Chapter 98 : The blue-haired girl

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It impacted, and it took its first victim as Akeno fell by Rias' arms.

"A-Akeno?"

The Fallen Angel hybrid smiled caringly as she sighed. "I suppose this… is how I go."

"N-No-"

"Himejima-san has been hit, she is now to retire," Momo announced calmly, holding a red flag directed at the ORC's side of the field.

I stared to the girls beside me and I sighed. "Am I the only one that found the scene a little over-dramatic?"

Reya shrugged while Tomoe held a thumb up before we all returned our attention to Rias as Akeno had slowly stood up from her arms.

"What a pity," The Yamato nadeshiko pouted a little and I frowned.

"The ball wasn't sturdy enough?" I inquired dryly, getting a surprised look from the girl.

"To be honest… yes."

I groaned while Rias blushed a little at the comment, but then she gave me a stern glare.

"Y-You distracted me!" She accused me with some irritation and I frowned.

"I think you were the one getting uneasy over having invited Kunou-chan here without telling me anything, Gremory-san," I pointed out steely. "And the game is quite harsh."

Just as I concluded this comment, the balls were once more set by the line and we were all waiting for the beginning of the next round.

I rushed in just like before, but just as I expected, Rias had picked up her speed and swiftly took the ball before I could.

She smiled deviously, the ball soaring quickly in the air and directed right at me… but I ducked, looking back. "Taichou!"

Sona was already in action, her hands ready to grasp the ball mid-air and force the redhead to a quick defeat.

But before this plan of action had any chances of succeeding, we heard another whistling from Momo.

"Meguri-san has been hit, she is now to retire," The white-haired young woman announced, and just as the bespectacled caught the ball, we both looked in shock at the groaning form of the retreating Tomoe.

I trailed the culprit back to a smiling Kiba, the blond looked way too happy about this and… yet his smile dropped as Tsubasa took a couple of step forward.

Her smile had twisted in a furious scowl, one that claimed some prophetic vengeance upon the recent fallen.

"Pretty boy, you're next," The blue-haired girl proclaimed and I sighed as I noticed that the boy was now sweating bullets.

New round, I knew that I had to pick up a higher pace if I wanted to make a difference.

I sighed, eyes fixed at the ball in front of me as I waited for the beginning of the new clash.

The whistle rang, and my legs pushed more power to the action as I blitzed close to the sphere and managed to snatch it out and away from Rias' close grasp.

I looked on the right and I saw Tsubasa ready to growl at the fact she was slower than Kiba, yet the blond looked unsure about what to do with the ball and-

"'Basa!" The girl's attention was quickly on me as I passed her my ball and- She didn't hesitate with the free shot offered.

Kiba's eyes widened as the sphere of doom slammed painfully by his left leg, making him trip to the ground.

"Kiba-san has been hit, he's now out."

The young man sighed, but didn't contest the subtle tactic I had just employed.

Sighing calmly at this development, I tensed up as I felt a ball slamming by my side… quite softly.

I looked to my left and at the responsible of this little backstab.

The kitsune grinned back at my smile, making me snort on the spot.

"Ku-chan-"

"Sorry, Niichan," She let out a faux apology, still grinning. "My fingers slipped."

My little amusement was curt short as I noticed someone moving to replace Kiba's freed role.

"Senpai," Koneko curtly muttered as I glanced right at her.

"Kohai, I'm sorry but you will have to lose," I hummed quietly, gaining me a rare sigh from her.

"You're allowed to try."

Sassy.

I smiled, and her lips twitched in response.

The round started, and I once more tried to outspeed Rias, barely succeeding by merely pushing the ball away from their field but failing to take hold of it.

I groaned, dodging Kunou's ball as it flied over my head while I was forced to shift away to avoid Konekos'… except her ball completely missed me.

I was stunned by the development, but then I trailed the trajectory and-

"Gah!" A surprised yelp left Tsubaki's mouth as she didn't see the ball incoming from her left.

"Shinra-san has been hit, she has to leave the field."

Drat, this wasn't just taking a pleasant turn.

3 vs 4, and we had their best deployed on the first row.

I was slightly nervous by this situation and I glanced at Sona with a serious look.

The girl glanced back at me, frowning as if inquiring about what I was thinking over this instance.

"We… we are dodging."

"Dodging?" Tsubasa inquired confused.

"Dodging," I repeated mysteriously, yet the simple action was going to be the reason of our success.

While the front players were good, their only flaw was that I was their main priority.

Thus, by focusing on dodging, I was going to offer the girls to my sides to finally intervene and score some free hit.

The round started with a new wave of nervousness as the three opponents before us did as I had expected.

Rias threw her ball first, followed by Kunou and Koneko.

Nervously, I drifted around to dodge the triple attack, managing just barely to not get touched by any as Tsubasa took the closest that had landed on our field and… launched her mightiest throw at Rias.

It was a blur, it promised eternal pain and injustice to its target and… the redhead ducked to avoid it, shying away from even daring to catch it.

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