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Cinia Pacifica
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Minakami Ryuu wrote...
Cinia Pacifica wrote...
Yeah, Saki is plot armored after all. From the start. Then again Koromo is sorta balanced in the sense that she does good at anything along with mahjong with the moon out.
Wait, 3-man tourney is a thing?
ya, what important is how they win the game~
she's only good when it's night, and become very good(the stagnant hand) when the full moon is out~
and somehow both of them lose to mysterious Touka, tho they didn't show it yet...
yup, well it's 4 people tournament but the players take turn to play in a 3 players mahjong, that's why the hand is so good~
there's a normal 4 player tournament too, just try some other link on recommended vids~
Cus OP people are needed for OP main characters.
Oooo, ok I will. I'm still busy working with my RP atm.
Cinia Pacifica
Ojou-sama Writer
Minakami Ryuu wrote...
Cinia Pacifica wrote...
Yeah, the doragon girl is legitly crazy because that's a lot of points and can hit hard.
School names are annoying alright, especially when they go through one ear and comes out from the other. These days especially so because I am just lazy to remember names now. How could I remember school names if I can't remember character's?
Though those names are familiar indeed. I miss Ryuumonbuchi's top gun. She was awesome. Too bad Saki went full plot armor on her.
Indeed, too bad her sister is kind of normal if you compare it to dragon master~
yes indeed, and kind of not important to remember all of them name~ well at least I remember about main chara's school names~ also Japanese School names all sounds very grand and difficult to remember or spell... -3-
Indeed~
tho I think whatever happens, Saki will wins against Koromo~
Koromo maybe loved by the moon, but Saki is loved by the tiles~ and she's very good at playing, even without rinshan, meanwhile koromo is very good because her stagnant power that makes other players cannot get into Tenpai~
ah before you watch that vid, that tournament supposed to be 3 player mahjong, not 4 player mahjong~
Yeah, Saki is plot armored after all. From the start. Then again Koromo is sorta balanced in the sense that she does good at anything along with mahjong with the moon out.
Wait, 3-man tourney is a thing?
Cinia Pacifica
Ojou-sama Writer
Minakami Ryuu wrote...
Cinia Pacifica wrote...
Love intensification, of course.
Rofl yuri-partner. As crazy as that sounds, its the best way to put it. Yeah, plain lord and plain skill, but apparently good. I remember her now.
Well to be fair I found Achiga pretty plain too. Most of the people that season were plain tbh. Like the author was running out of character ideas. She just put out a few bewbie monsters out there haha. Not that I hate boobs. But yeah, they could use some damn work. Honestly, they got way too many characters, but it really makes the world larger all the more.
Yeah, mine is about the same as your list, except that I'd swift Achiga for Shiraitodai (was it?).
ahh, so the main criteria is blond hair~
but that's how the mangaka classifies their character lol~ so many Yuri parter on that series~
yes, supposed to be like that, but when she awakens her power, she's very strong~ tho that only last for some hands...
for character maybe yes, but for skills, they got 2 sisters with unique skills, and I envy that doragon-girl haha, can collect all of the dora automatically..,damn... wish to have that power, Tan'yao dora 8 is very hurt~ xD
and yes, if you compare Achiga's girls with other school girls, they're too plain and kind of forced~
supposed to be Shiraitodai, Kind of annoying to remember about schools name that I usually forget about them, lol~
so far I only remember:
Achiga(for obvious reason, it's name of the series lol)
Kiyosumi
Ryuumonbuchi or something
Kazekoshi
other forget haha
Yeah, the doragon girl is legitly crazy because that's a lot of points and can hit hard.
School names are annoying alright, especially when they go through one ear and comes out from the other. These days especially so because I am just lazy to remember names now. How could I remember school names if I can't remember character's?
Though those names are familiar indeed. I miss Ryuumonbuchi's top gun. She was awesome. Too bad Saki went full plot armor on her.
Cinia Pacifica
Ojou-sama Writer
Minakami Ryuu wrote...
Cinia Pacifica wrote...
It's an idol show. Of course Ichigo has blonde hair. She is super bubbly, airheaded, but can go awesome when the time calls for it.
Yeah, this is all I heard when dad almost interacted with the guy for business but he got warned fast. In fact, the owner of the mall close-by sorta confirmed that the rich family is super shady.
yup, I know about that series, since many people in here are talking about it,but never watch them~ xD
hoo, I see, must be careful with them, someone not to be enemy with, nor too close maybe~
They do? I hardly see anyone talking about it. Then again, I haven't been here so long. I'm basically your idols show guy. I follow as much as I can on idol shows... that are worth watching anyway.
Pretty much. The mall owner basically said he did something for them so they "technically" gave the mall as a reward.
Cinia Pacifica
Ojou-sama Writer
Minakami Ryuu wrote...
Cinia Pacifica wrote...
Oh you bet I do lmao. I'm a total blonde fan.
Well, since I can't remember her...
Yeah, I was supporting Teru and the gang but you can guess why. I actually found all the girls in Toki's team appearing to be... plain. Toki seemed a little better.
Coolios. I'll look into that soon.
ahh, good good, moreover if the character is Ojou-sama like?
I kind of forget who's the last player, but If I'm not mistaken, it was Toki's Yuri partner, the one with long hair and good body build/proportion~
for semifinal in Achiga, somehow the one I support most is rather than Toki, maybe the Main chara team or Achiga, Kuro and her sister is bullyable and somehow I want to cheer on them haha~
I only find Toki and her yuri partner to be appealing, the other is too much plain, like another random chara just to fill in the story haha~
so probably my most fav team for Achiga semi final is like this~
1.Achiga
2-3. either Toki's school or Teru's school(cannot decide, both of them are good and cheer able haha)~
4. the last random school~
good luck on watching, most of them are 1 hour or more duration~
also you can find rest on the recommended section, err probably can use google auto translate in Chrome or something to translate the name of vids~
Love intensification, of course.
Rofl yuri-partner. As crazy as that sounds, its the best way to put it. Yeah, plain lord and plain skill, but apparently good. I remember her now.
Well to be fair I found Achiga pretty plain too. Most of the people that season were plain tbh. Like the author was running out of character ideas. She just put out a few bewbie monsters out there haha. Not that I hate boobs. But yeah, they could use some damn work. Honestly, they got way too many characters, but it really makes the world larger all the more.
Yeah, mine is about the same as your list, except that I'd swift Achiga for Shiraitodai (was it?).
Cinia Pacifica
Ojou-sama Writer
Minakami Ryuu wrote...
Dr Shaneman wrote...
*pokes*
Cinia Pacifica wrote...
Aikatsu's MC.
They're pretty damn rich but has really nasty rumors around them. Like how they kill and take their business partner's properties and whatnot; or how they try to 'buy off' a woman their son likes, etc.
ahh I see~
I never watch that series~
that sounds scary...
It's an idol show. Of course Ichigo has blonde hair. She is super bubbly, airheaded, but can go awesome when the time calls for it.
Yeah, this is all I heard when dad almost interacted with the guy for business but he got warned fast. In fact, the owner of the mall close-by sorta confirmed that the rich family is super shady.
Cinia Pacifica
Ojou-sama Writer
Minakami Ryuu wrote...
Cinia Pacifica wrote...
I love her personality. Muh kinda gurl. Pokey pokey.
Oh god, I only followed the anime but I wasn't a fan of the mountain girl. It just felt like they placed her on top of the mountain right at the end. And I was rooting for Ooshi there too. = 3=
I'm just lazy to go out and get it printed, go figure lawl.
Sure, you can share it here or PM, whatever you like. As long as it pops up on notifications I'll get to you.
yup yup~ Rice-chan indeed love anybody with gold/blond hair and character like her haha~
actually me too, I kind of like that girl, but I dun like her playstyle haha, too normal to be a Saki's anime main chara~ -3-
at that game, I root for Toki's school, Kind of forget what's the name of the school, the one with funny dialect~
but I think that's the easiest and laziest things to do haha~
found one~!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAuFBu2bPHw
Oh you bet I do lmao. I'm a total blonde fan.
Well, since I can't remember her...
Yeah, I was supporting Teru and the gang but you can guess why. I actually found all the girls in Toki's team appearing to be... plain. Toki seemed a little better.
Coolios. I'll look into that soon.
Cinia Pacifica
Ojou-sama Writer
(BGM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Atc51MxhoAE)
The clouds grumbled. Nature was rustled and affected by the mana and the spiritual energy adrift in the air.
There were two that faced each other across the grey clouds in the sky. They clashed repeatedly as sparks and afterwaves would be given away to the air.
“Holy Wrath spell—Bolts of Justice,” Alicia stated, performing hand gestures at breakneck speed. Lightning rained down from the clouds and gathered at the tip of her finger. She then curved the index finger in the air before thrusting it towards the Countess.
A loud explosion took place. When the smoke cleared there were only ephemeral black feathers.
Alicia turned, and the Countess was there sipping on a cup of tea she had gotten from who know’s where.
A cup of tea.
In the sky.
Alicia frowned. She raised a finger and a helping of bolt of lightning broke the cup. It looked rather expensive.
“Aw, you ruined it,” Catherine said, finding the move merely lamentable.
“Fight me seriously,” Alicia challenged. An aura of gold surrounded her, empowering her, as if displaying her sheer will to fight and protect her student.
Alicia soon entered a stance and performed hand signs again. She pointed her finger toward a river under a bridge, and steadily, the body of water from it was drawn. The water froze as it ascended. Flicking the finger towards the Countess, a large nail of ice pursued the Countess across the clouds who nimbly evaded it, as if a nail was chasing her… even though the body of ice was comparable to an iceberg.
Catherine used the bridge of ice as support and slid past the Duchess, who noticed a cut under her left eye a moment later.
The mundanes, the magicians, and the rest were spellbound from seeing the battle unfold. By this moment, the time of the world had resumed and there was an uproar below.
Catherine stopped to lick her bloodstained fingertip with glee. She closed her eyes and savored the taste, and the glacial thorn almost grazed her as she gracefully parried it with what seemed like a pivot simply through sensing the vibrations. Apparently, Descendants could do these kinds of things. It was simply unexplainable phenomena—watching them twirl elegantly on air like this.
The Duchess then dual-casted. As the large glacial thorn followed Catherine, a portal beside her was formed via a Vim spell—Warpath. Alicia placed her other hand toward it, and a ball of flame was launched. The shape of the fire was comparable to a spear as it crossed the path within the portal. With the portal’s other end being the Countess who just faced it after being chased around by the frosty nail, she was effectively locked in a pincer attack due to this third spell.
Fire and ice collided, and a bolt of thunder fell from the clouds at the same time. That would be her fourth magic casted almost at the same time. Most mages had never even seen or heard of a quadruple-cast of magic before, so this was a first to some of the magis viewing the battle from the surface.
Margaret Alicia could not imagine the Countess being defeated so easily. She continued casting her spells wordlessly before the Countess could recover. A large flower of ice formed over the river below as Alicia’s eyes glowed blue.
“Elysium’s Revolt spell—Blue Rose.”
The smoke finally parted ways and the Countess showed herself, hardly scathed.
“Poseidon’s spell, mn? It has been… long,” she said, narrowing her eyes at Alicia. For her to know such an ancient spell… she is dangerous. The Countess raised her hand to the sky, which turned extremely large as it did so. She then shattered the nail of ice that was earlier conjured like she was crushing something as soft as cheese with a single brush of her arm. Her arm then brutally jabbed at Alicia before she could react, making her go down crashing against the building.
Of course, the entire building fell apart.
The earth started shaking.
“Don’t underestimate me, magi,” Catherine’s eyes changed, giving a violet hue. A certain Zodiac Symbol was revealed.
Tentacles hanging about the flower that the Duchess conjured attacked. They could reach as long as the sky and the Countess, and they danced there, with the clouds and the thunder that rumbled. A blade appeared on the Countess’ hand and with a single slash, a black shadow ran all the way down, turning the ice tendril into nothing.
