Empowered by Love, Fueled by Determination

[Yumei]

Miyuki was taunted by this angel, who Miyuki inspected and already saw faults within his stance. It was either that this angel was going easy on her, or he really was as cocky as he appeared to be when he fought against people who fought like she did. Similarly, Amemiya felt offended by the angel's blunt comment. Miyuki's left hand, which was free, was shaking.

"...Do not underestimate me," Miyuki said. "For those words may be the last that you will ever say!" she said. Her disposition had completely changed, and this had not surprised Amemiya, who subtly whispered faintly to Marisa that Miyuki had not changed, and that he believed that Miyuki would stand triumphant. Miyuki tightened her grip on Kiyojohime, which started to glow a vengeful red light, as if it held a grudge against this angel for insulting Miyuki and her resiliant blade.

Miyuki immediately went at a dash towards this angel, and then she used her knowledge of her battle experience to create several shadow after-images of herself which would procede to quickly dash around the angel in an attempt to disorient him while hitting him with floozy strikes which served to annoy him and cause this annoyance to distract him and cause the angel to lose his focus. That was Miyuki's first step - Disorientation. This was all an elaborate setup for Miyuki's test of the technique she had devised whilst taking care of the ailing Amemiya.

Meanwhile, Aeirn looked at the sparking battle, confident that Miyuki would come out alive.

[topagae]

Ralegar recoiled. The first of many surprises was that damned sword. He quickly forgotten his lessons that something that doesn't look dangerous is often exactly that.

It doesn't LOOK dangerous.

He saw easily through this woman's attempts to distract him with false images. But he never expected her to be so fast. He already had quite a few gashes on his face and slices in his armor. What the in the nine heavens made this woman so damned fast?

Ralegar took to the sky, flapping his large wings and circled up and over the gate. He had hoped that this woman could not fly. Big mistake for him....

[Yumei]

Amemiya sighed in relief. "...Mistake number one..." he said softly. Miyuki sighed. You're a fool Miyuki thought. "So, you think you can escape? Because you can fly?" Miyuki said. "Well, think again!" she said as she somersaulted back and threw Kiyojohime, now glowing a bright green, crackling with thunder, at the angel. Since Kiyojohime was sentient - a fact only known by Amemiya and Miyuki - the blade, she knew its target - and that was the angel. It was very difficult to miss. Miyuki also started going on a run, possibly to leap upwards as high as she could to retrieve Kiyojohime if the attack succeeds, or missed.

[topagae]

Ralegar smiled again. Was this woman as stupid as Topagae? Did she plan on running like he did after throwing HIS sword. Ralegar deftly put at least thirty feet between him and the swords trajectory with a mixture of magic and strength of wings.

He turned to dive and attack this woman. Only to be greated with a sword in his shoulder blade. What..... Ralegar started losing blood. And an incredibly accelerated rate due to his beating wings. He quickly landed and started a quick offensive on the new weaponless opponent. Hoping to end it quickly, before he needed to yield...

He was really hoping it didn't come to that. He never actually considered he'd be serving TOPAGAE for the rest of his life...

[Yumei]

Miyuki secretly worried that this angel may have had a burst of determination that may cause her to be caught off-guard, though her bare-fisted skills were not too shabby herself. Nevertheless, Miyuki leaped up into the air, going up to a distance of about 6 feet in the air, and calling out "Kaeridekudasai, Kiyojohime!" to which Miyuki's sword, Kiyojohime suddenly grasped Miyuki's hand. She then landed with a thud, her hand impacting against the ground, and she was prepared to face off against this angel, whether or not he was in proper form or not.

[topagae]

It is no myth the voice of an angel is powerful indeed. The more emotion into it, the louder it is. Not always physically loud, but this particular scream, all of Celestia heard.

Anguish and pain the likes Ralegar could never imagine. He knew the pain of battle wounds, hell, he'd just been shot point black with a magical bullet that would've killed one of his cohorts at the start of this battle. But this?

The magical blade in his shoulder forcefully and quite violently RIPPED itself out of his shoulder. Scraping against flesh with its potent blade with every millimeter.

As the angel fell he turned into a different person. He wasn't just going to make this woman yield. He wasn't just going to humble Topagae. He was going to chop this woman, and then Topagae into little pieces, and present their heads to the hall of justice.

Ralegar healed his wounds and erected a barrier as he fell. He was no slouch in the magical arts, and when he hit the ground, he looked as good as new. The only thing that signaled his disadvantage was the gaping hole and misfit of his armor now that his right shoulder was shredded. He looked into the woman's eyes. Nothing stared back at her, just a soldier fighting for his life, only wishing to end hers.

