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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on Jan 10, 2007 19:21:53 GMT -5
Suzume started running away, "Sorry I have to go!" she shouted back at Shana, and if Shana was lucky then Hikazu would keep to herself. The moment Suzume turned a corner though she saw her parents and they walked over to her, "Suzume! Where have you been? And where's Hikazu? She came all this way to see you and now she's lost? Come on, we need to find her!" Suzume's mom grabbed Suzume by the wrist and tried to lead Suzume away.
"Mom! She's at the battle arena whatching Renjiro! Now please let me go! I need to follow the leopard!" Suzume realised she sounded like a lunatic and frowned, this won't end well....
"You can do that later, I'm sure you'll find a leopard some other day but we really need to go!" Suzume's mother now took Suzume back to the battle square to get Hikazu and Renjiro. Nobody knew about Neko and Suzume had managed to let it slip her mind. Neko was going to get left behind...
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Post by Kim-la on Jan 10, 2007 19:31:02 GMT -5
Lyra hissed. She darted back to Suzume meowing like a kit. She hoped her idioc mother would release her. How could one be so stupid? ‘You can find another leopard…’ WTF? She hoped Suzume could get away…
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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on Jan 10, 2007 19:42:48 GMT -5
"But mom! I think it's important!" Suzume pleaded.
"Honestly SUzume, after that letter I'm not sure if I like the concept of you running around the place." She looked sad when she remembered the letter Suzume had sent. It was filled with anguish and sadness, the words sounded like they were filled with pain and with what happened in the last school she wasn't sure if it was the best idea for her to be here any longer.
"Then I'll walk!" she said agitatedly as she tried to pull away, unfortunately water nymphs were stronger then they looked and Suzume was unable.
"Come on, where getting your brother and Hikazu and leaving immediately." She wasn't liking the tone Suzume developed while she was here and she didn't like risking any tantrums like at the old school.
"Suzume, I'm sorry but we can't be here any longer. You're already registered out so we don't have to worry about that." Suzume's dad spoke and his words seemed calming, he was trying to make things better but it didn't seem to be working. Nonetheless they arrived in the spectators area of the Battle Square. Hikazu was beaming to see, sane people, since for all she was concerned everyone else here was insane.
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Post by Kim-la on Jan 10, 2007 19:49:12 GMT -5
Lyra looked back at Suzume. She didn’t want to leave but figured there was nothing she could do. She looked back regretfully before she turned around to go back to Duemi. Lyra figured that She would be of more use there than here.
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Post by Ladd Russo of the Russo Family on Jan 10, 2007 20:04:34 GMT -5
Quite a few options on how to avoid getting burnt to a crisp popped into his head-- all of them useless with the Holy magic coating the field. Maybe with some hope it was Holy magic unstable to fire, and would melt away with Renjiro lighting up the field. A maybe wouldn't help him right now. He twisted in the air and covered his face with his hands, making his impact with the fire not as hard (all the difference between diving into water and doin' ze belly flop =]) though the heat was still incredibly intense and his arm without a sleeve was badly burned by now. He carefully used his aura to put out any fires on his clothes or hair as he fell, landing with a roll on the floor. Now for a plan... the dragon form of Renjiro was flexible and evasive... Only him and Cecil combined would be enough to beat him in speed. Darishan ran over to him, his cold eyes reflected in the firelight. "We have to think of something--soon," he said truthfully.
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Post by Arual on Jan 10, 2007 20:14:25 GMT -5
Kuma took the dagger from the girl and stood by Darishan. He was right, they did or they were both /toast/; literally. "What'd you got in mind?" Cecil asked as he backed up to Darishan and landed next to Kuma. "I can't hold much longer Cecil, but here." Kuma said handing him something that belonged to him. "Thank you," Cecil said and brushed off the dagger on his pants.
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Post by Ladd Russo of the Russo Family on Jan 10, 2007 20:20:06 GMT -5
"If we attack constantly and together, we could overwhelm him, possibly. Unless you have something better...?" Darishan asked. No sarcasm there; any ideas were welcome in this situation. He wasn't scared--scared wasn't an emotion Darishan was built with--but it was quite common to be concerned about survival.
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Post by Arual on Jan 10, 2007 20:27:17 GMT -5
No, continue." Cecil responded to Darishan, his eyes still were a dead looking, lifeless color in the pupil. His face was cut up with little scratches and some blood marks. Cecil arms were the same, along with his legs. His mind set was still strong, however, his phyical strength was completely drained.
