Chapter 120-Ana vs Tondra, Part Three

"Carbon…Flinty…and now Khione…" Ana sighs, "I sure hope everyone's okay."

"It's too late to turn back now," Luciano replies as he, Ana, Mary, and Gaia continue making their way through the volcanic underground caverns of Mt Fuji, "We must premiere su for the sake of our compagni."

But before the four can make it any further, they're interrupted when the crash of lightning and a blue of bright blue light echoes throughout the cavern, causing everyone to pause.

Shivers are sent up and down Ana's spine as the flash settles.

"Shoot, is it-" Ana begins to ask as she turns and peers over her shoulder to her supposed enemy.

But Ana is interrupted when Gaia shouts: "ANA, LOOK OUT," and Ana turns back forwards again, where she sees a bright blue fireball streaking through the air towards her.

"WAH!" Ana cries as she enters her Charge Stance.

"Wind Charge, Level One: Crescent-Moon Slash!" Ana shouts as she draws her katana and swings it outwards, slashing clean through the fireball, causing it to split in two, sending two smaller blue fireballs crashing to the ground on either side of Ana, then exploding into cold blue flames.

Ana shivers from the fire.

"Cold…flames…?" Gaia asks.

"U-oh," Mary gulps.

The four E-Chargers then turn forwards again, where they see Margarette walking up, with her two puppets in tow.

Mary begins to tremble.

"It's been a bit, Mary," Margarette smirks, "Well…only a few days, but it FEELS like it's been a while!"

"Sister…" Mary quivers.

"Sister?" Luciano asks as he peers down at Mary.

"Yeah…" Mary shyly answers, "That woman working under Prometheus is my older sister."

"Hmph," Luciano replies, "Those wrinkles make her look like she could have gone through childbirth."

Margarette twitches.

"What the…"

"-FUCK DID YOU JUST SAAAY?!?!"

With a roar, Margarette wiggles her fingers, and sends her two corpse puppets charging towards Luciano.

However, Margarette's corpse puppets are cut off when Mary resumes her Charge Stance, then swings a hand towards Margarette, firing off a blade of blood from each finger, and using them to slice through the blood red string like threads Margarette uses to control her puppets.

"Blood Charge, Level Three: Rapids Talon!" Mary shouts as Margarette's corpse puppets fall limply to the ground.

"I'll…take care of Margarette…" Mary trembles, "You two go on ahead."

"Will you…be fine on your own?" Gaia asks.

"It's not like I have a choice," Mary replies with a small smile as she turns to face Gaia, "If you stay to help me, who will be there to take on the other Suns of the Children of Fire? It looks like I'm going to have to be."

Gaia nods, and he and Luciano take off farther down the volcanic cavern of Mt Fuji.

"Remember me, swordswoman?" Another voice asks as Tondra makes her appearance.

Ana then turns to face her old opponent, who's already in her Charge Stance, crouched down with one hand on the hilt of her katana with her other hand on its sheath. Navy blue sparks of energy burst and swirl around Tondra's body.

"Lightning Charge, Level One-" Tondra begins to say as the buzz of electricity hums through the air, with another flash of bright blue light, "-CHARGED SLASH!"

Tondra then swings her katana outwards, summoning a lightning bolt from above.

"WAH!" Ana cries as she brings her katana up to block, but Tondra's lightning bolt smites the ground right before Ana is standing, causing the ground to tremble.

Cracks then begin to spread across the ground underneath Ana's feet.

Ana gulps.

"Uh-oh."

Ana then screams as the cracked ground breaks away for good, and Ana begins to fall down into the pool of lava below.

However, before she could be burnt alive, Ana lands on her back on a pillar of volcanic rock jutting out of the lava pool.

Ana then lands on the rock pillar across from Tondra.

Ana then stands up and looks around, seeing that other than the pillars of rock that she and Tondra are standing on, a couple of other rock pillars stand proud, sticking outside of the lava pool that flows beneath the two swordswomen.

Ana and Tondra leer one another down.

"How've you been, my fellow swordswomen?" Ana smirks.

"How's the Land of Wind doing?" Tondra cunningly asks, causing Ana to scowl.

"It's doing FINE, you traitor…" she growls.

The two women then resume their identical Charge Stances.

"Wind Charge…"

"Lightning Charge…"

"-Level One…"

"-CRESCENT-MOON SLASH!"

"-CHARGED SLASH!"

With a fierce battle cry that echoes throughout the lava pool, Ana and Tondra slash both of their two katanas outwards with all of their might, firing off a crescent-moon shaped blade of wind as well as a bolt of lighting respectfully.

The two spells fly towards one another and collide in a burst of lighting and wind, sending shockwaves of air as well as bolts of electricity flying everywhere.

"Not bad," Ana smirks, "We're on par like last time."

"That's what you think," Tondra smirks back as she pats her new right eye, "I still haven't unleashed THIS young puppy yet."

Much like Tondra's left eye, the sclera of Tondra's right eye is now black, as well. On top of that, Tondra's right eye is now blueish-green with a pale pupil purple in the shape of a mysterious, unknown symbol.

Tondra smirks as she resheaths her katana then crouches down in her Charge Stance. But rather than navy blue sparks of energy bursting and swirling around her body, flashes of bright yellow electricity buzz and crackle around Tondra's sheathed katana.

"DISSECT!" Tondra then shouts as she draws her katana and slashes it outwards, but… nothing happens.

Ana narrows her eyes at Tondra, anticipating an oncoming attack.

But then…Ana's eyes widen when she notices the air waves ripple around Tondra.

"WOAH!" Ana cries as she swiftly ducks under the ground.

Ana feels the air around her ripple followed by a loud crash and tremble.

Ana then pops back up to her feet then turns around to where she heard the crash, seeing that the cavern wall behind her has a HUGE gash mark in it, as loose rocks begin to rumble and crash to the ground, sinking into the scalding lava which melts it instantly.