“Ansel.”
“Yes, Mi’lady?”
“We’re going to retrieve our Claudia.”
“Understood.”
The clouds grumbled. Nature was rustled and affected by the mana and the spiritual energy adrift in the air.
There were two that faced each other across the grey clouds in the sky. They clashed repeatedly as sparks and afterwaves would be given away to the air.
“Holy Wrath spell—Bolts of Justice,” Alicia stated, performing hand gestures at breakneck speed. Lightning rained down from the clouds and gathered at the tip of her finger. She then curved the index finger in the air before thrusting it towards the Countess.
A loud explosion took place. When the smoke cleared there were only ephemeral black feathers.
Alicia turned, and the Countess was there sipping on a cup of tea she had gotten from who know’s where.
A cup of tea.
In the sky.
Alicia frowned. She raised a finger and a helping of bolt of lightning broke the cup. It looked rather expensive.
“Aw, you ruined it,” Catherine said, finding the move merely lamentable.
“Fight me seriously,” Alicia challenged. An aura of gold surrounded her, empowering her, as if displaying her sheer will to fight and protect her student.
Alicia soon entered a stance and performed hand signs again. She pointed her finger toward a river under a bridge, and steadily, the body of water from it was drawn. The water froze as it ascended. Flicking the finger towards the Countess, a large nail of ice pursued the Countess across the clouds who nimbly evaded it, as if a nail was chasing her… even though the body of ice was comparable to an iceberg.
Catherine used the bridge of ice as support and slid past the Duchess, who noticed a cut under her left eye a moment later.
The mundanes, the magicians, and the rest were spellbound from seeing the battle unfold. By this moment, the time of the world had resumed and there was an uproar below.
Catherine stopped to lick her bloodstained fingertip with glee. She closed her eyes and savored the taste, and the glacial thorn almost grazed her as she gracefully parried it with what seemed like a pivot simply through sensing the vibrations. Apparently, Descendants could do these kinds of things. It was simply unexplainable phenomena—watching them twirl elegantly on air like this.
The Duchess then dual-casted. As the large glacial thorn followed Catherine, a portal beside her was formed via a Vim spell—Warpath. Alicia placed her other hand toward it, and a ball of flame was launched. The shape of the fire was comparable to a spear as it crossed the path within the portal. With the portal’s other end being the Countess who just faced it after being chased around by the frosty nail, she was effectively locked in a pincer attack due to this third spell.
Fire and ice collided, and a bolt of thunder fell from the clouds at the same time. That would be her fourth magic casted almost at the same time. Most mages had never even seen or heard of a quadruple-cast of magic before, so this was a first to some of the magis viewing the battle from the surface.
Margaret Alicia could not imagine the Countess being defeated so easily. She continued casting her spells wordlessly before the Countess could recover. A large flower of ice formed over the river below as Alicia’s eyes glowed blue.
“Elysium’s Revolt spell—Blue Rose.”
The smoke finally parted ways and the Countess showed herself, hardly scathed.
“Poseidon’s spell, mn? It has been… long,” she said, narrowing her eyes at Alicia. For her to know such an ancient spell… she is dangerous. The Countess raised her hand to the sky, which turned extremely large as it did so. She then shattered the nail of ice that was earlier conjured like she was crushing something as soft as cheese with a single brush of her arm. Her arm then brutally jabbed at Alicia before she could react, making her go down crashing against the building.
Of course, the entire building fell apart.
The earth started shaking.
“Don’t underestimate me, magi,” Catherine’s eyes changed, giving a violet hue. A certain Zodiac Symbol was revealed.
Tentacles hanging about the flower that the Duchess conjured attacked. They could reach as long as the sky and the Countess, and they danced there, with the clouds and the thunder that rumbled. A blade appeared on the Countess’ hand and with a single slash, a black shadow ran all the way down, turning the ice tendril into nothing.
“Ansel.”
“Yes, Mi’lady?”
“We’re going to retrieve our Claudia.”
“Understood.”
Cinia Pacifica
Ojou-sama Writer
Minakami Ryuu wrote...
Cinia Pacifica wrote...
DEM HAIR.
Shizuno? Sorry I haven't been keeping up with the manga for a while now. Any manga, for that matter.
Oh. Cool. Printing... haha... watapain.png
Lol I wish you luck on that.
Indeed, also that personalities~!! xD
and how she poke Teru's cheeks~
the main chara and Taishou(captain seat/last player) in Achiga(Saki Achiga)~ the one that includes mountain and so~ I didn't follow manga, Animes only~ the Voice Actors are so good~
yup yup, well print is cheap in my place, so we printed it, also easier to use than put it on your phone~
do you want me to share it to you when I found it? also if yes, through PM?
I love her personality. Muh kinda gurl. Pokey pokey.
Oh god, I only followed the anime but I wasn't a fan of the mountain girl. It just felt like they placed her on top of the mountain right at the end. And I was rooting for Ooshi there too. = 3=
I'm just lazy to go out and get it printed, go figure lawl.
Sure, you can share it here or PM, whatever you like. As long as it pops up on notifications I'll get to you.
Cinia Pacifica
Ojou-sama Writer
“Took you long enough.” Svetlana was on the road. Her hand pointed at a portal beside her. A bolt of lightning was released and it passed through said portal. Only for Claudia’s back to feel the lashing shock of electricity for some moments.
Before she came down on the road she noted that another portal was there behind her. So this was a planned surprise attack. One she didn’t see coming as she landed on the road too.
“As I thought. Traps,” Claudia figured, rubbing her affected back nonchalantly. “Really? Is that the best you could do? I sincerely hope Sagittarius can literally maim me, because I’m starting to get bored with you. But alas… I did say I wanted you dead, so I suppose I’ll spoil my dinner if I eat dessert first…”
Svetlana said no more and taunted with a smirk, moving her finger to point at herself repeatedly to beckon the vampire to come forward instead of speaking unnecessarily.
Claudia quirked an eyebrow, wondering what this woman was up to. No doubt by that smirk, she saw that another trap was afoot. “Okay, cut the shit. You’re pissing me off all over again with all of your traps—I mean, they hardly did much. So spill it,” Claudia demanded.
“Surprises are surprises for a reason. Because they are fun.”
“Sorry, I can’t say that I’m a fan of those. You think I’m just going to play your game and blindly walk over there? Please.”
“Oh? Then what can you do other than swinging that big thingy blindly? Surely you followed me as a fan of surprises.”
“...It appears we’ve reached an impasse,” Claudia declared, scratching at her scalp with a nonchalant sigh. “I do, in fact, have one ace in the hole….” A puddle of darkness formed under her feet.
“Ah, that,” Svetlana noted. She still wasn’t sure how she could deal with it aside from evasion.
“Go.”
The demonic beasts crawled out of the darkness from under Claudia and they made way for the short woman once more. Svetlana dabbled across the streets. The beasts tore through asphalt and solid mass as they attempted to hit her, but Svetlana was far too nimble, and the monsters, sluggish. Did she not put enough spiritual energy into this?
Two of the beasts vanished from a lack of energy and Svetlana rested easy coming to a stop. That was when another one took a bite of her shoulder from behind. It seemed like Claudia had it attack from a different direction as a surprise attack.
Svetlana held her newfound wound as the last of the beast lost its form too.
“Still planning to stand over there and do nothing? I can do this all day,” Claudia said. Actually, I’m unsure how much longer I can keep that up. My Spiritual Energy might be running low…
Svetlana smirked. As she took a new stance she performed hand gestures and pointed her fingers at her. From the middle and index fingers that were joined together, a stream of flames was conjured, and it sailed forth toward Claudia—as fast as the wind, and hotter than ordinary flames—who was literally on fire before she knew it.
Reeling, Claudia found herself yelling in shock from the flames. Never before had she felt such agony in her life—well… she’d never been burned in her life, let’s just say. She rolled up and about the floor, squirming to get the fire to stop. To get the pain to stop.
There was a splash, and Claudia got up all wet. Behind her stood Cosette who had somehow conjured an Aquam spell in time to help Claudia from the fire.
“Lady Claudia, are you alright?”
Still writhing from the flames that were now doused, Claudia said nothing for a moment, breathing heavily. She ended up finding herself getting angry all over again that she couldn’t help but laugh. “No.. no, I’m not alright…” She climbed to her feet, staggering a little. “Though… I’m glad you came when you did. A few more moments of that and Lady Claudia would have screamed her lungs ragged...”
Cosette coldly dismissed the words spoken out of pleasantry. “How shall we deal with her?”
“Well considering what transpired earlier…” Claudia placed a hand on her chin and thought into the ceiling. Once she came to her decision, she glared down at Svetlana. “She’s obviously a threat, as she knows a forbidden spell. We do as we came here to do; wipe her, and her precious fucking Sagittarius off the face of the Earth.”
Did she eat a bird and inherit its brain? Her priorities are fucking backwards, ugh… polite, polite, right. Cosette composed herself before her expressionless face would portray her disappointment. The word †˜polite’ was chanted like a mantra in her mind as she stood with Claudia. She cleared her throat. “Lady Claudia, would it not be more appropriate to pursue Sagittarius first? Whoever your opponent is, I doubt she is of much importance…” She trailed off as she laid her eyes upon Svetlana for the first time today. “That is… Mystic Tracer? What are you doing here?”
“I knew you were familiar. You were… if I remember right, the Azure Ravager. You’re still alive?”
“I wouldn’t die from a simple explosion. Lest you worry, I was paid for the job regardless.”
“Then…”
“I suppose it is time for round two for us.”
“Hmm? You know of her, Cosette?” Claudia asked, raising her brow in astonishment.
“Former Rider like me from Russia, my Lady. We worked together on several missions, until we clashed due to a complicated situation” Cosette answered.
“I see, so that changes things…” Claudia replied, dusting the soot from her hair. “Then I don’t suppose you would mind fighting her while I catch up to Sagittarius?”
“I do not mind. If she has a Supreme Spell, then all the more reason to use me as bait for it,” Cosette said.
“Well, I wish you luck. Don’t die, now.” With that said, Claudia took off at a sprint, using her scythe as a pole to elevate herself over Svetlana, landing on her feet behind the woman to flee.
It was then that Claudia heard rapid footsteps coming from the direction of the stage. Michael was charging in, his sword drawn. As he approached Claudia, he made an upwards slice with his sword which Claudia promptly blocked. Unable to move any further, Claudia was forced down to the same street she tried to leave.
“You won’t be getting anywhere near the Descendant, vampire,” Michael stated.
“I’m getting just about tired of you all, getting in my way…” Claudia groaned. This mission truly did not bode well for her.
“Then give up; repent. Stop this nonsense,” Michael said, raising his guard.
“Again with that? Clearly you did not learn your lesson from our first encounter,” Claudia replied. She held her scythe in both hands and took a stance as well, painstakingly, albeit. Sagittarius probably had gotten away by now.
“There was nothing to learn from you.” Michael looked past Claudia, and saw the teacher his partner Lily apparently knew. She was engaged in combat against another vampire. Just two of them? Where are the others? “Why do you insist on committing these atrocities? Do you think nothing of Miss Shelley’s friendship?”
“Don’t you fucking mention her name! She threw our friendship aside once she cut my arm off. I have my reasons for siding with the Vampires, reasons that don’t concern you, Priest,” Claudia spouted, hands quivering with rage.
“I see. Then so be it,” Michael replied.
Their round two was also inevitable, it seemed, much like Svetlana and Cosette.
Before she came down on the road she noted that another portal was there behind her. So this was a planned surprise attack. One she didn’t see coming as she landed on the road too.
“As I thought. Traps,” Claudia figured, rubbing her affected back nonchalantly. “Really? Is that the best you could do? I sincerely hope Sagittarius can literally maim me, because I’m starting to get bored with you. But alas… I did say I wanted you dead, so I suppose I’ll spoil my dinner if I eat dessert first…”
Svetlana said no more and taunted with a smirk, moving her finger to point at herself repeatedly to beckon the vampire to come forward instead of speaking unnecessarily.
