Chapter 95

Earlier.

Yukina ran through the forest, finding a way to see what was happening as she takes care not to get in range, "Here!" positioning herself above a tree, seeing the full view of what is happening within the area, "I shouldn't move closer from here…"

Looking carefully at a distance, Yukina's eyes shrunk as she sees Yuji getting tossed around by the whips.

"YUJI!!" she shouted in concern, "… what should I do!?"

Watching the scene go on, she shivered in panic as she was at a loss on what to do, "he's not even getting back on his feet… he's just getting tossed around… I have to do something!" as she attempts to take a step, her knees shivered intensely as she gets reminded of the pain she felt earlier, "it's no use… I can't… damn it! What can I…?"

Looking back at the scene, she saw a silver-haired woman running towards Yuji with an intense speed from a distance, "Isn't that!?"

Suddenly, the ground rumbled. Holding onto the tree tightly, Yukina saw multiple parts of the ground within the area go flying, lifting itself above the ground in multiple directions as the woman got a hold of Yuji.

In Yuji's perspective.

Dropping to the ground, the woman puts down Yuji as she looks straight at Gabriela, "Gaby… don't worry… big sis is coming," she whispered.

Yuji kneeled, "is she…"

"calm down, Yuji, she is…" Alicia said.

"You!" The woman pointed at him as he got up "If you're able to move then get out of here, you've done enough,"

"I…"

Not waiting for his response, she dashed forward towards Gabriela at an unbelievable intense speed.

"She's fast!"

She disappeared into the forest of whips with incredible speed, being completely surrounded by the luminous objects.

Yuji flinched in concern.

Crash*

Suddenly, the ground went flying all over the area, making some whips disappear as the floating ground shields her from the whips.

"what the? Is she controlling the ground?"

"That's her ability…" Alicia said, "similar to us, she produces those blue luminous lights and controls them. But to her, similar to Gaby's, once her luminous lights touch something, no matter what the form, she can control it however she likes,"

As Alicia explains, a flash of memory suddenly appeared within Yuji's head.

The woman attached string-like luminous lights to an Akuma, having control of it like a puppet, she made it dance as she used it to slaughter all the other Akumas within the area.

"What the…" Yuji said in an ambivalent tone, sending shivers down his spine.

"Yes… that's a normal reaction right there…"

Watching her get closer and closer to Gabriela, they held their head high up as they hoped for her to reach Gabriela.

"with how things currently look, she can…"

Suddenly, an unexpected amount of whips emerged within the area near the woman.

Yuji flinched in concern. As he tried to get up, his kneed gave out, making him kneel back on the ground, "huh…?"

The woman struggled as she gets pushed back by the number of whip slashes, deflecting each one with a rope-like luminous light as she gets pushed back.

"Crap! At this rate, she's getting pushed back!" Yuji struggled to move from his kneeling position, not feeling anything yet his whole body shivered as he forces himself to move.

"Yuji stop! That won't do!" Alicia said.

"Then what should we do!? She's already that close…"

"Calm down, you have an amp in your pocket, right?"

"…that's right, the one Yukina gave earlier!"

"Now listen, if we're going to use it, we're going for a full shot, let's use all of it,"

"Your reason?"

"We have to end it in the quickest way possible, try and analyze the situation. Earlier, didn't you suddenly have a hard time moving when you reached a certain distance?"

"that's true… now that I think about it, it's probably because of the air around her…"

"that's right, it's acting like some sort of barrier,"

"Then what we need to do is go through all of those things with one move… a move powerful enough to break through everything that's in front of us…"

"it doesn't have to be a single move… we just need to be a lot faster…"

"You have something in mind?"

"Yes… but I'd like you to take full consideration,"

"say it…"

"What I'm planning to do is something that took my body at least a year to figure out, you will be learning it in an instant and you will be doing it as you learn it, it'll definitely put a strain on you mentally and physically… are you still…"

"Let's do it…"

"you didn't even hesitate… you were prepared for something like that since earlier huh?"

Yuji looked serious as he took deep breaths.

"Alright, we'll be syncing deer than before, keep your focus and work together with my instincts,"

Suddenly, a change of air flowed around them as they emit an aura standing out within the zone.

Instinctively, everyone within the area took notice of this and put their attention towards Yuji.

Gabriela raised her head, "it's this feeling again… no, this is… way stronger…"

The woman glanced as she gets away from the luminous lights.

"the air changed… what's happening?"

Yukina gripped her hands as she stood above a tall tree, watching everything occur, "Yuji…"

Yuji closed his eyes as he puts his consciousness in a deep focus.

From a far distance, everyone could feel the heavy air surrounding him as began to make minimal movements.

In an instant, everyone felt a huge sense of familiarity as Yuji opened his eyes.

Like lightning enclosing the distance from the heavens to the ground, Yuji enclosed his distance from Gabriela by a huge amount, seeming with just a single step, deflecting every whip in the way.

"Crap, I messed up! I was planning on going straight to her…"

"It's ok!" Alicia said, "it seems your body didn't get instantly used to it, but this could still work!"

His eyes began to glow brighter though as if it's beginning to mix with another color.

Yuji pushed further with unbelievable speed, slashing through multiple whips that suddenly appeared, going past the silver-haired woman.

As a whole batch of whips emerged in front of him Yuji took a quick stop and glanced behind him.

"NOW! Rafaela!"

The silver-haired woman felt shocked and instinctively raised her hands in accordance with Yuji's shout.

The ground raised, wiping out the whole batch of whips, leaving Gabriela and the two luminous hands covering her left on the ground.

"This is it!"

Focusing all his remaining strength, he dashed with full force towards the Gabriela, with a sharp and thick sword-like luminous light on his left arm, aiming to slash the hands covering her.

"wait… I just followed him instinctively but… what is he going to do if he breaks that barrier!?" Rafaela thought.

Yukina shivered, watching the scene unfold.

SLASH*

Slashing through the luminous hands, Gabriela shivered in fear, as the hands covering her got destroyed in front of her eyes, "I'm… going to get killed!"

Destroying the luminous hands, Yuji felt weak. Using the little amount of strength he got left, he jumped towards the vulnerable Gabriela and wrapped his arms around her, hugging her tightly.

Everyone was shocked, Gabriela felt a sudden comforting warmth, giving her a sense of relief.

"Don't worry… Everything is going to be ok…"

Hearing those words, she felt as if she heard it in a tone very familiar to her, "sis… Alicia?" she whispered as Yuji lost consciousness.

Gabriela and Yuji fell to the ground.

Looking at Yuji's face, Gabriela's eyes shrunk in shock.