Enter The Sandman

Inconceivable Searching

I enter a long, narrow hallway, with nothing but cages on each side.  I carefully examine the area making sure there is no resistance.  I then decide to run straight down the hallway.  After several minutes of running down the seemingly endless hallway, I decide to hop on sand instead.  I eventually reach what seems to be a hole in the side of the hallway.

"Seems like Kyeru got a little impatient..." I say quietly.  I decide to run through the hole, hoping that I would find Kyeru soon.  "I know I can't take on that Sawlkin thing myself... I'm going to need Kyeru's help!" I think.

Suddenly a bunch of Sawlkin break through the walls, and immediately charge towards me.

"Oh crap, this is bad!"

I attempt to send a heavy sand blast in their direction, but they don't flinch at all.  I decide to use the mask, and send another sand blast.  Still no budge.

"Am I really this freaking weak!?" I shout in anger.

I use sand to form the hair behind the mask, hoping this would be enough.  I send another blast of sand at all of the Sawlkin, and they are sent flying back.  I summon a sand pit below them all, and they quickly sink in.  I then tighten the sand pit and crush them easily.

I give a small sigh of relief, yet I am feeling anguished.  "Do I really need to rely on the mask... just to make them flinch?"

I carry on down the hallway, hoping I don't run into any more trouble.

Usara spirals wind around her body, causing her hair to flail wildly and her robes to slowly wail around.  "I'll show you how us Delucians fight!"

She jumps to the side with amazing speed, and ends up out of Rina's sight.  Rina cautiously looks around, but Usara appears behind her.  She sends a strike to Rina's back, but at the last second Rina shields with sand.  Rina turns around and swings a ball of sand along with her arm at Usara.

Usara blasts herself away with wind, and does a back flip.  When she lands on the ground, she immediately slides across the ground like ice towards Rina.  Rina back flips from her position, and as she jumps in the air, she summons a tree below her feet.  The tree quickly intercepts Usara, giving Rina a chance to summon a sand clone of herself.

Rina then summons a large ball of sand above her head, and simply stands in place.

"What is she planning..." Usara thinks.

Usara strikes the tree with her index and middle finger, and then blows apart the tree with wind.  "She must be expecting me to get close... in that case..."

She starts to position herself in a different battle stance.  She folds her right arm across her chest, and extends her left arm straight ahead towards Rina.  She leans slightly backwards, and keeps her hands pointed like guns.

"Wind Strike Needle Shot!"

She opens her palm and swings it in Rina's direction.  A ball of spiraling wind blasts from her palm, flying towards Rina at a high velocity.  Rina gets a surprised look on her face and has no choice but to jump in the air to avoid.  The blast impacts trees, slicing through them with ease.  Rina lands on floating sand, and carefully gazes in Usara's direction.

She isn't there.

Usara appears in front of Rina through a burst of wind, and sends a strike at Rina's chest.  She impacts Rina, and sends her flying off of the floating sand.

Before reaching the ground, Rina mumbles "Gotcha..."

Usara gets a surprised expression, and looks behind her.  The giant ball of sand is right behind her.  It impacts her head on, and sends her flying to the ground.  When she hits the ground, Rina makes the sand expand, and traps Usara underneath.