1.3.5
Tsugaki ran through the forest as fast as he could.
"Lunar! Lunar! Where are you?" He grunted heavily as he continued to dash through the dark forest which continued to seem bright to him for some reason.
The dark trees that surrounded him continued to loom over him like they were teasing him as he continued to dash through, his old shoes slowly becoming more damaged each step he took. The ground was still wet from the rain earlier but he still continued to run through.
"Damn it. Lunar! Where are you?" He shouted out.
Drensaku also began to run to find Lunar and kill her, luckily he was too far to hear Tsugaki shouting. Suddenly, a figure stood in Drensaku's way. It was Orokana.
"Get out of the way!" Drensaku demanded. "I need to go take down that girl. That scream must mean she's still out there and I'm going to take her down no natter the cost."
Orokana stood there ujphased
"You'd really think I'd let you do that?" She says in a serious manner. "That is an innocent little girl you're trying to kill."
"It doesn't matter!" He tattered. "She overheard me and if word of what I said gets spread out about that cursed flower then I'm as good as dead!"
Drensaku dashes at her and shoots multiple kicks and punches at her but she manages to dodge all of them mercilessly, with the blindfold still on. "You don't have to do this." She knows eventually he'll hit her and he knows her weakness very well.
"Argh!" She yells as one the punch lands sending multiple electric jolts through her body, that being his anti-matter blessing. Orokana continues to dash around and eventually retaliates back with a dash to the side and a plasma inversion shot from one of her fingers sending him flying back but he only got up and reloaded his crossbow.
"I've had enough of your games. You don't even want to fight me." He said staring straight at her, blood dripping down his face. "All you want to do is to protect that girl. You have a good heart Orokana. But you know you can't fight against me." He aimed his crossbow at her. "After all, we formed an alliance. You solar cultists, and us vampire hunters."
She gave a blank face and said nothing. It was still night and darkness continued to seep through the cracks of the trees. The ground and area around them was still wet from the rain. "I've always helped you constantly yes...But...I can see now, the cruel things you do. You always put your work as a priority in front of everything else. There's a boy out there running in the woods. And when he finds you, he'll kill you."
Drensaku grunted and shot a powerful antimatter infused bolt at her and she dodges and fades off somewhere else.
"Lunar!" Tsugaki continued to shout around the forest trying to find her. It was still much easier to navigate due to the night around still not being as dark. He jumped over rocks, went through river banks and climbed high slumps of dirt. His shoes eventually not being strong enough to support this and he eventually began to bleed all over his feet and his face had many cuts due to being hit by swinging wines and stray branches.
When he arrived at the pillar which has now fallen down on a ant due to Kurohana's attack, he stared in shock at what happened. "Lunar..." He saw her crying unctrollably in the corner.
"Stay away from me..." She said quietly in between her cries. I was confused. What the hell happened?
"Lunar..." She turned around and shrieked.
"STAY AWAY!" She shouted, her eyes now a bloody red, thousand of tears welled up in them.
"..." What happened? Why does her eyes look like that. "Lunar...what happ-" I tried speaking to her before she blurted out, interrupting me.
"GET AWAY! " her voice strained and difficult to understand due to her tears. I stood there while she continued to stay curled up, afraid.
Whelching sounds approached from behind, the sound of footsteps on rustling leaves. It was Drensaku.
"Oi! Boy! You dare escape my grasp?" He took a look at the area where he shot Tsugaki and realized he has already healed up due to Orokana's healing.
"Damn it. Hey bastard." Tsugaki clenches his fist and faced Drensaku. "Don't touch my girl." The air crackled with tension, Tsugaki stood bravely in front of Lunar, holding his arm out to protect her.
"Hah! Protecting the little girl eh? You two have completely flipped my life upside down. I'm afraid I'm gonna have to kill you. Whether you like it or not." Drensaku demanded with an authoritive voice, his head high.
Lunar looked in shock, her eyes and body trembling, she continued to stay started in the corner looking at Drensaku nervously. Tsugaki however was unphased and let out a smile.
"I'd rather live thanks." He snarled. His scarf continued to flow gently in the wind as he took a defensive stance.
"Oh? You wish to fight me huh? Do you know who you're messing with? Unfortunately for you, I've learnt how to harness the power of the sun into my attacks. You'll simply burn away, then I'll just-
He paused as sweat dropped down his forehead. " You..." He was staring straight at Lunar, her bloody eyes that were once green. She had it, Kurohana's cursed flower, embedded into her.
"Bastard!" Drensaku shouted to both Tsugaki and Lunar. "That's it! You're dead!" He yelled to Tsugaki as he dashes at him and throws a powerful sun-powered punch onto his chest causing a huge blast of energy to radiate off.
"TSUGAKI-KUN!" Lunar yelled out.
"ACK!" Tsugaki's eye's rolled the the back of his head from the powerful impact as blood spilled out his mouth. He got sent flying into a tree.
Drensaku was breathing heavily and suddenly grinned, he then let out a wicket laugh.
"Y-You..." Lunar stammered. She was always eager to talk with Tsugaki and interact with him, now, she could see his body sulmped on the ground from the powerful hit. SHe clenched her fist.
In an instant she dashed at Drensaku and punched and kicked him as much as she could onto to be blocked and slammed to the ground as he grabbed her fist and did so.
Tsugaki yelled and got up, holding his hsoulfer and grunting from the pain. "Hey geezer!" He yelled out to him.
Drensaku took his glance off Lunar and turned around to see an incoming fist straight for his face as he gets knocked back a bunch.
Orokana suddenly appears and teams up with Tsugaki, sending a blast of plasma at him as he barely manages to retaliate back with his anti-matter technique.
"You came back eh?" He said, out of breath, yet still smiling.
Orokana gave a blank face.
"Tsugaki..." She spoke out while still standing in front of him and Lunar. "Take Lunar and run as far as you can. I'll hold him off."
Tsugaki was sweating and his teeth were clenched. "Damn it..."
"Just do it! Before its too late!" She yells out.
Tsugaki didn't know what she meant by too late but he wasted no time.
"Tsugaki-kun...what are you...ah!" Lunar shrieks as she was picked up by Tsugaki and was suddenly being run off. "Hey! Wait no!" She held her hand out watching as her home disappeared into the darkness. Basically everything she's had was gone. Her parents, her home. She was confused. "This...poison inside me..." She murmured to herself as she sank her face in Tsugaki's shoulder, her tears dropping down once more.
"Lunar..." Tsugaki turned his head slightly to take a look at her for a bit, feeling some concern. "Damn it."
They eventually moved out into the open field. The moon slowly leaving.
Orokana shot blast after blast at Drensaku but he only retaliates back by punching with his sun infused attacks. "Die!" He yells out at Orokana.
She punches multiple times at Drensaku getting him hurt pretty bad before he catches her fists and the two glare at each other, even though Orokana still had her blindfold on. She gave him a teasing smile with her tongue out.
Orokana's looks back and sees the two have already gone far. Her frustrated face turns to a smirk. "Heh...I've stalled you long enough. Saldy, I feel myself already tiring out." She says as she let's go and kicks him away. "I'll leave it up to you...boy." She whispers to herself. And with that, Orokana disappeared into a purple smoke once more as Drensaku yelled and slammed his fist onto the ground.