As I am about to strike the robot with spirit destru, I feel spirit energy ing towards me fast, so I use my tails as a shield to block the attack. Whatever hits me sends me flying to the side, and after I regain my posure, I look at where it came from, and I see the other robot looking at me.

  Where the hell is Orb? Suddenly to the far left of me, I see Orb falling down from the sky. I run at full speed while the robot fires at me, but since all its bsts are spirit energy they are rather easy to dodge.

  As I get closer to the edge of the building, I use leg breaker to give me enough strength to jump off my tail and grab Orb. After I grab Orb's battered body, I use my tails to swio another rooftop.

  Φ Opening my eyes, I see Suzuka rather beaten up in front of me. Shit, she must have saved me after I fell from the building. Before I even have the ce to say something, Suzuka uses her tails to shield me from the robot shooting at us.

  The bst of its ons is ridiculously inteill Suzuka is blog it, but I do see her foothold move back. While Suzuka blocks the attack, I suddenly hear something approag us at high speed, and moments ter the robot with two swords appears.

  “Don’t let yuard down, you dumb dogs.”

  Suzuka ’t move while she is proteg me, so I jump in to intercept twinswords while saying, “Suzuka move.”

  Following my instrus, Suzuka moves out of the way letting the bst hit the rooftop of the building. While our footing is removed, I use my legacy to freeze my legs to a piece of the exploded roof, and then I jump towards the robot.

  The robot with twinswords has loads of cracks on its body, Suzuka must have been pulling her weight, so I have to as well. As I jump towards the robot, I use my on to cut it in one of its cracks which causes damage towards it.

  But the robot stops moving and says, “Don’t interrupt my fight you trap.” Suddenly the robot moves towards me and starts swinging his bdes at incredible speed. The other robot has nothing on this speed, but it still isn’t enough for me to be totally out sped, so I am able to dodge and when I see an opening I terattack.

  While my on bde moves towards the robot, his speed increases and he is able to move his bde to ter mine. When our bdes csh my on is cut in two, and as his bde follow through towards me, I dodge backwards just in time.

  My crest moon-shaped on has been cut straight down the middle, but the side I am holding still has the part with the . Even though his bde is sharp, without the ability to create ice directly from it I defend as easily as I want to.

  The robot quickly follows up on its st attack. In the moments before it reaches me, I try to use my legay on, but just like all the other times I tried that it failed. Dodging the robots swings my mind is pletely preoccupied; what the hell, why ’t I just do this, I ’t let any harm e to anybody, I ’t let anyone die from my choices, I have to win.

  Due to my mind being somewhere else, I am a few seds te to hear the twinon robot shooting at me. Its attads, and in that moment of weakhe twinsworded robot es for my neck.

  Before my neck is taken, Suzuka es and kicks the robot in its side sending it away from me, then she picks me up and dodges all the shoots from twinon while moving away with me.

  Fuck, why does this keep happening, every siime I am stueone always saves me, Maple saved me from Porto, and Cyrus saved me from that minus, I am supposed to be helping them, not the other way around.

  As Suzuka dodges suddenly all of the robots shots stop, then at that moment Suzuka throws me on the floor. “Sorry about my uselessne-.”

  Cutting me off Suzuka kicks me iomach, and says, “WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU RUINING THIS FIGHT FOR ME!” Looking at her, I see that she has a pletely crazy look on her face as if she was a crazy beast.

  Pig me up by the colr she says, “LISTEN HERE YOU BRAIN DEAD IDIOT, I DON’T CARE EVEN A LITTLE BIT WHAT THE HELL YOING THROUGH, BUT IF YOU’RE OTLEFIELD YOU FIGHT AND ENJOY YOURSELF, THINK ABOUT PLICATED SHIT LATER.”

  Φ I stop my bsts at my foes below because I se. 36 degrees southeast, 1.3 kilometres away. Target analysis; family of three, mother 42 years old, father 28 years old, child 6 years old. Exactly 1 meter in front of the child is TARGET A PET CAT.

  Putting both my ons together I charge up my energy and release a long-distance shot at the cat. As an explosion goes off, I activate analysis mode again; target terminated, family unharmed.

  “THIS IS THE REASON I WAS BORN, TO ANNIHILATE THE EVIL OF PETS. NOW INSTEAD OF LOVING THAT ANIMAL, GO LOVE ANOTHER HUMAN BEING.”

  Now to finish off both of my oppos,” I say charging my ons.

  Φ Back when I used to hunt with Willow, I used to have all the fun in the world, I was strong fident and carefree back theing up I sp both my cheeks and say, “I guess you’re right.”

  Suddenly twinons start shooting at us again, so Suzuka says, “I o go teach that piece of trash manners,” as she moves towards it.

  While Suzuka moves towards twinons, I see twinswoing after her. “Don’t overthink it, just enjoy the fight, the hunt.” Taking a deep breath, I foy on, and for the first time, I am able to use my lega it. “Now that’s what I am talking about.”

