Behind the Hills of the Mission of San Juan

“Ready, begin!”

(BBBBBBBOOOMMM CCRRRAAASSSHHHH)

Kasumi and Uriel clash their swords with great force.

“What power….” Carlos looks impressed as wind blows everywhere.

Kasumi and Uriel separate and jump back in a blink of an eye.

Kasumi charges first and swings her blade to attack Uriel:

“I won’t hold back…”

“What speed…” Uriel notices her speed and dodges the blade. Kasumi attacks once again, Uriel dodges one more time.

She jumps into the air and heads downward toward Uriel pointing her blade at him. Uriel dodges the blade, she hits the ground, cracking the ground:

“Are you just going to dodge?”

(BOOOOOOMMMMM)

Kasumi attacks once again, clashing with Uriel’s sword. Kasumi looks angry; “Uriel…are you toying with me?”

(PPUUMMM)

“Maybe…” Uriel smiles, Kasumi proceeds to kick Uriel’s stomach, sending him flying.

Uriel stops himself and jumps up; “She’s strong…I guess…I must take things seriously…”

“Take this seriously, Uriel!” Kasumi yells with an angry face. Uriel lands with both of her feet and grabs his sword with both of his hands:

“You’re pretty good…now then…time to attack…”

Uriel disappears from her sight and appears in front of her. -SSSLLLAASSHH- Uriel swings his sword, Kasumi dodges the attack. Uriel attacks multiple times with Kasumi blocking them as fast as she can.

Uriel smiles; “Not bad…then I will go faster…”

(SLASH SLASH SLASH)

Uriel’s attacks increase speed, Kasumi blocks all of them with ease:

“Uriel…you’re still underestimating me…”

(SSSLLLASSHHH)

She swings her sword and manages to slash Uriel’s arm making a small cut.

(DRIP,DRIP,DRIP, DROP, DROP)

Blood begins to come out of Uriel. Uriel notices and jumps back; “What the…I didn’t see her attack…”

“What was that?” Tiwa asks, looking surprised. Carlos makes a smirk:

“That was Senpai’s speed, you see she is not only strong but quick. Your friend doesn't know what he has gone into…”

Kasumi looks at Uriel with anger:

“If you don’t take it seriously, I’m going to kill you.”

She begins to jump back, distancing herself from Uriel. Rosa and Jairo look at her smiling:

“Kasumi is enjoying herself…”

Shion looks at the fight thinking:

“Senpai looks so cool, I want to be just like her one day…”

Uriel takes a battle stance; “Fine by me…” Uriel and Kasumi continue to clash swords at great speed.

“I can barely see them…they move so fast…” Fabiola tries to concentrate. The other two and Alejandro are clueless because they can’t follow them with their eyes.

Uriel jumps into the air, he points the sword down and falls straight at Kasumi, Kasumi dodges the attack and kicks Uriel once again.

(PPPPUUMMM)

Uriel stops as he gets into one knee; “That kick…it really hurts…”

Kasumi begins to gather mana; “I think it’s time to show you that I am serious…”

“Your friend is done for...” Carlos says to Tiwa and Alejandro with a confident expression.

Kasumi slowly begins to take off her glasses. She raises her head and looks at Uriel with a serious expression.

“Her mana…she’s going to attack…” Uriel prepares himself.

Allan who is watching them fight smiles:

“Uh-Oh…She is taking it seriously now… She wants to kill Uriel”

Kasumi slashes into the air making several small orange lights appear in the air. The spheres of mana take the shape of small birds. Kasumi makes a hand sign with her right hand, two fingers coming out like a ninja and chants:

“Dangan no tori” (Bullet birds)

The small light birds attack Uriel; “What the…”

Uriel creates a wind barrier, the small birds explode at the barrier. Uriel jumps back, however more mana birds attack him, creating multiple explosions.

(CRAAAASSSSHHHH,BOOOOOOMMM)

“UUUUUURRRRIIIIIEEEELLL!!!!!!!” Fabiola screams out of fear as she sees Uriel fall to the ground.

“Do you think he is alright, he did take a huge hit.” Mariana asks Abril. Fabiola turns around nervous:

“Don’t say that, he is alright.”

“And he’s down…” Carlos chuckles, Alejandro screams; “URIEL…STAND UP!”

At the battlefield Uriel lies at the ground as he thinks:

“This is entertaining, she really wants to kill me....”

Uriel stands up once again breathing heavily. Kasumi, who has serious eyes, charges straight at him, clashing one more time. Uriel smiles as he shouts:

“IT’S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I FELT SO AMUSED!”

She keeps attacking Uriel multiple times. Uriel only defends himself thinking:

“I guess I have no choice but to get serious myself…”

Kasumi strikes, making Uriel be out of balance and kicks one more time. This time Uriel flies to the barrier to electrify himself.

(CRAAAASSSHHHHHH)

“AAAAHHHHHHH” Uriel begins to feel pain. The three girls close their eyes, Sister Carolina looks frightened; “Oh no…Uriel…”

“Hahaha…don’t worry…he’s going to be okay…” Father Clemente looks with confidence.

