*WHOOSH*
There goes another arrow whizzing past Naderamu as she makes multiple attempts to throw the red aura student in her pursuit. Naderamu's main goal was to find a sliver of a chance to fight back. Fighting against an opponent who has both a weapon and high ground would definitely end badly for her.
As she was running, she was hoping to possibly run into someone from her class, or a way to distract her pursuer as a whole.
*WHOOSH*
'Damn it!' Naderamu mentally cursed, steering her body side to side, dodging any of the red and magic-filled arrows that came out of the red aura students' crossbow.
Naderamu then made a sharp turn, running behind a building and taking cover behind a wall. She could hear the quickly-paced footsteps her opponent made as he ran hot on her trail.
Naderamu quickly formed three shurikens, each one being of the color blue due to her aura. As she clenched the shurikens tightly between her fingers, she patiently waited for her opponent of the rivaling class to be behind the nearest corner, making her launch an unsuspected attack.
As the swift footsteps of the enemy neared her, Naderamu popped out from behind the wall of the building she used as cover and tossed three of the six shurikens at the source of the footsteps.
'Gotcha!' Naderamu declared silently, watching as her shurikens flew towards the glass-wearing student.
"Woah!" The glasses-wearing student shouted out by instinct, indicating his surprise at the unsuspecting and incoming blue shurikens.
The glasses-wearing student attempted to halt his movements, then jumped to the side to maneuver the flying shurikens.
*SWOOSH, SWOOSH, SWOOSH*
The remaining shurikens that were left in Naderamu's other hand took flight. Fortunately for the glasses-wearing student, he was able to ready his crossbow with three arrows and shoot at the impending shurikens. The arrows that were released only made contact with two of the shurikens, the third arrow sadly missed and got itself wedged in the wall of a building.
With the third shuriken still heading towards the glasses-wearing student, it managed to graze the crossbow-wielding student's cheek. A slit was now present on his face, making him feel the warm, thick, crimson liquid trail down the side of his face.
'How many times am I going to let myself get cut by those things!?' The glasses-wearing student questioned himself, rage coursing through his veins.
The red aura student filled his crossbow with three more arrows, aiming at the opposing blue aura in front of him, the red crosshairs in his eyes focusing onto Naderamu like a target.
Unfortunately for the red aura student; Naderamu disappeared by running behind the building beside her, making him lose his focus on the moving target.
With Naderamu sprinting away again, it prompted the red aura student to chase after her once more. But as he rounded the corner, a fist was launched at his face. The red aura student's glasses elicited a cracking sound, indicating that they were now shattered and broken upon the fists' impact. "Argh!" also resulted in him releasing a groan of pain.
The red aura student was only pushed back slightly from the punch, still managing to see clearly through the broken shards that were the remains of his glasses.
Naderamu then grabbed his crossbow, raising it to have the arrows that were stocked within to face the sky. "Hai!" Naderamu proceeded to kick the red aura students' stomach violently, making him lose his breath for a short moment.
The red aura student rooted his left foot into the ground and set his right hand free from the crossbow, giving him the chance to strike Naderamu with an upper-cut, making her stumble backward.
When Naderamu stumbled backward, Naderamu unclutched the crossbow. With that action, the red aura student brought the crossbow back down to aim and fire at Naderamu.
Fortunately enough, Naderamu collected herself before the arrows were released, giving her the chance to form a single shuriken in each hand. Once the arrows got close to Naderamu, she dodged the first arrow that was shot of the three, then threw her two shurikens and sliced the incoming red arrows into two pieces, cutting them right through the middle. But that wasn't the end for the two shurikens. They continued to soar through the air until they were surprisingly destroyed immediately once they came into contact with a red beam of magic.
The shattered glasses-wearing student's eyes widened, then looked to his left and spotted another student.
This particular student garbed all of the similar armor and clothing but also had a matching red headband, sending a wave of relief through the shattered glasses-wearing student's body.
"Kuroru!"
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'Huh.'
Not very many thoughts were rushing through Tanjo's brain currently. Well, nothing except the complete and udder confusion of this titan of a student who has the look to scare mid to high-class warriors-- sounded so friendly.
So in Tanjo's dazed and confused state, he did what he did most when being greeted. "Hi?" but sadly, this isn't the appropriate time. Shortly after Tanjo greeted the hunk of armor, the first thing he saw was another gleaming red fist getting pushed forward and traveling to his face at a fast pace.
"Eek!" Tanjo's mouth slipped out, his body jolting from the sudden action. 'I need to be careful with this guy. Maybe if I could get another beam ready, I could blow this guy away!' Tanjo mentally formulated, planning on some type of way he could actually damage the guy.
Another giant fist was slammed down, prompting Tanjo to dodge by moving to the left and letting the fist make contact with the ground and rupturing the spot it landed on.
'What the hell!? What would've happened to me if I didn't move in time?' Tanjo mentally panicked, immediately throwing the idea of finding a way to close the distance between the two in this fight.
"I'd be elated if you'd stop dodging me, it's kinda hard to move fast in here." The deep and heavy voice of the red giant returned, nearly making Tanjo stumble from its deep voice but kind tone once again.
The massive red opponent then gathered itself from its fist slamming into the earth, turning its body towards Tanjo once again.
'Shit! Do I run? No. I'll just tire myself out, and I obviously can't hide if he smashes through everything! How abo-AH!' In the middle of Tanjo's mental devising, a huge red arm could be seen swiping at Tanjo horizontally.
But before the arm could collide with Tanjo, some type of instinct kicked in. A weird feeling was spread from within Tanjo's body, the feeling is identical to using his magic. But whatever it was enabled Tanjo to bend completely backward, his legs still being firmly placed on top of the dirt-covered ground.
Tanjo felt like everything around him started moving in slow motion as his eyes tracked the thick and armored arm that swung over him, still being able to feel the heat that the red armor produced.
Suddenly, time seemed to have resumed back to its normal speed.
"What the!?" The armored figure questioned in a tone of shock and confusion, never did he think that one of his opponents would dodge one of his attacks in such a bold manner.
Tanjo then stood straight up once again, feeling the power that was once coursing through his body dissipate and return his body to its original state.
"You're just a little weasel aren't ya!" The towering figure questioned playfully, the deep tone of his voice making it seem more like an insult.
"OOF" Tanjo exhaled violently as he was then launched back, a fist finding its way to Tanjo's chest and sending him flying.
After landing on the ground, Tanjo stood back up and collected himself, dusting off some dirt remnants on his chalkboard grey armor. He then looked back at the humongous figure in front of him.
'Well, If I can't run or hide. Then I just have to fight!'
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Hey! I hope you enjoyed Part 9 of "Aura's Clash." The next chapter will be the finale of this arc, leading us into a new segment of the story. Stay tuned for more!
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Peace - Cr1ticalz_