Chapter 43-Noah+Anemoi vs Gambino

Just as Anemoi and I stand up, we hear some clapping echo across the darkness.  Anemoi and I then turn to face where we heard the clapping, watching as a smug Gambino struts over to Anemoi and I.

"Bravo, bravo, Water Charger, Wind Charge.  Bravo!"

"Gambino…" Anemoi growls.

"Your story is so sad, Wind Charger, that it almost brought a tear to my eye," Gambino monologues as he wipes a fake tear from the corner of his eye, "ALMOST!"

"NOAH!"  Anemoi shouts as she enters her Charge Stance.

"Right!"  I reply as I enter mine.

In response, Gambino smirks at Anemoi and I as he begins twirling his mustache, and as he does, rust colored sparks of energy begin to burst and swirl around Gambino's body.

"Water Charge, Level Two: Rapids Claw!"  I shout as water begins swirling around my hand.  I then slash my hand towards Gambino, firing off a blade of water from each finger.

"Wind Charge, Level One: Crescent-Moon Slash!"  Anemoi shouts as she swiftly draws her katana then slashes it towards Gambino, firing off a crescent-moon shaped blade of wind from her slash.

"Rust Charge, Level One: Decay!"  Gambino shouts as he holds a hand out to Anemoi and I.  And upon making contact with his hand, mine and Anemoi's spells begin to turn that same rust color as Gambino's Charge Aura, then crumble to the ground.

"Damn…" Anemoi grunts.

"My Rust Charge is the element of death itself!"  Gambino smirks, "You two have no hope of victory."

"Gambino's right," Anemoi grumbles.

"What do you mean?"  I ask.

"Gambinos Rust Charge is a combination of earth, iron, and…DARKNESS.

"Darkness?"

"Darkness Charge is incredibly powerful.  Upon the four original elements, there are too legendary elements as well, Light and Darkness.  Light and Darkness are extremely rare, because they take an equal fusion of all four of the original elements to create.  It is said that only one user of the Light or Darkness element can exist at a time."

"I see…"

"But either way, Gambino can only decay our spells if he makes contact with them!"  Anemoi then continues as she resumes her Charge Stance.

"That means that all we have to do is hit Gambino with too many spells for him to counter!"  I reply as I resumes my Charge Stance as well.

"Water Charge, Level Four: Typhoon!"  I shout as water begins swirling around my hand.  I then swing my hand towards Gambino, firing off a blast of water, which engulfs Gambino in a spiraling typhoon.

"Hmm..." Gambino nods as he look around.

"Wind Charge, Level Two: Skywards Tornado!"  Anemoi shouts as she draws her katana then swings it upwards, causing the air around Gambino to begin circulating, and wraps Gambino up in a powerful tornado.

Anemoi and I let out a battle cry as my typhoon and her tornado fuse, creating a vortex of both wind and water.

"Rust Charge, Level One: Decay," I hear Gambino yawn, and a moment later, mine and Anemoi's hurricane begins to turn that same rust color as before, before crumbling away, revealing a bored, unscathed Gambino standing there with a hand outstretched to Anemoi and I.

"N-no way…"

"Gambino managed to counter THAT attack?!"

"No…maybe I should go on the offensive myself…" Gambino smirks as he begins twirling his mustache again.

"Rust Charge, Level Two-!"  Gambino then shouts as he touches a hand to the floor, "-OXIDIZE!"

A line of rust then spreads from Gambino's hand, making its way across the floor over to Anemoi and I.  Anemoi and I flinch, expecting an incoming attack.

Instead, Gambino's line of rust makes a sharp right, spreading instead towards the wall adjacent to Anemoi and I.

Anemoi and I raise an eyebrow at Gambino's rust line.

Gambino's line of rust then touches the base of the wall next to Anemoi and I, then begins to make its way up the wall.  Next, Gambino's rust begins to spread across the wall, causing the wall to decay, and sending giant chunks of rusted steel crashing towards Anemoi and I.

"Oh crap!"  Anemoi and I cry as we resume our Charge Stances.

"Water Charge, Level Three: Squirt Gun!"  I shout as I thrust my hands towards the chunk of rusted steel, firing off a ray of water from my palms, which then blasts into the chunk of steel, causing it to shatter, and sending smaller chunks flying everywhere.

"Wind Charge, Level One: Crescent-Moon Slash!"  Anemoi shouts as she draws her katana and swings it towards the air, firing off a blade of wind from her katana, which carves the rusted chunk of steel in half.

Gambino's chunks of steel then crash to the ground, sending the flakes of rust covering the steel flying into the air.

In response, Gambino resumes his Charge Stance.

"Crap, Gambino's going for a follow-up attack!"  Anemoi cries as she resumes her Charge Stance again.

"Wind Charge, Level Two: Skywards Tornado!"  Anemoi shouts as she draws her katana and swings it upwards, causing the wind around Anemoi to begin circulating, forming a tornado around Anemoi and I to block Gambino's attack.

"Rust Charge, Level Three: Rust Mayhem!"  Gambino shouts as he aims a hand at Anemoi and I then clenches it, causing the flakes of rust hovering in the air around Anemoi and I to gather together, forming spears of rust, which flies towards Anemoi and I.

"Don't worry, Gambino's spell can't break through my tornado shield," Anemoi assures me.

But much to Anemoi's surprise, Gambino's rust spears do, indeed, pierce through Anemoi's tornado.

Anemoi's eyes widen.  "N-no way!"

After breaking through her tornado, Gambino's spears of rust then pierce Anemoi and I, causing the two of us to cry in pain as we drop to the ground in pools of blood.

Anemoi's tornado dissipates directly after.

"I told you," Gambino smirks as he twirls his mustache, "The element of death, itself.  Speaking of death, I have hired the Assassin Trio to hunt down your friends, Water Charger.  While we fight here…they are facing their dooms…"

"Damn…" Anemoi grunts as she slowly pushes herself up to her feet.

I wince as I weakly push myself off of the ground as well.

Anemoi and I pant as we glare at Gambino, who stands across from Anemoi and I, smirking.

"Anemoi…" I pant, "How many spells do you have?"

"Two…You?"

"Four."

"How come you haven't used your Level One Spell yet?"

"It involves the rain," I answer, "So I can't use it indoors.  But if I could…we would have won by now.  Gambino has no way of countering it, based on the spells we've seen thus far."

"So all we have to do to win is get you to make it rain inside?"

"I suppose so."

"That'll be easy."

"H-huh?"

"Just follow my lead, Noah!"  Anemoi exclaims as she resumes her Charge Stance.

"Right!"  I reply as I resume mine.

"So you two have a plan now, huh?"  Gambino asks as he resumes his Charge Stance as well, "THEN COME, WATER CHARGER, WIND CHARGER!  I SHALL DEVOUR YOU!"

And so, with a fierce battle cry…the three of us charge.