This is it, she thought. After years of struggling, she had finally found the place. Actually, that’s not right. She knew it was here all along, but it wasn’t just a matter of knowing the place its location. This is where everything will end. This is where she will find peace; but before she can achieve peace, she’ll have to start a war.
She closed her eyes and took a deep breathe. Yes, this is it. Even though she was pretty confident, her heart rate accelerated. Stay calm stay calm, she commanded herself. She pushed the heavy door open.
It was no joke; she knew that. It wasn’t just a game; it wasn’t something she could slack off upon. They must have known about her arrival. They were prepared. There were a lot more people than she originally had in mind, even though she took quite a margin in her calculations.
Her focus was on 2000%. She cannot lose this fight. Losing was not an option.
The girl reached the limit of human speed, swinging her blade with her right arm and jumping and running all over the place. Even though she was fighting as brutally as she was, her moves were elegant, dodging the enemies’ attacks as well as she could. “Bang” did the gun in her left hand go. It was a combination of gunnery and sword skills. Everything seemed to go pretty well, as she thought herself. However, even for her, an inhuman creature, her stamina started to drain. Focus, focus.
But she can do it. She has been in tougher fights, unexpected fights, longer fights, unprepared fights. And her life would depend on this one. Of course, her previous fights had her life on the line, but this was different.
She had already annihilated half of the people. The gunners were too slow to harm her; the mages were too predictable for her; but the swordsmen and fighters were the pain in the ass. But she can do it.
… Something felt strange. Very strange. It was someone’s aura in the room. A very vague and weak aura. She carefully scanned the room once more… There were more people around? How come? She scanned the room before she entered… and she surely would have noticed if people came in.
That was her mistake. She looked one of the persons in the eyes. The one with the strange aura. The one who was here all along, but hasn’t done anything so far in this tiring battle. The tall one in a robe. The one with electrifying blue eyes. Eyes she were familiar with. The surprise broke her focus, and the enemy managed to deal a blow on her, making her fly against the wall.
“… Impossible.” she muttered as she laid down on the ground, suffering the impact of the heavy blow. 13 guns, 9 swords and 14 staves were pointed at her. She looked up slowly, to look at those glistering sapphire eyes again at the other side of the room. She pushed herself from the ground, trying to get up with efforts. They didn’t attack her… She took advantage of the moment.
She shot one bullet through the crowd of enemies and dashed after the bullet. Her speed exceeded the human’s limits. Acting tired and weakened… She was great at misleading the enemy. It is how she won several battles. Physical battles, psychological battles. The hood fell off as the bullet grazed through it; its trajectory path just above the head, through the person’s black hair and snatching the hood with it as it passed.
She knew that face, and she stood right in front of it.
The crowd was prepared for attacking, but the person raised his hand. A stop sign.
Her face went pale; her lips trembled; her hands were shaking.
“… Kohane,” the stranger whispered, only for her to hear. Her breath got stuck in her throat. Her eyes widened and the weapons slipped through her fingers.
