Chapter 3 - The Fool Vs The Empress

NERVOUS, SCARED, OUTRIGHT TERRIFIED.

Those are the feelings you have as you stand in the arena facing off against your opponent, the one they called "The Queen", the one and only, Chrysti Magenheld. Now I know what your wondering 'we beaten a well known criminal inside a weeb store' to which I reply with a "barely", we barely beaten a well known criminal inside a weeb store the only reason we beat him is because of the power boost that the artifact gave us after we "destroyed" it because one of the henchmen decided to block the sword with the very thing they are tasked to retrieve. Although if it weren't for him we wouldn't be alive at this point. So after the pep talk that Shizuha gave Kakuto, he was pumped up with confidence that soon went away after he remembered the opponent that was right in front of him. If he's gonna be in the average category of students he should at least get a few food hits in and not get obliterated at the start of the match...

Kakuto:*self* Alright all you gotta do is beat Chrysti no biggy, just gotta defeat the most World-renowned fighter of the kingdom, along with her arsenal of artillery not to mention that buster cannon not to be confused by the 'bust'er cannon hehe *slap* focus Kakuto this no time to admire her bazzongaz... just note to self: Try not to die.

Chrysti: Gotta say I admire your enthusiasm, I'll have you know that most people who try to simply touch doesn't get to tell the tale

Kakuto: Then I'll have you know I'm not exactly most people.

Chrysti: Then it's either your really bold *reveal multiple floating Lazer cannons* or really dumb

Kakuto:*unsheaths swords* I'd like to think of myself as "The Fool"

Chrysti: Well it certainly fits your role. *fires Lazer cannons*

The lasers were fired at Kakuto as he just stood there. *BOOOM*

Chrysti: *hmph* pathetic didn't even put up a fight.

As she commented on the recent event she noticed a shadow of two blades in an x position. She quickly dashed away from the incoming attack and the attack ended up missing leaving a large crater instead.

Kakuto: Nice reaction speed there Princess and that attack just now, good to see you're not holding back.

Chrysti: I never underestimate my opponent

Kakuto: I never said I did.

Chrysti: No matter *adjusts Lazer cannons* the next one won't miss. Fire!!!

After the adjustment of the cannons, it fires in a unibeam at him, but rather than dodge it again instead he readies his swords as if to brace himself for an incoming collision. As soon as the laser hit his blades, he held his ground and grit his teeth as to endure the pain allowing the blade to absorb the kinetic and plasma energy to his sword becoming his own.

The dust settled and they see Kakuto standing with a grin on his face signifying that he meant to do what he did, and he did it effortlessly.

Everyone: WWHHAAAATTTT!!!

Shizuha: *smiles*

Chrysti: Impossible, no one has ever withstood my attacks.

Kakuto: like I told you before "I'm not most people".

Chrysti: *grrr* You dare make a mockery out of me *summons her buster cannon* let's see if you can withstand this.

She charges her cannon at half power (afraid she'll go too overboard) and forms it into a ball and launching it at Kakuto. He did something equivalent to her attack but instead of charging a cannon, he charges his sword to release a fraction of the energy he has stored and slashed forward forming an energy wave and cut through the ball. Everyone was stunned at the display even the Queen herself.

Kakuto: *phew* Man, I thought that would never work. Wonders of technology I suppose

Chrysti: How did you do that?

Everyone:*mhm*

Kakuto: Well it simple really *shows of his swords* these babies have built-in crisis cores, made by yours truly

Chrysti: But that's impossible the Kingdom's research and development teams haven't stabilized the salvaged crisis cores, let alone weaponize them.

Kakuto: Who says they need to be stabilized. The crisis cores were barely even damaged even after the invasion so there should be no malfunctions.

Chrysti: Even so, you couldn't even get one let alone two cores, the Kingdom took every crisis core salvageable after the invasion.

Kakuto: Well you can if you have a crykt ship crash-landed in your back yard. That's where most if not all of the materials needed to make my swords.

Random student: wait ain't that illegal.

Shizuha: It is, one time a special ops team raided the garage where he built them but decided to let him continue his work as long as his research can be handed to them for more research.

Kakuto: Ohh man, I still remember the look on uncle Johnny's face when he found out his nephew was working on a government secret weapon hahaha hilarious.

Prof. Jin:*self* so he was the kid Johnny mentioned was doing some techy stuff in his brother's garage. So not only is he experienced in combat but also gifted in engineering. Amazing!

Chrysti:*hihihi* You have exceeded my expectations once again Kakuto Onirize, but I think it's about time I end your little fiasco. Draconia!!!

Suddenly a green energy beam engulfed the Queen unleashing her ultimate weapon. It was a full-body armament complete with laser cannons and petals???

Chrysti: I'm impressed Kakuto Onirize, not only did you surpass not one but two of my attacks. You also forced me to go all out completely. So I hope you don't disappoint me as I unleash the full power of my armament.

Kakuto:*gulp* not good.

Chrysti: Send him to oblivion. Petal Storm!!

The HUD immediately locks on to Kakuto and the petals on her armor were in fact missiles, the petal missiles launched and flew at high speeds giving Kakuto little to no time to react. He dodged, rolled, and duck as best he can, but got blasted nonetheless. He couldn't even land a hit on her, the missiles were launched again leaving him no time to position and plan his attack.

Chrysti: What's the matter Kakuto Onirize? Having trouble, whatever happened to your carefree and relaxed mentality. Tell me, are you ready to give up?

Kakuto:*pant**pant*Don't worry *pant* You're already mine

Kakuto's eyes are now yellow instead of his normally green eyes signifying that Fool's Perception. She launched Petal Storm again only instead of dodging them to no avail, he slashed them with the remaining energy stored in his blades unleashing a massive energy wave hitting Chrysti in the process

Quinccy: Chrysti!!!

Musagen: What was that!??

Shizuha: Its The Fool's Perception.

Musagen: Fool's Perception?

Shizuha: By studying his opponent he can predict and learn his opponent's move, even the movements of the opponent's weapon. In Multiple hours, days, months, or even years mastering the weapon, Kakuto mastered it in a matter of seconds, 2.83 seconds to be exact.

Random student:*Woah* He's that fast that's incredible.

Shizuha: The only downside to this is that he can only learn and copy one person per day.

Musagen: But still learning someone's skills and technique is really fascinating.

Shizuha: And that's not even his phantasma.

Everyone: WHAAATT!!!

Detsuya: Then what is

Shizuha:*embarrassed* I think I revealed enough about Kakuto, any more he might scold me *embarrassed laughter*

With Kakuto learning the pattern of the projectiles it's simply a walk in a park for him. He dodges and slashed the missiles and dashed at Chrysti. In a panic, Chrysti unleashes her buster cannon at full power in her Draconia form amplifying the output. Realized what she was doing she tried to redirect it beneath Kakuto but it was too late, the buster cannon shot the beam at full power at him but not before sending an energy wave of his own leaving her out of her armament...

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The dust settled and we see Kakuto Onirize on the ground covered in bruises and bleeding from his arms and a scar on his head. Seeing Kakuto unfit for battle, Chrysti has been declared the victor.

Quinccy,Musagen and Detsuya: Chrysti!!

Shizuha: Kakuto!!!

We see Shizuha following the medical personnel to the school's Med Bay with an unconscious Kakuto.

Chrysti: He'll be ok, right. *Leaning on Musagen*

Musagen: I don't know, he took your attack head on its no surprise he's in critical condition, as for will he be ok, well we can only hope. Come on you need some rest too.

Chrysti: alright.