Chapter 25-team Noah vs Tungsten, Part Three

"BLOOD CHARGE, LEVEL TWO: TOXIC BLOOD!"

"MARY!" Tungsten roars, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!"

"I'm creating so many red blood cells in your blood that it's poisonous to your body," Mary explains as she glares up at Tungsten, "In about five seconds…you will have a heart attack."

Tungsten's eyes widen.

Tungsten spits out another glob of blood, and then, a moment later, Tungsten grunts in pain as he stumbles backwards, clutching his heart.

Mary turns to face us.

"GUYS, STRIKE NOW!" She cries. But then, a rod of iron fires out of the train before Mary, slamming into her jaw, and sending Mary flying backwards as she spits up a glob of blood

"MARY!" We cry.

"TEAM NOAH, LET'S GO!" I order.

"RIGHT!" Khione and Old-Man F reply as they pop back up to their feet and resume their Charge Stances, and I do the same.

"Water Charge…"

"Sand Charge…"

"Ice Charge…"

"-LEVEL THREE: TYPHOON!"

"-LEVEL TWO: SAND SPEAR!"

"-LEVEL THREE: SOLID LANCE!"

Water begins swirling around my hand, which I then swings forwards, wrapping Tungsten up in a powerful typhoon

As for Flint, he launches a flurry of kicks towards Tungsten, firing off a spear of sand with each kick.

And finally, Khione swipes both hands outwards, freezing the air before her, and sending dozens of ice lances flying forwards.

Our three spells blast into Tungsten, who -even while suffering from the poisonous effects of Mary's spell- is left unscatched by our spells thanks to his iron armor.

Tungsten drops to the ground on one knee and spits up an open final glob of blood, before standing back up to face the three of us as he lowers his hand from his heart.

"Close one…" Tungsten sighs, "I thought I was a goner for a second there."

"So Tungsten's susceptible to internal attacks, eh?" I ask.

"We need Mary to touch Tungsten again," Khione adds.

"That'll be your job, Khione," Old-Man F says as he turns to face Khione, "Go retrieve Mary for us. Can we count on you?"

"Of course you can!" Khione smirks.

"Noah, we'll cover Khione," Old-Man F continues as he peers over at me.

"Didn't need to tell me that!" I smirk as well.

Khione, Old-Man F, and myself nod at one another, and then…we charge.

Khione takes off sprinting towards Mary, justa s Old-Man F and I enter our Charge Stances.

"So she's trying to get Mary to poison me again?" Tungsten asks as he watches Khione dash towards Mary, who's lying on her back in a pool of blood in the sand.

"Oh no you don't!" Tungsten booms as he leaps off of the train, before landing on the ground before Khione, separating her from Mary, and kicking up a cloud of sand in his wake.

"Sand Charge, Level One: Sand Clone!" Old-Man F shouts as his body turns to sand then falls to the ground, merging with the sand below. A second mound of sand then rises out of the ground behind Tungsten, and takes the form of Old-Man F, who wraps his arms around Tungsten's neck.

"Trying to choke me, huh?" Tungsten grunts, "That'll be a bit hard to do when you're trying to constrict iron."

Tungsten then slams his fist intot he ground as silver sparks of energy begin to swell and burst around his body. Next, Tungsten pops back up and signs an arm towards Khione, and as he does, iron spikes spread out of his iron skin, forming a jagged, saw-blade sword for an arm.

"IRON CHARGE, LEVEL FOUR: BUZZSAW SWORD!"

"WAHHHH!!!" Khione cries as she slides under Tungsten's attack, before continuing the charge towards Mary.

Tungsten resumes his Charge Stance again, but before he can prepare a spell, Old-Man F retracts an arm from Tungsten's neck, and jabs it intot he bloody wound in his side that Tungsten sustained from Khione's ice lance earlier, causing Tungsten to howl in pain.

"Water Charge, Level Two: Rapids CLaw!" I shout as my hand begins swirling with water which I then swing towards Tungsten, firing off a blade of water from each finger. My spell has no effect on Tungsten's iron armor.

"Amazing…" I marvel at the impressive display, "Master F has unmatched martial arts skills, and Khione has the unmatched desire to protect Mary…but what do I have…?"

I sadly peer down at the ground.

"What DO I have…"

My sweat drips down from my head, and splatters agssint he ground before me.

My eyes widened.

"THAT'S what I have!" I exclaim, "I was born…with the power to save everyone with my water!"

"Mary!" Khione cries as she drops to her knees before the girl.

Mary lets out a small groan as she slowly opens her eyes.

"Khione…" Mary softly says.

Tears form at the edges of Khione's eyes. "You're alive, thank goddess…"

"Do you…need help…?" Mary asks as she weakly holds her hands out to Khione, but when Khione notices the crimson blood pooling beneath Mary, she furiously shakes her head then takes Mary's hands.

"No, just stay here and rest up," Mary softly says, "We'll take care of things."

