Soul Eater but it's Sonic

Chapter 63

Magical explosions erupted relentlessly about the grounds of the DWMA. Tikal was atop a building, watching Blaze's movements and sending out clusters of tendrils at opportune times. It was obvious to the witch how much the princess was struggling, so she felt elated.

Blaze was also being chased by Eclipse and Starline. She could outspeed them normally, but changing direction to avoid Tikal's magical bombardment was giving them ample opportunity to catch up with her. After avoiding another barrage of exploding tendrils, Blaze turned around completely. Her resonance strengthened.

"Burning rush!"

Blaze's speed surged; she was on the darkling in an instant. His body resisted her sword, but the following explosion sent him away. She had been fairly certain that the attack wouldn't kill him. Starline went in for a soul force hit right after. Blaze was ready, and dodged correctly. She kicked the professor aside once he missed, then went for Tikal.

"Burn the witch!"

The meteoric fireball cluster destroyed the rooftop Tikal was on. The witch had moved out of the way, now finding the hunter charging straight at her new location. One sword swipe neared the echidna before a magical boost panel appeared below.

Tikal was sent away from Blaze's advance. The meister was prepared to judge her target's change in trajectory, and sent a fireball accordingly. Her attack was on target, but it didn't land as intended.

"Starline!" Blaze shouted.

The doctor had taken the attack in Tikal's place; he was struck on his left side. The attack burned away his sleeve up past the shoulder, and his body had become visibly seared. Luckily, a shortage of time had kept Blaze from launching a fully powered attack, so Starline wasn't gravely injured. The princess did know, however, that he likely wouldn't take another hit very well. Despite that, Starline's expression was still vacant.

"Thanks Starline," Tikal patted him on the head. "You're so thoughtful,"

Eclipse regrouped nearby. Tikal strutted a few steps before grinning at her exhausted opponent.

"Few people in the world could last as long as you have in a fight like this. You're really doing the kingdom of Sol proud before dying like a sad animal," She laughed.

Inhaling and exhaling, Blaze could feel the world around her slowing.

"You have a plan right?" Silver's voice was in her mind now, clear as day. It had been a while since they'd linked minds, so their resonance felt strange at first. It soon felt natural.

"Not really," She sighed.

"You always have a plan!"

"The only plan I have is to kill Starline and the darkling so we can fight Tikal one on one. After that, the resulting emotional toll of killing two innocent people will ruin our resonance, allowing Tikal to kill us instantly, which she might do even before we try the first part of this plan,"

"Yeah, I uh, don't like that plan,"

Blaze took another look around, and noticed something important with her soul perception. "Alright, I have a new plan. It's going to take a lot of trust, so you should take the lead on this one,"

Silver wasn't sure what his meister meant. All he could sense was that her soul had calmed, and she was suddenly hyper-focused. Someone else appeared.

"Tikal! You bitch!"

Vanilla dove into the fray. A hammer head had formed on her arm, and she caught Tikal with a direct hit. The attack rattled the witch and sent her away, but she was still very much alive. Starline landed a soul force attack on Vanilla, but she withstood the impact. Fighting through the pain, she brought her hand back to normal.