Sonomachi City - Old Downtown Alleyways
Lightning cracked on the dark and twisting paths of the alleys that crept behind the old buildings of Sonomachi's downtown, creating a maze that only a few knew how to navigate through.
Nevertheless, the
beasts that were running down said alleys didn't need to know where they were going, all that was occupying their minds was getting away from the predator that sought to end their lifes before they could sink their teeth in more of that delicious electricity from power cables that are everywhere.
Not too further behind the beasts, an angelic looking
girl run over the rooves, jumping between them with agility and strength that no normal human could ever hope to match. To her sides, a couple of drones hovered, matching her movements and pacing to clockwork perfection
"Onee-sama, I have found them. It seems to be a whole pack this time." the girl said in a deadpan voice, talking to her Onee-sama who wasn't too far away from there.
"That's good Eos. Process with caution." The voice was calm, even in the chaotic winds that buffeted the night air. A
woman stood upon the ledge right above the angelic girl, a crimson scarf covering the lower half of her face with crossed arms. She wasn't there a moment ago, but speed and experience had made her appearance possible even now.
"Well Eos, how do you think we should proceed?""Leave that to me, Onee-sama." Eos said before jumping to the next building and moving her arm in a slashing motion
"Altair, Vega! Pattern number 4." Eos ordered her drones to begin the attack, with a crossfire pattern that would halt the Raijuu on their tracks.
"Onee-sama, it's you turn now!" Eos shouted to the woman hanging above her.
"Must you be so enthusiastic on these simple hunts?"Nevertheless, the scarfed woman had a smirk on her visage as she leapt down to join directly into the fray. As the Raijuu were momentarily stunned by Eos' attack, the woman summoned a single knife and struck without mercy or regret. She was a blur, crimson blood joining the red mix upon her scarf as she spun around in a graceful embrace of death and destruction.
Twirling the single knife in hand, the woman's red eyes took in the carnage with a cold outlook. Simple Youkai such as there were nothing for her. In all likelihood, this was only an excuse to see how much her younger companion had grown in the field of combat.
Eos observed carefully how Shiina fought the Raijuu. Eos had been studying her Onee-sama for as much time as she had been with her but still couldn't hope to match Shiina's deadlyness in short range combat. At the most, Eos was able to fend off most attackers, though she had a new trick up her sleeve, literally, today. Though this wasn't the best time to test new tactics, so Eos decided to stick to the basics
"Pattern number 1, Rapid fire." she said as two more drones were summoned into the world and together with her main two shower the area around Shiina with lasers, never getting any close to her.
As the numbers of the Raijuu began to wane rapidly, the beasts resorted to their last ditch move and pooled together their bodies, combining into a single massive Youkai.
"RRRR!" The, now monstrous, beast's roar shook the very air around Shiina and the vampire maid would be able to feel the static ruffling her clothes and hair, undoing her precisely done visual. Not that it was her biggest problem, though, since a massive lighting was about to hit her over head right now.
Though if the massive display of energy and power was supposed to faze the vampire maid, she didn't show it. Even as her clothes and hair were ruffled, Shiina still managed to stand with a poise and grace only achieved through centuries of existence. Leaping back from the bolt of electricity aimed her way, she landed beside Eos and stood at ease with crossed arms.
"Well Eos? What do you propose we do now?" she asked, looking at the young Chaser with expectance.
Eos stopped for a moment, thousands upon thousands of scenarios ran through her processors in a fraction of the time that it would take for a person to count from one to two . After she was more or less sure of a course of action Eos said
"The best way to take it down would be with a combination attack, Onee-sama. I'll open a path and you take out his core. Though..." Eos paused and pointed to her right, were the tracks of an electric powered train were exposed
"If it feeds on the power of those cables there's a 87% chance that the situation will get out of control.""Understood," was all that Shiina said before speeding off. With her knife held at her side, she dodged the bolts hurled at her way, sliding and dashing as the onslaught grew more and more violent. She waited patiently for Eos to open up the pathway, the vampiric maid running up the side of the Youkai's arm and leaping off, ready to strike as soon as Eos gave the word.
As Shiina charged in, Eos dropped to the ground bellow and summoned 4 more drones, to a total of 8, now. This was very close to her maximum output under normal conditions, so Eos was readying a big attack this time
"Pattern number 2, Obliteration." she said with a cold voice. Not even a second later, her drones pooled in their lasers into a single convergent beam, that shot right through the Great Raijuu's body, leaving a straight path for Shiina's finishing move. The taste of ozone hang out on the ionized air and the heat of the blast was such that a couple of trash bins caught fire just from standing too close to the path of Eos' laser.
As Eos' laser burned away the fair majority of the Youkai, Shiina held up her singular knife. Her crimson eyes narrowed, waiting for the right moment when...there! Just as the creature's flesh was beginning to regenerate, she caught sight of its core. With a fluid motion, she hurled the blade into the small opening, the knife making contact and shattering the core instantly.
Landing on her feet, Shiina was by the other Chaser's side near instantly, picking Eos up bridal style as she leapt away onto the rooftops. She shifted a little to accomodate the other girl's greater weight, but only slightly. One glance back was all that she needed to know. A good fifty feet away out to do the trick.
"Time to go," she told the robot, even as the Youkai's body began to become unstable, a last snarl being heard as it collapsed on itself.
A moment later, Eos observed as the Great Raijuu's body began to quiver and shake more violently, until it errupted in an enormous blast of lightning and thunder that rumbled the old alleys. Though, it's consequences were little to none, since this part of the city is abandoned.
"Fine, Onee-sama..." Eos said, crossing her arms behind Shiina's neck to ease the burden that she was placing on the vampire's back. As she was being carried away, Eos pondered if this would be a situation were humans would be feeling something called bashfulness and if she should be blushing, if she knew how to do it.
After this, they returned to their home and base, the Dangeki Cosplay Café, already knowing that tonight was going to be a specially busy one.