Claudia quirked an eyebrow, wondering what this woman was up to. No doubt by that smirk, she saw that another trap was afoot. “Okay, cut the shit. You’re pissing me off all over again with all of your traps—I mean, they hardly did much. So spill it,” Claudia demanded.
“Surprises are surprises for a reason. Because they are fun.”
“Sorry, I can’t say that I’m a fan of those. You think I’m just going to play your game and blindly walk over there? Please.”
“Oh? Then what can you do other than swinging that big thingy blindly? Surely you followed me as a fan of surprises.”
“...It appears we’ve reached an impasse,” Claudia declared, scratching at her scalp with a nonchalant sigh. “I do, in fact, have one ace in the hole….” A puddle of darkness formed under her feet.
“Ah, that,” Svetlana noted. She still wasn’t sure how she could deal with it aside from evasion.
“Go.”
The demonic beasts crawled out of the darkness from under Claudia and they made way for the short woman once more. Svetlana dabbled across the streets. The beasts tore through asphalt and solid mass as they attempted to hit her, but Svetlana was far too nimble, and the monsters, sluggish. Did she not put enough spiritual energy into this?
Two of the beasts vanished from a lack of energy and Svetlana rested easy coming to a stop. That was when another one took a bite of her shoulder from behind. It seemed like Claudia had it attack from a different direction as a surprise attack.
Svetlana held her newfound wound as the last of the beast lost its form too.
“Still planning to stand over there and do nothing? I can do this all day,” Claudia said. Actually, I’m unsure how much longer I can keep that up. My Spiritual Energy might be running low…
Svetlana smirked. As she took a new stance she performed hand gestures and pointed her fingers at her. From the middle and index fingers that were joined together, a stream of flames was conjured, and it sailed forth toward Claudia—as fast as the wind, and hotter than ordinary flames—who was literally on fire before she knew it.
Reeling, Claudia found herself yelling in shock from the flames. Never before had she felt such agony in her life—well… she’d never been burned in her life, let’s just say. She rolled up and about the floor, squirming to get the fire to stop. To get the pain to stop.
There was a splash, and Claudia got up all wet. Behind her stood Cosette who had somehow conjured an Aquam spell in time to help Claudia from the fire.
“Lady Claudia, are you alright?”
Still writhing from the flames that were now doused, Claudia said nothing for a moment, breathing heavily. She ended up finding herself getting angry all over again that she couldn’t help but laugh. “No.. no, I’m not alright…” She climbed to her feet, staggering a little. “Though… I’m glad you came when you did. A few more moments of that and Lady Claudia would have screamed her lungs ragged...”
Cosette coldly dismissed the words spoken out of pleasantry. “How shall we deal with her?”
“Well considering what transpired earlier…” Claudia placed a hand on her chin and thought into the ceiling. Once she came to her decision, she glared down at Svetlana. “She’s obviously a threat, as she knows a forbidden spell. We do as we came here to do; wipe her, and her precious fucking Sagittarius off the face of the Earth.”
Did she eat a bird and inherit its brain? Her priorities are fucking backwards, ugh… polite, polite, right. Cosette composed herself before her expressionless face would portray her disappointment. The word †˜polite’ was chanted like a mantra in her mind as she stood with Claudia. She cleared her throat. “Lady Claudia, would it not be more appropriate to pursue Sagittarius first? Whoever your opponent is, I doubt she is of much importance…” She trailed off as she laid her eyes upon Svetlana for the first time today. “That is… Mystic Tracer? What are you doing here?”
“I knew you were familiar. You were… if I remember right, the Azure Ravager. You’re still alive?”
“I wouldn’t die from a simple explosion. Lest you worry, I was paid for the job regardless.”
“Then…”
“I suppose it is time for round two for us.”
“Hmm? You know of her, Cosette?” Claudia asked, raising her brow in astonishment.
“Former Rider like me from Russia, my Lady. We worked together on several missions, until we clashed due to a complicated situation” Cosette answered.
“I see, so that changes things…” Claudia replied, dusting the soot from her hair. “Then I don’t suppose you would mind fighting her while I catch up to Sagittarius?”
“I do not mind. If she has a Supreme Spell, then all the more reason to use me as bait for it,” Cosette said.
“Well, I wish you luck. Don’t die, now.” With that said, Claudia took off at a sprint, using her scythe as a pole to elevate herself over Svetlana, landing on her feet behind the woman to flee.
It was then that Claudia heard rapid footsteps coming from the direction of the stage. Michael was charging in, his sword drawn. As he approached Claudia, he made an upwards slice with his sword which Claudia promptly blocked. Unable to move any further, Claudia was forced down to the same street she tried to leave.
“You won’t be getting anywhere near the Descendant, vampire,” Michael stated.
“I’m getting just about tired of you all, getting in my way…” Claudia groaned. This mission truly did not bode well for her.
“Then give up; repent. Stop this nonsense,” Michael said, raising his guard.
“Again with that? Clearly you did not learn your lesson from our first encounter,” Claudia replied. She held her scythe in both hands and took a stance as well, painstakingly, albeit. Sagittarius probably had gotten away by now.
“There was nothing to learn from you.” Michael looked past Claudia, and saw the teacher his partner Lily apparently knew. She was engaged in combat against another vampire. Just two of them? Where are the others? “Why do you insist on committing these atrocities? Do you think nothing of Miss Shelley’s friendship?”
“Don’t you fucking mention her name! She threw our friendship aside once she cut my arm off. I have my reasons for siding with the Vampires, reasons that don’t concern you, Priest,” Claudia spouted, hands quivering with rage.
“I see. Then so be it,” Michael replied.
Their round two was also inevitable, it seemed, much like Svetlana and Cosette.
Cinia Pacifica
Ojou-sama Writer
Meanwhile, as Svetlana held off the scythe-wielding assailant, Natsu used the opportunity to continue running. Natsu wished it didn't need to be like this, but she had to get herself to safety, otherwise her teachers' efforts would be wasted. The only route available was to return backstage. Other exits would be foolish; any public exit could lead to her getting assaulted by more possible enemies, hidden within the crowd. Besides that, she could sidestep the fight between Alicia and the first attacker by reaching backstage from the other side. As long as Natsu found anyone she could trust: her manager, another idol, a security guard, whoever, she would feel much more secure.
When Natsu got behind the stage and met with the staff crew and some of the other idols she knew, she noticed one thing…
They were all dead.
Lying on the floor, everyone she met today and everyone she knew were motionless.
However, in this colorless world they were frozen in a timeless world at the same time. Perhaps someone was speaking his last word. Perhaps someone was trying to look for a way to save themselves, or call an ambulance. With the time stopped, none of that was going to happen any time soon.
Natsu considered all of her fellow idols close friends, and now their lifeless bodies were scattered about the floor. She then laid her eyes upon her manager, shocked from the scene. However, he was still alive, yet frozen all the same.
“Manager-san...! And everyone else...! Oh, goodness, no... Why...!?” Natsu ran to his side, already choked up on tears.
“Calm down.” Natsu looked to the left, and Ame was there, in her miko garb. “He is still alive.”
“A-Ame-chan... What...? B-But... he's not moving...” She was shocked to see Ame here. Was she here to protect Natsu, as well?
Ame immediately gave a respectful bow to Natsu. “Why did you not inform me that you were a Time Warrior? I had only received a letter from my elder when you were leaving the Academy grounds to protect you. Regardless of the case, we may speak about the trivialities later. At the moment, time is stopped. I daresay you’ve met another Time Warrior, which caused the distortion in this space in the first place. Hence, your friend here who is not a mage is fine.”
“A-Another Time Warrior...? Wait, so... i-is one of them...?” Natsu thought back to the two women that attacked her for a moment before shaking her head and returning her focus on her manager. “So, will Manager-san be alright...?” Natsu asked with teary but hopeful eyes. She couldn't bear to see him get hurt.
“He will be fine, but time will not stay still for long since you are not fighting the other Time Warrior… in other words… he will not be safe for long if you stay here. Assuming that they are after you primarily, we must take you to safety.”
“B-But... if Manager-san is... We can't just leave him... What if they come for him once we're gone?” Natsu questioned with a great deal of worry. “Can't we get him to safety, too?"
“Oh, jeez, this is why mundanes are so…” Ame wanted to complain, she really did, but now wasn’t the time. The Hime Miko, despite her pride, was taught that Descendants were more important beings, a few of whom who’d safeguarded Japan. This girl could do something like that? Ame sighed. She held the manager by both her arms and picked him up with unbelievable strength before putting him over her shoulders. “This is going to hurt later… anyway, you happy now, right?”
“Yes! Thank you so much, Ame-chan!” Natsu said gratefully. It was still absolutely tragic that she couldn't help anyone else, but if anyone could be spared from such a grisly fate, Natsu could take solace in seizing those opportunities.
“Alright, now we really have to run,” Ame instructed. “I don’t know where the emergency exit is but you do I assume?”
“I... think so…” Natsu thought hard about the layout of the building. She didn't really know it well, but she had a feeling she could find one. “I think there's one down this hall and to the... left...?” Natsu told Ame, and started running in that direction. She hesitated for a moment as she looked back at the bodies of her fellow idols. She wanted so badly to find a way to save them, but it seemed hopeless.
Natsu's directions lead the two of them to a dead end though. It turned out the path she remembered was toward the dressing room instead. Natsu trembled, a feeling of despair sinking in. Oh no... Are they gonna catch up to us...? Natsu again tried to think of a way out, but her thoughts were so flustered she couldn't think straight.
“This is somewhat tiresome,” Ame finally complained, panting. Carrying the manager—an adult man—wasn’t something so easy for a sixteen year old girl even with magic’s help.
“It took some time to find you, but I see that you two are lost,” an unfamiliar voice spoke and the two turned as if the worst villain had finally shown their face.
A blonde with twintails appeared from behind, and what was strapped on her back was a massive broadsword that who knew how much it weighed.
Ame immediately entered a battle stance despite carrying a body, but the newcomer raised a hand, prompting her to halt.
“I come at the behest of my Organization, the Church. While we are usually not on good terms, now isn’t the time to fight each other. For our common enemy in this case is the vampires,” she stated.
“...True, but I have never heard of nuns dressing up this way.”
“That is because I serve the Church as a knight, not a nun.”
“And how do you intend to help us here?”
“We have agreed with the Headmistress to lend a hand, my partner and I. I shall lead you both to the exit.”
“...What do you think, should we trust her?” Ame asked Natsu.
“If she was an enemy, I think she would have attacked us already…” Natsu mumbled, feeling slightly relieved, but not wanting to be too hasty. “The Headmistress sent you? And, who is your partner? Why isn't that person with you?” She wanted a reason to trust the person in front of her. They may not really have a choice regardless, but Natsu wanted to at least be more confident that this person would help them out.
“A little different from what you may have been told; we offered to protect you for our own goals to reach the vampires. Of course, the one who accepted was Headmistress Lumiere, admitting that it’d be beneficial. My partner is Michael Kallweit, and we have split up. He is going to assist your teacher while I take you to safety,” she answered. “And on that note, you may call me Lily… anyway, we must hurry.”
“You're a friend of Michael-san?” Natsu's eyes lit up a bit. Michael did mention he came over to protect her. He seemed trustworthy, so Natsu could believe in his partner as well. “If that's the case, we're in your hands, Lily-san!” Natsu asserted, affirming her trust in Lily.
“Let us be on our way then, the exit is on the other side,” Lily stated, and Ame gave Natsu a look of disappointment. She then lead the pair through the establishment, where Natsu came across even more people seemingly massacred. Even some of the other idols were lying dead in the hallways. It was grotesque to say the least.
