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[b]School Side[/b]

The fire enveloped Akihito's form, setting the unfortunate teenager ablaze, his other self's vulnerability to flames only serving to intensify the pain. Although the flickering wisps disappeared seconds later, the ethereal pumpkin head, its eerie, grinning visage, seemed to flash its gold eyes with satisfaction. The faux Tomoda body stepped forth, but was immediately buffeted by the winds called by Metis.

It recoiled back, cracked face throwing itself back as strips of oozing black miasma ripped themselves from its limbs, the miniature gale of the Garu clearly doing harm to its body. 

"e̶̶̢̠͍᷆̓E̶̶̟̱᷃̉̿e̶̶̜̫͇͛͒e̶̶̥̥̔ͫ᷄E̶̶̢͔̹̝͌e̶͙̯᷃͏̶̆!!!"

An inhuman scream. Pained.

It staggered back with unnatural movements, arms seeming to melt, before righting itself. The thing reached an arm out, readying another ball of fire, but a wave of energy flowed over it. As if a machine, it froze. Confused and lost, the Pulinpa cast by Jin having done its duty. 

The pumpkin's head swivelled to and fro, wild malformed eyes trying to set themselves on a target. Yet its body could not move, the fire dissipating from its arms.

It was a sitting duck for Sakura's fireball.

The attack struck true, engulfing the imperfect copy of Aloha-kun in a manner not dissimilar from how it Akihito had fared. But instead of bringing it pain, the thing began to heal.

A crazed, distorted laugh.

It clearly absorbed spells of the fire element. 

With renewed strength, the thing slipped away from Senhime's naginata strike, jumping back in a manner impossible for humans, and avoided the shadow ball.

[b][[A͏̢̥̲̙̰̩̙̰̳̭͙͌͛̏̑͌᷁̍͐͌ͬ͠G̷̣͚᷊̰̖͖͋͌ͯ͆͌ͥ͜ͅḬ̵̢̞̣̣͔᷅᷉͌̀᷉͌̄͂̈́̿᷅͌̆͟͡ͅ]][/b]

Another fireball left its hands, this time towards Senhime.