“Asuna-san!” Kaede tightened her grip on the struggling Negi, doing her best not to let him interfere with the match. Unfortunately for Negi her best was very, very good.
“Negi-bozu, calm down! The match isn't over!”
“Asuna-san is just a normal girl Kaede-san! A hit like that could... We have to make sure she's ok!”
“It would be a great disrespect to her abilities and the skill she's shown today for us to rush in as soon as she's hurt Negi-sensei.” Setsuna told him calmly from beside the ninja.
“But... but...”
“We'll get over there as soon as the match is officially over, which shouldn't be long. Look, Asukura is already doing the count.”
...3...
That hurt
...4...
I guess she is strong after all. No wonder she had a six million dollar bounty
...5...
What's that sound?
...6...
Am I being counted out? ... I'm gunna' lose?
...7...
Like hell!
...8...
There's a way to do this. I can feel it! I know how... but how do I know? Seriously, that's getting really creepy now...
...9...
No time!!!
Evangeline didn't bother waiting for the count to finish. The match was over. The bet was fulfilled. Now she could get out of this ridiculous get up. And kill Al when she found him. Painfully.
“Oi! Where're ya goin' Vampire!”
She stopped. No way, she couldn't be.
“I'm talking to you, you god-damn Lolita bait!”
Oh, that did it! Baka Red was going home in pieces!
Eva turned around slowly. There was Kagurazaka, half kneeling on the ring, one hand still holding her stomach in obvious pain. She only had one eye open! And she. Was. Still. SMILING!!!
Eva saw red.
This time Asuna was ready. Eva's fist hit nothing but air and concrete as it swung down as the bell wearing fighter swivelled around on her left heel. The blond didn't miss a beat and followed through with a sweeping kick, missing Asuna by millimeters as she jumped backwards. Eva leapt after her, still pressing the attack in a brutal fury.
“Uh... I think Eva might have lost it-Aru.”
“Um... yeah. Looks like.”
“Ooooh, I haven't seen Master this angry in a while. This is going to be cool!”
Given Chachazero's definition of 'cool', this was not a comforting thing to hear.
“Master... Asuna-san...” Negi had stopped struggling, instead staring wide eyed at the display in front of him.
The steps, the steps, focus on the steps
“This is bad, de-gozaru.”
It's all about the spiral
“Aniki, Asuna's gunna get ripped apart!”
Get ready...
The pair wound tighter and tighter. Eva's attacks came closer and closer, Asuna's dodges got harder and harder. There was less room to maneuver here. The pair wound tighter and tighter together. This was the tricky part, but as long as Eva didn't realise she was being drawn in, as long as she stayed angry, as long as any of this actually worked, everything would be fine. Maybe. A few more steps and it would be time.
Two more...
One...
Soul of ice!
All at once Asuna let everything go and felt a familiar cold calm steal over her. Around her time seemed to slow to a crawl. She could see Eva's next attack clearly. Given how sharp her claws were it would probably gut her if it hit. She'd done the enrage the opponent thing better than she'd thought. But it wouldn't hit. Kazumi was at the edge of the ring looking worried. From where she was she could see the chibi-vampire's expression better than anyone besides Asuna, so maybe she had good reason. Beyond her she could see Negi and the others looking surprised at how the fight was going. She could even see Chachazero hoisting herself up on the railing to get a better view of what happened next. Asuna processed it all in an instant as her fist slowly completed its arc upwards, finishing the spiral. As the massive amounts of hot and cold ki began to react she met Eva's eyes.
And then the world exploded.
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