Just as the exit was in sight, Lily turned and raised her blade in protection. An explosion was shielded. Ame and Natsu turned from surprise and confusion.
Another foreigner could be seen behind them. One who wore a black dress as if she came to a party. Perhaps she really thought this was a party. She held a rose-tipped wand pointed towards them.
“Vampire Rose,” Lily said, narrowing her eyes. “Go on ahead, you two, I’ll hold her here.”
“Thanks, again, Lily-san... I’ll pray for your safety!” Natsu told her, proceeding along to the doorway. Escape was just a breath away. She ran with Ame as fast as she could, and there they were; outside.
When Natsu got behind the stage and met with the staff crew and some of the other idols she knew, she noticed one thing…
They were all dead.
Lying on the floor, everyone she met today and everyone she knew were motionless.
However, in this colorless world they were frozen in a timeless world at the same time. Perhaps someone was speaking his last word. Perhaps someone was trying to look for a way to save themselves, or call an ambulance. With the time stopped, none of that was going to happen any time soon.
Natsu considered all of her fellow idols close friends, and now their lifeless bodies were scattered about the floor. She then laid her eyes upon her manager, shocked from the scene. However, he was still alive, yet frozen all the same.
“Manager-san...! And everyone else...! Oh, goodness, no... Why...!?” Natsu ran to his side, already choked up on tears.
“Calm down.” Natsu looked to the left, and Ame was there, in her miko garb. “He is still alive.”
“A-Ame-chan... What...? B-But... he's not moving...” She was shocked to see Ame here. Was she here to protect Natsu, as well?
Ame immediately gave a respectful bow to Natsu. “Why did you not inform me that you were a Time Warrior? I had only received a letter from my elder when you were leaving the Academy grounds to protect you. Regardless of the case, we may speak about the trivialities later. At the moment, time is stopped. I daresay you’ve met another Time Warrior, which caused the distortion in this space in the first place. Hence, your friend here who is not a mage is fine.”
“A-Another Time Warrior...? Wait, so... i-is one of them...?” Natsu thought back to the two women that attacked her for a moment before shaking her head and returning her focus on her manager. “So, will Manager-san be alright...?” Natsu asked with teary but hopeful eyes. She couldn't bear to see him get hurt.
“He will be fine, but time will not stay still for long since you are not fighting the other Time Warrior… in other words… he will not be safe for long if you stay here. Assuming that they are after you primarily, we must take you to safety.”
“B-But... if Manager-san is... We can't just leave him... What if they come for him once we're gone?” Natsu questioned with a great deal of worry. “Can't we get him to safety, too?"
“Oh, jeez, this is why mundanes are so…” Ame wanted to complain, she really did, but now wasn’t the time. The Hime Miko, despite her pride, was taught that Descendants were more important beings, a few of whom who’d safeguarded Japan. This girl could do something like that? Ame sighed. She held the manager by both her arms and picked him up with unbelievable strength before putting him over her shoulders. “This is going to hurt later… anyway, you happy now, right?”
“Yes! Thank you so much, Ame-chan!” Natsu said gratefully. It was still absolutely tragic that she couldn't help anyone else, but if anyone could be spared from such a grisly fate, Natsu could take solace in seizing those opportunities.
“Alright, now we really have to run,” Ame instructed. “I don’t know where the emergency exit is but you do I assume?”
“I... think so…” Natsu thought hard about the layout of the building. She didn't really know it well, but she had a feeling she could find one. “I think there's one down this hall and to the... left...?” Natsu told Ame, and started running in that direction. She hesitated for a moment as she looked back at the bodies of her fellow idols. She wanted so badly to find a way to save them, but it seemed hopeless.
Natsu's directions lead the two of them to a dead end though. It turned out the path she remembered was toward the dressing room instead. Natsu trembled, a feeling of despair sinking in. Oh no... Are they gonna catch up to us...? Natsu again tried to think of a way out, but her thoughts were so flustered she couldn't think straight.
“This is somewhat tiresome,” Ame finally complained, panting. Carrying the manager—an adult man—wasn’t something so easy for a sixteen year old girl even with magic’s help.
“It took some time to find you, but I see that you two are lost,” an unfamiliar voice spoke and the two turned as if the worst villain had finally shown their face.
A blonde with twintails appeared from behind, and what was strapped on her back was a massive broadsword that who knew how much it weighed.
Ame immediately entered a battle stance despite carrying a body, but the newcomer raised a hand, prompting her to halt.
“I come at the behest of my Organization, the Church. While we are usually not on good terms, now isn’t the time to fight each other. For our common enemy in this case is the vampires,” she stated.
“...True, but I have never heard of nuns dressing up this way.”
“That is because I serve the Church as a knight, not a nun.”
“And how do you intend to help us here?”
“We have agreed with the Headmistress to lend a hand, my partner and I. I shall lead you both to the exit.”
“...What do you think, should we trust her?” Ame asked Natsu.
“If she was an enemy, I think she would have attacked us already…” Natsu mumbled, feeling slightly relieved, but not wanting to be too hasty. “The Headmistress sent you? And, who is your partner? Why isn't that person with you?” She wanted a reason to trust the person in front of her. They may not really have a choice regardless, but Natsu wanted to at least be more confident that this person would help them out.
“A little different from what you may have been told; we offered to protect you for our own goals to reach the vampires. Of course, the one who accepted was Headmistress Lumiere, admitting that it’d be beneficial. My partner is Michael Kallweit, and we have split up. He is going to assist your teacher while I take you to safety,” she answered. “And on that note, you may call me Lily… anyway, we must hurry.”
“You're a friend of Michael-san?” Natsu's eyes lit up a bit. Michael did mention he came over to protect her. He seemed trustworthy, so Natsu could believe in his partner as well. “If that's the case, we're in your hands, Lily-san!” Natsu asserted, affirming her trust in Lily.
“Let us be on our way then, the exit is on the other side,” Lily stated, and Ame gave Natsu a look of disappointment. She then lead the pair through the establishment, where Natsu came across even more people seemingly massacred. Even some of the other idols were lying dead in the hallways. It was grotesque to say the least.
Just as the exit was in sight, Lily turned and raised her blade in protection. An explosion was shielded. Ame and Natsu turned from surprise and confusion.
Another foreigner could be seen behind them. One who wore a black dress as if she came to a party. Perhaps she really thought this was a party. She held a rose-tipped wand pointed towards them.
“Vampire Rose,” Lily said, narrowing her eyes. “Go on ahead, you two, I’ll hold her here.”
“Thanks, again, Lily-san... I’ll pray for your safety!” Natsu told her, proceeding along to the doorway. Escape was just a breath away. She ran with Ame as fast as she could, and there they were; outside.
Cinia Pacifica
Ojou-sama Writer
Natsu’s live was underway. Idols from her company were singing, the music was resounding across the premises, especially the bass. She could feel the floor vibrating under her feet. Nervousness was catching up quick to the idol in the waiting room. The teachers that accompanied her were with her earlier, but they went off saying that they wanted to not get in her way.
The door to her room suddenly opened and Natsu almost jerked up.
“Kazehaya-san, please be on stand-by,” a member of the staff informed.
“Ah, okay!” Natsu sprang to attention and took her position. This was the moment of truth. She had confidence in herself, though. She'd already done this many times before, and would continue for many shows to come. Her heart was racing in excitement.
As the previous group came off stage, Natsu came up two of her colleagues. With their entrance, there was a roar of applause and cheer. Her group was one of the most anticipated acts, and Natsu aimed to please.
“How’s it going, everyone!?” she called out to her audience, and they all responded with a pleasant response.
She proceeded to perform various songs with her fellow idols, dancing with vigor, and singing their hearts out. While everyone had their moment in the spotlight, it seemed that Natsu shined the brightest out of all of them.
(BGM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XL2od1AF_Cs)
Their finale was Natsu's most famous song, the one that kickstarted her idol career. Despite having a team dancing along with her, the vocal track was a solo performance by her, as it was all in English. The song reflected her, in a way. It was a pop song that fused the two cultures she lived in into something incredible. It was a favorite among her fans.
As she sang, Natsu scanned the crowd. Everyone was enjoying themselves and were thrilled by her performance. It made her happy as well, and motivated her to make sure to give her best. Among the crowd, however, there was a much darker smile... One akin to a snake baring its fangs. There had been hecklers and creepy fans before, but this one disturbed her quite a bit more than usual, despite her positive attitude. Regardless, she didn't let it affect her performance and kept up her high energy.
The performance finally ended, the special effects provided for the performance ended, and Natsu was once again bathed in bright light along with the other dancers. She waved to the crowd, and thanked them.
In response there was a loud cheer. She was really happy to be here, to be given this opportunity. It was well worth the few classes she had to sacrifice to stand on this stage. However, it was time to go. Like every other idol, she felt a little melancholic, but it was a part of the entire process.
Natsu stepped off the stage with the dancers, and was on her way to the backstage. When she suddenly came to a realization. An important truth dawned upon her.
She was all alone.
She was walking alone.
How could this be?
When Natsu looked left and right, all her fellow dancers were lying on the blood-soaked floor—dead.
Natsu was speechless. Her colleages she knew for so long were laid on the ground—motionless—just like that. She could only look upon the bodies with a terrified expression. After a few moments, Natsu shook herself off from her stunned state and sat toward the two corpses lying down near her. “Aki-chan! Fuyuki-san!” She screamed out, futilely trying to shake them awake.
She then heard a footstep, and looked up immediately to ask the staff member to call for an ambulance, but instead saw a young girl who donned a black dress. Her skirt was old-fashioned but nonetheless pretty. It was like she was right out of an old fairy tale. She held a parasol and gave the most malicious grin Natsu had ever seen in her entire life. No actors or graphical effects would ever be able reproduce anything like this.
A wave of change was felt.
The world was dyed black and white.
All mundane aspects of the surrounding area lost life and time.
The young girl giggled, sounding devilish.
“Good evening, Sagittarius.”
Claudia appeared from behind Natsu, giving her trademark smirk and brandishing her scythe along her shoulder.
“Y-You...?” Natsu pointed at the girl. It was her. The girl with the snake-like grin in the crowd. Natsu's knees buckled. Such an evil face on an otherwise beautiful girl. She froze in place, in terror of the scythe-wielding lady in front of her.
“Stand back,” Margaret Alicia said, striding up from behind Natsu. A white aura surrounded her teacher. She faced the terrorists fearlessly. “So you came, Countess,” she said, narrowing her eyes. “Are you perchance after the Descendant?”
“I wonder about that,” the Countess Dracula said, looking down at the two with a haughty gaze.
“Kazehaya-san, please make your escape while I hold them off,” Margaret Alicia instructed. “She is too dangerous for you.”
Alicia's voice brought Natsu back into reality. “B-but, what about you, then… ?”
“I’ll hold them off,” Alicia answered tersely. “Now go.”
“You—a magi—would hold off a Descendant?” The Countess questioned as she tilted her head, then laughed heartily, her gaze condescending. “Claudia, you know what to do, yes?”
Claudia chuckled, twirling her scythe and staring at the woman with ire. “Of course. Kill, maim, and have fun…” she said as the scythe in her hand came to a complete stop. A darkened smile came along Claudia’s face, one belonging to a slasher. “Though it’s a shame. You’re pretty cute for your age…”
Natsu turned and ran. Reluctantly, she had to leave it to Alicia to deal with the enemies, otherwise her holding them back would be in vain.
Reaching the stage, she quirked her head to see behind her and found the taller vampire dashing just behind her.
Svetlana jumped down from the upper part of the stage where the lighting equipment was equipped. She landed before Claudia, blocking her path to Sagittarius.
Claudia snickered darkly at this, for it was a futile effort. “Let’s see. I noticed that you’re Sagittarius’s so-called protector, so I see why you would feel liable to jump in front of me in such a manner… but, that has got to be among one of the stupidest fucking things I have ever witnessed someone on the face of this damned Earth do. That’s mistake number one.”
