Chapter 9: Locked in the ice

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Back in the icy prison, Rou glanced at the damage he had caused. He knew Edward's intentions, he knew what it was like to be shunned by a large percentage of the people around you.

As Aster attempted to prepare for his next attack, Rou stopped for a few seconds and thought about how he even got in this position in the first place, remembering the feeling of fire toward him, and a lying figure by his side.

Snapping out of the brief trance, he noticed Aster still standing. Rou thought to himself "I'm glad it hasn't got that far yet, means I can make an impact. Show everyone else that this guy isn't to be shunned." Rou got in position to dodge; he may not intend to kill Aster, but winning would be his best chance.

"Tch. Clever isn't exactly what others would call it. It's a little thing I picked up back home, before it all went to hell I mean." Aster's judgement was reminded how similar this world was to his own, his own thoughts being cut off due to a sudden ice platform. "Various ice manipulations. I see. Well if I must work around it then so be it!" He raises his new weapon in the air prepared for Rou's next attack.

Rou created more platforms in order to reach Aster, ensuring there is a relatively large gap between the last of the structures and Aster's potential resting space. "Too bothered by your little injury to attack me?" Rou jumped between the platforms and reached Aster, who had his weapon above him. To evade his attack, he went under his legs, grabbing onto him to ensure neither of them fall the 2 metres to the bottom of the arena. A cold, chilling feeling was felt on Aster's calf, Rou was freezing him from the inside, a very damaging technique.

After Aster had gone off with his speech. he focussed on following Rou's movement. swiftly switching eye gaze through places "Bothered?! Absolutely not! I sustained more damage in the first minute in my old world and still kept at it!" He gasped at the jump of Rou mesmerised at the quick movement of his manoeuvrability to get under him and jolted as Rou freezes his leg. As a response he lets his claymore drop to the ice platform making his short sword in his left hand piercing his leg where the ice is forming gritting his teeth from the pain, his blood staining his sword but attempting to continue despite his current condition "Cheap trick." He goes back to his two handed style of the claymore making the sword disappear attempting to reach Rou with a quick slash of his claymore.

Fleur watched, almost feeling fearful from the actual damage they were doing to each other. She leaned into Edward as if he'd actually helped her if anything happened, she didn't know why she had this pang of anxiety in her chest for BOTH. She only cared for Rou right? Surely she didn't feel sorry for the intruder, she hated him. He was an asshole. He was, right.

Rou's worry turned to brief rage. "That...was meant to WEAKEN you! Aster, you're strong, if not a little reckless, but you're not prepared!" Rou grabbed Aster's claymore in a hard snatch. "I don't care if either of us get injured, this fight his to end somehow!" Rou uses the claymore to smash his own platform, causing both to fall down. "It won't cause too much damage if you're careful" he thought before landing clean on his feet, leaving himself with only minor pain in his left leg. Aster seemed to have a similar amount of damage.

Watching through a small crack in the door a small chuckle was heard by everyone in the arena. "Silly little boys.." he hummed with an utterly smug grin shoving both doors open, the door swung open, his cape flinging back behind him, it was the perfect dramatic entrance he ran down the steps straight into the battle area smiling like a crazy child. Vox laughed brightly jumping between the two boys "HAVING FUN WITHOUT ME?!" he gasped, grabbing both of their chins, pulling them close "Naughty boys~" dropping their faces he stood up straight smirking "I say this fight is finished! As Edwards lovely plaything, make the rules! and I win!" Smiles smugly looking between excited for them to disagree.

The fight was over.

The fight was over

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