Snippet #2096515

The Legend of the Five Rings

An orange sun was beating down on the Deserts of Dainel, not a cloud to be seen for miles. A young girl, no older than 16 was sprinting. Her feet slammed into the sand, lifting up more than she touched with her feet. Sweat dripped off of her brow, gently landing on the sand and evaporating within seconds. Her leather outfit didn't help. She ran, knowing that beast was behind her. Ready to pounce. Ready to kill.


She turned, whipping the Queen Coeurl with the back of her hand. It stumbled backwards, but started to prepare a move. It was an advanced form of Blaster, from what she could tell. The flames on the end of its whiskers grew. She knew what was coming. She desperately lifted her large gun, and listened for the burst shot loading. The enchanted bullet grew and expanded, gradually getting too large for the gun. The Coeurl fired the Blaster technique, but it was too large for even this bullet to handle. Spira fired the gun, and the two attacks collided, combining and growing in size. The Coeurl had the sense to flee, whereas Spira suffered from recoil.

She fell backwards, her gun dissolving. She saw the huge orb that was the combined attack. A Death Blaster, as she would call it. It grew, expanding around her. "I-I... I'm Oka-" She muttered, but was cut off by the Orb imploding, releasing over a thousand types of magic and her own bullet into her body. Smoke and a red mist filled the area.

Eventually, it cleared. Leaving a corpse. It had flesh torn from bone, missing limbs and her armour had been vaporized. The Coeurl was defenitley not Normal. It had oversouled, destroying anything in it's path.

Sadly, it was her in its way.

A young blonde girl ran up some stone stairs in Setsuri, her shoes clacking against the ancient steps. She seemed to enjoy the noise, but wasn't so sure about the other members of the team. She ran to the top, fairly exhausted, but nonetheless waited for the others and acted like she wasn't.

Sezu was being carried by Taiyo, who was even more exhausted than his female comrade. He set Sezu down, and collapsed. He sat up shortly after. "I'm okay. Y-Yeah." He groaned, falling back onto his back.

Khet ran towards a small column with a small, silver ring with a red jewel on it. She stared in awe, amazed that the ring looked like this. It had engravings on the inside. Which was an old Atonian language that nobody could seem to translate. She sighed, but reached out for the ring. "One down! Four to go, Aha-" She laughed, but was cut off by a rumble, and she stopped reaching out for the ring. Sezu and Taiyo looked at the others. "What was that?" Sezu muttered, tightening his hazard suit.

The rumble came again, and this time, Khet stumbled towards the nearest hole in the wall, which showed flames at the bottom of the tower. "Quick! Everyone, we gotta get out! It's going to get really hot in here!" She shouted, gesturing to the hole. "Why is that?" Taiyo asked, standing up. "Someone made the bottom of the tower go boom and it's gonna blow!" She shouted, stomping for emphasis on running away. She was about to speak again, when an explosion hit the room. It sent the team sprawling through the walls and towards the sea below.

Khet screamed, and was launched out the hole she was near. She was sent hurtling towards the sea, worried about her impact.

Sezu was thrown out of a smaller gap in the wall, and was also sent hurtling towards the sea.

Taiyo jumped out seconds before the explosion. What an idiot.

Wow.. Falling again, huh? I suppose I should be used to it after the Machina incident. Haha... I wonder if all our adventures will be like this. Hm.. I suppose they might. I hope, anyway. It's a wonderful thing.. Oh, CRAP! Khet thought, smacking into the water and sinking instantly. Choking for breath, she attempted to swim up, with no avail. A muffled scream for help came from the water, and then the bubbles stopped writing.

Sezu hit the water, but his suit absorbed most of the impact damage. He swam to the shingle beach nearby, and removed his hazard suit. "Ugh!" He shouted.

Taiyo landed on Aeon, whom he had summoned to cushion his landing. He landed on the ground, and Aeon disappeared. "So.. Status check. Who's wounded?" He muttered, met with a few groans from Sezu as if to shut up.