Arti was slowly moving his arms in a flowing motion as he softly walked in circles, trying to ascertain where she was. Kotoha was standing a few meters away from him, breathing heavily but as silently as possible, trying to keep her position hidden from him.
"You have truly hidden yourself. I guess you used some sort of trick." Arti said, slowly moving in circles. Kotoha took a deep breath, slowly taking a few steps back, trying to do it as silently as possible, making sure not to alert him.
"You are hiding your presence very well. I'm actually surprised. Leaun was a good trainer." Arti slowly clenched his fist.
"Something's coming." She said low to herself.
"Warrior's triangle. Katana third form-" He moved his arm back slowly, preparing to a thrown punch forward, having his elbow bent perfect 90-degrees.
"Eye of the storm." He took a deep breath, clenching every muscle in his body, moving the hand forward at the same time he let out all the air from his lungs, making the "saaaa" sound as he threw the punch. The moment the fist was extended entirely, there was a second or two of silence, and then you could hear it. The wind picked up, and the ground began to tremble. A giant shockwave was sent out from him, moving in every direction. Kotoha looked at the incoming wave, thinking as quickly as she could. Time seemed to slow down. Her eyes shivered, and the whole world around her turned black. All she could see was the shockwave itself and Arti.
"If I let this hit him. He will clearly figure out where I am." She thought as the shockwave moved toward her at an incredibly slow speed.
"Figure it out." Kotoha moved her hand forward.
"What can my palm command?" Kotoha softly let her hand move forward.
"That's right. I've limited myself, haven't I?" Kotoha looked at the shockwave. Her eyes seemed to glow up a bit, analyzing the shockwave.
"To be honest, it's just force applied on normal air particles, isn't it?" Her hand touched the shockwave.
"What is this?" Kotoha thought as she looked around. Everything was moving so slowly. Everything else was blacked out, and even Arti seemed to fade in and out of reality.
"All I have to do...Is say it." Kotoha slowly opens her mouth.
"In the palm of my hand. I command reality to some certain extent, and creation is in it. My palm can create anything as long as I know what it is made off...even-" Kotoha stretched her fingers as far out as possible as her palm was thrust forward with that motion.
"Shockwave." She said, unleashing an equally strong shockwave from her hand, neutralizing his. Arti's head perked up.
"Did she-?" He thought.
"What just happened?" She said to herself, looking as if reality was back to normal.
"holy shit..." Angelise said, actually taken aback.
"Did she just-" Damien looked at Kotoha with shivering eyes.
"Copy him?" Sakana finishes the sentence.
"I knew there was more to that ability," Leaun said with a cough.
"What do you mean?" Damien looked at him.
"Kotoha is able to create anything as long as she knows what it's made of, but there is a second power. She is able to learn what things a made of by touch. Her ability is the definition of creation itself. I think Iliya might have underestimated the power of Kotoha. She might be weak in terms of fighting knowledge, but her power makes up for it." Leaun explained.
Kotoha looked around her as she then looked at Arti. He was smiling.
"I see. This seems like a problem." He quickly moved his hand back and threw one more punch.
"Katana third form Eye of the storm." He punched once more. Kotoha merely moved a hand forward again.
"My palm commands, shockwave." She created an equally strong one again.
"It truly seems like it. You found a way to cancel my shockwaves. I'm actually completely in the dark now. You could have canceled it from any part of the arena." Arti laughed softly, lowering his arms. Kotoha looked at her hand, feeling the energy radiate from it.
"I think there's gone three minutes," Arti said, looking up toward the black sky. He took a deep breath.
"Kotoha Waru. You are a strong opponent, and I couldn't have asked for a better fight. I'm already cornered. I don't know where you are, and you can reflect any way I try to locate you back at me." Arti looked around him with a smile.
"I can try to frantically throw my arms in any direction in hopes of locating you, but with my time limit, it wouldn't work," Arti said. Kotoha kept looking at him, slowly skating a bit closer.
"So, I've decided to do something rather dangerous." Arti stomped the ground, forming his battle stance. Kotoha instantly skated back.
"I think right now. I could hold this form for fifteen minutes." Arti said, slowly raising his guard.
"Now, the question is, Kotoha. Will you die before me? Kill me? Or will my body implode upon itself?" He raised those questions as the triangle formed around him.
"I know you can hear me! You two-" Arti roared. Faust and Malmy looked down at him.
"I'm sorry," Arti said as his body began to glow.
"Let me endure this pain for fifteen minutes," Arti said low as his body began to glow.
"Invoke rule...I will be able to hear again." Arti said.