“My, my, someone sure is cranky. What does a little girl like you think she can actually do?”
Claudia’s eyes widened incredulously. She looked around her to make sure the woman wasn’t talking to her. “I-I’m sorry, did you just call me little? A short, fucking ant like you should think of the circumstances before you blurt out anything. You’re shorter than I am.”
“But look at yourself, you’re completely losing your temper. Doesn’t that make you a little girl?”
“...Wow, you’re annoying. You’re really annoying,” Claudia said composedly. “Seriously, could you do me a favor and step to the side so I won’t have to cut you right down the middle? I really only planned to kill one person today.”
“Well, too bad for you, if you want to get near my scholar, you’re gonna have to go through me first, little Miss.”
Sighing, Claudia twirled her scythe casually in one hand, grasping it to a complete stop once a small giggle escaped her mouth. “Fine, then. I honestly hope an extra funeral would be worth it…” She tilted her head to the side and smiled.
“My, my someone sure is over there head,” Svetlana said with a chuckle, clapping twice.
“Not as much as my scythe will be over yours...” Claudia brought down her scythe at Svetlana. Their distance already covered by the long weapon.
An incantation was sonorously chanted by Svetlana, and spikes of ice blocked the weapon after they made their way out of the stage below. These icy strands then coiled and eventually formed a sphere around her, continuing to block Claudia’s blade.
Claudia brandished her scythe toward the so-deemed annoying girl again. Alas, once she swung her weapon overhead again—likely to prove her previous point—the icy sphere that protected the midget of a girl spewed forth icicles for which Claudia instinctively parried, but it was too late. Skewered, she took distance, taking out some of the shards of ice with a scowl.
Claudia danced across the air after she jumped again. Her scythe rolled with her fingers. Shards of ice approached her, but she flung her newfound weapon to brush them away over and over again. Just before she landed a strike a tornado popped from under her, but she used the wind against her soles to move back instead; her trademark smile decorating her expression. A puddle of darkness formed but Svetlana gave her no time to activate her Commandment leisurely. Side-stepping the cold assault, she made her scythe spin like a wheel to deflect the attacks as she readied her power. The darkness enveloped her feet fully at last, demonic beasts crawled out with groans.
Svetlana shuddered. “Demons…?” she said, clapping her hands twice. How could a person like her summon things like these. She thought she wouldn’t meet anyone aside from Isabelle with a demon, so this was quite the unwanted revelation. “You sure have some dangerous things there, little girl,” she remarked, grinning, albeit sweating behind her facade. No incantations were fast enough; the beasts gnawed at her frosty wall in but a moment and shattered it with their fangs.
“Oh, say again? I can’t hear you over the sound of your trembling, little bitch,” Claudia jested, putting a hand around her ear to amplify the woman’s voice in a sarcastic manner.
“Dogs sure bark loud.” Svetlana laughed, her hands joined and her prayer was complete.
A small tornado formed again under Claudia’s feet and the wind was intense. Too much for the vampire, in fact. Unable to use her strength to maintain her position, she was flown away by the violent air. The pressure hurt enough already, but because she was trying to move despite being mid-air, it hurt even more when her head bumped against the wall of the stage.
Rubbing her now aching head, Claudia appeared dazed for a moment, turning her sight over to the midget and regaining her vision after a little while. She rose to her feet, stumbling a little.
“Okay… in my country, doing something like this to someone far superior than you are… we would call this fucking up big time,” she managed.
“And what vulgar and messed up country is that?” Svetlana questioned, giggling. “Little girls shouldn’t speak such words, it’s rude.”
“France,” Claudia replied with a tilt of her head. “Not as vulgar and messed up as you deem it to be.”
“I don’t think so anymore, either.” Svetlana smirked as she spoke. “Maybe it was just your parents who didn’t teach you manners, little girl. Instead they spoiled you; putting a tiara on that silly block of a skull, and making you get over your head.” She snickered, placing a hand on her mouth.
“What did you just say…?” Claudia said in a speedily, threatening manner. Her eyes stretched wide and she had a blank expression plastered all over her. “Tell me again… what did you just say?”
“My, my, are you deaf? I said that you’re a spoiled kid who thinks she is a Queen of some sort. Then again, a Queen never speaks like you. So maybe you’re just a savage wannabe girl,” Svetlana taunted.
Claudia’s face twisted with rage. This wasn’t anything like her usual seductive smile, the type she got when she was aroused in a fight. No, this was something way different. The way she twitched, the manner in which she cracked her neck and knuckles and bit her lip. In her words: she was pissed off for possibly the third or fourth time in her life. It was like when she fought that Priest some time ago.
“You… fucking self-entitled piece of horse shit! Who the fuck gave you permission to mention my family? Who the fuck gave you permission to even glance at my tiara? What makes you think that you have the gall to even insult my homeland? You know nothing about me! You know nothing about my family! It’s judgemental, idiotic, smug-faced bastards like you that make me loathe the people of this world and make me want to destroy it myself! YOU DON’T KNOW JACK SHIT ABOUT ME. YOU SHOULD JUST FUCKING KILL YOURSELF AND SAVE ME THE TROUBLE OF DOING SO.”
Svetlana shrugged, still smug-faced as ever, and uncaring. “Sure, sure, keep on yappin’. Doesn’t change the fact that you’ve acted like the most self-entitled brat here so far, and neither does it change the fact that your words speak volumes about your barbaric character. The irony is laughable! You think you can really talk about rights against the enemy—here in the battlefield? How childish can you get, girl?”
Claudia, filled with unfathomable rage, hung her scythe over her shoulder and shuddered as she stared at the dwarf-like woman. “I’m going to enjoy ripping you in half. Fuck Sagittarius right now, I want you to die. Fuck your shit, you Goddamn cunt. Speaking of irony, you called me childish, when you, yourself are an ant. You’re nothing. You’re trash. I’m going to do the world a favor and wipe you right off the face of it.”
“Only trash speaks that way, though. Context, little girl. I called you childish based on your personality. You can call me child-like all you want, but it doesn’t change that I’m older than you and have seen much worse happening in this world. If my comment phases you… you’d never survive in the harsher parts of the world.”
Claudia’s eyes returned to her ordinary red, retracting from her widened state. Her face was blank once more. “That is where you are wrong,” she began. “I have survived even the harshest of environments. The people I have had the displeasure of being acquainted with were cruel, and the ones whom I liked, alas, died cruel and slow deaths. As far as I know, I have the ability to surpass even the most seasoned of Mages, even a Magister.” Claudia’s eyes returned wide and she tilted her head once more. “So don’t tell me what I can’t, and won’t, survive. At least I have two eyes to see that I can survive this world.”
Svetlana stopped grinning. “It’s because I lost an eye that I know what the world is all about. You’re not the only one who has lived through all kinds of bothersome things, but France’s environments don’t even hold a candle to what Russia was, and still is. Don’t over-exaggerate things about your past to me.” Svetlana then smiled at the comment about surpassing mages. “Try it if you can. I am a teacher in the Academy, so I’d love to see how a person like you can talk so big.”
Claudia hummed and chuckled. “All the more reason to kill you, then.”
With her newfound powers, it was still possible to cast the one spell she thought she wouldn’t be able to. How it was possible was something she did not know, but it was likely the aim of the Countess. Claudia raised an arm to the sky and grasped for Infernal power. A dark red mana filled her and enveloped her form, giving away an ominous aura. She then thrust her hand forward and it faced Svetlana who wasn’t sure what was going on but was starting to realize what spell Claudia was employing.
Svetlana was lifted off the floor of the stage as Claudia raised her hand slightly. Her heart under Claudia’s grasp.
“Well, Teacher of the Academy, do you like my attempt? I wonder what my grade would be? A for effort, perhaps?” Claudia was brought to her crazed guffaw after saying this, enjoying the shock in Svetlana’s face.
However, Svetlana forced a smile in response. “That’s one nasty spell you learned,” she commented, somehow pulling the words out of her throat. Her hands joined. Two claps, followed by gestures and hand signs were performed, none of which Claudia could make any sense of. Considering she never actually studied extensively like Mary, all she knew was that there was an alternative method to casting spells—which were via hand signs—but it was somewhat hard to learn and perform.
The floor tremored and the cloud’s shape changed. Svetlana unleashed her own forbidden spell, or rather—her Supreme Magic. Asteria’s mana flowed into her body—also from the Infernal Realm—as what seemed like black blood flowed into her eyes.
The mana was so strong that Claudia lost her grip on Svetlana and felt something like electricity in her hand, immediately retracted it from feeling a tinge of pain; canceling her Heart Shatter spell.
Svetlana dropped her hands before the spell casting was complete, her objective to neutralize the dangerous spell was done as all the evil mana were forced out due to Asteria’s mana. Her eye too, returned to normal, and she landed on the floor. Indeed, she was thankful to Alicia for teaching her such a spell.
“You’re not the only one with a trump card,” Svetlana stated.
Claudia appeared slightly phased by this, causing her to purse her lips at her spell not working. “Well, now. It looks like things have just gotten far more interesting than I thought. With you being able to use such a spell, well, I might have to reconsider outright killing you. Now, I want to enjoy this as much as I can…”
“You’re getting more and more ironic, you know?” Svetlana clapped twice and drew a dagger out. It was sparkling with electricity afterwards.
“What can I say? Knowingly, I underestimated you. That was my second mistake. The first one was allowing mere words to affect me,” Claudia admitted, scowling. “I will not be making that mistake again.”
“I’m sure you will continue to do that, little girl,” Svetlana mocked regardless.
Claudia sighed. “Honestly, I find some variety in your insults—or, perhaps, I was wrong and that was all you have to offer in battle? Because the wounds I sustained earlier were nothing.”
“I am intelligent; of course there would be variety. Besides, at least I wounded you, had you fly to the screen, which was funny, while you couldn’t even touch me so far. Aren’t you the one who’s been throwing the most insults so far?”
“Like I said, they were nothing,” Claudia replied. “More importantly, you will remain unscathed so long as we continue to gab like this. Though, would you like another insult for the road as well? Okay, here—I am unable to harm you because I am used to fighting those about my height, or taller. Ohohoho.” Claudia chuckled into her palm, deliberately acting immature in that regard.
“You sure are competitive about insults. But really, that is the worst excuse for a warrior, little girl. Just goes to show your incompetence,” Svetlana said, giggling.
“And you sure are impulsive when it comes to that incessant giggle,” Claudia replied, feeling her head slowly dip to the side. That wasn’t good. Was she forcibly holding back her anger? “You’re gonna make me have an ulcer, calling me incompetent so loosely. Clearly you just throw that word around willy-nilly, not knowing who truly inhabits it’s meaning.”
Svetlana’s dagger clashed with Claudia’s scythe.
Claudia felt the surge of electricity and scowled. They exchanged more blows afterwards.
“Sure, sure, implying you know better,” Svetlana finally said, clapping her hands twice. “Did you know that your English doesn’t even make sense to me? Funnily enough, I don’t really know that language… how do you think I can understand?”
“Tch, like I care. What are you, Russian? Judging by your accent...”
“I am Russian, but accent? Ah. I’m not really speaking in English so I can’t tell what exactly my spell is making you hear,” Svetlana answered. “I wonder what the heck you’re hearing that your brain is melting over them, but I’d bet they’re amusing.”
“As I thought,” Claudia answered, now struggling with her emotions and Svetlana as a whole. Who on Earth talked this much while fighting? Clearly those two.
When Claudia swung her scythe again, Svetlana ducked and dodged it. A tornado erupted from under Svetlana subsequently, and she flew up to the sky and landed outside the premises.
“Catch me if you can, little girl,” she taunted as she left the stage. In retrospect, it seemed like the wind knocked Claudia off her position yet again.