Topagae saw the desperation in Ralegar's eyes. He sincerely hoped he wouldn't do anything rash, but of course, he knew that to be the case. He mentally signaled Marisa.

"As spectators we are allowed some manner of control of the fight as referees. He has just used protection magics on himself, and the challenger does not have access to any. It's a vague rule at best but I think you better do some magic arm wavey things to protect her because this is a very desperate man."

As soon as Ralegar saw the sword in the womans hand he screamed, not in pain this time, but magic words, the world flashed and blinded everyone in a 100m radius. He shot several hundred magical projectiles at where the woman was and lunged in that direction aiming for her heart with his slender blade....

[Yumei]

Indeed, everyone was blinded from the light. Miyuki was caught in her moment of weakness, and after realizing that this angel had utilized his magical prowess to protect himself, on his desperate last stand, it was time to equalize the scales. Amemiya did not seem at all worried, especially since he knew Miyuki better than anyone else. "...She can handle it..." he merely said. And that was probably right, but Marisa took note of Topagae's message and decided to create an Illuminas Fox Tag anyway. Marisa began to create numerous hand signals that allowed mana to flow on the person on Miyuki, but not too much, just an acceptable amount. Soon enough, a small paper tag with a fox on it had stuck onto Miyuki, that served to protect the brunt of most of the angel's projectiles, but most certainly not all of them. Topagae, I don't know how long the Fox Tag will last, but Miyuki has another trick up her sleeve, I assure you. Marisa projected as a message in Topagae's mind.

And she was right. Miyuki had silently thanked Marisa for buying her time for protection against the projectiles. Miyuki's eyesight had cleared, and with the help of Kiyojohime, she was able to see around a small radius, but she had already seen the angel's attack coming from a mile away. Miyuki sighed. She didn't really want to have to fight anymore, but it seemed that this angel was persistent to kill her. Amemiya won't forgive me if I die here! Miyuki thought to herself. And that was that. Kiyojohime had begun to glow black and white, fading in and out. The blade suddenly felt lighter in Miyuki's hands, and this allowed her to leap into the air, travel over the angel, and hopefully the projectiles would not seek. If that was the case, Miyuki was sure to have a contingency plan. It seemed that Miyuki's thoughts had reached Kiyojohime, for it released a thin shield of mana strong enough to protect from light magical attacks, in high quantities or strong magical attacks in low quantities.

As Miyuki was now behind the angel, she dashed towards him at an attempt to break his armor using the now increased power of Kiyojohime.

[topagae]

Ralegar thrusted his blade into nothing.

This just wasn't his day. Now she was jumping into the air with a sword that large? What was this woman made of? He tried to sidestep but it was no use.

The blade sundered Ralegars side breastplate and send shards of metal every which way. If Ralegar survived this, he was going to be in debt for a decade to pay for these repairs if he had to pay for it himself.

His protections fails shuddered and failed at the force of the blow, but Ralegar was untouched, he had one chance, as the bitch of a woman was now overextended and vulnerable after making such a huge thrust with that sword. He dropped his sword, shifted a magical dagger from his wrist sheathe and attempted to plunge it into the womans throat....

[Yumei]

Miyuki had no time to make a noise, she was going to be stabbed in the freakin' throat. But she was smarter than that, she wasn't going to let some big-shot stab her in the throat. That'd be humiliating. Kiyojohime was still fairly light but the recoil time in smashing his armor to bits still caused her to freeze in the same spot, thus she was relatively vulnerable, but if anything, she learned to use all limbs to fight. Even if they didn't have weapons. Miyuki quickly kicked the angel in the stomach to knock him back, and if that didn't work well enough, Miyuki would most likely feint away from the dagger anyways. Aaaha, this little... Miyuki thought, as she had completely forgotten about the after-images she was able to make. She shifted a little bit to the side after recovering, leaving a real life-like after-image which the angel would probably stab instead, to no avail.

[topagae]

Ralegar saw through the image. You'd think this woman would know that the same trick wouldn't work twice. Hell it didn't work the FIRST time. What he didn't expect was how that damned sword apparently changed weight in the last damn 5 minutes. He sliced the womans throat, but not nearly a killing blow, all the while he was knocked on the side of the face with a NOW heavy blade.

Topagae saw his chance.

"Marisa, in exactly 1 minute, 43 seconds, I need you to change the appearance of your friend to that of the angel, and the angel, to the appearance of your friend. Then switch them. My friend will be coming to "Heal the wounded" and it's the only way your friend is going to get into an Angelic hospital without months of requests and pomp."