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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on Jan 10, 2007 20:27:46 GMT -5
Renjiro smirked, Ameratsu was now obviously unable to meddle as she was previously and he could finally focus without having to worry about her scheming, and her began heading towards the two. He was fighting by himself now, and he was okay with that.
"Water... more of it would be nice, lucky for me I have two sources of it." he thought outloud as he began to pull at the water in Darishan and Cecil, trying to draw it out of them. He wasn't trying to be suttle about it so it could be felt easily and if he withdrew it fast enough then they were at risk of dying, but then again why would he care?
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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on Jan 10, 2007 20:32:16 GMT -5
Renjiro stopped, a much better idea entering his mind- he could freeze the blood, he really could if he wanted to. Clogging an artery or two would do the trick, or he could just freeze some blood in the brain- much more effective definately. He was aware how he could defeat his opponents in one seamless attack and it would be all too easy. Now they would see just how powerful he could be and just how fearsome his battle style was.
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Post by Ladd Russo of the Russo Family on Jan 10, 2007 20:47:28 GMT -5
There was no alternative now, but it would sap his energy steadily. Darishan folded his arms, feeling the skin on his burnt arm crack slightly and start oozing blood. That was predictable. Slowly he hardened his aura, keeping out foreign forces and keeping in his own and protecting the surprising drain of water inside him. That took energy, but not nearly as much as a group effort was. "This might feel odd, Cecil." Relying on others was an unfortunate situation, but necessary. Darishan also build up his aura around Cecil, carefully constructing it though it pained him. There, Cecil was protected to. Darishan only had to maintain it... "Now go and fight him, and don't be reckless. This isn't a shield of physical attacks."
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Post by Arual on Jan 10, 2007 20:57:41 GMT -5
"Got it," Cecil quickly responded to Darishan and vanished in his run. Cecil tried to find an opening as fast as possible to attack the opponent. "I don't want to use the final. It's not wise to automatically use it. I'd usually attack with it after all the others were used right away. Welll, desperate times call for desperate measures." the boy thought, as he swirved around the back of Renjiro and undid the last snap of his brace. Now, all he had to do was one thing, attack. Cecil threw punches and a kick or two and kept his dagger firmly in his hand.
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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on Jan 10, 2007 21:08:53 GMT -5
Renjiro felt the pressure of the attacks to his back but he was numb to the pain so he turned around to attack Cecil, a kick was delivered to his stomach but it didn't have any effect on him. He was just about to counter attack when-
"Renjiro! Get out of there right now!" Came the angry worried yelling of his mother, who dragged Suzume down towards the arena where she quickly knocked down the magical barrier that kept everyone inside the arena and everyone else out.
Renjiro ducked out of the way from the attacks as he rolled his eyes, "We were just playing!" he said in an annoyed tone.
"Renjiro! You're hurt! I don't want to see you fighting like that ever again, you could've gotten killed! And you!" she turned to Cecil and Darishan as she started her next sentance, "You should be ashamed of yourselves! Picking on a younger child like that! Honestly, have you no shame!" She was just trying to protect her son whom she grabbed his arm and began pulling him away from the battle square.
"Ameratsu!" Renjiro called, Ameratsu shifted into her cat form and followed limping heavily as she headed over to them, a dazed look in her eyes.
"Well, I guess bye everyone..." Suzume muttered as she was led away from the arena and away from the school, she didn't know when she'd be back or even if she'd be back at that.... she wasn't the happiest person in the world about it either.
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Post by Arual on Jan 10, 2007 21:23:58 GMT -5
Cecil ran towards Suzume's mother and Suzume herself. "Hey! Let her stay, Suzume has friends here. She loves being with them too! Why would you want to take her away from it? And if you have to know, don't blame us for Renjiro getting all messed up. He's the one who wanted to battle us! He's the one who started sufficating me and my friends. So don't think that Renjiro's battle cuts are totally our fault." He cried out, actually angry. Cecil's eyes died down to a crimson, blood red and he ran farther up to them.
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Post by Ladd Russo of the Russo Family on Jan 10, 2007 21:36:16 GMT -5
Darishan walked slowly after Cecil, eventually catching up. His eyes were focusing and unfocusing randomly, and they were half closed. He held his head up and stood straight out of habit, though it obviously cost him a lot of effort. Carefully he looked up at Suzume and then to her mom, unspoken agreement in his eyes. Without his normal defensive glare he looked oddly vulnerable, and blood still ran freely from his arm, dripping on the ground like dew from trees after a rainshower.
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