05-11-2017, 11:32 AM
Weiss landed on the ground with a broad grin. Some part of her felt like she should be questioning just what the hell was going on. Even with her aura as a hunter, she’d never been able to pull off anything like she’d just managed. She was nearly as fast as she used to be, and definitely way stronger. She had a feeling that she could’ve stopped the Beringel’s attacks with her bare hands, if she’d really wanted to. But there was more to it.
She’d felt the nearly complete absence of her aura since she’d gotten here - that protective barrier that had kept hunters safe from otherwise lethal damage, and empowered their fighting abilities - and initially, she’d thought this was her aura coming back to it’s prime.
This wasn’t aura, though. Aura felt like a protective barrier. Like a smooth wall of water, incredibly soft and incredibly strong at the same time. It calmed the user and lent them a quiet strength.
Weiss balled her hand in and out of a fist. This was more like lightning running through her body. Raw, destructive force that was only barely contained. Her hands shook with excitement, and the malaise that had slowly crept in her soul seemed completely gone right now.
The grin she was wearing was completely wrong. It wasn’t her. The excitement that floated through her as Saiko floated to the ground with a sick grin wasn’t her either.
Right now, she didn’t care. She had no idea where this strength had came from, or why, but it was her ticket back to her comrade. She’d question it after she’d dealt with her kidnapper.
“I beat your monster - just like we agreed. Are you going to let me go, or am I going to have to force my way out?” Weiss asked with a smirk.
The woman in the ripped dress simply shook her head, her unnatural grin unyielding. “Oh, my, you really believe that, don’t you? How oblivious have you become, Weiss?” Saiko stated with a cock of her head. “The rush is getting to you, I assume. It’s the only way you could have missed it.”
Weiss looked around with suddenly widened eyes. She couldn’t mean…
“Oh, no, you’ve crushed the creature of Grimm that confronted you.” Saiko stated with a smile. “Quite beautifully. You’ve simply forgotten the last part of our deal.”
“What are you saying?”
“I must say, though, I was more impressed with your earlier performance. You came so close to destroying the Beringel with your own power.” Saiko stated with a grin. “You showed skill. You showed talent. And you came so close. In the end, though, you exhibited the failings so many have before you. The reason human stock is traditionally so useless. At the last second, you fell to your own weakness.”.
Saiko frowned, even as Weiss glared at her with gritted teeth. She was tired of all of these surprises. She’d made the deal,she’d beaten the damn grimm, and she was sick of all of these interruptions.
She was leaving - even if she had to go through Saiko to do it.
“Hahahahaha… hehehehehehe!” Saiko laughed suddenly, and Weiss’s hands balled into fists. What was it now?
“You forgot the second part of the deal, Weiss Schnee.” The corpselike captor stated with a disappointed expression. “You failed to do the job as a human.”
“I…” Weiss started to object, before things started to connect in her head. A chill crept through her body as her hands started to shake.
“What are you saying… what did you do to me?!”
“I simply opened the path. You chose to accept it. You were willing to sacrifice anything just to win that battle… so you sacrificed your humanity.” Saiko stated with a grin. “Of course… That’s not to say you had a choice, after your last death. I simply… sped up the transformation.”
Weiss’s glare intensified. “I want out of your arena. I don’t care who you are or what you’re trying to do.”
Saiko just cocked her head, moving to an impossible angle in response. “Really now? But you seemed so interested before. Or maybe… could it be there’s something you don’t want to hear?”
Heat flashed in Weiss’s vision, and without even thinking about it, she held out her hand. What Omni had told her about Omnilium flashed in her mind, but somehow, she didn’t think this was directly connected. Similarly, the red blade of energy she gripped had a passing resemblance to Myrtenaster at best.
She didn’t care, so long as it could cut.
“Shut up!” Weiss screamed in frustration, as she bolted forward. Gripping her makeshift rapier with both hands, she cut down on Saiko’s form with every bit of force her augmented muscles could muster.
“My, aren’t you feisty?” A voice asked from behind her.
Weiss turned around to see the grinning specter with a lazy grin. “How the hell-?!”
Saiko’s response was a forest of claws, blows Weiss could barely match, and she suddenly found herself on the defensive again as she was forced to block and dodge as best she could.
“I suppose it would be worth it to test your new power a little more. Come on then, Weiss Schnee. I know you can do more than that now. You’re no ordinary hollow, after all. Show me that!”
The ghoulish figure in front of her broke into laughter, and Weiss gritted her teeth as she blocked and dodged past most of the attacks. She could finally see the claws that served for Saiko’s nails now, and they seemed as sharp as Kukri’s. Nor was she seemingly using them in any pattern Weiss could use against her - the Insane woman was just throwing an avalanche of quick attacks that Weiss had little response for, dodging and weaving but still being forced to accept a quickly piling number of nicks and cuts all over her body.
