "That's because this power is not for me to become god! I gained this power to save the one I love dammit!" Makoto shouted as Meifang couldn't help but raise her eyebrow upon hearing that.
"Save someone you love?" Meifang questioned as Makoto was starting to feel her head get lightheaded due to the amount of pain she was feeling course throughout her body. "Yeah! And I will continue to fight for the one I love for the rest of my damn life!" Makoto yelled as she charged right towards Meifang, deciding that she should be the one to be on the offense now. Meifang however ignored what Makoto was doing as her thought instead went towards what Makoto had said instead.
"… You think you are the only one huh?.." Meifang said, Makoto hearing it through her sensitive ears as she felt her fist clash with Meifang's kick. Both attacks repelled each other as Makoto shook her wrist, the pain she had been feeling was now subsiding as her focus was now returning to her. "You say you only gained power for your loved one but isn't that reason enough to have power!? Because you are powerless to protect anyone!?" Meifang accused as Makoto was not sure how to take her words at that.
At that moment, Meifang thrusted her fingers right for Makoto's abdoment with the intent of skewering Makoto. Makoto at that moment slipped to her side but just enough for her to catch Meifang's thrusting arm and held it in place. "You are speaking as if you have lost someone before." Makoto said as Meifang couldn't help but feel annoyed upon hearing that statement, smacking Makoto off by using a headbutt as Meifang's normal smile was not present on her face, a scowl instead being present on her face.
"And that is none of your business to learn. We are enemies, plain and simple." Meifang said, displaying a look of hostility towards Makoto that confused her. Makoto told her the truth of the new power she had but that seemed to have made Meifang angry. "I am not asking you to be my friend, I am just telling you the truth about my strength." Makoto said as Meifang's face continued to remain a scowl that suggested a newfound hatred in them.
"And I am not intersted if that is the truth or not. You refuse to acknowledge that you have become a god and you are trying to say that you are still human." Meifang said as she did not give Makoto a chance to respond, delivering a kick that was aimed to behead Makoto. Makoto retaliated by grabbing the offending leg and sweeping Meifang off her feet. Meifang immediately retaliated by placing her hands on the ground, stopping her from falling as she used her immense strength of her body to toss Makoto over her shoulder, sending her flying in the air.
"So be content dying like a weakling!" Meifang yelled as she fired several ars magus magic bullets from her fingers towards Makoto. Each one had enough power to eviscerate through Makoto if they hit. Makoto took a deep breath and formed an ars magus barrier to protect herself, tanking the hits coming her way as she felt herself fly higher and higher towards the sky. As she felt herself soar higher, Makoto could feel that Meifang was prepping her for something major and that she needed to keep her senses sharp to not fall prey to Meifang's next set of attacks.
"And be crushed!" Meifang shouted as she immediately casted a series of gravity ars magus right on Makoto's arms, causing her to plummet towards the ground. The weight she felt on her arms made her think that she was going to smash towards the ground. Even with the use of Balmung she wasn't able to see much in terms of possibilities she can grasp but she could at the very least minimize the damage she was about to take.
Taking a deep breath, Makoto braced herself as she saw Meifang run towards her current position, feet ready to launch a kick right for her body. The force of her kick followed by how fast Makoto was going thanks to Gravity Ars Magus would equal her being separated in half and Makoto had to prevent that from happening at all costs. Waiting for the attack to come her way, Makoto took a deep breath as she felt the gravity ars magus on her arms release, allowing her to move immediately.
"NOW DIE!" Meifang yelled as she attacked with a speed that most people would not be able to block. At this point, Meifang knew she was fighting a god but even god must obey the laws of time and physics. There was no way that Makoto could react within the milliseconds and this attack of hers was the quickest she had ever launched thanks to a combination of strengthening ars magus and her martial arts training.
However her previous experiences with Makoto in this fight alone should have tempered her expectations yet they did not as she saw Makoto raise her robotic arm and formed a barrier to protect herself. This barrier was stronger than the one she used previously as she felt her attack get repelled as Makoto landed on her feet, dashing towards Meifang and delivering a strike on her belly, staggering Meifang before she quickly collected the Seithr in the air to launch a distortion drive with.
"BIG BANG SMASH!" Makoto yelled as she launched an astral fist right towards Meifang. As it emerged however a second seal emerged right in front of the astral fist. As soon as it touched this seal, it began to change from the normal fist that Makoto usually manifests into the head of a Black Beast as Makoto saw this happen right in front of her eyes. She couldn't believe what she was watching unfold as the Black Beast charged itself right towards Meifang.
Meifang couldn't believe what she was looking at as she felt the beast grab her by it's jaws and take her higher into the sky. Meifang was forced to hold the Black Beast head back by gripping in between it's massive mouth with her hands and feet, forcing it open to try and break the beast in half. Her hands began to feel strain as she could see blood pour out of them. As blood spilled out of her hands, she felt pain course through her veins, Painkiller being bypassed as Makoto watched as Meifang was smashed to the ground as hard as the Black Beast head could muster, disappearing as Seithr afterwards.
