Fate DxD

Chapter 68

The blade, made of raw energy, vaporizes the water surrounding her owner, creating a light screen of fog around her. She raises her sword above her head, the energy in the blade expanding, then brings it down, throwing an immense column of energy straight at her opponent. The latter dives into his aquatic giant and moves to the side to dodge. The energy attack pulverizes half the giant and comes to rest against the dome created by the Fillian sisters, scattering the energy all around.

"You weren't kidding..." Said the water manipulator, reforming his giant.

Haruko doesn't wait and dives towards him, sword pointed. Seeing this, he shoots high-pressure jets of water out of the giant. Haruko dodges gracefully before making a horizontal attack towards him. He climbs to the giant's head to dodge the blow, which cuts it in two.

Haruko did a backflip to dodge the giant's fists, which exploded on contact with the ground, creating spikes of water scattering on all sides. She uses her sword to counter the attacks, but is still not badly hit several times.

The water giant creates what looks like a huge blade of water and shoots it horizontally towards her, razing everything on the ground. She refocuses the energy in her blade and strikes the water blade, creating a huge screen of steam and splashing the water in all directions.

Haruko shields herself with a layer of energy against the heat and looks around, seeing nothing at all, using her other senses and feeling the earth shake.

Taken by surprise, she's swept away by a huge wave that cuts off her breathing and slams her against a wall, the current crushing her under the pressure. In a moment of panic, she creates a clone, which sticks to the wall by her feet and pulls her out of the water, in turn sticking to the wall. She spits the water out of her body, before tightening her grip on Marukamo. She leaps up, hovering above the water, out of the steam screen to see the water manipulator waiting for her with his water giant with a new pair of arms.

Surprised, she stops as she lands on the water, preparing herself when she sees the first fist on the right hurtling towards her. She leapt up, letting it pass beneath her, before landing on the arm and running along it. A left fist arrives and Haruko cuts it horizontally, passing through it and jumping, having lost her balance. The second right arm races towards her, its hand open to catch her. She lands on the palm and slices off the fingers before she's crushed. The second left fist comes in to crush her, she simply leaps towards the torso. She plunges her blade inside before releasing the energy, vaporizing and creating a gaping hole. She falls back onto the water on the ground and takes a step back, seeing nothing, when the water at her feet catches her and pushes her down. She puts the sword in the water and starts again, vaporizing everything below her, then leaps up and lands on a roof, gasping for breath.

"The most powerful and destructive element, water... if this keeps up... I can't see myself taking over..." Haruko grips the hilt of her sword. "What would you do in this situation... Senji-chan?"

"You're very strong kid, a little too strong for your young age. Your body can't handle all the power coming out of this weapon, and it's not at all suited to your growing body. If you don't find a solution soon, you'll fall from exhaustion and I'll just have to finish you off." Her opponent's voice is heard.

"True, but I'd do anything to defeat you before that. And I noticed something too, you can only use water in its liquid version, the fact that you didn't try anything with the steam we were constantly creating proves it, and I also conclude that you can't use it in its solid version." Haruko explains.

"That's absolutely right, good observation. Then let me say this too. I feel like you're afraid of something. I can feel it because this fear isn't for me, but for something else. Are you afraid of your own weapon?" He asks.