Isekai Mizuki S1 - A World With Demons

Chapter 95 - VS Mukago: REMATCH

Sabito was on his phone, looking at a map. Yahaba and Susamaru were behind him, and soon, they arrived at the designated location. The school was named "Moeru Tamashii Academy". "So this is our rival, huh?" Susamaru questions. Yahaba sighs and nods. "I've heard that nearly every sport we've played against them has always ended in a loss. The only sport this school has ever won against them at is basketball, and they've only won twice in 2022."

Sabito peeked around a corner. He could see a woman with chin-length white hair who wore a plain red kimono with a black-and-white fur-lined collar tied up at the back with a large, dark purple bow. She appeared to hold a heavy, steel claymore which was razor-sharp. The girl's name was Mukago. "She's over there," Sabito calls them, pointing.

A pause filled the room. The woman then suddenly spoke. "Is someone there?" she questions, looking back. They hide successfully. "I know I heard something. Come out, NOW!" she demands.

Elsewhere, Sabito hopped onto the building's roof, looking at her from above. The demon girl was looking left and right. Soon, she heard rustling from the bushes. From the top, Sabito picked up his radio. "Go!" he yells.

Suddenly, twenty temari balls go flying at the demon. She dodges all of them with ease. "Give it your A-game next time, jackass!" she taunts. However, Yahaba uses his Koketsu Arrows, and sends them flying back towards the girl. She gets struck by all of them, and Sabito picks this time to hop into the fight, immediately aiming for her neck.

Unfortunately, she is able to react, and picks up her claymore and their blades cross. "A surprise attack, huh? I gotta admit, the way you did it is crafty," she says, wiping blood off of her mouth. She then uses her Blood Magic to carry her sword, then sending it flying towards Sabito, who immediately blocks it, and returns with a Water Surface Slash.

"My Blood Magic allows me to manipulate wind, and I can use it however I like! From just blasting you away all the way to creating hurricanes with it, as a result of Master's gift!" she exclaims. "Now, let's have a battle to remember!"

Wind Manipulation (The user can manipulate wind to their will. Change its shape, form, strength, and force.)

Both Sabito and Mukago charge at each other. They begin to lock into a swordfight, with Sabito having a slight advantage due to the difference between their swords in terms of weight. "Her sword's powerful and tough. At least, more than mine. Just from the blade's side, I can tell it was properly refined with a pure, silver-like steel. She has no difficulty swinging with it, despite its weight. But that's what's dragging her. Her attacks are slow. But, she knows that well, and put up a defensive. I've tried to cut off her head multiple times already, but her magic allows her to manipulate wind. She's forcing back my sword before it could touch her neck. This is going to end up bad if we don't quickly finish this,"  Sabito thought, getting more serious.

His slashes became swifter and faster. Mukago had no problem keeping up, but she couldn't return an attack without being stopped by another one from Sabito. "He's faster than earlier... he must have known why he couldn't hit my neck. He's attacking fast so that the wind can't force it back. This boy's smart...!"  she thought, kicking him away.

Susamaru and Yahaba reunited with Sabito after he was kicked away. Although slightly fatigued, they were still standing tall. "Hey, question. Why do you wear that mask? Are you insecure about your face?" Mukago asks. Sabito shakes his head. "Not that I'm being narcissistic, but I think I have a rather fine look," he answers. Even Susamaru agrees.

Mukago then begins to carry her sword into the air using her magic, and starts manipulating it to attack Sabito. "Yahaba! Susamaru!" he calls out. "Attack her from the sides!" he says. The two nod, and begin combining their powers to make the battle troublesome for Mukago. "So annoying...!" she mutters, swinging at Yahaba, who uses his arrows to send the claymore back.

Susamaru then lands four temari ball shots to her back, one of which makes a massive hole in her chest. She quickly regenerates, and shoots back with four air blasts. Unfortunately, Sabito intervenes, and makes a Water Doppelganger tank them. He then gets into the battle and stabs her eye. "AGH, NOT THE EYE!" she screams in pain, swinging her claymore in circles, setting off wind slashes everywhere. Yahaba gets his forehead and left ankle cut a little, and Sabito's mask is slashed into two.

Mukago eventually finishes regenerating her eye. "You've got some guts aiming for my eye like that!" she yells. Yahaba then catches Mukago by her leg and throws her towards Sabito, then uses his Koketsu Arrows to pin her to the ground. "Thanks, Yahaba, you made this easier," Sabito thanks him. He puts the blade to her neck, and he swings. Her head is cut off.

They start to walk away. "Seriously, was it really that easy? When I swung at her, my blade went through as if there were nothing," he comments.

"I'm... not finished..." Mukago mutters. "I'M NOT FINISHED!" she yells furiously, splitting her entire body apart. Her arms and legs disappeared into the air, along with her neck. All that was left of her was her hands, feet, torso, and head. Her limbs were replaced with wind from her magic.

She immediately charges at Yahaba, claymore in hand, ready to jab him. Sabito knew he wasn't fast enough to move out the way, and jumps in front of him, taking the stab. "SABITO, NO!" Susamaru yells.

"Oh, that was meant for the pale boy! Which one did I hit, was it the pale girl?" Mukago questions, realizing it was Sabito. He pulls her blade out of him. "Well, at least I get to talk, now that the main threat's out of the way. Anyway, wonder how I got back up? Well, you weren't wrong. You *did* cut my neck off, but I had something under my sleeve, since I knew I'd easily lose in my regular body. I'd take my head off, and I'd try to put it back on without making any form of body contact with it. My magic manipulates wind, so I used the wind to make some sort of cord-like object to connect my torso to my head. And if I got my neck cut off, that would happen. Slicing the wind attaching my head and torso wouldn't do anything. You'll have to figure out another weakness for that," Mukago explains.

"And, related to Blood Magics, but not mine, at least, formerly not mine, and I'm gonna need you to pay attention on this one - BLOOD SICKLES!" she yells, summoning two red sickles that started to fly towards Yahaba and Susamaru. Yahaba carried Sabito's body with his Koketsu Arrows, and all three of them leapt back.

Blood Sickles (The user can conjure and manipulate demonic-looking sickles. While at hand, they can be used to utilize immensely fatal attacks. Formerly held by Gyutaro, this was given to Mukago after his death.)

"Wait, isn't that what Yuichiro described to be the Blood Magic of the second-to-latest person to have the rank of Upper Moon 6?" Yahaba questions. "That's right! Apparently, when a demon of the top twelve of the Kizuki dies, our master gains their Blood Magic. As he has no need for melee weapons of any kind, he decided to give Gyutaro's power to me! His little sister's was passed on to someone else. Hantengu apparently didn't have his power given to master for whatever reason, and Gyokko had his passed on to either Three, Two or One, I guarantee," Mukago explains. "You're no longer safe now. Prepare to die!" she yells.

To be continued...