Corrupted Radiatons

by Michael Rogers

  Man: *Rachael's sudden charge caught his attention.* "BUBBLE BLAST" *He shot two bubbles at incredible speeds towards Rachael.*

  Champion: "Oh my! MYSTIC SHIELD"

  *A glass-like shield rose at an angle next to Rachael and two miniature explosions of water rumbled the ground, as the shield blocked the bubbles.*

  Rachael: *She slowed down, glancing at the water run down the champion's shield.* (The ground? He was aiming for my feet? So he shows signs of intelligence-)

  *Rachael thought to herself and ran around the man, cupping her hands as if she was holding slop.*

  Ginger: *She looked at Rachael like she was an idiot.* "What is she planning to do-?"

  Nathan: (Rachael must have an idea-) *He raised the sword, trying to grab the man's attention.*

  Man: *He stared at the sword and faced it.* "BUBBLE-"

  Rachael: (His blind spot!-) *She leapt forward with a bending knee and suddenly swirled her arms, causing dark brown mud to cover hand hands.* "Rotten Slab."

  Man: *He quickly looked to the side and stared at Rachael, as a blue glyph spiralled in front of his hands.* "BLAST-"

  Rachael: *She flicked her arms towards the man, causing a string of mud to whip into the man's neck.* "Gotcha." *She formed a fist in a triumphed-like manner.*

  Champion: (Using wet ground against the water based man, very smart, Rachael.) *She thought to herself with a smile, as if she was impressed.*

  Rachael: "Rotten Slab." *She leapt forward and swirled her hand, flicking another string of mud towards the man's face.*

  Man: *He squinted his eyes as the mud slapped him in the face and past his head.* "No.. I need to devour you-"

  *The man's face darkened, as his skin absorbed the mud from Rachael's Azure Burst.*

  Rachael: *She looked confused and gasped, as five bubbles shot directly towards her.* "Dang-" *She raised her fists towards her face in a defensive-like manner.*

  Nathan: (She's trying to defend herself against the Rostical?!)

  Karol: "Waichael! Defence Up." *He shouted with an echoing voice, as he danced on a blue glyph.*

  Man: "BUBBLE BLAST" *He shouted with an echoing voice, causing the bubbles to burst directly in front of Rachael.* "Will I get to feed on you first, woman-?"

  *Two shurikens spiralled out of the explosions of water and sliced into the man's forehead and chest.*

  Man: *He looked surprised, as if he wasn't expecting the shurikens to spiral through the explosions of water.* "...-"

  Ginger: "Yeoshh!" *She crossed her arms and intensified her concentration on the man, as water rained around him.*

  Karol: *He slowed down his dance-like movements and stared at the shurikens in confusion.* "What's that?"

  Luna: "Aha, talk about stickin' to stereotypes, Asian and shurikens? What Jutsu you got-?"

  *The shurikens suddenly burst, exploding the man's limbs across the forest.*

  Luna: "Holy shit!"

  Destiny: "Yeup!"

  Lezard: "Jinkies."

  Champion: "Oh my!"

  Karol: "Eek."

  Rachael: "Whoa."

  Ginger: "Shuriken Burst." *She spoke with a plain, serious face.*

  Lezard: *He smiled with relief and adjusted his cone-shaped hat, looking at each guild member.* "Which of you little monsters needs healing?"

  Ginger: *She glanced at the guild and noticed their relaxed-like states.* "Why are you relaxing? Please respond!"

  Rachael: *She glanced at the man's limbless body, as they burst into water before looking back to Ginger.* "It's over. You defeated him-"

  Nathan: "Rach!" *He shouted with his deep voice in concern, drawing the guild's attention back to the man's body.*

  Karol: *He watched water squirt out of the man's limbless body, causing him to squeal in shock.* "W-Waichael?"

  Nathan: "Karol?" *He glanced at Karol, noticing him squirm in fear.*

  Karol: *He frowned and nodded his head while puffing out his chest.* (I'ma man!)

  Lezard: "Ooo, I thought we did it?" *He stepped back several times and stood in a battle-ready pose.*

  Champion: "Oh my, he's healing?"

  Ginger: "Ykkt!" *She frowned and clicked her fingers, causing the shurikens to suddenly spiral into the air towards her.* "As I feared, it is reconstructing itself!" *She whispered to herself out loud, catching the shurikens.*

  Luna: "Oi, oriental! Looks like you know somethin'!"

  Rachael: "Luna, stop calling her-" *An arm-like wave of water smashed against the side of her, throwing her onto a nearby tree stump.*

  Man: *He slowly leant up and glanced at Rachael, as his extending arm choked her against the tree.* "Your Neurons? They taste unusual.. As if they're limitless!"