“UUURRIIIEELLLLL” Alejandro screams. Carlos smiles thinking:

“That’s checkmate…”

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Katumi prepares to attack; “It’s over!”

She runs towards him once again to finish the duel. Uriel only smiles as he stands up thinking; “I finally finished warming up…”

Uriel extends his hand and gathers wind around him, Kasumi notices; “What is this? Is he gathering wind?”

“This technique…he’s going to use the Miracolo (Miracle)...” Sister Carolina looks at Father Clemente excited. Father Clemente smiles; “Maria would be proud…”

Uriel gathers wind and creates a giant sphere. Kasumi runs straight towards him; “I can’t let him…”

“Too late…” Uriel releases a powerful wind sphere and expands towards Kasumi; “Viento Divino; Canon…” (Divine Wind; Cannon)

(BBBOOOMMM CCCRRAASSHHH)

Kasumi uses her sword to block the attack. The wind pressure pushes her back; “Was that a Miracolo (Miracle)

“This technique…it was a Miracolo (Miracle)...but that’s something that only those from the Holy Church use…” Shion analyzes the technique and looks at Father Clemente; “This boy has more mysterious than we thought…”

“I noticed that before…but now I can confirm it…it was a Miracolo (Miracle)...Tell me…where did you learn that?’

Uriel smiles; “It’s a secret…now then…shall we continue?” Uriel appears in front of Kasumi in a blink of an eye.

The battle continues with constant clash exchanges throughout the battlefield. Everyone observes with nervousness and excitement as the two continue clashing swords.

Uriel goes on the offensive as he feels excitement; “Hey Kasumi, let me show you a style that you have never seen before…”

Uriel gathers wind and creates multiple arrows; “Viento Divino; Flechas” (Divine Wind; Arrows)

-TCH- “Two can play that game…” Kasumi summons more bird bullets. Both of them release their attacks at the same time.

(BBBOOOOMMMMM)

The attacks clash, creating massive explosions throughout the field. Uriel puts his hand on the ground. Kasumi notices; “This sensation…oh no…”

(SLASH SLASH SLASH)

Uriel creates earth lances, that attack Kasumi. Kasumi dodges almost every attack with one of the lances cutting her hip.

“Senpai…” Carlos screams nervous.Tiwa cheers with excitement; “Way the go Uriel…show that bimbo whose boss…”

“I will not tolerate games!” Kasumi swings her sword horizontally, destroying the lances and attacking Uriel directly.

Uriel dodges by jumping, Kasumi swings again. -SSSLLLAASSHHH- Uriel creates a wind barrier but the barrier gets cut, cutting Uriel’s hip.

Uriel lands on his feet and grabs his injury; “Interesting…I guess my wind isn’t enough…very well…” Both of them keep their distance, Uriel smiles; “You’re strong…Kasumi…”

Kasumi smiles; “You’re not bad yourself…Uriel…”

“I’m sorry but if I continue to fight…I might end up revealing too much…so I am going to finish this now…” Kasumi looks clueless; “What are you talking about?”

(BBBAADDDUUMMMPPP)

Kasumi Jumps back to have some distance. Uriel’s eyes slowly turn into a reddish color as he chants:

“Arte del Mariachi” (Mariachi Art)

“Arte del Mariachi? This is bad, I need to attack before he does…” Kasumi charges with great speed at Uriel.

-♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫-

Uriel begins to hear Kasumi’s movements similar to a guitar chord. Images of him playing a guitar flow in his mind as he watches Kasumi´s movement closely.

When Kasumi slashes to the right, Uriel hears the chord: “DO” ( C). When Kasumi slashes to the left Uriel hears the chord: “Lam” (Am). She slashes upward and Uriel hears: “Rem” ( Dm). Finally Kasumi slashes downward and Uriel hears; “Sol 7” (G7).

-♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫-

“I know the chord sequence of the sounds, this is the chord sequence of “DO” ( C) and she keeps repeating it each time, if I calculate correctly the next movement will “DO” (C).”

Uriel thinks in his head and watches the movements of Kasumi as she repeats the movement to the right. Uriel smiles, blocking Kasumi’s movement, making her fall back.

“What’s going on with Senpai, it’s like her movements are getting slower.” Chelsea says as she licks her lollipop.

“It can’t be, Senpai is the strongest…” Carlos looks very nervous.

Kasumi breathes heavily as she knows that Uriel is reading her movements. She smiles at Uriel:

“Wow, this is the first time in a long time since I had competition like this. But I’m going to finish this now.”

Kasumi slashes the air five times creating multiple orange lights surrounding Uriel. The lights take form of birds, Kasumi makes a hand sign; “Tori no dangan: Sen” (Bird Bullets: One thousand)

Kasumi looks at Uriel and smiles; “Well try to avoid this.”

Uriel smiles at her; “You’re highly skilled, you know that...however...”

“What the hell...are there all the projectiles?” Alejandro asks himself.

