Chapter 6: Chapter 4.5: Play Time

 

Kronii resumes time and The Ancient Ones can move once again. Right away they notice things is different.  The huge tree that was there is now gone and the girls are positioned slightly differently. This time, Sana is standing behind the rest of The Council and Kiara. Amelia and Ina are standing next to each other, with Gura being in front of Amelia and Sana in front of Ina. The four of them are standing about 10 meters away from the rest of the girls. Kronii is holding both of her swords, one in each hand.

AO(... Interesting, We were talking to Sana and things have suddenly changed. It must have been that woman... It appears she has also been hiding a weapon from Us...) "  So you have stopped time once again, have you, Ouro Kronii? Why did you not try to kill Us while time was stopped? Was it because of pride? Or were you simply unable to do so? "

Kronii:" Oi Watson! Quickly, catch this!" she says while still looking at The Ancient Ones and chucks her small sword backwards, Amelia walks out in front of Gura and then catches it by the hilt with her right hand , then goes back behind Gura.

Amelia(quietly):" I doubt I'll be able to do anything with this but thanks, Kronii..."

AO:" Whatever was the reason, it no longer matters. We hope you finished digging up your graves, DOING ANYTHING ELSE WOULD HAVE BEEN USELESS! NOW, WE SHALL FINISH WHAT WE STARTED!" right as they said that, they move their feet and disappear, making a small crater in the ground they were standing on and leaving only gusts of wind behind. The girls all look around and don't see them anywhere when suddenly, they appear next to Ina. Amelia notices them first and then the rest of them do too. The Ancient Ones swing their hand towards her neck but, Sana quickly turns around and grabs it with her left hand. She lets go of them and at the same time punches the air in front of them with her right hand, which pushes them back away from them. The Ancient Ones get surprised by this and put their hand against the ground as they're being pushed back from her punch, then stop and stand straight up.

Amelia:(They went after Ina?!)

Gura(What just happened?? I couldn't follow their movements at all! If it weren't for Sana...)

Sana:" Ina, are you okay??" she says as she's looking around Ina's neck. 

Ina:" I'm okay... Thank you..." she says with sadness and confusion in her voice, she doesn't know why The Ancient Ones attacked her.

AO:" So, you can fight Us after all, Tsukumo Sana! We do not know how you have done it but, it appears you are no longer our Apostle. A shame, We were planning on having you kill your own friends!"

Amelia:" ... You... SHUT UP! Why did you attack Ina!? She doesn't have powers, she can't do anything to you, so why?!" the angry detective asks, as she gets in front of her friend to look at The Ancient Ones.

AO:" Our apologies detective, We simply wanted to put her out of her misery. It was an act of mercy." 

Amelia:" Mercy?!"

Everyone is confused upon hearing their words, they can't understand what they're saying, they don't believe them either. Council and Kiara slowly walk up to the other four as The Ancient Ones are talking.

AO:" Ninomae Ina'nis... She had cared for Us, even before We started talking to her, she had valued the book she had found greatly. Being betrayed by a being she had trusted, a being that was with her for ober 6 years... We were such a big part of her life, she is now disorientated, has lost her sense of being...  Surely, if Ninomae Ina'nis continues to live on after this, she would eventually come to a realization of everything that had happened to her, the unprecedented anguish would fall upon her and rip apart her soul and she would rot away. We wanted to consume her to not let her reach this fate, it would pain Us deeply, if Our beloved Priestess had met such an ending."  the girls are taken aback by their words and can't come up with a response until Amelia decides to say something to them.

Amelia:" Beloved? Don't talk as if you care about her, you never did! Even if what you're saying is true, you weren't the only one in Ina's life! She has friends, people who care for her, and now even more than before! That's why I know she's going to be okay! The only one here who's going to rot away IS YOU!" 

As soon as Amelia finishes her speech, an angry Kiara lunges at the Ancient Ones with flaming fists. She tries to hit them but they dodge it with minimal effort. Left fist, right fist, they dodge every single one of her attacks. They eventually wind up close to a building, Kiara charges up huge flames in her left fist and tries to hit them but The Ancient Ones vanish and appear behind her, Kiara hitting the building behind them instead. She makes a huge hole in it with burn marks, after she takes out her fist from the building's wall, it starts to fall apart. She quickly turns around to hit them again and this time The Ancient Ones don't move, and her hit lands on their chest. Kiara is shocked when she sees that her punch did no damage. It's as if she hadn't hit them at all. The rest of the girls can't believe what they're seeing.

AO:" If this is the extent of your power, Phoenix, YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE CAME HERE AT ALL!" with their right hand they grab her by her face and throw her and send her flying, she crashes into a building and spits out blood upon hitting it. 