Tungsten continues crying in pain as he frantically flails about in an attempt to knock Old-Man F off of him.

Khione pops back up to her feet and resumes her Charge Stance.

"Ice Charge, Level Three: Murder Vambrace!" Khione shouts as she swipes both hands outwards, freezing the air around her arm into the form of a spiked ice gauntlet, then charges.

With a roar, Tungsten reaches behind her back and grabs Old-Man F, flinging him towards Khione, who slams into the girl. Khione and Old-Man F are then sent flying backwards, before landing on the ground before me.

"Are you guys okay?!" I cry.

"Crap!" Khione grumbles as she pushes herself up to her feet, "We still can't break through Tungsten's iron!"

"Remember, Noah," Old-Man F says as he pushes himself up to his feet as well then turns to face me, "That is YOUR Job."

"Right," I reply as I enter my Charge Stance, "Master Flint…Khione…I'm sorry, but I'm going to need you two to defend me for a bit. I'm gonna charge up a big one."

Old-Man F and Khione turn and peers over their shoulders at me with a smirk, before turning back around to face Tungsten. "Right!"

Old-Man F and Khione charge Tungsten and begin battling out with it, but they're sent flying backwards by a powerful slash of Tungsten's iron sword soon after. As they do…I close my eyes.

"Focus, Noah…" I softly say to myself, "Your water…is yours to control. Focus, and bring out the strength to slash through steel…"

I take a deep breath in, then out, and then…I resume my Charge Stance…

"Water Charge…" I begin to say as I hold my fist up straight in the air.

"Level Two…" I continue as water begins swirling around my hand, before taking the form of a GIANT claw of water.

And then…I charge.

With a roar, I swing my hand towards Tungsten, punching him with blades of water strong enough to erode the world.

And then…I hear it.

A crack.

"RAPIDS CLAW!"

After I slashed Tungsten, I heard a crack, and then another crack, and then even another. Cracks begin forming in Tungsten's iron armor, and then, Tungsten howls in pain as his iron armor cracks for good, spraying blood everywhere, and revealing his pale, exposed chest to me.

Tungsten's eyes widened.

"HE…cracked my armor…?!"

I stick a hand straight into the air again, and just as before, water begins swirling around my hand, and taking the form of a giant claw of water.

"He's…A-Charging without his Charge Stance?!" Tungsten cries.

"IS THIS THE STRENGTH OF ONE OF THE FOUR ELEMENTS?!"

"JUST WHO ARE YOU?!"

"I…am Noah, the Water Charge!" I shout, "SHOUT IT TO THE HEAVENS! TELL EVERYONE YOU KNOW THAT THE STRONGEST BANDIT GROUP, TWILIGHT WOLF, WAS DEFEATED BY TEAM NOAH!"

"WATER CHARGE, LEVEL TWO: RAPIDS CLAW!" I roar as I swing my fist down towards Tungsten, aiming straight for that exposed spot in his chest.

"No…" Tungsten says, "I CAN'T LET IT END HERE!"

I roar as I continue swinging my Rapids Claw down towards Tungsten, but before my spell can connect, Tungsten resume his Charge Stance, and then, an iron rod fires out of the ground, slamming into my elbow, and charging the trajectory of my arm, and causing my spell to miss.

"IRON CHARGE, LEVEL ONE: POLE PISTOL!"

"Crap!" I cry.

Dozens of iron poles then fire out of Tungetsn's iron body, bombarding me, and sending me flying backwards as blood erupts from my wounds.

"Is this…the end…?"

But then, out of the corner of my eye…I see Mary push herself up to her feet.

"M-Mary…?" I ask.

Slowly…Mary takes a small step backwards into a fighting stance so that only her left side is exposed to Tungsten, keeping her weight fifty-fifty between her two feet. Mary chambers her right fist while bringing her left hand up, curling in her pointer and ring fingers, and extending her pointer and middle fingers and thumb out. Maroon-red sparks of energy begin to burst and swirl around Mary's body.

My eyes widen. "That's…my Charge Stance…?"

"Mary…switched up her Charge Stance…?!" Khione cries.

Mary then brings a hand up as crimson-red blood begins to flow from her pores then wrap around her hand, taking the form of a claw of blood.

"And that's…my spell?!" I cry.

"Blood Charge, Level Three…" Mary begins to say as she raises her knee high into the air before stomping it into the ground, taking a mighty step towards Tungsten.

"RAPIDS TALON!"

With a roar, Mary swings her hand towards Tungsten, firing off blades of blood from each finger.

"D-daughter…?" Tungsten asks as he stares down Mary's spell flying towards him, and then, Mary's spell blasts into Tungsten, breaking straight through Tungene's iron armor and causing it to shatter. Tungsten howls in pain as he's slashed by Mary's attack, before falling to the ground on his back in a pool of blood.

And then…the iron walls surrounding us lower back into the ground.