Setting
In the Sakurajima island is a vast forest. Its trees look all crystally, with prismatic leaves to boot. Small rivers run through the base of the forest. Lots of spirit beings call these woods home.
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Yuyake.
Deep in a clearing within the crystal forest, someone was meditating by a mounted kiseru (burning a sandalwood incense) while standing on the tiptoes of one foot. This white kitsune was relaxing his mind, preparing himself for the day.
...And even in this calm moment, he could hear something approaching fast. Leaping out of his stance, he quickly kicked and parried the source - Zeta swinging Sigma's jaw-blades at the fox! With the attack parried, Zeta skidded back.
"Do you mind? I was kind of in the middle of meditation," the fox said disdainfully.
...And even in this calm moment, he could hear something approaching fast. Leaping out of his stance, he quickly kicked and parried the source - Zeta swinging Sigma's jaw-blades at the fox! With the attack parried, Zeta skidded back.
"Do you mind? I was kind of in the middle of meditation," the fox said disdainfully.
With the fox potentially distracted by Zeta's attack, Garrison - appearing from a cloud of miasma above the site - suddenly swoops down, in an effort to tackle said fox into the ground.
The kitsune responded quite quickly to Garrison's sneak attack by dashing backward from the attack like a blaze. Zeta anticipated this and fired a beam from Sigma's maw. However, the kitsune flashed an aural blade from his channel, Kyuusuto, tearing the beam apart.
"You thought that would work, Metal Face? Your dissonant aura stinks to high heaven," he said to Garrison. "Now then...what's your business with me?"
"Oh, nothing much," Zeta replied. "Can't two hooligans get a good fight from one of Yuyake's strongest?"
"You thought that would work, Metal Face? Your dissonant aura stinks to high heaven," he said to Garrison. "Now then...what's your business with me?"
"Oh, nothing much," Zeta replied. "Can't two hooligans get a good fight from one of Yuyake's strongest?"
"Mind you, kind fox-man, I shower quite often enough, thank you," Garrison retorted, getting up and dusting himself off. "I do hope you'll stay and play with us for a while, though."
"Hmph. You must be really brave or really cocky to pick a fight like this," the fox replied.
"Well then, let's not delay!" Zeta mused. He began the fight by lunging at the fox...before warping to the side and continuing the lunge from there!
"!" This fox noticed the trick, and turned toward Zeta, quickly parrying his charge before striking him back with a wave of foxfire. "Thought you'd fool me? I invented that trick, thank you!"
"Well then, let's not delay!" Zeta mused. He began the fight by lunging at the fox...before warping to the side and continuing the lunge from there!
"!" This fox noticed the trick, and turned toward Zeta, quickly parrying his charge before striking him back with a wave of foxfire. "Thought you'd fool me? I invented that trick, thank you!"
"Speaking of tricks, here's another!" Garrison shouted.
Garrison suddenly rips a chunk of solid rock from the ground near him, and heaves it at the fox; the boulder sailing through the air, yet seemingly going to pass over the fox's head.. at least until Garrison throws out his arm, blasting the boulder with a beam of concentrated light when it passes, causing it to explode and rain a storm of flaming stone shards upon the fox.
Garrison suddenly rips a chunk of solid rock from the ground near him, and heaves it at the fox; the boulder sailing through the air, yet seemingly going to pass over the fox's head.. at least until Garrison throws out his arm, blasting the boulder with a beam of concentrated light when it passes, causing it to explode and rain a storm of flaming stone shards upon the fox.
The fox scoffed, whipping up a wave of sand around himself (Desert Mirage). He looked like he got hit by the raining shards...but he then dove out of the sand cloud and struck at Garrison with several blazing sword swings.
The fox's attack connects, the flaming sword scratching Garrison's metal skin with every blow, the force causing him to back up a little bit each time. At the same time however, with each hit, a reddish-orange aura slowly starts to form around Garrison, the markings on his collar armor changing color as well; although while this is happening, he nevertheless tries to throw a gut punch at the fox when he gets close enough.
The fox merely shifted Kyuusuto down low, its octagonal guard blocking the blow. However, he soon found his tails being yanked back by Zeta's psychokinesis, whipping him overhead.
"Whoa - !!"
"Getting tired yet?"
The fox was sent hurdling toward the ground, but he caught his footing. "Barely...!"
"Whoa - !!"
"Getting tired yet?"
The fox was sent hurdling toward the ground, but he caught his footing. "Barely...!"
"You say that NOW, but we'll see how long that lasts," Garrison said, miasma erupting from behind his back and forming into a number of shadowy hands, all of which quickly fly after the fox and try to viciously claw at him.
Zeta assisted with a flurry of Sigma Rays. The fox tried to block these attacks by conjuring a Crystal Wall in front. This fended off most of them...MOST of them. Three-fourths through, the combined barrage broke through the wall and battered the fox against a tree, weary and exhausted.
"Well, looks like the end of the road for you, Your Highness," Zeta said, pointing Sigma's charging maw at the fox. "Wouldn't you agree?"
"{huff...huff...} ...You think I'm done?" the fox chuckled. "Then perhaps you'd like to bear witness to THIS!"
With that, he aimed Kyuusuto's tip at the two cyborgs, conjuring a fierce Snowstorm at them. The blizzard threatened to swallow the two...but then Zeta conjured a Turnabout portal, which sucked up almost all of the snowy chakra. After the attack ended, Zeta dismissed the portal.
"Took you long enough," Zeta mused.
"(?) Wha - ?"
"Have a good day~" With that, Zeta dashed away in a blur.
"Well, looks like the end of the road for you, Your Highness," Zeta said, pointing Sigma's charging maw at the fox. "Wouldn't you agree?"
"{huff...huff...} ...You think I'm done?" the fox chuckled. "Then perhaps you'd like to bear witness to THIS!"
With that, he aimed Kyuusuto's tip at the two cyborgs, conjuring a fierce Snowstorm at them. The blizzard threatened to swallow the two...but then Zeta conjured a Turnabout portal, which sucked up almost all of the snowy chakra. After the attack ended, Zeta dismissed the portal.
"Took you long enough," Zeta mused.
"(?) Wha - ?"
"Have a good day~" With that, Zeta dashed away in a blur.
Garrison merely gives a quick, mocking wave to the fox, before he once more turns into a cloud of miasma and flies after Zeta.
"(!) Hey, wait - !!" But the fox was too late - the two assailants have already gone. "Dammit! If only I realized sooner...!" He now has a good idea as to what they plan to do. Then that would mean they're seeking out other powers to break THAT barrier. "...There is one who can break two of those layers." Knowing this, the fox set out to leave the island, heading for Dream Valley...
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