The Myth girls, upon seeing the damage Kiara took, yell out her name worryingly but Mumei points their palm towards them and they stop.

Mumei:" You don't have to worry about Kiara. She has taken worse damage than that before. But... THAT DOESN'T MEAN I'LL JUST STAND HERE WHILE THEY'RE MESSING WITH HER!" 

Mumei takes makes her cloak disappear, takes out her huge owl wings and starts flying towards The Ancient Ones with incredible speed. She tries to punch them with her right hand but, they quickly go inside of a portal and escape. Without her fist even connecting with a building, she leaves a massive hole in dozens of buildings in a straight line and they all start collapsing. The Ancient Ones come out of a portal behind her and prepare to attack her with a knife-hand but, she quickly turns around and shoots a sharp stream of wind at them from her own knife-hand, cutting their right hand off. She lunges at them and does a spinning sideways kick with her right foot but, The Ancient Ones quickly regenerate their other hand and block her attack with both arms.

Mumei:" WINDWHIRL KICK!" She continues her kick with a huge gale of wind. Her attack cuts both of their hands off and pushes Ancient Ones back with their feet digging into the ground. She rushes towards them and punches them in the face with her left arm, their horns fall off instantly from her punch. With an uppercut with her right fist, she launches them into the air and kicks them in the stomach with her right foot. She quickly flies up towards them and prepares to attack them with a knife-hand but suddenly, Kronii appears from behind them and tries to cut them with a downwards slash with her sword. The Ancient Ones noticed her, they disappear and reappear on the ground. The two stop their attacks, with Mumei's fingers being at Kronii's neck and Kronii's sword being above Mumei's head.

Mumei:" Kronii?! What are you doing?? I almost cut your head off!"

Kronii:" SORRY!! I THOUGHT WE COULD ATTACK THEM AT THE SAME TIME!" she says loudly and then starts whispering something to her.

At the same time, Fauna materializes a golden apple in her hand.

Fauna:" Kiara! I know you can regenerate but eat this! It will make you feel better! " she says and throws her apple towards Kiara, that still hasn't come out from the building she crashed into.
The Ancient Ones are watching it all, while regenerating their hands and horns.

AO(Interesting... By what she said, it is clear that the golden apple has healing abilities but, despite the fact that the phoenix can regenerate, she still gave her the apple... Does that mean it does something other than healing?...)

Fauna:" What are you looking at?!" she says to the Ancient Ones and they turn their gaze away from Kiara "You can't have any!"

Fauna points her palm towards The Ancient Ones and dozens of wooden spikes emerge from the ground and go after them. They start flying away backwards to get away from them when suddenly, they get pierced by a huge wooden spike from behind, while the smaller wooden spikes from the front are still coming after them. They summon two huge black hands, one in front and one behind them. They slice all of Fauna's wooden spikes with the big hands, the smaller ones in the front fall the ground, while the tip of the bigger spike stays inside them. The clench their fists and shoot the spike out from their stomach back towards Fauna but, she easily just flicks it away with the back of her hand.

Fauna:" Did you really think you could hurt me with nature?" she says with a smug look on her face but then Amelia notices something.

Amelia:" Fauna! Behind you!!" she yells out when she noticed one of The Ancient Ones' hands appearing behind Fauna.

Fauna turns around but it's too late, their arm grabs her and starts squeezing her tightly.

Fauna:" Oh nooooo"

AO:" You are far too easily distracted, Ceres Fauna! " they say while regenerating the hole in their stomach. The arm continues to squeeze Fauna until it crushes her completely but, as soon as the huge hand crushes her, bits of wooden logs burst from it, as if it were her body parts.

Fauna emerges from the ground behind them and materializes a golden apple in her hand. They don't notice her until they hear loud munching behind them. They turn around to see Fauna, without a scratch, just eating her golden apple.

They try to hit her with another huge fist but, she jumps backwards, makes her apple disappear and then slams both of her hand against the ground. A huge headless wooden golem starts emerging from the ground, it's as tall as a building. With an incredibly fast and powerful kick, the golem sends The Ancient Ones flying into a building. The golem then starts walking towards them.

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AO:(That was a powerful attack... What is with this woman? Can she not be killed? Or was the one We crushed some kind of clone?)

Suddenly, a huge explosion occurs in the building Kiara crashed into and yelling can be heard from it. Everyone turns to look at what happened. The whole top half of the building has been destroyed and Kiara can be seen, holding an eaten golden apple in her left hand. She has no wounds except, a metal rod piercing her heart. She turns the remains of the apple to ash, then takes the metal rod out of her heart and heals up instantly. She clenches her fists and huge orange flaming wings jut out of her back.

