K-ON!: Shattered Dreams

Chapter 25: The Beast and the Harlot

Yui couldn't do anything at all. As much as she tried, physically, she wasn't getting out. The only way was to use her own electricity and blast it, but it'd be too dangerous, as the ice could propel back into her face and hurt her. But that wasn't of importance right now. What took precedence in front of her was the fact that her former enemy was on her side and was about to go head-to-head with her more-than-insane teacher. And all she could do was watch.

"I wonder how many ways I have to maim you, Akiyama." Sawako said, floating in the air and just about ready to pounce.

"Just about as much as you can with that small brain capacity of yours, Sawako." Akiyama retorted, also getting ready for a fight. Waves of tension flew out like a tsunami and Yui felt every stream of it flow through her very frame.

"Hmph. Smart mouth. Of course, I created you, so there was that little side effect. Nonetheless, since you've decided to stand in my way, I guess obliterating my own toys would be part of my job now." Sawako said, then peering at Yui. "Don't worry, honey, our little date isn't over yet." Yui, ignoring whatever gestures Sawako had for her, turned to Akiyama.

"What do you think you're DOING, Akiyama? This is MY fight. I thought you were on HER side!"

"There's your key word, Yui. 'Were'." Akiyama said, turning her head towards Yui to look at her. "I can't accept what she's done. Not to me, and definitely not to Mio. And now that I'm no longer affiliated with this witch, I get to wipe the floor with her face." Sawako only chuckled at the statement, her arrogance showing completely.

"Then why did you do THIS to me?" Yui pointed at her iced feet. "If we fought together then-"

"You're not going to deny me the satisfaction of lopping her head clean of her shoulders, are you?" Akiyama asked, her eyes glaring at her sternly telling her to back off. Yui could feel it and stood down. "Now I could argue with you constantly but-"

"LOOK OUT!" Yui shouted, pushing Akiyama away from an oncoming beam. In the process, Yui's hand was slightly charred by it. She just blew at her hand and shook off the burn.

"Damn, I missed you." Sawako said, smirking as she blew off her smoking finger.

"Hmph. Trust you to go for a cheap shot, Sawako." Akiyama said, shrugging off that 'surprise' to lunge right for her. She laid out a flurry of slashes, ending it in one powerful upper-slash. Sawako parried most of the slashes but was still knocked back by the slash, though managing to guard it. She launched a counter-offensive, firing a few pinpoint lasers. Though Akiyama managed to dodge them, she wasn't quite prepared to meet Sawako's foot in her face. She took the hit full on and was sent crashing to the ground. Sawako needed to finish this quickly, so she attempted to mount her. That, however, backfired as Akiyama quickly lifted her legs up and caught her head, flipping her over quickly.

The fight continued, both combatants trading blows with each other, one not letting up to the other.

And of course, Yui was left on the sidelines, attempting to get herself out of her predicament. She continued to tug and tug at her feet, but all she felt was more and more pain. She really didn't have much choice. She had to blast the ice and suffer a bit of facial damage, but it's a sacrifice she was willing to make. As she prepared to be set free, however, she wound up being the center of attention, almost literally at that, as the fight was taken to her. Akiyama knew she wouldn't want to let Sawako hurt Yui, but that was Sawako's very intention. She knew that at one point, Sawako was going to gun for Yui.

That was the very case, as Yui ended up being nothing more than a rag doll for this part of the fight. Sawako aimed a laser straight for Yui, but Akiyama managed to rush over and knock Yui down on her back. "W-WHOA!" She cried out, her back landing HARD on the ice, forcing her to yell in pain when she felt it. Akiyama took an effort to try and bring her back up, albeit rather strongly, as she slid her foot under Yui and forced her back up... only for Yui to fall on her hands again due to the momentum. With Sawako lurking, however, Yui quickly got back up, lo and behold, seeing her teacher and her menacing smirk right in front of her, winding up a punch just for Yui. Once again, Akiyama managed to rescue her, stopping the punch which left Sawako open to any attack. Yui seized the opportunity and shoved Sawako away from her. This gave Akiyama enough time to hop over Yui and hit Sawako hard with a punch of her own, sending her crashing to the icy floor and sliding down. Akiyama quickly turned and made the ice around Yui dissipate.