  Using my legay legs, I create a rge pilr of ice which puts me in front of twinswords. When he sees me he tries to ssh me, so I meet his bde with my on, and when we csh this time, my bde doesn’t spilt.

  “So, you have e baore, you unwanted disgrace of a man.”

  “When I destroy you, I am going to repurpose your body into a toilet.”

  Enraged by my ent the robot attacks me with a flurry of swings. I meet all his attacks with my on. Whenever our bdes meet, I create a bit of i his bde, and slowly but surely it makes it more and more brittle until when our bdes csh his starts to chip.

  Surprised by this the robot slows down for a sed, and I use that opportunity to kick it downwards. After doing that, I turn the pilr I was standing on into snow and fall downwards with the snow falling in front of me.

  Twinswords rec from my blow, flies upwards through the snow towards me, but as its leg is about to leave the snow, I vert it all into id all his momentum stops, as he is pulled downwards. Then while falling down after him, I ssh his body leaving a giant gash on it.

  My heart is beating so fast, I fot how fun this is. While I am overtaken by excitement, the robot uses its great swords to break all the ice I made, and then flies up towards Suzuka and twinons.

  Φ Moving towards twinons I use Fox art; Moukd hand on all four of my tails, so as I tio run towards twinons I deflect all its attacks. Then when I get close enough, I use Fox art; leg breakers and luowards twinons giving him a ko the face.

  After the blow I jump away, but I use my tails to grab onto twinons, so I don’t move too far, then I pull myself closer and tinuously step on his face.

  But feeling the spirit energy of twinswords closing in, I dodge away as it tries to cut me. Landing on a rooftop I turn my leg breakers into bone breakers and csh with twin swords.

  As we exge blows, I feel twinons spirit energy shots. Is he crazy? there is no way twinswords will not get hit, but to my surprize, twinswords dodges all the attacks perfectly.

  This wasn’t a once-off occurreno matter how many shots twinos off, they never hit twinswords. Their coordination is perfect, they fight as if they share one mind, HOW FREAKING AMAZING, I ’T WAIT TO KILL THEM BOTH.

  Hearing Orb's thoughts, I dodge twinswords blows and tiowards twinons. As twinswords follows me, I feel Orb finally arrive at the rooftop.

  Φ Seeing the twinsworded robot following Suzuka, I use my legay legs, then the moment I take off, I create lots of snow to send myself forward (Snow boost) at high speed over the head of twinswords. I hit twinswords with a bicycle kick, and the moment I do, I create lots of snow to send him backwards.

  Then when I nd, I take note of Suzuka's situation, which causes me to manoeuvre my in front of her.

  Φ Twinons shoots me with a scattershot, but instead of blog, I ready my attack. The of Orb's on appears in front of me, and when it does it intercepts all of the shots, and when they hit it, the shots freeze and shatter.

  Jumping forward at that moment I say, “Fox art; bone breaker fourfold,” as I hit the robot directly iorso with it. When I nd, I turn around and switch targets with Orb; I head for twinswords, and he heads for twinons.

  When I see twinswords, I tackle him off the rooftop. As we fall down, he says to me, “I thank you, esteemed human.”

  “What for?”

  “Fighting you has helped the spirit within me evolve and has allowed me to get closer to my dream. So now, let us tinue ht to the death, you deformed t.”

  Φ Rushing towards twinons, I manoeuvre my way across buildings and rooftops to try a closer, as it shoots relentlessly at me. When I get close enough, I try to ssh it but it moves away, so I throw my around its leg and create lots of ice to weigh it down.

  Then using snow boost, I propel myself towards it nding a ssh. I use my to redirect my body for another one, but twinons shoots its leg off then it uses it ons to propel itself out of my way. Twinons then starts moving towards Suzuka's position.

  Φ Landing on a lower rooftop we tinue our exge. We go at it head to head, with both of us not slowing down a bit despite our injuries, but I notice that a huge amount of snow has crept toward the robot's left side and it suddenly spikes up and freezes.

  This must be Orbs doing. Not wasting any time, I move towards its body alessly beat down on it. But then I sewinons shots, so I back up.

  After bag up, I see Orb nd beside me, as twinons nds beside twinswords. “This has been fun but don’t you think it is time to this up.”

  “Don’t worry you depraved hounds, this will be your end.” Twinswords rushes at us, as twinons fires.

  Orb moving forward creates a wall of ice blog the shots, but in that moment, twinswords hits Orb with the fuller of his swht on the head. Seeing this, I use Fox art; mould boundless hammer and crush the rooftop, but this time I let myself fall into the hallways of the building.

  Moving through the hallway, twinswords keeps up his relentless attacks as I parry each of them. Seeing that we are about to reach the end of the hallway, I kick away from twinswords and prepare my attack.

  But with the speed twinswords is moving at, his attack will cleave my head before I am ready. So, all I do now is rely on, Orb. ing down from the roof, he sshes both of twinswords wrists, removing the swords from them.

  In that moment I use my right arm to hit him with Fox art; bone breaker fourfold, and when my blow nds, I also use Fox art; spirit destru to send my spirit energy into him. The bined force from these two teiques sends him flying out of the building through the hole I created.

