[center][h2][color=#ADD8E6][U][B]Kōkina, Shūrei[/B] - [i]Yūyami Miko[/i][/U][/color][/h2][/center][hr]
The beam traveling forwards, Shūrei noted the advance of the wave of water and immediately she struck her staff against the ground once and willed the conglomeration of beams to split into their constituent parts, curving outwards and away. In the same moment a fierce red glow erupted from the ground 1, 2.5, and 4 meters in front of Shūrei. Then, as they water neared each incision in the ground fiery red flattened beams 4 feet across fired forth, striking the water over its surface as they curved upwards along it to mirror its shape. The result was evaporated water, the wave having been dispersed.

The lasers which had parted around the wave converged into four beams and rushed for Umichi. Each "beam," was actually three seperate smaller beams packed so closely together that they appeared to be the same formation of energy.

The energies in Shūrei's staff focused properly, moulding together. The staff began to glow fiercely. [color=#ADD8E6][B]"I will try to make this painless,"[/B][/color] the priestess said, worry knitting her brow. It appeared that she didn't want to hurt her adversary or at least not injure her fatally. If she was forced to, she would, but otherwise she had decided not to do so.