Weiss glared. She refused to accept this.
“Saiko!” The huntress yelled, trying to break through Saiko’s guard with a fierce counter-attack, swinging her blade with both hands. The woman simply neatly side-stepped, putting her hands at her side.
“Now, now, what is this brute force approach?” Saiko asked with a grin. “Surely you can-”
The look of surprise Saiko had on her face when she stepped into Weiss’s glowing hand pushed her to grin just a little.
“Cero.”
A beam of destructive energy engulfed her demonic tormentor, and Weiss stepped back with a glare, immediately looking around. She’d just destroyed the leader of these demonic beings, so she doubted she was going to get out of here without a fight. As she looked around the arena, though, she was surprised to see the various horrors with expressions of excitement on her face.
Laughter echoed anew from behind her, and a chill ran down Weiss’s spine.
“Clever.”
Weiss groaned as she turned, only for a sudden pain to arc through her back.
Her eyes slowly angled down, as she saw boney protrusions piercing through her stomach, picture perfect to when she’d first been kidnapped and brought here.
“N-no… this is-” Weiss stumbled, trying to find the words as her brain started to fail her.
“Don’t worry, when next I wake you, you’ll find yourself far more interested in working with me…” Saiko whispered, her breath tickling the beaten huntress’s ear.
Weiss felt herself start to fade, her blade fading into nothingness, and she realized that even now she was losing the ability to hold onto her consciousness. This was past the point of combat…
This was the point she had to give-
“...What?!”
her captor suddenly jumped to attention, and Weiss suddenly found herself struggling to regain consciousness as the wall near her exploded.
The next few moments just felt like a confusing blur of light and sounds to her. She could hear the distorted screams of grimm and other entities she assumed were far from human, and a constant smattering of explosions. Weiss Looked at the breach that was made, but her eyes started to blur and tear up, as she fell to the ground. Dimly, all her eyes could communicate to her was vivid splashes of red over brown and gray hues, before she found them disobeying her thoughts and closing, regardless of her opinion on the subject.
“I’ve found-”
“Already-”
“Can’t we-”
“-a prime.”
“Saiko is-”
“Then you take her!”
Weiss heard these voices dimly, and part of her wanted to wake up, to see what the hell was going on.
The more exhausted part of her body wanted to pass out and fall into merciful unconsciousness, and eventually, that part won out.
She’d felt the nearly complete absence of her aura since she’d gotten here - that protective barrier that had kept hunters safe from otherwise lethal damage, and empowered their fighting abilities - and initially, she’d thought this was her aura coming back to it’s prime.
This wasn’t aura, though. Aura felt like a protective barrier. Like a smooth wall of water, incredibly soft and incredibly strong at the same time. It calmed the user and lent them a quiet strength.
Weiss balled her hand in and out of a fist. This was more like lightning running through her body. Raw, destructive force that was only barely contained. Her hands shook with excitement, and the malaise that had slowly crept in her soul seemed completely gone right now.
The grin she was wearing was completely wrong. It wasn’t her. The excitement that floated through her as Saiko floated to the ground with a sick grin wasn’t her either.
Right now, she didn’t care. She had no idea where this strength had came from, or why, but it was her ticket back to her comrade. She’d question it after she’d dealt with her kidnapper.
“I beat your monster - just like we agreed. Are you going to let me go, or am I going to have to force my way out?” Weiss asked with a smirk.
The woman in the ripped dress simply shook her head, her unnatural grin unyielding. “Oh, my, you really believe that, don’t you? How oblivious have you become, Weiss?” Saiko stated with a cock of her head. “The rush is getting to you, I assume. It’s the only way you could have missed it.”
Weiss looked around with suddenly widened eyes. She couldn’t mean…
“Oh, no, you’ve crushed the creature of Grimm that confronted you.” Saiko stated with a smile. “Quite beautifully. You’ve simply forgotten the last part of our deal.”
“What are you saying?”
“I must say, though, I was more impressed with your earlier performance. You came so close to destroying the Beringel with your own power.” Saiko stated with a grin. “You showed skill. You showed talent. And you came so close. In the end, though, you exhibited the failings so many have before you. The reason human stock is traditionally so useless. At the last second, you fell to your own weakness.”.
Saiko frowned, even as Weiss glared at her with gritted teeth. She was tired of all of these surprises. She’d made the deal,she’d beaten the damn grimm, and she was sick of all of these interruptions.
She was leaving - even if she had to go through Saiko to do it.
