The Will of Fire

19... Battle For Japan!

*Alleyway*
Alisa spun around and opened both of her hands, sending forth condensed balls of water at Shuji and Anaki.
Anaki jumped in the air above the balls of water as Shuji blew bubbles from his mouth on front of him, creating a wall of bubbles to block them.
"With a weak technique like that, there's no way you can beat me!" Anaki yelled.
While airborne, she unsheathed a sword from behind her back and with the flick of her wrist, the sword detached into a bladed whip.
"Oh no!" Alisa screamed.
Anaki swung the bladed whip downward at Alisa and it wrapped around her neck.
"Alisa!" Jared shouted, running towards her.
Shuji ran at top speed and stepped in front of Jared.
"Not quite, kid." He said.
Shuji punched Jared in the stomach, stopping him in his tracks. He then shot a large stream of water from the palm of his hand, directly hitting Jared in the face and blowing him back.
Alisa struggled to break free of Anaki's bladed whip. Anaki pulled Alisa through the air and towards her by the neck, causing Alisa to scream. Jared, grounded and still being hit with the water streaming out of Shuji's hand frantically flailed about trying to catch a breath of air. Alisa noticed Jared's trouble as she traveled towards the airborne Anaki.
"I will not let you hurt him!" Alisa screamed.  "Streaming Water Whips!"
Alisa opened both hands, allowing thin streams of water to jet out. From one hand, the water shot at Anaki and wrapped around her neck. From the other hand, the water grabbed Shuji by his torso, stopping his assault on Jared. Alisa then shot another jet of water from her mouth which wrapped around Anaki's wrist. She made the water whip twist Anaki's wrist, which caused the bladed whip to return back into the sword it naturally was, which freed her neck from being wrung. Now, being free from the sword's clutches, Alisa dispersed the water from her mouth.
"It's time you two get a little up close and personal!" She shouted.
Alisa then swung both hands which sent Anaki and Shuji colliding directly into eachother. Dispersing both water from her hands, she landed from the air with Anaki and Shuji falling, hitting the ground hard.
Woah...Alisa saved me and found a way out of Anaki's hold. Brilliant.
"On your feet, Jared!" Alisa shouted.
Jared stood tall.
"Right!" He responded.

*Imperial Crowd Section*
The huge fireball expelled from Taina's mouth burned out and left a crater in the ground from its intensity.
"What!?" Taina said in shock.
There, laying on the ground was a stuffed dummy who took on the visage of Mai, but in no means was actually Mai.
"A dummy!? How did she do that without me noticing!?" Taina screamed.
Suddenly, Mai came soaring down from above Taina.
"Feel my blade!" She screamed.
Mai sliced Taina in the shoulder, causing blood to sprinkle about. Mai quickly using her other Kodachi blade while above Taina still, plunged it into her shoulder where the cut was. Taina screamed in agony as Mai pulled it out and flipped over her head and in front of her. Taina held her bloodied shoulder and growled in anger.
"That was my Sneaky Blade attack. Don't think for one second that I'm not smarter than you!" Said Mai.
"Agh! You miserable bitch!" Taina screamed running at Mai.
Hana leaped forward and bit down on Taina's hand, locking on.
"Good Hana! Now's my chance to take advantage!" Said Mai.
Mai rushed forward and delivered a soaring kick at Taina, but Taina repelled Mai's kick by delivering a back hand to Mai's foot at the right time, causing Mai to use it as momentum to go back flipping into the air.
"I'm not done!" Screamed Mai.
Mai then came flying through the air downward at Taina with her Kodachi blade ready to strike. Taina's quick smile surprised Mai. Taina ignited her fist into flames. Hana's mouth immediately burned, which caused her to yelp and release her grip on Taina's hand. Right before Mai could make contact, Taina took her dagger from her thigh strap and sliced in an upward curve. Mai intercepted with her Kodachi and landed on the ground. The two struggled, putting weight on eachother with their blades. Mai, with her second Kodachi, stabbed Taina directly in the arm causing Taina to forfeit her end of the power struggle. Mai pushed Taina back a step or two and then executed a horizontal swipe from her Kodachi across Taina's face. Taina touched her face and felt her warm blood leak from the cut on her cheek. Her breathing increased immensely and her eyes turned bloodshot red.
"My...beautiful... FACE!" she screamed as her dagger combusted into flames.
Mai stared in awe. Taina's features began to change. Her teeth sharpened and fangs protruded from her top row of teeth. Her fingernails became sharper.
"What the hell is wrong with you?" Mai asked.
Suddenly she felt something grab the back of her head and dig slightly into her scalp.
"You've awoken her inner demon." Sayyora said from a distance behind Mai, holding Mai's head with the metal claw attached to the cord.
The metal claw was reminiscent of a claw you see in the claw machines at carnivals or arcades, the ones that you insert money into and control it and lower it to grab a prize for you. The difference in this claw is that it has four serrated fingers, and had much more force when it clamped down on an object. There is a button on the handle of the cord that when Sayyora presses it, the claw clamps down. Hana jumped and executed the spin she does for the Burning Urine attack.
"Not this time you mutt!" Taina screamed.
Taina jumped in front of Hana and sliced her with the burning dagger, stopping her from releasing the urine onto Sayyora again. Hana yelped and continued to spin from the impact of the dagger. Taina, still airborne, then ignited her fist into a flame that formed in the shape of a dragon's head.
"Dragon Fire Fist!" she screamed.
Taina made direct contact to Hana with the punch, which caused Hana to yelp loudly and go flying out of the air and crashing to the ground.
"Oh, no! Hana!" Mai screamed in fear.
Hana laid on the ground, fur mildly singed as smoke steamed into the air from her body.
Mai struggled to break free from the Claw's grasp.
"It's no use, girl! The more you fight to get out of the claw's hold, the deeper its serrated fingers dig into your head! Give up!" Sayyora laughed.
Taina breathed heavily, snarling and growling.
"Here's a little something you should know about my girl Taina here" Sayyora said. "She's half Human and half Fire Demon. She can't help but go into fits of rage every now and again. The only thing that will satisfy her is ripping you to shreds, and then feasting on your flesh."
"Damn! Hana's hurt because she tried to protect me...I've got to think of something quick to get out of this hold!" Mai thought to herself.