“Really? We’re doing this? You… fucking….” Claudia began, wiping her brow of sweat as she climbed back to her feet. She sighed, unable to believe she was going to give this girl the benefit of the doubt and follow her. “This has to stop. How do you expect for me to kill you if you run away every five seconds? This will not do at all.” Walking subtly along the ground, sighing, Claudia then jumped off the stage, following Svetlana, albeit carefully, in mind of any traps she might have set up.
The door to her room suddenly opened and Natsu almost jerked up.
“Kazehaya-san, please be on stand-by,” a member of the staff informed.
“Ah, okay!” Natsu sprang to attention and took her position. This was the moment of truth. She had confidence in herself, though. She'd already done this many times before, and would continue for many shows to come. Her heart was racing in excitement.
As the previous group came off stage, Natsu came up two of her colleagues. With their entrance, there was a roar of applause and cheer. Her group was one of the most anticipated acts, and Natsu aimed to please.
“How’s it going, everyone!?” she called out to her audience, and they all responded with a pleasant response.
She proceeded to perform various songs with her fellow idols, dancing with vigor, and singing their hearts out. While everyone had their moment in the spotlight, it seemed that Natsu shined the brightest out of all of them.
(BGM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XL2od1AF_Cs)
Their finale was Natsu's most famous song, the one that kickstarted her idol career. Despite having a team dancing along with her, the vocal track was a solo performance by her, as it was all in English. The song reflected her, in a way. It was a pop song that fused the two cultures she lived in into something incredible. It was a favorite among her fans.
As she sang, Natsu scanned the crowd. Everyone was enjoying themselves and were thrilled by her performance. It made her happy as well, and motivated her to make sure to give her best. Among the crowd, however, there was a much darker smile... One akin to a snake baring its fangs. There had been hecklers and creepy fans before, but this one disturbed her quite a bit more than usual, despite her positive attitude. Regardless, she didn't let it affect her performance and kept up her high energy.
The performance finally ended, the special effects provided for the performance ended, and Natsu was once again bathed in bright light along with the other dancers. She waved to the crowd, and thanked them.
In response there was a loud cheer. She was really happy to be here, to be given this opportunity. It was well worth the few classes she had to sacrifice to stand on this stage. However, it was time to go. Like every other idol, she felt a little melancholic, but it was a part of the entire process.
Natsu stepped off the stage with the dancers, and was on her way to the backstage. When she suddenly came to a realization. An important truth dawned upon her.
She was all alone.
She was walking alone.
How could this be?
When Natsu looked left and right, all her fellow dancers were lying on the blood-soaked floor—dead.
Natsu was speechless. Her colleages she knew for so long were laid on the ground—motionless—just like that. She could only look upon the bodies with a terrified expression. After a few moments, Natsu shook herself off from her stunned state and sat toward the two corpses lying down near her. “Aki-chan! Fuyuki-san!” She screamed out, futilely trying to shake them awake.
She then heard a footstep, and looked up immediately to ask the staff member to call for an ambulance, but instead saw a young girl who donned a black dress. Her skirt was old-fashioned but nonetheless pretty. It was like she was right out of an old fairy tale. She held a parasol and gave the most malicious grin Natsu had ever seen in her entire life. No actors or graphical effects would ever be able reproduce anything like this.
A wave of change was felt.
The world was dyed black and white.
All mundane aspects of the surrounding area lost life and time.
The young girl giggled, sounding devilish.
“Good evening, Sagittarius.”
Claudia appeared from behind Natsu, giving her trademark smirk and brandishing her scythe along her shoulder.
“Y-You...?” Natsu pointed at the girl. It was her. The girl with the snake-like grin in the crowd. Natsu's knees buckled. Such an evil face on an otherwise beautiful girl. She froze in place, in terror of the scythe-wielding lady in front of her.
“Stand back,” Margaret Alicia said, striding up from behind Natsu. A white aura surrounded her teacher. She faced the terrorists fearlessly. “So you came, Countess,” she said, narrowing her eyes. “Are you perchance after the Descendant?”
“I wonder about that,” the Countess Dracula said, looking down at the two with a haughty gaze.
“Kazehaya-san, please make your escape while I hold them off,” Margaret Alicia instructed. “She is too dangerous for you.”
Alicia's voice brought Natsu back into reality. “B-but, what about you, then… ?”
“I’ll hold them off,” Alicia answered tersely. “Now go.”
“You—a magi—would hold off a Descendant?” The Countess questioned as she tilted her head, then laughed heartily, her gaze condescending. “Claudia, you know what to do, yes?”
Claudia chuckled, twirling her scythe and staring at the woman with ire. “Of course. Kill, maim, and have fun…” she said as the scythe in her hand came to a complete stop. A darkened smile came along Claudia’s face, one belonging to a slasher. “Though it’s a shame. You’re pretty cute for your age…”
Natsu turned and ran. Reluctantly, she had to leave it to Alicia to deal with the enemies, otherwise her holding them back would be in vain.
Reaching the stage, she quirked her head to see behind her and found the taller vampire dashing just behind her.
Svetlana jumped down from the upper part of the stage where the lighting equipment was equipped. She landed before Claudia, blocking her path to Sagittarius.
Claudia snickered darkly at this, for it was a futile effort. “Let’s see. I noticed that you’re Sagittarius’s so-called protector, so I see why you would feel liable to jump in front of me in such a manner… but, that has got to be among one of the stupidest fucking things I have ever witnessed someone on the face of this damned Earth do. That’s mistake number one.”
“My, my, someone sure is cranky. What does a little girl like you think she can actually do?”
Claudia’s eyes widened incredulously. She looked around her to make sure the woman wasn’t talking to her. “I-I’m sorry, did you just call me little? A short, fucking ant like you should think of the circumstances before you blurt out anything. You’re shorter than I am.”
“But look at yourself, you’re completely losing your temper. Doesn’t that make you a little girl?”
“...Wow, you’re annoying. You’re really annoying,” Claudia said composedly. “Seriously, could you do me a favor and step to the side so I won’t have to cut you right down the middle? I really only planned to kill one person today.”
“Well, too bad for you, if you want to get near my scholar, you’re gonna have to go through me first, little Miss.”
Sighing, Claudia twirled her scythe casually in one hand, grasping it to a complete stop once a small giggle escaped her mouth. “Fine, then. I honestly hope an extra funeral would be worth it…” She tilted her head to the side and smiled.
“My, my someone sure is over there head,” Svetlana said with a chuckle, clapping twice.
“Not as much as my scythe will be over yours...” Claudia brought down her scythe at Svetlana. Their distance already covered by the long weapon.
An incantation was sonorously chanted by Svetlana, and spikes of ice blocked the weapon after they made their way out of the stage below. These icy strands then coiled and eventually formed a sphere around her, continuing to block Claudia’s blade.
Claudia brandished her scythe toward the so-deemed annoying girl again. Alas, once she swung her weapon overhead again—likely to prove her previous point—the icy sphere that protected the midget of a girl spewed forth icicles for which Claudia instinctively parried, but it was too late. Skewered, she took distance, taking out some of the shards of ice with a scowl.
Claudia danced across the air after she jumped again. Her scythe rolled with her fingers. Shards of ice approached her, but she flung her newfound weapon to brush them away over and over again. Just before she landed a strike a tornado popped from under her, but she used the wind against her soles to move back instead; her trademark smile decorating her expression. A puddle of darkness formed but Svetlana gave her no time to activate her Commandment leisurely. Side-stepping the cold assault, she made her scythe spin like a wheel to deflect the attacks as she readied her power. The darkness enveloped her feet fully at last, demonic beasts crawled out with groans.
Svetlana shuddered. “Demons…?” she said, clapping her hands twice. How could a person like her summon things like these. She thought she wouldn’t meet anyone aside from Isabelle with a demon, so this was quite the unwanted revelation. “You sure have some dangerous things there, little girl,” she remarked, grinning, albeit sweating behind her facade. No incantations were fast enough; the beasts gnawed at her frosty wall in but a moment and shattered it with their fangs.
“Oh, say again? I can’t hear you over the sound of your trembling, little bitch,” Claudia jested, putting a hand around her ear to amplify the woman’s voice in a sarcastic manner.
“Dogs sure bark loud.” Svetlana laughed, her hands joined and her prayer was complete.
A small tornado formed again under Claudia’s feet and the wind was intense. Too much for the vampire, in fact. Unable to use her strength to maintain her position, she was flown away by the violent air. The pressure hurt enough already, but because she was trying to move despite being mid-air, it hurt even more when her head bumped against the wall of the stage.
Rubbing her now aching head, Claudia appeared dazed for a moment, turning her sight over to the midget and regaining her vision after a little while. She rose to her feet, stumbling a little.
“Okay… in my country, doing something like this to someone far superior than you are… we would call this fucking up big time,” she managed.
“And what vulgar and messed up country is that?” Svetlana questioned, giggling. “Little girls shouldn’t speak such words, it’s rude.”
“France,” Claudia replied with a tilt of her head. “Not as vulgar and messed up as you deem it to be.”
“I don’t think so anymore, either.” Svetlana smirked as she spoke. “Maybe it was just your parents who didn’t teach you manners, little girl. Instead they spoiled you; putting a tiara on that silly block of a skull, and making you get over your head.” She snickered, placing a hand on her mouth.
“What did you just say…?” Claudia said in a speedily, threatening manner. Her eyes stretched wide and she had a blank expression plastered all over her. “Tell me again… what did you just say?”
“My, my, are you deaf? I said that you’re a spoiled kid who thinks she is a Queen of some sort. Then again, a Queen never speaks like you. So maybe you’re just a savage wannabe girl,” Svetlana taunted.
Claudia’s face twisted with rage. This wasn’t anything like her usual seductive smile, the type she got when she was aroused in a fight. No, this was something way different. The way she twitched, the manner in which she cracked her neck and knuckles and bit her lip. In her words: she was pissed off for possibly the third or fourth time in her life. It was like when she fought that Priest some time ago.
“You… fucking self-entitled piece of horse shit! Who the fuck gave you permission to mention my family? Who the fuck gave you permission to even glance at my tiara? What makes you think that you have the gall to even insult my homeland? You know nothing about me! You know nothing about my family! It’s judgemental, idiotic, smug-faced bastards like you that make me loathe the people of this world and make me want to destroy it myself! YOU DON’T KNOW JACK SHIT ABOUT ME. YOU SHOULD JUST FUCKING KILL YOURSELF AND SAVE ME THE TROUBLE OF DOING SO.”
Svetlana shrugged, still smug-faced as ever, and uncaring. “Sure, sure, keep on yappin’. Doesn’t change the fact that you’ve acted like the most self-entitled brat here so far, and neither does it change the fact that your words speak volumes about your barbaric character. The irony is laughable! You think you can really talk about rights against the enemy—here in the battlefield? How childish can you get, girl?”
Claudia, filled with unfathomable rage, hung her scythe over her shoulder and shuddered as she stared at the dwarf-like woman. “I’m going to enjoy ripping you in half. Fuck Sagittarius right now, I want you to die. Fuck your shit, you Goddamn cunt. Speaking of irony, you called me childish, when you, yourself are an ant. You’re nothing. You’re trash. I’m going to do the world a favor and wipe you right off the face of it.”
“Only trash speaks that way, though. Context, little girl. I called you childish based on your personality. You can call me child-like all you want, but it doesn’t change that I’m older than you and have seen much worse happening in this world. If my comment phases you… you’d never survive in the harsher parts of the world.”
Claudia’s eyes returned to her ordinary red, retracting from her widened state. Her face was blank once more. “That is where you are wrong,” she began. “I have survived even the harshest of environments. The people I have had the displeasure of being acquainted with were cruel, and the ones whom I liked, alas, died cruel and slow deaths. As far as I know, I have the ability to surpass even the most seasoned of Mages, even a Magister.” Claudia’s eyes returned wide and she tilted her head once more. “So don’t tell me what I can’t, and won’t, survive. At least I have two eyes to see that I can survive this world.”
