Episode 8: One vs All

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Ghost Rider: Now who wants to get burned first.
The mermaids remained still in the water with their bodies sticking out from the waist up. They didn't make a single move perhaps out of fear or maybe they were trying to lure him in. The rider didn't know what they were doing but he was losing his patience. He didn't care if there was a trap set. Any attempt or hope they had at victory the rider knew he could burn to ashes, so why play it safe. The rider walked toward the pool with hid chain dragging behind him and he swung it towards Tamao wrapping it around her arm. The heat of the chain burned and she let out and loud shriek but for some reason she had a smile on his face.
Tamao: NOW!!!!
The other mermaids had gathered around Tamao grabbing the chain and holding it under water to avoid being burned. Then with their combined strength they yanked the ghost rider in to the water. He landed in the center without taking that much damage but the mermaids began to circle him in the water. They swam faster and faster and the water began to form a current that grew stronger as the mermaids swam. It wasn't long before the rider stood in the center of a whirlpool with no way out. The rider knew it wouldn't be long before they went on the offensive but from where would they attack? So many options but the rider was completely blind as to where. He turned his body spinning slowly when he heard a shriek behind him. The rider turned to see but that left him open for Tamao to jump out of the whirlpool and smash the rider with her tail. The rider went flying into the whirlpool and was lost in the current, the water slowly extinguishing his fire. As he was thrown around at the mercy of the current he saw the mermaids swim past him, smiling with confidence but the rider planned to change that look. With his chain drawn he swung it at one of the mermaids. It wrapped around her waist and the rider used her as a horse forcing her to pull him through the current. Three more mermaids swam behind him preparing some kind of attack but the rider didn't plan on finding out what it was. He summoned a second chain as the mermaids behind him separated preparing to attack from different directions. One came straight towards him and the rider swung his chain wrapping around her neck. As the rider pulled her close the second tried to attack from the right but the rider used the first mermaid, smashing her skull into the gut of the second. The last mermaid saw the opportunity and rammed the ghost rider at full speed in his back. The rider was forced to released his chains and was sent flying out of the water but right before he did he saw Tamao out of the corner of his eye. In his last few seconds in the water he used his chain and caught Tamao by her waist. As the rider flew out of the water and landed back in the center of the whirlpool he could feel Tamao pulling him around in circles but instead of trying to break path he went with it. As a matter of fact, he spun faster and eventually he was pulling Tamao. The finishing touch was igniting the chain in a blaze of flame that traveled along to Tamao turning her into an underwater fireball that evaporated the water and took out any unlucky sea woman she ran into. The rider kept spinning until all the water was gone and the mermaids were left without a way to move and with nothing but cement on the floor the rider jumped into the air with Tamao still attatched to his chain. He swung Tamao upwards and just as quickly she went up, she came down with a thunderous crash that cracked the pool. The rider landed and stood above her watching her burned and bleeding body cringe in pain and in victory the rider swung his chains making them clash against the ground as he let out a triumphant roar. The other mermaids looked at him in fear and nobody else was at the pool except Moka, Kurumu whose legs were quivering, and Yukari who had a look of amazement on her face from the spectacle. The rider really paid no attention to Kurumu and Yukari but he did glare at Moka for a minute before walking over to her. He grabbed Moka by the neck and pinned her to the fence looking deep into her eyes, which for the rider was a gateway to their soul.
Ghost rider: You are.......innocent
With his judgement passed the rider let Moka go and a few minutes later the rider had fallen to the floor as his skeleton body returned to the human man Rane. Exhausted from his war he was passed out but Moka, with Kurumu's help, Carried him to the infirmary where he rested until morning.

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