Magical Heartstrings - Bleach X Fairy Tail Fanfic

Chapter 10 - Captured

Airi pov:

I shut my eyes panting as I bent over. I had one hand taking the support of the tree trunk next to me and the other on my knee. I looked up trying to sense the maryokus of my comrades.

Darn it! Everything was really fuzzy at the moment. The vision had really drained me and messed up my very perception. Even when I was in the Guild, everybody's maryokus were messed up and I couldn't tell the distances of them from where I stood. There was no way to say that I would find anyone in the state I was in.

Even though I sensed someone barely a hundred meters away, he could actually be just a foot away or even kilometers away! What was I thinking coming out here on my own?!

The only thing that made me feel a little better was that I was no longer dizzy. I did feel dizzy once or twice and my ears had bled again. But each time, the intensity of the dizziness reduced. Now I was completely fine in that matter but my motor skill were still taking their own sweet time to come back to normal.

I shook my head as I straightened up. There was no point in worrying about this. It might not be very useful but I had to follow the maryoku I was sensing. I was specifically looking for Lucy's because I was sure the fake Michelle would be with her, if not with anyone else.

I continued heading forward. I didn't use shunpo, instead just ran through the forest I was currently in. I had initially started running using shunpo but thanks to my temporary disability, I had run into several objects including light poles, walls, trees and even boulders. Ugh....I cringe just remembering how it hurt hitting those things at the speed I was going.

I probably looked like a big fool as I made my way out of Magnolia.

As I ran now, I managed to barely escape ruining into trees. Just as I got close to one, I would suddenly see it properly and I would have to move out of the way. Darn....running like this was even more exhausting than using my Bankai.

I narrowed my eyes though when I noticed a person coming out of the trees on one side of my path. That's right....he was one of the members of Oracion Seis! Cobra, the guy who had the ability to hear people's thoughts and use sound attacks.

As he stepped out of the trees, he turned his head to look at me. I ran head on towards him, hoping to land a hit despite being completely visible to him. I held up my fist, focusing a good amount of power. He narrowed his eyes at me and I imagined him thinking, "What's with this stupid Fairy Tail mage, coming right at me when she knows its futile?"

"Oh shoot!" I cursed suddenly. I was still a good ten feet from him but my motor skills returned to show me that he was just a foot away. Startled and not wanting to have a head on collision, I used Shunpo and got away just as he got away as well. I skidded to a halt along with hitting a tree trunk rather hard.

I winced, holding my shoulder that had taken most of the impact. "That was close...."

Now that I had landed properly, I looked up at Cobra and groaned. "Great.....perfect timing. Couldn't it have been someone from Fairy Tail?"

Shaking my head, I stood up and watched Cobra. I was sure that I wasn't seeing the distance right. He was a strong opponent and I was with this temporary handicap. It might even be a sure sign that I would lose the fight this time.

I guess it didn't matter at the moment though because I had to somehow take this guy down. Summoning up my resolve, I got into a fighting stance.

Cobra pov:

"That was close....Great.....perfect timing. Couldn't it have been someone from Fairy Tail at least?" I narrowed my eyes at this girl as she mumbled to herself.