“Hahahahaha… hehehehehehe!” Saiko laughed suddenly, and Weiss’s hands balled into fists. What was it now?
“You forgot the second part of the deal, Weiss Schnee.” The corpselike captor stated with a disappointed expression. “You failed to do the job as a human.”
“I…” Weiss started to object, before things started to connect in her head. A chill crept through her body as her hands started to shake.
“What are you saying… what did you do to me?!”
“I simply opened the path. You chose to accept it. You were willing to sacrifice anything just to win that battle… so you sacrificed your humanity.” Saiko stated with a grin. “Of course… That’s not to say you had a choice, after your last death. I simply… sped up the transformation.”
Weiss’s glare intensified. “I want out of your arena. I don’t care who you are or what you’re trying to do.”
Saiko just cocked her head, moving to an impossible angle in response. “Really now? But you seemed so interested before. Or maybe… could it be there’s something you don’t want to hear?”
Heat flashed in Weiss’s vision, and without even thinking about it, she held out her hand. What Omni had told her about Omnilium flashed in her mind, but somehow, she didn’t think this was directly connected. Similarly, the red blade of energy she gripped had a passing resemblance to Myrtenaster at best.
She didn’t care, so long as it could cut.
“Shut up!” Weiss screamed in frustration, as she bolted forward. Gripping her makeshift rapier with both hands, she cut down on Saiko’s form with every bit of force her augmented muscles could muster.
“My, aren’t you feisty?” A voice asked from behind her.
Weiss turned around to see the grinning specter with a lazy grin. “How the hell-?!”
Saiko’s response was a forest of claws, blows Weiss could barely match, and she suddenly found herself on the defensive again as she was forced to block and dodge as best she could.
“I suppose it would be worth it to test your new power a little more. Come on then, Weiss Schnee. I know you can do more than that now. You’re no ordinary hollow, after all. Show me that!”
The ghoulish figure in front of her broke into laughter, and Weiss gritted her teeth as she blocked and dodged past most of the attacks. She could finally see the claws that served for Saiko’s nails now, and they seemed as sharp as Kukri’s. Nor was she seemingly using them in any pattern Weiss could use against her - the Insane woman was just throwing an avalanche of quick attacks that Weiss had little response for, dodging and weaving but still being forced to accept a quickly piling number of nicks and cuts all over her body.
Weiss glared. She refused to accept this.
“Saiko!” The huntress yelled, trying to break through Saiko’s guard with a fierce counter-attack, swinging her blade with both hands. The woman simply neatly side-stepped, putting her hands at her side.
“Now, now, what is this brute force approach?” Saiko asked with a grin. “Surely you can-”
The look of surprise Saiko had on her face when she stepped into Weiss’s glowing hand pushed her to grin just a little.
“Cero.”
A beam of destructive energy engulfed her demonic tormentor, and Weiss stepped back with a glare, immediately looking around. She’d just destroyed the leader of these demonic beings, so she doubted she was going to get out of here without a fight. As she looked around the arena, though, she was surprised to see the various horrors with expressions of excitement on her face.
Laughter echoed anew from behind her, and a chill ran down Weiss’s spine.
“Clever.”
Weiss groaned as she turned, only for a sudden pain to arc through her back.
Her eyes slowly angled down, as she saw boney protrusions piercing through her stomach, picture perfect to when she’d first been kidnapped and brought here.
“N-no… this is-” Weiss stumbled, trying to find the words as her brain started to fail her.
“Don’t worry, when next I wake you, you’ll find yourself far more interested in working with me…” Saiko whispered, her breath tickling the beaten huntress’s ear.
Weiss felt herself start to fade, her blade fading into nothingness, and she realized that even now she was losing the ability to hold onto her consciousness. This was past the point of combat…
This was the point she had to give-
“...What?!”
her captor suddenly jumped to attention, and Weiss suddenly found herself struggling to regain consciousness as the wall near her exploded.
The next few moments just felt like a confusing blur of light and sounds to her. She could hear the distorted screams of grimm and other entities she assumed were far from human, and a constant smattering of explosions. Weiss Looked at the breach that was made, but her eyes started to blur and tear up, as she fell to the ground. Dimly, all her eyes could communicate to her was vivid splashes of red over brown and gray hues, before she found them disobeying her thoughts and closing, regardless of her opinion on the subject.
“I’ve found-”
“Already-”
“Can’t we-”
“-a prime.”
“Saiko is-”
“Then you take her!”
Weiss heard these voices dimly, and part of her wanted to wake up, to see what the hell was going on.
The more exhausted part of her body wanted to pass out and fall into merciful unconsciousness, and eventually, that part won out.
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