Svetlana stopped grinning. “It’s because I lost an eye that I know what the world is all about. You’re not the only one who has lived through all kinds of bothersome things, but France’s environments don’t even hold a candle to what Russia was, and still is. Don’t over-exaggerate things about your past to me.” Svetlana then smiled at the comment about surpassing mages. “Try it if you can. I am a teacher in the Academy, so I’d love to see how a person like you can talk so big.”
Claudia hummed and chuckled. “All the more reason to kill you, then.”
With her newfound powers, it was still possible to cast the one spell she thought she wouldn’t be able to. How it was possible was something she did not know, but it was likely the aim of the Countess. Claudia raised an arm to the sky and grasped for Infernal power. A dark red mana filled her and enveloped her form, giving away an ominous aura. She then thrust her hand forward and it faced Svetlana who wasn’t sure what was going on but was starting to realize what spell Claudia was employing.
Svetlana was lifted off the floor of the stage as Claudia raised her hand slightly. Her heart under Claudia’s grasp.
“Well, Teacher of the Academy, do you like my attempt? I wonder what my grade would be? A for effort, perhaps?” Claudia was brought to her crazed guffaw after saying this, enjoying the shock in Svetlana’s face.
However, Svetlana forced a smile in response. “That’s one nasty spell you learned,” she commented, somehow pulling the words out of her throat. Her hands joined. Two claps, followed by gestures and hand signs were performed, none of which Claudia could make any sense of. Considering she never actually studied extensively like Mary, all she knew was that there was an alternative method to casting spells—which were via hand signs—but it was somewhat hard to learn and perform.
The floor tremored and the cloud’s shape changed. Svetlana unleashed her own forbidden spell, or rather—her Supreme Magic. Asteria’s mana flowed into her body—also from the Infernal Realm—as what seemed like black blood flowed into her eyes.
The mana was so strong that Claudia lost her grip on Svetlana and felt something like electricity in her hand, immediately retracted it from feeling a tinge of pain; canceling her Heart Shatter spell.
Svetlana dropped her hands before the spell casting was complete, her objective to neutralize the dangerous spell was done as all the evil mana were forced out due to Asteria’s mana. Her eye too, returned to normal, and she landed on the floor. Indeed, she was thankful to Alicia for teaching her such a spell.
“You’re not the only one with a trump card,” Svetlana stated.
Claudia appeared slightly phased by this, causing her to purse her lips at her spell not working. “Well, now. It looks like things have just gotten far more interesting than I thought. With you being able to use such a spell, well, I might have to reconsider outright killing you. Now, I want to enjoy this as much as I can…”
“You’re getting more and more ironic, you know?” Svetlana clapped twice and drew a dagger out. It was sparkling with electricity afterwards.
“What can I say? Knowingly, I underestimated you. That was my second mistake. The first one was allowing mere words to affect me,” Claudia admitted, scowling. “I will not be making that mistake again.”
“I’m sure you will continue to do that, little girl,” Svetlana mocked regardless.
Claudia sighed. “Honestly, I find some variety in your insults—or, perhaps, I was wrong and that was all you have to offer in battle? Because the wounds I sustained earlier were nothing.”
“I am intelligent; of course there would be variety. Besides, at least I wounded you, had you fly to the screen, which was funny, while you couldn’t even touch me so far. Aren’t you the one who’s been throwing the most insults so far?”
“Like I said, they were nothing,” Claudia replied. “More importantly, you will remain unscathed so long as we continue to gab like this. Though, would you like another insult for the road as well? Okay, here—I am unable to harm you because I am used to fighting those about my height, or taller. Ohohoho.” Claudia chuckled into her palm, deliberately acting immature in that regard.
“You sure are competitive about insults. But really, that is the worst excuse for a warrior, little girl. Just goes to show your incompetence,” Svetlana said, giggling.
“And you sure are impulsive when it comes to that incessant giggle,” Claudia replied, feeling her head slowly dip to the side. That wasn’t good. Was she forcibly holding back her anger? “You’re gonna make me have an ulcer, calling me incompetent so loosely. Clearly you just throw that word around willy-nilly, not knowing who truly inhabits it’s meaning.”
Svetlana’s dagger clashed with Claudia’s scythe.
Claudia felt the surge of electricity and scowled. They exchanged more blows afterwards.
“Sure, sure, implying you know better,” Svetlana finally said, clapping her hands twice. “Did you know that your English doesn’t even make sense to me? Funnily enough, I don’t really know that language… how do you think I can understand?”
“Tch, like I care. What are you, Russian? Judging by your accent...”
“I am Russian, but accent? Ah. I’m not really speaking in English so I can’t tell what exactly my spell is making you hear,” Svetlana answered. “I wonder what the heck you’re hearing that your brain is melting over them, but I’d bet they’re amusing.”
“As I thought,” Claudia answered, now struggling with her emotions and Svetlana as a whole. Who on Earth talked this much while fighting? Clearly those two.
When Claudia swung her scythe again, Svetlana ducked and dodged it. A tornado erupted from under Svetlana subsequently, and she flew up to the sky and landed outside the premises.
“Catch me if you can, little girl,” she taunted as she left the stage. In retrospect, it seemed like the wind knocked Claudia off her position yet again.
“Really? We’re doing this? You… fucking….” Claudia began, wiping her brow of sweat as she climbed back to her feet. She sighed, unable to believe she was going to give this girl the benefit of the doubt and follow her. “This has to stop. How do you expect for me to kill you if you run away every five seconds? This will not do at all.” Walking subtly along the ground, sighing, Claudia then jumped off the stage, following Svetlana, albeit carefully, in mind of any traps she might have set up.
Cinia Pacifica
Ojou-sama Writer
Minakami Ryuu wrote...
Cinia Pacifica wrote...
My favorite is still Oohoshi there. Gotta love those trick trap counters of doom.
Sounds like a pain. I did found the hands in wikipedia. It's just overwhelming with the amount of hands available.
Yeah, I can understand some shit being a weab for Japanese videos. Playing is a different matter altogether. So if your friend can find them that's great.
dem hair,lol~ but I still confused about what kind of power does Shizuno posses~ kind of useless haha~
hmm in my place, we print you the wikipedia, so can easily review it when needed/while playing~
they already find them and downloaded it, so can see it anytime, but I'm not sure where did they found it~ well i'll try to search on youtube later on~
DEM HAIR.
Shizuno? Sorry I haven't been keeping up with the manga for a while now. Any manga, for that matter.
Oh. Cool. Printing... haha... watapain.png
Lol I wish you luck on that.
Cinia Pacifica
Ojou-sama Writer
Minakami Ryuu wrote...
practically this site said fakk-U ahaha~ohh! I see I see~ it's scary indeed, dem Mirror that shows how opponent plays~ poor Toki at that game~
as for playstyle, my fav one is Takei Hisa, that buchou is so cool, also dem wait, not to mention she's very good at counter-play and normal play~
umm, you can always check the wikia, and learn about it little by little till you remember all of them~ at 1st I don't know many about hands and how to count, but now I can count points properly and know many kinds of hands~
ahh,I see, goodluck on studying and try to play Mahjong in there haha, I'm interested how Japanese people in playing mahjong~
yup yup, and go defence when opponent in tenpai~
there should be some videos on youtube, my friend found some, but then again, it's on japanese and very hard to find~ I'll ask to my friend how can they find it next time I meet them~
My favorite is still Oohoshi there. Gotta love those trick trap counters of doom.
Sounds like a pain. I did found the hands in wikipedia. It's just overwhelming with the amount of hands available.
Yeah, I can understand some shit being a weab for Japanese videos. Playing is a different matter altogether. So if your friend can find them that's great.
Cinia Pacifica
Ojou-sama Writer
Minakami Ryuu wrote...
Cinia Pacifica wrote...
I actually prefer Saki but honestly like the star girl more (forgot her name already). I can see why you'd like Teru. She was pretty badass too with all the cyclone shit going on. It was awesome seeing her rekt everyone.
The entire series is cheating. Like, everyone with their weird mahjong traits are cheating. I only got Rinshan Kaihou once in my freaking life lmao. Granted I was kind of playing by guess. Too lazy to memorize the hands.
Funny, I don't have a playstyle thanks to the aforementioned reason. I really want to get into it, though. But memorization is a bit of a bitch to be honest. You know what, though, even people IRL got superstitions about mahjong so maybe the show isn't far from it all. Fate and luck are pretty random but mysterious traits of the universe.
Star girl? which one?
err, Actually I like Teru not because of her play style, but more like because of her character, looking so scary but when she was with media or with her teammates is different, moreover when it's Awai Oohoshi, I want to poke Teru's cheeks~
Indeed, but you cannot deny that it's sometimes could happens, "Flow" indeed exist~! haha
Rinshan Kaihou is easy to get, only when you're playing 3 person mahjong, as for normal 4 player mahjong it's kind of hard, but, Chankan is easier to get, I usually aim for that hand if don't have any yaku and see some players do open Pon~
you'll remember about it, if plays Mahjong frequently~ xD
I already remember all of the hands, except for Yakuman Hands~ the name is too hard~ =3=
if you don't have a certain playstyle, then it's similar to Ako or Hanamura Nodoka, because both of them have no certain playstyle, just doing what they thing is right or fast~
probably you'll find something like that real when playing with person who plays a lot, or probably if you played in Japan~ xD
Pro tournaments are quite interesting~
Wow, Fakku logs me out and all the shit I typed were gone. Fuck you, this-site-that's-called-Fuck
Okay, so I know that you like Teru because of her gap moe, and I was simply making a commentary on Teru about what makes her appear cool in matches.
I honestly can't read for shit so when I'm playing online I can't tell what hand I get right, even if I do, so it doesn't really help at all. I learned the general pattern, and thankfully an online game gives the option to deal in a hand. If it was IRL I wouldn't even know I completed a hand sometimes. Haha. I'll probably get back to playing more often when I go to Japan and learn their language. I'm planning to go there to study.
I can imagine how the wayward style of Nodoka can just happen. Rationally, doing what's best in a given situation is thought to be the best after all.
I've been wanting to follow pro tournaments but I can't find them normally. It seems like I'd have to search Youtube with Japanese-written words and that's just tedious. Normally searching for them yielded hardly any results last time I tried like an year ago.
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Today was the day of Natsu’s big event. There were two people waiting for her towards the gates. Margaret Alicia and Svetlana Astakhov. Apparently, they volunteered to escort her to her event for traveling to it and coming back.
“Are you prepared?” Alicia asked. “Don’t make us come back here saying that you forgot something, Kazehaya-san,” she joked.
“Oh, Alicia-sensei and Faerie Lore-sensei. You two will be accompanying me? Thank you!” Natsu bowed slightly to both of them. When Alicia asked, Natsu checked her backpack. “...I think I got everything…” After sifting through her belongings and noticing nothing missing, she sighed in relief and confirmed, “Yeah, I'm fine.”
“If you say so.” Alicia gave a nod.
“Hi hi, Natsu. Why not call me Svetlana?” Svetlana said, slightly confused after what Natsu called her.
“Oh, I'm sorry, I never got to hear your name until now…” Natsu chuckled nervously. “Alright, Sev... Svalan.... Svlana..." Natsu had trouble pronouncing the name. It was so foreign. "Um... can I just call you Sevi-sensei?" This was an easier way for Natsu to split up her teacher's name.
“Just say it as Sevvy-sensei.”
It wasn't far off, but if that was what her teacher preferred, Natsu would oblige. It was a cute nickname, though; Natsu had no complaints. “Okay, Sevvy-chan-sensei!” She told the petite teacher with a smile, still unaware of Svetlana's actual age. Natsu still thought she was some sort of child prodigy.
“Alright, with that out of the way, let us be off,” Alicia stated, and took hold of Natsu’s hand as they started to walk out past the gates.
Moments later Natsu felt something like a strong gust of wind and fog brush up to her face, and they were already back to the streets of Tokyo.