  Rachael: "Rkc Plkar!" *Two spear-like pillars of rock jabbed into the man's arm, bursting water out of his skin.*

  Champion: (Even with the Rock Pillars, he's keeping his grip on Rachael's neck!) "Let her go! AQUA LIQUID" *She shouted with an echoing voice and a wave of water slapped the man across his face.*

  Man: *He tilted his head down and smiled, as the water from champion's Rostical absorbed into his body.* "You also have yummy Neurons."

  Champion: "Oh my." *She looked surprised and unintentionally stepped back.*

  Rachael: "Lgh-" *She grabbed the man's arm which was firmly around her neck.*

  Karol: "Waichael!" *He squealed and started to dance, causing an expanding blue glyph to spiral from his feet.* "Defence Up."

  Rachael: *She started to breathe, as if her neck hardened, preventing the man's grip from applying any pressure.* (Karol? Thank you so much!-)

  Luna: (Destiny!)

  Destiny: "Yeup!" *She focused on the man's arm with heightened vision and noticed different types of water-like flows.* (I see his Astragons!)

  Luna: "There!" *She quickly pulled the string to her lightning bow and shot an arrow made of wind at the man's arm.* "Windstream Shot."

  Man: *His arm suddenly crystallised with black scales, causing a boof-like sound, as it blocked Luna's arrow.*

  Luna: "Wat?!" *She grunted in disbelief, watching the wind break and swirl into nothing.*

  Destiny: "Yeu." *She meowed in a scared-like manner and flew behind Luna, just hovering behind her shoulder.*

  Nathan: "There?" *He spoke to himself and stared at the spot Luna shot towards, raising the sword.* "Air Slash."

  Luna: *She looked at Ginger with a frown.* "Tell us wat you know, aye."

  Ginger: *She sighed as if she was annoyed at Luna.* "Due to Arcadia's ordeal with the Aurorions-"

  Champion: (Aurorions?!) *She quickly glanced at Ginger and focused back to the man, watching his arm suddenly explode, releasing Rachael.*

  Nathan: *He smirked, as he watched the water splash onto the ground.* (Got him.)

  Lezard: "Quick internal light, INVOKING AURA" *He spoke with an echoing voice and watched light glow around Rachael's neck.*

  Rachael: "Thanks, guys!" *She coughed and took several steps back from the man.*

  Ginger: "Due to previous encounters, it appears a high condensed strike of Astragons and a powerful quality of Neurons are able to break through its defensive skin."

  Luna: "Aye?"

  Ginger: "Is it not logical?" *She looked at Luna as if she was an idiot.*

  Luna: "I don't get it."

  Champion: "Hi-Ougi."

  Ginger: "Hi-Ougis."

  Rachael: (We need a Hi-Ougi to break through its scales?) "Crud."

  Nathan: (I'm feeling the same thing, Rach.) *He raised the sword to his face and frowned with concentration.* "Karol!"

  Karol: *He stopped dancing and nodded his head.* "I know!"

  Rachael: "We don't have any-"

  Lezard: "Ooo, come to me, my delicious little monster!" *He quickly hobbled up to Ginger and grabbed her hand while shaking his bottom to each side.*

  Man: *He ignored Lezard and the rest of the guild, allowing him to focus all his attention to Rachael.* "Limitless.." *He licked his lips with growing excitement, as th
e water around his body solidified into his arms and legs.*

  Destiny: (He restored himself again!)

  Luna: (How? Shouldn't he be tired or somethin'?)

  Rachael: "A Hi-Ougi?" *She whispered to herself, triggering a flashback.*

  --

  Rachael: "They used a Hi-Ougi and fainted?" *She spoke in confusion.*

  Trevour: "Yes? It's the power of two people's Ougis combined."

  Rachael: "So, can anyone use a Hi-Ougi?"

  Trevour: "I'm not too sure. I know my siblings can."

  Rachael: "From what I've seen, very powerful people can use Ougis.. I just think we should learn how to use a Hi-Ougi."

  Trevour: "That's a spectacular idea, boss, but it's a little more temperamental than that. Some captains tried to Hi-Ougi."

  Karol: "...-"

  Rachael: "What was it like?"

  Trevour: "They couldn't do it." *He shrugged his shoulders in confusion, causing his armour to rattle.*

  Rachael: "So.. Those twins were able to do something not even captains could do?" *She mentioned Trinity and Infinity back in Battling Oxident.*

  Trevour: "Sounds like it, boss."

  Karol: "You need to be emotionully acatched."

  Trevour: "You know the requirements, little meister?"

  Rachael: "If you need to be emotionally attached, then that would explain why the captains couldn't do it."

  Trevour: "Yeah, that sounds about right." *He spoke in realisation.*

  Karol: "High Ougis require a perfect mixta of Neuwrons."

