A swift wind brought Alye into the air as she sailed over the treeline that she had just sent the fire mage over. As she rose, she could feel the heat that was seething from the enemy mage. She had pissed him off even more than he was before. He was hurt too. Not only his pride, but she could tell by the obscene lump in his shoulder that he his left arm was broken. Alye's feet touched the ground softly as she adopted a defensive battle stance. The white-haired girl wasn't really listening to his dribbled words until he called out a spell.
Alye's eyes widened a bit as she felt a massive surge of magic power concentrate on the fire mage's hands before an immense amount of fire magic ripped from his hands, flying towards the two Eclipse Soul mages. Alye's leg muscles tensed as she prepared to jump into the air, but she froze in horror when Reiki ran in front of the fireball. He stood in front of it, facing her as the spell impacted against him. The girl covered her mouth in anguish as she watched him exude a huge amount of magic power to quell the flames. He was the Ice Dragon Slayer. Fire spells would be extremely effective against him. And he took a powerful one to the back... "
R-Reiki...", she muttered as she took a step forward, her blood running colder every moment.
"Are you...alright, Alye?", he said through a shaky smile. "None of that...got past me....right?", he finished. A shuddering breath left Alye's lips as she took a step forward. When he fell to his knees, Alye stumbled forward, falling to his side as she saw his back. He was burned badly, that was obvious. Alye's shaking hand hovered just over his scalded flesh before a lone tear fell from her eyes.
"
Hah!! Well isn't that just touching?! Are you an idiot or something?! What good is it for an ice mage to throw himself in the way of a fire spell! Even if you did manage to reduce the temperature, look at yourself!!! You're in no damn shape to fight! Now I can just tear little Ms. Sunshine apart!", the fire mage spouted on. Alye's hand clenched into a fist for a moment before a burst of strength next to her made Alye look back to Reiki. "
Like hell I'm gonna let you touch her!", he hollered out before, somehow, managing to get to his feet.
Alye watched as frosty air fluttered from Reiki's mouth and a lethal glare flew from his eyes to the fire mage. Alye could do nothing but watch for a moment as a wind blew their hair around in the silence. "Listen... Don't worry about me right now... Just...focus on kicking this guy's ass... I should be able to build up enough...power for my Roar... If you give me something to...freeze then we can...put this guy down for good...", Reiki managed to say to Alye. Closing her eyes for a moment, Alye nodded.
The girl got to her feet and brought her left hand to her neck. A rough wind rippled through the trees, sending leaves flying everywhere as Alye loosened the clasp to her jacket. The feathered fabric fell to the ground, revealing Alye's smooth arms. The girl dug her hand into her pockets and brought out a pair of fingerless gloves. Reiki could probably feel the difference in the air as it suddenly got much colder than it was before. As Alye pulled on the gloves, the fire mage began to speak.
"
Oh, is Ms. Sunshine gonna-", was all he managed to say before he was cut off by Alye's voice. "
Shut up", the girl growled, her eyes as hard as diamonds. She didn't take her eyes off the fire mage as her left hand then fell in the direction of Reiki's back. "
Winds' Right", the girl muttered. As soon as the words left her mouth, a whispy wind encircled Reiki's body. His frame began to shine as the wind began to heal him moderately, easing his pain at the most and reducing the burning.
Alye took a step forward, standing right next to Reiki, her fists shaking with her suppressed fury. "
Don't you worry one bit, Reiki. He's as good as dead", Alye growled as she punched her fists together, electricity racing along her knuckles.
The fire mage's eyebrows furrowed at that sight. "
Electricity?! How di-", was all he could manage to say before his mouth filled with blood from a impact to his jaw and neck. The red liquid shot out from his lips as he flew backwards, his body smashing into a tree. He gagged for air as he looked up in time to see Alye touch the ground from kicking him in his throat.
"
H-How...did you..", he wheezed and coughed. Alye didn't bother speaking. She rushed forward again, her body pulsating with electricity as she punched him right in the gut, sending ripples of electricity through his body. He yelled out in pain as the tree behind him broke from the power of the attack. Alye lept backwards when the mage then responded with a fire stream from his hands he flew backwards himself.
"
That's...how you wanna play it...huh? Fine. I'll wipe the floor with you, bitch", the man seethed as his fists became swathed in flames. He rushed forward at a speed that Alye didn't think he could muster and aimed a right hook for her cheek. Thank the spirits Alye was faster than him. The girl jerked to the right at the last second as she brought her left foot of the ground. As his fist struck nothing but air, the girl's foot hooked around the back of his head and sent him careening into the ground, leaving a small crater at the impact. The white-haired girl leapt upwards as his entire body set on fire. Blood was flowing freshly from his face as he stood shakily, his face twisted in a evil grin. "
You can't hit what you can't touch! Hahaha!!", he ended with a sadistic cackle as he shot after her. He aimed another punch after her, but she fell to the ground and launched herself into the air once more. When he hit the place she just was, the ground cratered at the force of his blow.
It soon became a game as Alye evaded his attacks, his punches leaving craters as they danced. Alye knew he was right. She knew that his flames would sear her hand off if she touched them with her bare hands. She needed to approach this from another angle.
"
Storm Art: Duststorm!", the girl said as she leapt into the air once more. Alye's speed increased once more as she rushed farther away from the fire mage this time. When she was about to touch the ground, Alye flipped in the air, and when she landed she was on her hands. A magic circle appeared under her feet as began to spin around, wind magic throwing the dust around her into the air. The fire mage rushed towards Alye as he did before, but was perplexed when he rushed into the dustcloud. His sheer speed and momentum ripped the cloud to shreds, revealing that Alye was not there anymore. He didn't know where she went.
Reiki did though.
Alye had used the dustcloud as a cover to jump straight into the air, high into the sky. When her momentum began to fail her, Alye took a deep breath and kicked her leg around, her body beginning to spin. As she began to fall, air and wind wrapped around her legs and feet. Alye used her mastery of wind magic to concentrate the winds to the heel of her foot as she rocketed towards the ground.
The fire mage, still looking around for Alye, didn't find her until it was much too late. When Alye's spinning kick was just above him, he heard her coming. She was much too fast for him to dodge. The next couple of seconds seem to move in slow motion as the fire mage's eyes and Alye's met. Her heel smashed into the small of his back as she impacted against him. The force of the blow sent him into the ground, extinguishing his flames, and leaving a huge crater at the location.
As the dust settled, Alye shot out into the air. The girl landed next to Reiki in a cat-like pose. She looked back at the crater as she panted. The girl got to her feet and took a series of deep breaths as she looked over to Reiki with a small smile. She was about to say something when a shockwave ripped through the air, sending dust, rocks, and leaves tumbling through the air.
"You... Really... Think... You... Can beat... Me?!", the fire mage roared as he somehow stood up. He was far past his limit, it was obvious. He was going to fall any moment now, but he was determined to take one, if not both, of them with him if he was going down.
He pushed forward, his fist embodied of flames as he flew through the air. Just then, Alye let off a burst of magic. She looked down at the ground as her hair rippled about. "
Storm Art: Sky Smelt!", the girl said as the skies overhead darkened. Right before the fire mage reached Alye and Reiki, a pillar of water that had a greenish tint flew down from the heavens and engulfed the fire mage.
"NOW, REIKI!"
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