[center][img]https://i.imgur.com/BBwjC6T.png[/img][/center][hr]The Scorpion found her kick halted, but not by much. A barrier arisen from Yuri’s magic, it sought to not only protect his ally, but send the same force right back at the Darkeeper. It was a foolish attempt but one all the same. The Scorpion was pushed back briefly but didn’t appear any worse for wear, simply twisting about in the air gracefully. At the same time, she felt a weight connect with the brunt of her tail and soon a booming crash followed in its wake.

It didn’t take much observation to realize it was Yuri, blown back through a wall as he was. [color=mediumvioletred][b]“For Magical Girls, you don’t talk like the heroic sort. You don’t match either though,”[/b][/color] the Scorpion mused at Yuri’s comments and his status as a Magical Boy. [color=mediumvioletred][b]“If you’re going to trash talk, have the power to back it up.”[/b][/color] In the midst of her time midair, the Scorpion flicked her hand with several rods that almost resembled blades with their size shown off between her fingers. Like a shinobi of old, she hurled them right through the blown off wall.

The rods, once the size of knives, increased larger and larger the closer they got to Yuri’s prone body until they were the very same rods that had harassed them this night. As one was dispatched, the other sought to attack in their place. The Scorpion easily dodged and avoided the spear lunges coming from Ayaka. Whatever couldn’t be dodged was casually brushed aside and pushed away with the Scorpion’s strength, her magical suit acting more like armor than the others.

Even with the joint union of his staff and Ayaka’s, the rods would still come faster than any bullet, cracking and rippling along the air towards Yuri. [color=mediumvioletred][b]“It’s a mistake to disarm yourself,”[/b][/color] the Scorpion said, landing back to the ground now that the assault had ceased. [color=mediumvioletred][b]“Your leader is wrong too. Did we ever once attack the civilians in this building? Simple flaws in your observation like this lead to crucial mistakes in battle.”[/b][/color]

She doubted Ayaka would listen, let alone care, as the Magical Girl lunged forward thinking she could bring the fight to even ground, fist to fist. That was fine by the Scorpion. She danced around the attacking Ayaka, clearly more adept in hand-to-hand combat than the other Magical Girl. No sooner did the fighting begin was Ayaka’s thrust arm from a swung punch latched with the Scorpion’s tail coiling around it in crushing fashion. Before she could respond, the Darkeeper was behind her, twisting around to slam a knee into Ayaka’s back with the same force that sent Yuri flying.
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