Kiara:" FLAMING FIST OF ETERNITY!!" she yells out and with a huge fiery aura around her, flies towards The Ancient Ones but, accidentally flies straight through Fauna's golem and the whole top half of it explodes and the rest of it turns to dust "Uhhh oops!"

Fauna:" MY GOLEM!! He was so young..." she says with teary eyes and her head down.

Kiara:" Sorry!! That apple gave me quite the boost! I just got so excited and wasn't paying attention..."

AO:(So, it is as We had thought, the apple gives them some kind of boost in power...)

The Ancient Ones start coming out of the building, Kiara notices it and instantly starts flying towards them, leaving a flaming trial of energy behind her. She goes for a punch with her left hand, The Ancient Ones notice how fast she's moving and escape her attack through a portal, they come out from a portal in the sky far away from her. Kiara's punch destroys dozens of buildings in a straight line, turning them all to ash. The Ancient Ones are surprised by the difference in her power.

AO:(Both her power and speed have increased tremendously... She seems to be on par with the Guardian woman now, all from eating that apple...)

Kiara prepares to attack them again but gets interrupted by Bae, who stars shooting hundreds of red energy blasts at The Ancient Ones. They dodge all of them while flying throughout the sky, with hundreds of explosions unfolding behind them. Bae stops shooting and goes inside of a portal of her own and comes out in front of them and punches them in the stomach, which pushes them back a bit. Kiara flies up and joins in, they try to attack them at the same time but, all of their punches miss. The Ancient Ones are easily dodging them all.

Bae:" Ugh Kiara, your huge wings are distracting me! And it's too hot when you're right next to me!"

Kiara:" You're the one who interrupted my fight! Just go away!"

Bae:" No way! You leave!"

The two argue while trying to hit The Ancient Ones. Bae and Kiara try to punch them in the face at the same time, Kiara from the left and Bae from the right but, The Ancient Ones suddenly disappear, and the two end up hitting each other in the face instead.

Bae & Kiara:" Owwww!" both of them put their hands of their faces in pain.

The Ancient Ones appear behind Kiara and try to attack her with their right hand but they notice Mumei, rushing towards them. Just before she's about to pierce them with a knife-hand, they once again disappear and appear above all three of them. Mumei accidentally shoves her hand through Kiara's stomach instead, she spits out blood instantly and yells out in pain.

Mumei:" Oh shoot, I'm sorry!"

Kiara:" FUCK!!! Mumei, what are you doing?!?"

Mumei:" IT WAS AN ACCIDENT!" she says while taking her hand out of Kiara's stomach and she starts healing.

The Ancient Ones are just floating above them with their arms crossed.

AO:" What a joke. " one of their tentacles juts out of their back and goes after the three of them.

When Kiara sees the tentacle going after them, she gets in front of Mumei to protect her, right before they all get hit by it, sending them all to the ground, slightly in front of Fauna. Kiara looks around Mumei's body and checks for any wounds.

Kiara:" Mumei, are you okay?? You're not bleeding anywhere, are you??"

Mumei:" Uhhh yeah? You're acting weird..." the confused Mumei responds and Kiara gets a relieved look her face upon hearing that.

Kiara:" Whew okay, good!" (I know what Ame said but, I can't let Mumei bleed no matter what...)

AO:(Sana has only attacked Us after we went after Ina, it appears her role here is to protect those three weaklings down there.)

Fauna:" Hey Kiara, do you want another apple? I saw what happened..." she looks at Mumei "You need to be more careful with your attacks!"

Mumei:" Sorry..."

Kiara:" Oh I already healed up but sure, I could use another!"

Fauna lightly throws the apple towards her but, before she could catch it, The Ancient Ones take the apple by grabbing it through one of their portals, while still staying in the sky.

Fauna:" OH NO! "

The Ancient Ones bring the apple closer to their mouth, as if they're about to eat it but Bae shoots an energy blasts at them, destroying both the apple and the hand that was holding it.

Fauna:" Whew!"

AO:" You were so worried about Us eating that apple, that you ended up destroying it. Does that mean We would also get a boost in power, if We had ate it?" they ask as they're healing their hand, but the girls remain silent, just looking at them with angry facial expressions. "But, no matter. We do not need a boost. After all, you have all turned out to be quite disappointing. Is this all The Council has to offer? We must admit, individually, you are all quite strong, however... You are terrible in fighting as a team. You have done more damage to yourselves than Us. For a moment, We had thought that fighting you all at once would be a challenge but, that is most certainly not the case... Now then, do you have any last words, before We wipe you all out of existence? "

Amelia:(Looks like they fell for it.) " Yeah, I got something, although they won't be my last words. Play time is over girls! "

To be Continued...

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