Operation 'Not die' 1/2
"Fuck."
'Great, just great. What are Artoria and the others doing huh? Leaving all the work to me...' thought Aqua while looking at Shinji and Rider in front of her.
"So you understand in how much trouble you are huh? Good. Rider, kill her!" exclaimed Shinji with a slightly sadistic smile.
Rider didn't move immediately, instead she started thinking of what she could do to save her real master, however she also had to kill the servant in front of her since the bastard with the book commanded her to. There was something about the blue haired servant in front of her that angered Rider greatly, but because of how weak she was, her senses weren't sharp enough to tell what it was exactly.
Aqua, who had use an absurd amount of mana activating both her Noble Phantasms in the last 20 minutes was not aware that it was precisely because of her lack of mana that Rider had yet to determine she was a goddess, instead Aqua couldn't help but feel annoyed at the situation.
Putting Sakura down, Aqua decided that it might be good to take the fight elsewhere, it would be bad if Shinji, in one of his arrogant rages, ordered Rider to kill Sakura or something, Aqua would be forced to fight while protecting a sleeping girl and that would not be good.
As weak as Rider was, for Aqua right now it might be troublesome, there are three things she would have to be cautious about, first of all Rider's agility is absurd which means actually hitting her with spells might be difficult, and with how low Aqua was on mana she wouldn't get much chances to cast them.
The second thing to be careful with were the chains, for someone with zero fighting experience like Aqua, dodging those chains might even be harder than dodging Berserker's club. Berserker's club didn't change directions out of nowhere after all, and it was possible to determine the trajectory of the club, those chains on the other hand...
The third thing were her eyes. Aqua wasn't sure how those eyes of petrification would affect her but she wasn't excited about trying it out.
Looking at Rider, who already had the chains out, Aqua couldn't help but sigh, well at least she waited for Aqua to put Sakura down. Aqua wasn't sure what Rider was thinking right now, wasn't she able to sense Aqua's divinity and domain? She most likely couldn't, after all knowing Aqua's identity as not only a goddess but a goddess of water... Medusa would most likely loose her shit.
"Before we start... I hope you don't take this personally, I would quite like it if we got to be friends after this." said Aqua looking at where Rider's eyes should be.
"I don't see how that is possible, especially when you just did something to that girl." said Rider while pointing at Sakura. "However this isn't personal either." As soon as rider finished speaking, she rushed forward in Aqua's direction while crouching down before jumping and closing the distance between the knife like end of her chains and Aqua's neck, however as she got close enough to stab Aqua with one last impulse, she suddenly retreated. All her instincts warned her to get away fast.
"Damn... I really need more experience at this whole fighting thing... it is awkward when your opponent reads your intentions like that." said Aqua with a slight smile.
"What are you doing Rider?! Kill her!" said Shinji while holding the book on his hand tightly.
'This idiot... if I hadn't retreated I would have died!' cursed rider in her mind while analysing her opponent better. The more she sharpened her senses, the more anger she felt. At first she was confused, but then she started forming theories in her mind, theories which only caused her to get angrier. There was something slightly familiar about her opponent...
"I am sorry but I am already apart of my master's harem!" suddenly said Aqua, causing Shinji and rider to freeze in concussion for a moment.
"Huh?" was all Rider could mutter.
"I mean, I can feel the intensity of your look even through that blindfold of yours. I agree with the fact that you are very cute, as well as one of the top waifus here in my opinion, but I am already part of master's harem. I would like to invite you though, you would be the fourth wife, which is totally awesome if you ask me. Number four is my favourite number after all." continued Aqua.
By this point Rider was pretty sure the blue haired servant in front of her was just doing this to annoy her, which was definitely working. Besides, there was something else... she just kept getting angrier and angrier for some reason the more time she spent near her.
"Still... I guess we would have to work on some things first, like the hate you will have for me, but where there is a will there is a way am I right?" said Aqua with a proud smile.
Rider's eyes widened for a moment. "You know why I am angry?" she asked, curious about the answer yet cautious about how the servant figured her emotions.
"Hmm, so you are indeed angry, yet you don't know why? That's weird, but then again we are both pretty weakened right now, especially you, so I guess it makes sense for your senses not to perceive 'me' yet for your instincts to tell you you hate me." said Aqua slowly.
"Enough talk already! I said kill her Rider!" screamed Shinji, furious that his orders were being ignored.
Rider struggled for a moment, before throwing her chains in order to hit the enemy servant while maintaining her distance.
"<Reflect>" muttered Aqua while extending her hand forward. The chains bounced off the translucent barrier and reflected the attack back at Rider, forcing her to deflect it and bring her chains back.
"This might hurt a bit and, while I don't want to cause you pain, it's the best I can come up with." said Aqua while looking in Rider's direction with a bit of pity.
"<Exorcism>" said Aqua.
Suddenly a white light formed around Rider, causing her to go alert. Her senses didn't warns her of any danger so she was confused, as she was about to leave, the circle beneath her completed and a white light completely engulfed her.
After the light ceased, Rider remained unharmed and looked in the enemy's direction slightly confused.
Aqua however was even more confused than her, though that only lasted for a moment and was immediately replaced with a troubled look. That's right, 'exorcism' only worked on what she considers a demon, and she didn't think Medusa was anything more than a hot and pitiful girl...
"Ha ha ha... h-how about we talk for a little while?" asked Aqua while taking a step back.