Three Houses Saga: White Clouds

Eagle, Lion, Deer Part 3

< Third-Person POV >

Franchouchou's main three members are locked in combat.

Sakura is defending against Saki's gauntlet strikes using her steel lance, she is struggling to hold back the biker chick until Ai cuts-in with her sword. She slashes at Saki, who takes the hit, then strikes back with a kick, knocking Ai back a fair distance.

"Oof..." Ai says as she stands up and sees Saki charging towards her.

"HYAAH!" The blonde yells as her axe collides with Ai's blade, making a loud clanging sound.

A power struggle then occurs, with Saki's strength winning out. This causes Ai to dodge sideways to the right and catch her breath. She switches to her bow and fires an arrow at Saki, but she grabs it with one hand and snaps it in two.

"Not bad Mizuno, but let's kick it up a notch. C'mon Sakura, join us already!" Saki yells to the egghead who makes an "eep" sound.

"What do I do? What do I d—(gulps)" She says to herself before psyching herself up and charging towards her fellow zombies.

Sakura's attempt at an attack misses both of them, and she ends up being dragged into another power struggle. Lance, axe, and sword are up against each other and this time it looks like they're all evenly matched. Sweat rolls down the faces of the three girls as they continue to attack one after the other.

"It's surprising that out of all the students left on the field, we were the ones to survive this long. This must be a sign of how much we've grown." Ai brings up while taking some deep breaths.

"Yeah, I never would have imagined I'd be here instead of on stage months ago!" Sakura wipes the seat off her forehead.

"We're definitely going to be able to save Saga now! Stage or battlefield, Franchouchou's coming for y'all!" Saki cracks her knuckles and gets into another battle ready position.

Ai engages Sakura first, and uses footwork similar to some used in fencing when jabbing with her sword. She is the most skilled in the group when it comes to dancing and coordination after all. And using that enhanced sight and hearing, she notices Saki approaching from behind instantly and dodges out of the way. Thus making Saki crash into Sakura.
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"So it is time to cross blades... no matter, do not hold back you two!" Dimitri says to both Edelgard and Claude as their fight commences.

The battle mainly consists of Edelgard and Dimitri duking it out, while Claude fires his shots from a good distance. The Black Eagles and Blue Lions leaders however don't take too kindly to his tactics and attempt to interrupt his arrows a few times as well. Marianne was still there, since she was Dimitri's adjutant, but mainly out of sight.

Dimitri swings his lance and Claude ducks under it before taking out a short axe, landing a hit on the prince.

"Just found out that I'm pretty skilled with these, who knew?" Claude snarked as he threw his short axe at Edelgard who bats it away.

"Hey, Princess! Heads up! There's a rat right by your Imperial feet..." Claude calls out, spooking the future empress.

"Such, childish tactics, Claude..." Dimitri shakes his head.

"Ha ha, sorry. I guess I'll win this fair and square then!" He says in response.

"Very well, stand and fight you two!" Edelgard tells them after regaining her composure.

The Imperial Princess goes right for Claude as revenge for that rat joke, and the latter is having trouble getting a shot in up close. Edelgard's handling of her steel axe is quite masterful, with her putting enough power into each time she swings it. Claude is left to constant dodging in order to avoid elimination and find a good spot to use his bow.