There was a car waiting for them, in which the three boarded momentarily.
“So what kind of an event is it, exactly?” Alicia inquired.
“It's a live! We're holding a concert in Shibuya!” Natsu said excitedly. She genuinely enjoyed doing shows, and in her free time, she had been practicing her routine. Natsu was fairly certain she had it memorized perfectly, but she still prayed that everything would go smoothly.
“Noted, it seems like your driver here already knows the location, huh? The government must really be managing your career schedule as I was told,” Alicia stated.
“I guess the rich and famous could get almost anything they want with a flick of finger, can’t they?” Svetlana said.
“Really? Well I guess that is a fine way to phrase the power of the government and an idol’s influence combined,” Alicia said, even though she was largely ignorant about such matters.
“Oh, it's not like that at all,” Natsu interjected whilst waving her hand. “A lot of the money we earn goes toward the needs of the company. We idols only get a small portion of it,” she informed her teachers. While Natsu was able to live slightly more extravagantly than others, especially due to her rising popularity, she and her family still lived a relatively modest lifestyle. They didn't live in complete luxury.
“I suppose that’s just how things are for some businesses,” Alicia said, looking through something on a phone she held. “A company would need to make profit from promoting their idols and making them shine on the spotlight after all.”
“Yeah, it must be tough. The government has been a real help, though! At the very least, it's made Manager-san’s daily life less stressful. He's been really busy ever since everything that has happened with me…” Natsu said with another nervous chuckle. It had been some time since the first incident, so she’s managed to get over it, and it didn't damper her mood. Rather, she thought more about how it had been some time since she had seen her manager and some of the fellow idols from her company. She was getting excited.
“Well, with the government on your back, we’d not have to accompany you, but we took on the responsibility of your safety, so we’d feel bad if something happened to you after enrolling. Rest assured, our policy to escort you shall expire soon after you are more comfortable with your ability in combat. Albeit, it means that you’d need to pass our combat test with flying colors at the end of the semester,” Alicia explained.
“I’m sorry I need to rely on you two, but I’m glad you’re willing to. Thanks again!” Natsu told both Alicia and Svetlana. With them, specifically, she felt secure. They'd already proven to be nice people, and they both seemed like they would have the power to protect her if and when she needed them to. “I’ll train hard so you two won't need to worry about me!” Natsu proudly declared to her teachers.
“That’s the spirit, we know that you can do it,” Alicia encouraged.
“Thank you! I'll do my best!” Natsu replied cheerfully. “First things first, though.... I should concentrate on this concert.”
Alicia was about to speak to Natsu, but her phone rang and she picked it up.
“Yes, Alicia speaking… yes… yes. At a time like this? I see, so Isabelle is… hm, even if I were in the Academy, it would not be possible for me to quell her so soon. There is no other choice then; put her to sleep.”
This seemed like a serious situation. Natsu didn't want to probe too much, but she had to ask. "Is there something wrong, Alicia-sensei?"
“Nothing big. My daughter wasn’t feeling very good apparently.” Alicia pocketed her phone, but her complexion didn’t seem to have recovered after that call.
“Are you sure? It seems serious... Is she going to be alright?” Natsu pried further. She was worried about her teacher. Alicia had suddenly become so sullen.
“Well… I’m used to this.”
"What do you mean...?" Natsu asked with pleading eyes. She really wanted to know.
“This has happened before, and it will continue. There’s nothing more to it,” Alicia responded.
“Hmm…” Natsu really wanted to know more, but she didn't know if she could help Alicia even if she did. She chose not to try to dig deeper. “Alright... If you say so…”
“If you want I can go check on her. Or, I think you can drag Big Sis with you instead.”
“No need.” Alicia shook her head. “We will not be on schedule if we decide to do anything now, and †˜it’ has not showed up yet, so for now all is well.”
“Are you prepared?” Alicia asked. “Don’t make us come back here saying that you forgot something, Kazehaya-san,” she joked.
“Oh, Alicia-sensei and Faerie Lore-sensei. You two will be accompanying me? Thank you!” Natsu bowed slightly to both of them. When Alicia asked, Natsu checked her backpack. “...I think I got everything…” After sifting through her belongings and noticing nothing missing, she sighed in relief and confirmed, “Yeah, I'm fine.”
“If you say so.” Alicia gave a nod.
“Hi hi, Natsu. Why not call me Svetlana?” Svetlana said, slightly confused after what Natsu called her.
“Oh, I'm sorry, I never got to hear your name until now…” Natsu chuckled nervously. “Alright, Sev... Svalan.... Svlana..." Natsu had trouble pronouncing the name. It was so foreign. "Um... can I just call you Sevi-sensei?" This was an easier way for Natsu to split up her teacher's name.
“Just say it as Sevvy-sensei.”
It wasn't far off, but if that was what her teacher preferred, Natsu would oblige. It was a cute nickname, though; Natsu had no complaints. “Okay, Sevvy-chan-sensei!” She told the petite teacher with a smile, still unaware of Svetlana's actual age. Natsu still thought she was some sort of child prodigy.
“Alright, with that out of the way, let us be off,” Alicia stated, and took hold of Natsu’s hand as they started to walk out past the gates.
Moments later Natsu felt something like a strong gust of wind and fog brush up to her face, and they were already back to the streets of Tokyo.
There was a car waiting for them, in which the three boarded momentarily.
“So what kind of an event is it, exactly?” Alicia inquired.
“It's a live! We're holding a concert in Shibuya!” Natsu said excitedly. She genuinely enjoyed doing shows, and in her free time, she had been practicing her routine. Natsu was fairly certain she had it memorized perfectly, but she still prayed that everything would go smoothly.
“Noted, it seems like your driver here already knows the location, huh? The government must really be managing your career schedule as I was told,” Alicia stated.
“I guess the rich and famous could get almost anything they want with a flick of finger, can’t they?” Svetlana said.
“Really? Well I guess that is a fine way to phrase the power of the government and an idol’s influence combined,” Alicia said, even though she was largely ignorant about such matters.
“Oh, it's not like that at all,” Natsu interjected whilst waving her hand. “A lot of the money we earn goes toward the needs of the company. We idols only get a small portion of it,” she informed her teachers. While Natsu was able to live slightly more extravagantly than others, especially due to her rising popularity, she and her family still lived a relatively modest lifestyle. They didn't live in complete luxury.
“I suppose that’s just how things are for some businesses,” Alicia said, looking through something on a phone she held. “A company would need to make profit from promoting their idols and making them shine on the spotlight after all.”
“Yeah, it must be tough. The government has been a real help, though! At the very least, it's made Manager-san’s daily life less stressful. He's been really busy ever since everything that has happened with me…” Natsu said with another nervous chuckle. It had been some time since the first incident, so she’s managed to get over it, and it didn't damper her mood. Rather, she thought more about how it had been some time since she had seen her manager and some of the fellow idols from her company. She was getting excited.
“Well, with the government on your back, we’d not have to accompany you, but we took on the responsibility of your safety, so we’d feel bad if something happened to you after enrolling. Rest assured, our policy to escort you shall expire soon after you are more comfortable with your ability in combat. Albeit, it means that you’d need to pass our combat test with flying colors at the end of the semester,” Alicia explained.
“I’m sorry I need to rely on you two, but I’m glad you’re willing to. Thanks again!” Natsu told both Alicia and Svetlana. With them, specifically, she felt secure. They'd already proven to be nice people, and they both seemed like they would have the power to protect her if and when she needed them to. “I’ll train hard so you two won't need to worry about me!” Natsu proudly declared to her teachers.
“That’s the spirit, we know that you can do it,” Alicia encouraged.
“Thank you! I'll do my best!” Natsu replied cheerfully. “First things first, though.... I should concentrate on this concert.”
Alicia was about to speak to Natsu, but her phone rang and she picked it up.
“Yes, Alicia speaking… yes… yes. At a time like this? I see, so Isabelle is… hm, even if I were in the Academy, it would not be possible for me to quell her so soon. There is no other choice then; put her to sleep.”
This seemed like a serious situation. Natsu didn't want to probe too much, but she had to ask. "Is there something wrong, Alicia-sensei?"
“Nothing big. My daughter wasn’t feeling very good apparently.” Alicia pocketed her phone, but her complexion didn’t seem to have recovered after that call.
“Are you sure? It seems serious... Is she going to be alright?” Natsu pried further. She was worried about her teacher. Alicia had suddenly become so sullen.
“Well… I’m used to this.”
"What do you mean...?" Natsu asked with pleading eyes. She really wanted to know.
“This has happened before, and it will continue. There’s nothing more to it,” Alicia responded.
“Hmm…” Natsu really wanted to know more, but she didn't know if she could help Alicia even if she did. She chose not to try to dig deeper. “Alright... If you say so…”
“If you want I can go check on her. Or, I think you can drag Big Sis with you instead.”
“No need.” Alicia shook her head. “We will not be on schedule if we decide to do anything now, and †˜it’ has not showed up yet, so for now all is well.”
Cinia Pacifica
Ojou-sama Writer
Take the glasses off. Forever.
Cinia Pacifica
Ojou-sama Writer
Minakami Ryuu wrote...
Dr Shaneman wrote...
I need to actually think on them properly still but a few are:My attitude (since it's shit, gotta start treating people better)
Stop being scared and join a dating site I was pushed to (I'm never gonna meet anyone in my day-to-day life)
Give my room as massive going over and throwing away stuff I haven't used in the past few years.
heee, I never did something like that, my only principle is become a better person than yesterday me~
Cinia Pacifica wrote...
She's got this chilling feel even if it's completely ice-calm, which is badass, but maybe a little too OP sometimes.
Indeed, sweet and cold, tho at the end I prefer Teru more than Saki, her cuteness-gap is too big and cute~
Rinshan is cheating haha~
hmm too bad I cannot plays like that, my playstyle on mahjong is similar to Ako or Nodoka~ calculated one and depends a lot on highest chances, rather than weird or impossible hand like in many Saki's anime character~
I actually prefer Saki but honestly like the star girl more (forgot her name already). I can see why you'd like Teru. She was pretty badass too with all the cyclone shit going on. It was awesome seeing her rekt everyone.
The entire series is cheating. Like, everyone with their weird mahjong traits are cheating. I only got Rinshan Kaihou once in my freaking life lmao. Granted I was kind of playing by guess. Too lazy to memorize the hands.
Funny, I don't have a playstyle thanks to the aforementioned reason. I really want to get into it, though. But memorization is a bit of a bitch to be honest. You know what, though, even people IRL got superstitions about mahjong so maybe the show isn't far from it all. Fate and luck are pretty random but mysterious traits of the universe.
Cinia Pacifica
Ojou-sama Writer
Dawn_of_Dark wrote...
I made a code for myself to interpret everything everyone said. That is to say, I (silently) judge all of my friends, all of people I meet with every little (stupid) things they say, even if they can't even remember. Applied 'the code' in this case, I made sure to read through leonard's guidelines thoroughly, then I find a 'thing' that I would be most comfortable with (or maybe even uncomfortable with, get out of the comfort zone, you know) and do my entry from that on. Guidelines are just that, a mean to and end, they were never my 'light in the dark'.On this subject, a little story:
Spoiler:
Woah son, talk about customized genetic coding. Well, to each their own. I don't think it's a bad thing, but I'm too lazy to delve into the deep for every little thing. That's just too nitpicky to me.
Dawn_of_Dark wrote...
It's about the average dude.You know 'Bleach' the manga/anime series? In the manga, Tite Kubo (the author) always title his chapters in very obscure words that ultimately refer to the content of that chapter, and I really like that. So I try to do the same for my creations.
I know about it, but only watched a bit of the anime, and that was it. I see you like really obscure references.
Dawn_of_Dark wrote...
If you want to know more about that and what I make of this story, leave me a reply here and I'll do it tomorrow. I really should go to bed now.Go on, I'm listening with the most mirthful of smiles you may imagine.