“Indeed...your friend is done for…” Chelsea replies to Alejandro as she looks at the duel.

“Hoho...Uriel, how will you react?” Father Clemente wonders with excitement.

Uriel takes a deep breath; “Now then, time for a song…”

Uriel bends his knees, takes a deep breath, and concentrates his energy in only the ears to hear the sound as everything goes black in his mind. He begins to twist a little bit his body with his blade up and spins at high speed chanting:

“Arte del Mariachi: Canción de la Luna- Primera Estrofa: Luna Nueva” (Mariachi Art: Song of the Moon- First Stanza: New Moon)

Wind blows at fast speed. Uriel’s blade releases black mana creating a small dome around him representing a “New Moon.”

(BOOOOMMMM, BOOOOMMMM)

The bird bullets clash with the orb disappearing instantly. The thousand bullets were defeated by Uriel’s attack.

“It can’t be…my bullets didn’t connect at all…” Kasumi looks at Uriel with shock:

“That mana…it was different from before…it’s like he used hi shadow…”

“WOOOOW HE’S SO COOL!” The two girls scream. Fabiola hits their heads saying “Shut up” but thinking inside; “Yes… he looks cool”

“Fascinating, he may be a strong ally…” Allan observes the duel upclose.

“It can’t be...senpai’s attack was blocked…” Shion looks with a surprised expression along with the other members of Yggdrasil.

“WAY TO GO URIEL…” Alejandro screams with excitement.

“That movement…” Tiwa looks at him astonished.

Kasumi holds her sword up and lifts it, preparing to make a downward slash.

“Kasumi, you’re strong, and I really enjoyed our duel but if we keep this up...I may end up killing you…” Uriel prepares his next attack. Kasumi charges at him; “Well try to kill me because I will…”

Uriel concentrates his energy to his legs and appears in front of Kasumi without noticing him, Uriel holds his sword down preparing to make an upward slash and says:

“Canción de la Luna- Segunda Estrofa: Cuarto Creciente.”

(Song of the Moon- Second Stanza: First Quarter Crescent)

Uriel slashes upward but at the moment he’s about to make contact with Kasumi’s sword, the sword releases a silver mana.Uriel turns the blade of the sword from its pointy part to the flat part of the blade. The swing of the sword makes the shape of the moon.

(SSSWWIIINNNGGGG)

Uriel hits Kasumi’s bottom part of the hilt. The katana flies away from Kasumi and lands a few meters behind her. Kasumi begins to fall backwards, but Uriel holds her from her hip and lifts her up and gets in a tango position. Uriel points at her with a sword:

“I WIN”

There is silence in the air. No one believes in what they are seeing.

Allan is satisfied with the match’s result and lifts his arm:

“The match is over, the winner is Uriel”

(CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP)

“Yeah, you did it, Uriel!” Alejandro screams with emotion. Tiwa makes a smirk at Carlos; “In your face…”

“It can’t be...Senpai lost?” Carlos falls to his knees with a shocking expression. Chelsea chuckles as she observes Uriel with a luxurious expression; “That was exciting… I would love to know him better…” Jairo smiles with Rosa nodding in agreement; “That boy has potential…”

“Splendid, that was awesome…” Father Clemente cheers with excitement, Sister Carolina only shakes her head feeling embarrassed for the Father’s behavior. She looks at Uriel thinking:

“I’m happy for you…Uriel…”

The three girls applaud at Uriel, happy with the result.

Kasumi blushes as she slowly asks; “Can you please let go of me? This is embarrassing.”

Uriel makes his sword disappear and lifts her up saying; “I’m sorry”

Uriel turns around but before he walks away, he scomments:

“You Are very strong, Kasumi Miyazono, I like strong women like you…”

Kasumi blushes and falls to her knees. Shion runs to her aid; “Senpai, are you alright?”

“Y-Y-Yes, I’m alright…” Kasumi responds with a red face. Allan looks at Uriel:

“These are the notes that your father left, in here, he describes his son with the same characteristics as you...that’s why we knew...do you want me to give them to you?”

“No...the person who my father describes is dead...the one who stands before you is another person, but still, thank you for clarifying that…”

“Will you work with us?” Allan asks Uriel. Uriel nods; “Just this once, I will work with you…”

“Excellent, then I will await results…” Allan’s hologram disappears.

“URIEL!” Alejandro and Tiwa run to his side.

“What was that? It was as if you were dancing…” Tiwa asks Uriel, Uriel begins to walk away:

“That was my art, the Mariachi Art…”

In his office, Allan sits at his desk. A red haired woman enters the office:

“So is he with us?”

“Yes my dear, he is willing to help us.”

Allan writes on his computer. The woman leaves a paper in his desk:

“Well, one of the four is better than none right.”

Allan nods at her in sign of agreement; “I’m surprised he managed to beat one of our elite “Roots”...”

“Well, he is one of “them”...but I think Kasumi was pulling some punches…” The woman winks at him.

“You’re right about that…” Allan begins to read the paper on the desk.

And so the duel between Uriel and Kasumi came to an end…the winner…Uriel….