[h2][center]Geralt of Rivia[/center][/h2]
[center]Edge of the Blue- Open Ocean[/center]
[center]Lvl 6 (30/60) -> Lvl 6 (31/60) [/center]
[center]Word Count: 537 words[/center]

Ranger was...not as gentle depositing Geralt on the Atomos as he would've liked, but it was faster than swimming. He could see the result of his somewhat-desperate attack on the Abyssal Princess as he was bodily dragged away by the Shipgirl, and he was satisfied with at least providing a bit of a distraction. He could see a spray of blood from Sakura's...new ears??? (This Spirit nonsense always had some strange results.) He could see Sakura's elbow drive the air from her opponent's lungs. 

And he saw Seaplane Tender slam a bomb directly into Sakura's gut, the explosion throwing smoke and debris into the air and blocking his line of sight. Enhanced as his vision might be, he couldn't see through smoke. His grip on the rail of the ship left him white-knuckled as he watched and waited for some sign of Sakura's fate. His eyes narrowed to vertical slits, blocking out as much of the light reflecting off the ocean as possible while he searched for movement. It was a few seconds before he saw a form rise in the smoke, and after another moment enough cleared that he could see Sakura, shakily rising to her feet on the water. 

A breath he didn't know he was holding exploded from his mouth, and he almost let himself lean against the railing in relief. The sight of Seaplane Tender, still alive and floating atop the water, stopped him. He cursed silently to himself. These things just refused to [i]go down[/i]! And knowing Sakura, she didn't have it in her to finish off a wounded opponent like that. She'd wait until it got yet another chance to hit her while her guard was down. 

[i]This girl...[/i] Geralt thought. [i]Well, if you're gonna try and save her like this is some fairy story, now's the time to do it.[/i] Sakura, meanwhile, had her hands on her temples and was trying to get back up, haven fallen over to presumably hack up half her lung. 

The Abyssal hadn't moved at all in that time. It was agonizing to watch, knowing he could [i]only[/i] watch from afar. This wasn't even like letting Ciri talk to the Lodge of Sorceresses or fight the Crones. He could at least know that the Lodge wouldn't flay her alive, and he was a little busy killing Imlerith to worry much about the girl with [b][i][u]Phenomenal Cosmic Power[/u][/i][/b] fighting a few overweight alchemists. 

But this? He was forced to watch as the battle played out-

And Sakura just gave the Abyssal Princess a Friend Heart. 

[i][b][u]The death of him.[/u][/b][/i]

He turned, cursing under his breath, and remembered that Kamek was still there, watching the fight, as well as assisting with his little copies. 

"She's insane." He spat, walking past and back into the vehicle proper, with Bowser Jr inside. "She gave the evil, murderous Abyssal monster Shipgirl a fucking Heart, kid. Galeem or not...I don't know. I don't trust it. I can't keep watching." Left unsaid was that he couldn't watch another friend be killed. Worse still that it wasn't long since he'd put his own friend, Dijkstra, down for his power play at ruling Redania.