Makoto did not relent from her fighting stance as she watched the dust settle. She knew very well that underestimating against Meifang Lapislazuli will do nothing but bring death her way as the dust finally settled. She could see that Meifang Lapislazuli was forced to spread her whole body on the crater she had formed. Meifang was still conscious but she was just processing what she had just experienced. She looked at both her arms and legs and saw how blood flowed out of them as her footwear was damaged, revealing the soles of her feet as she couldn't help but tense her hands, feeling painkiller's pain suppression being bypassed.
"...Such power… I must have it." Meifang mumbled to herself as she slowly stood up and stared down Makoto. Makoto herself could see that Meifang was slightly trembling and that told her that Meifang Lapislazuli was indeed human. "… So this is the power you have gained in order to protect the one you love huh?" Meifang questioned as Makoto couldn't help but raise an eyebrow upon hearing that, wondering what made Meifang suddenly become as quiet as she was.
"Answer me woman…" Meifang demanded, her voice raised as Makoto knew that she was being serious at that moment. "Yes it is… but it's not enough… Not enough for me to stand by his side." Makoto said as Meifang couldn't help but start laughing from the ground she laid on. Meifang then stood up as her eyes glared right towards Makoto, making her feel a chill crawl down her spine at that very moment.
"Such greed in your words… You truly are sickening to me." Meifang said as she clenched her right hand into a fist, causing the blood flowing from it to spill even more as her eyes glared right towards Makoto. "Then I need to get stronger as well. All for the sake of my wish." Meifang said as Makoto remembered that Meifang was in fact one of the chosen that would have her wish granted. "Wait! I need to know. What's your wish?" Makoto asked, hoping that she would be able to get an answer from the woman but she simply scoffed upon hearing that request.
"You want to know my wish? Then you will have to kill me to know what it is." Meifang said as she began to walk away from Makoto. "And where do you think you are going?" Makoto questioned as Meifang simply scoffed. "To go and become stronger. We will meet again I swear." Meifang said as Makoto wanted to stop her but before she could, she immediately felt a sudden surge of pain hit her as she stumbled on her feet before dropping to one knee.
"Now now there's no need to rush things. We shall meet again." Meifang said as she left Makoto at that moment, limping a little bit as Makoto felt the adrenaline that had been pumping into her blood finally fade from her. She lost all strength she needed to stand and simply rested her body on the ground, letting the cold ground soak the pain she had felt all away. She wanted to move her body but her body simply wanted to rest at that very moment.
'Dammit… Why give out now body' Makoto thought as she decided against fighting the pains of her body and simply allowed her body to sink into absorbing the pain. She panted greatly as she looked at her normal arm, tensing up her hand into a fist as she could feel every inch of her body scream in pain as she did so. Closing her eyes as she did so, she still couldn't believe that this was the first time that she had managed to repel Meifang instead of running away from her. She did not know whether to feel a sense of achievement from her goal or dread that she made things even worse for herself as she may have forced Meifang to fight her to the death the next time they met.
'Fuck...maybe I should have just held back a little bit…' Makoto thought as she then thought about the fact that Meifang would have just gone all out against her and kill her then and there. She needed to fight harder than she had ever done so and while she lives to fight another day, she knew that her next fight against Meifang will be her last ever fight. 'But that's not the worst part of all of this…' Makoto thought as she tried to stand but felt nothing but jelly all over her body.
"I can't even move my body even if I wanted to…' Makoto thought as she tried again, moaning and groaning in the process. Having already tasted sex several times, she wondered if the moans she was making at that moment were the same as the ones she would make in bed. Maybe this is her brain trying to think of something else instead of the pain or herself wanting to forget the pain she was feeling but regardless, she was in great pain and she had no choice but to lay down on the ground and accept the pain she was in until someone came to pick her up.
As she looked around her surroundings, she felt exhaustion hit her as she realized she needed to a few minutes to breathe and process what she had done. The pain was focused especially on her arm as she slowly raised her arm in pain, staring at the normal looking arm and remembering just a few minutes ago, it was a half snapped mess with bones dislocated left and right and now it was completely fine. Thinking back at what she had just been through and what she had done, a thought came through her mind as she closed her eyes to take a few minutes of mandatory pain rest.
...How far will she go to make sure that Sora is accepted by the world…
GREETINGS LOST SHEEP OF FANFICTION!? HOW ARE YOU ALL DOING ON THIS FINE DAY!? I myself have been doing well and I am just glad that my months are not going to all hell. Just a slight bit of an update, next month do expect the release of the next chapter to be a bit delayed due to obligations in my personal life. Whether that results in a 1 chapter month or the usual chapter month will be given to you guys when I post the next chapter, otherwise, I hope you all continue enjoy reading my works for the rest of the month.
SO WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT TO OUR HEROES!? WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO MAKOTO NANAYA NOW THAT MEIFANG LAPISLAZULI HAS LEFT THE AREA!? WILL SHE BE ABLE TO RECOVER FROM HER FIGHT OR WILL SHE BE DRAGGED INTO ANOTHER FIGHT!? AND WHAT ABOUT SORA MINAKAZE, BULLET AND THE OTSU FOUR!? WERE THEY ABLE TO SURVIVE THE BARRAGE OF FUZZIES THROWN THEIR WAY!? All this and more the next time Fate turns...