  Trevour: "I-..." *He shut his dropping jaw.* "I'm surprised you know a lot about this, little meister."

  Karol: "Nee hee. My daddy and arnty have the bloodline to high Ougi without any wequirments."

  Rachael: "Could you tell me more about this perfect mixture of Neurons?"

  --

  Rachael: (It makes sense that a Hi-Ougi would be strong enough to break through a powerful defence.) "Karol, keep your distance."

  Nathan: (None of us were expecting to fight something like this..) *He frowned to himself in thought while pointing his sword at the man.* (But then again, this is The Twilight Forest.)

  Ginger: *She looked at Lezard and glanced at their hands in disgust.* "Ey?! What are you doing? Please respond!"

  Lezard: "Let's use a Hi-Ougi!"

  Ginger: "Illogical! We cannot-"

  Lezard: "Hi-Ougi." *He shouted and glanced at Ginger with a sad-filled face.* "Do it for Lezard, buttercup?"

  Ginger: "Ykkt! Stop this illogical foolishness-"

  Lezard: "Ooo, do it!" *He wiggled his bottom to each side and focused all his attention to the man.*

  Ginger: "A requirement is a strong emotional connection-"

  Luna: "Oi, just do it, aye!" *She grunted, as if she didn't know any better.*

  Destiny: "Yeup!" *She meowed in agreement.*

  Ginger: (How foolish is this guild?) *She sighed in defeat and nodded her head.*

  Lezard and Ginger: "Hi-Ougi." *They shouted at the same time, drawing the man's attention.*

  Man: "I'm confused.." *He panted on his breath, as he slowly continued to lose his human-like features.*

  Karol: (He's getting more black scales on his body-)

  Man: *His eyes glowed an eerie yellow colour.* "I want to devour you all.. My thirst-"

  Lezard: "Technically, you'd want to quench your thirst not devour-"

  Ginger: "Ykkt-" *She frowned and quickly withdrew her hand away from Lezard.*

  Nathan: *He charged towards the man, raising the sword with both hands.* "Enough of this!"

  Champion: "Oh my, it won't work, Nathan!-"

  Karol and Nathan: "Hi-Ougi."

  Karol: "It weally hurts!" *He squealed with an echoing voice and suddenly burst into blood, causing Ginger and the entire guild to gasp.*

  Luna: "Holy shit."

  Destiny: "Yeup!"

  Luna: "Are you trippin' balls? Wat did I just see?!" *She grunted at Destiny.*

  Destiny: *The purple rings around her iris spiralled, magnifying and clearing her vision.* (No, it really happened!)

  Lezard: "Jinkies?" *He hobbled back in shock, as if he didn't know how to react.*

  Karol: (Blood Bath.)

  Nathan: "Blood Bath."

  Rachael: "What on Earth happened to Karol?!" *She shouted on her breath.*

  Ginger: *She observed the swirling blood around Nathan's sword.* (The child's entire body completely altered its Astragon composition? Allowing him to go into a metamorphosis-like state.)

  Nathan: "If it's damaged by the quality of a Hi-Ougi, then!-" *He raised the sword, causing the blood to tighten its swirl around the sword.*

  Karol: (Blood Slash.)

  Nathan: "Blood Slash." *He ignored the man's frightening transition and slashed the sword across, slicing an airwave of blood past the man's shoulders.*

  Man: *He stumbled back and looked down, watching his ear fall to the ground, followed by droplets of bright red blood.* "My hearing-"

  Nathan: (Karol!)

  Karol: (I kan do this!) *He squealed with determination, cueing Nathan to step back in preparation.*

  Nathan: (Alright!) *He tilted his wrist and bent his knees, flashstepping out of sight.*

  Man: "I just want to consume!" *He quickly flicked his arm and shot a barrage of bubbles where Nathan stood, watching explosions of water violently burst open the ground.*

  Ginger: (The more the opponent's body changes, the more his thinking changes? Brother.. Is this the type of enemy you're chasing after?)

  Man: "Where-?" *He started to drool while looking to each side, trying to find Nathan.* "No matter-" *He focused his attention back to Rachael.*

  Rachael: "Why me?" *She spoke to herself and raised her fists towards her face, standing in a battle-ready pose.*

  Ginger: (Yes, why her? She appears to be a ground Elementalist, nothing special.)

  Nathan: *He suddenly appeared above the man and slashed the sword in a cross-like manner, causing two strings of blood to whip the ground to each side of the man.* "Double Blood Slash."

  Man: "Kah-" *He inhaled with a pain filled gasp and stepped forward, as if he momentarily lost his balance.*

  Karol: (I got him!)

  Nathan: *He landed heavily on the ground and leant back, raising the sword.* "Tessaiga-"