Fate DxD

Chapter 101

All the pipes burst, releasing the water flowing through them, but instead of pouring out, it forms into several water bubbles, floating and swirling around Demitra.

"Well, Amaya Haruko, let's begin our duel!" declares Demitra.

"A duel?" Haruko is confused. "But my goal is only to get to the roof! Ah?!"

She is interrupted by a ball of water that passes very close to her thigh, tearing her skirt in the process.

"Kyaa! This is the underwear Himegami-san lent me!" Haruko exclaims, kneeling down.

"...To think of such things while the opponent has brandished his weapon against you..." Demitra remains impassive. "If you'd been on a battlefield, you'd be dead by now!"

"Ba...Battlefield?!" Haruko is surprised. "But I don't want to fight you!"

"Stop it with that. More than half of the students here are being trained to use their powers. Whether it's Alters, Sacred Gear, or more globally the use of the Elements. Our future is either Hunters, Shinobis or Heroes for the lucky ones." Demitra explains. "But for most of them, they'll end up Shinobis, and what do they do? They're assigned assassination missions."

"...What's your point?" Haruko asks.

"Within Venus itself, two people are specialists!" Demitra continues. "I've lost count of the number of times I've carried out this kind of mission! However, the most important thing here is not the number... But the fact that the person in front of you right now is an adversary... It's likely that this is also the case on the floor below... The person Shinatsu Azuki is fighting right now is one of those two!"

"What's the big deal?" Yan Min asks Azuki, who slowly gets to his feet. "Weren't you supposed to beat me in three moves?"

"Shut up... It's not over yet..." Azuki replies painfully.

"...So you're still up!" Yan Min's body recharged.

She moves instantly to Azuki's side, who sees that the moment Yan Min's shoulder makes contact with her face, the impact causes a powerful flash of lightning, sending her crashing into a piano, which shatters on contact.

"With this..." Yan Min declares confidently but she stops, seeing Azuki rise again.

"Ahha...Teuh! With that piano you just destroyed... You'll have to apologize in writing!" Azuki exclaims, standing up to face Yan Min.

"With the blow I dealt you... You shouldn't have gotten up so easily!" Yan Min is confused, then her gaze changes. "Oh... I see, reinforcement isn't it? Senji used his abilities on you. I'd expect nothing less from him."

"Ah... Found it. Now do your attack again, you Chinese bitch!" Azuki provokes her, waving a finger at her to come over.

Azuki doesn't waste a second and hits the ground with her Maken, sending splinters flying all around her, surprising Yan Min. But she dashes forward anyway, transforming into a bolt of lightning that shoots straight at Azuki, stopping just in front of her and the splinters. Yan Min turns and strikes with her leg, not at Azuki but at the debris, sending it like a missile at Azuki, who catches it head-on, hoping that the reinforcement is still active.

"Your little plan wasn't half bad..." Yan Min admits. "But it's not just my movement speed that's increasing."

"Guh! Too strong!" Azuki exclaims.