The Great Ruler of All (ft. Phoenix)

VIII: Ice Princess, Darkest Mind.

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Chapter 8

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With Haku

    Haku woke up in a strange place, very uncomfortable. She opened her eyes slowly, noting the grayness of her surroundings. She slowly stood up from the floor she was lying on, but tensed when she heard a voice from behind her say, "Oh, good, You're awake."

    She turned around to see a man with a cold face and long blonde hair, who was wearing a black and red winter robe.

    "Where am I?" she asked as threateningly as she could with her head currently in pain.

    "I summoned you to be a champion of me, the demon lord, Leon Cromwell. Please head into the room to your left so that I may fuse you with a spirit." He said calmly, not at all threatened by the Ice user.

    Haku looked at Leon with a look of disdain and distrust, but slowly walked into the room. Inside was a hovering spirit of what looked like an Silver Scale Dragonborn spirit, an Ice dragon type. She spoke to the human-like person (minus his horns, wings, and tail), "Hello, I'm Haku."

    The dragon-born looked upon her with superiority. "I am Halzard, the Ice dragon of the great trinity. Offer your body up to me, and you will gain ultimate power. Refuse to do so and I will make the process painful."

    Haku tensed into a combat position. "Yeah, I'm good on being possessed. Thanks anyways, Halzard, but I'll be taking your power without your conscience."

    Halzard laughed, and sent a ball of frozen air at her. However, his eyes widened when the ball went around her body and went back at him, twice as fast. Haku had just used one of the jutsu that she can use without hand seals, 'Hyoten: Ice manipulation no jutsu'

    Then Haku began a long line of handseals, from a jutsu Naruto had recently created for her. When she was finished, she shouted, "Hyoten: Frozen mist jutsu!" As she made the air around herself reach almost Absolute Zero, sending ice needles which she could form rapidly. Thankfully, Haku had been training to use her ice against spirits, since any jutsu of the normal five elements was completely ineffective against them. After a taijutsu battle, that was more like a game of cat and mouse, with Haku dodging everything she had the ability to, and Halzard's punches leaving dents in anything they came into contact with. Eventually, Haku had managed to tire Halzard out, and began a long string of handseals. It took just over a minute, and Halzard was about to attack again after recovering, until Haku finished with her palms out towards him and shouted, "Sealing style: Great Mist Seal, Two Bonds of Frozen Blood!"

    At this, the entire room glowed blue, and the blue closed in very quickly onto Halzard, who tried struggling futily. When it was done, there was a moving ice sculpture in his form, that Haku walked up to and absorbed into her body. She walked back out of the room and Leon's eyes widened upon seeing her, then set into a glare. "So, you won against one of the most powerful ice spirits, huh? That's fine, but you still must pledge your loyalty to me or I'll have to dispose of you myself. I'd hate to do that to such a pretty lady, and quite a strong one at that."

    Haku glared at him. "I will swear temporary fealty until I learn more about this world. If the time comes for me to leave you, do not expect me to turn back just because you ask me to. But until that time, I, Haku Yuuki, pledge my loyalty to you, Leon Cromwell," Haku finished with a bow.

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With Rimuru, Naruto, and Chloe

The rest of the class had all gone home. Tomorrow was the last day of the school year, and they wanted to all spend time with their teachers, but they all had manga to read courtesy of Rimuru. Chloe decided to stay with them for a little while, however.