  Φ Seeing Ikaros fly out of the building, I catch my brother's body. “Sister, I am sorry for this.”

  “Don’t worry, I won't let them get away with this.” Flying up into the sky I put both my ons together and charge up my final attack to destroy the building they’re in. “PET EXTITION.”

  Φ Creating a pilr of ice at our feet, I take me and Suzuka out of the building, where we see twinons charging up a big attack. Then suddenly four of Suzuka's tails disappear and she says, “Don’t miss.”

  Uanding Suzuka’s i I say, “You t on it.” She gets on the floor with her legs tucked, then jumping on her legs, I use snow boost as she uses all her strength to send me flying at high speed in the dire of the robots.

  Φ As I am about to fire, I suddenly see something zoom past me, and then my arms are pulled upwards, as my shot hits the barrier around our home.

  Looking at what happened, I see that a has been ed around my arms, and then I notice the boy. He must have ed the as he moved past redireg my arms. Before I could even move my body the boy cleaves both mine and Ikaros heads off.

  As both mine and Ikaros heads are falling, all we do is ment at the failure of our missions.

  I was so close to being the ultimate pet annihitor. I ’t let it end like this.

  Φ Dammit, I almost had that girl. I want a rematch right now; I ’t just let it end like this.

  But suddenly a creature stretches and catches both me and Buster. Moving its body back to base, I see that what caught us is a wonderbeast; the nord cat.

  The cat is malnourished, but I see it bringing food to towards us. I guess other races.

  Φ I guess pets.

  Uniso all that bad.) And with that, all the light vanishes from the eyes of the robots.

  Φ Looking at the detached head of both Ikaros and Buster, I say, “You two really exceeded our expectations for you, I 't wait to see how you grow from this point on.”

  As I try to pick their heads up, I see the cat proteg them, so I grab it as well. “You’re a cute one aren’t you.”

  Φ While falling down from the sky, I expand my suit to soften my nding. When I nd I ruo Suzuka, but I see her ying on the ground with her head to the floor with her heartbeat going crazy.

  Walking over to her I ask, “Are you ok?”

  But she shouts, “I AM SO SORRY!”

  Φ Now that my post-fight crity has kicked in, I realize how embarrassing and mean I was being. I even looked at Orb with that disgusting face. Oh no, what if he actually sees me as a monster now, I did say I don’t care about his feelings, oh no, oh, no, oh no.

  Pig me up and turnio face him, he says, “Don’t apologize for anything, your words saved me. Thank you Suzuka, without you I couldn’t have won this,” with a bright smile.

  His smile is sht that I start to cry.

  “Suzuka, are you ok?”

  -Break-

  Φ While I patch up Iancu, I suddenly feel a stro fall down ourning my head all I I see three aliens on gravity vehicles. “Sorry for the invenience, but we will be taking these kids now.”

  As I am pio the floor, they pick up some of the kids including Iand start to fly away. “STOP YOU BATARDS!”

  pletely uo move I start to panic, this ’t be happening, not again.

  But then I hear, “AVARAM.” It was Orb's voice.

  He throws Suzuka at me, and says, “I am going after them.”

  Φ Pushing my exhausted body to its very limit, I chase the three aliens. I am able to catch up to the first one and I use my bde to cut his legs off, then I create aform in the zero gravity for the kids to nd on.

  Moving to the one, I use snow boost to close the distand swing my around its neck, pulling it off of its gravity vehicle, and then I create aform for the dropped kids.

  Now going after the st one who is holding both Iand Man. I try to close the distance, but my legs are giving out, so I use my legay suits shuriken’s and throw them at him, but I am uo hit him with any of them.

  When I am down to two left, I formute a pn. This is all or nothing. Throwing one shuriken, I throw another one and when it hits the first o propels it far enough to hit the alien, and due to my legacy, it freezes him.

  As he drops Iand Man, I dash forward and am able to catch Iancu but before I grab Man a fourth alien appears and takes him. This alien is holding the two robot heads and a cat. “How unfortunate for you,” the alien says flying away towards the castle in the sky.

  As he goes away Man screams, “NINJAMAN SAVE ME!” While stretg out his arm.

  Summoning all my strength I create a pilr of ice t me towards them, I try to reaan’s hand, and due to all of his movement, Man’s hood es off. Getting a clear look at his face, I see he has ears like an animal.

  Then the alien says, “A beastkin, what a rare find.”

  Looking at Man’s ears and hearing the words beastkin a feel a sudden surge in my body, which causes me to stop moving a fall on my ice. Then suddenly I am pletely overtaken with numerous sensations, but the ohat stands out the most is unbearable pain, it feels as if my flesh is being ripped off stantly.

  Then I see images start to fsh in my head. All of this eventually causes me to pass out, but right before I do I hear Man’s stant screams as he is taken through the castle's barrier.

  Fox arts: The martial arts Suzuka Gozen has developed over all her battles with minuses. It uses Gozen martial arts as its base.