“Kuzunoha Style Final technique, THUNDEROUS STORM: CONTINOUS BUTTERFLY DANCE!!!!”

After channeling all my energy into my naginata, I gained immense speed that made me almost appear to vanish to the naked eye and circled around all 4 beasts similar to how they are the eye of a tornado. I was so fast that I was generating such immense amounts of wind that I was quite literally a tornado.

The Exceeds all tried to escape the tornado that was slowly closing in on them but they were unable to do so as I would strike them if they came too close. They were unable to dodge any of my attacks as well since they probably could not even see me with how quickly I was running. With each rotation, I gathered more power in my naginata and dashed through all of the beasts in a straight line.

With each dash being more powerful than the last, the thick skin of the Exceeds were slowly being damaged and wounds were starting to be visible. But this was not enough. I had to go further. After about hundreds of strikes have been inflicted, I finally ran out of energy.

While this was the first time I used this technique, I felt strangely at ease as if there was some unknown force assisting me. Heck, I could not even remember where I learned this technique but it somehow felt natural to me like I had always knew it.

After I finally collapsed on the floor after expending all my energy, I noticed that the external skin of all the Exceeds were gone and it would be easy for Haru to finish the job. With a final glance towards Haru, I gave her the signal that it was her turn now and my world soon became dark as I lost consciousness.

Haru’s POV

He did it. He managed to inflict enough lethal damage onto those beasts for me to finish them off. He was honestly quite impressive despite his slight perverse tendencies which made me see why Yuki developed feelings for this clown just after a day of meeting him. Regardless, I can’t let his sacrifice be in vain so I with all of my remaining energy, I sprinted towards the 4 Exceeds in order to finally vanquish them.

“UNBOUND SOUL: SPIRIT FANG!!”

I reversed the grip on my tachis and leapt towards the severely weakened bodies of the Exceeds and aimed for their cores in order to prevent them from regenerating.

However, when I was in the air, I noticed that all of the Exceeds had no cores present inside of them which caught me off guard as I had never seen any Exceed without a core ever before. That lapse in my judgement caused my actions to lag for a moment which was all was needed for their battered bodies to vanish right in front of my eyes.

I looked up and saw Raikou standing there with his tattoos back on his biceps and his legs. He must have recalled them back to his own body somehow.

“Oh damn, I certainly was not expecting the both of you to be able to bring my pets to the brink of death. I do apologize for not honoring the fight but such wonderful and powerful pets don’t come by everyday and it would be a shame if I just lost them like that. But consider this a gift for you efforts.”

Raikou took out a remote from his pocket and pressed a button it which released Shiho from the restraints and made her weakened body drop lifelessly to the floor. I quickly went over to assess her condition alongside Kazuha’s and was going to use my spirit abilities to heal them but Raikou started laughing cockily once again.

“I guess since I obtained what I came for from that princess over there, I no longer have a need for this place so I shall give you a parting gift. Till we meet next time.”

Raikou declared as he vanished into thin air.

As if on cue, I felt my consciousness drift away as this was probably the time limit of our swap back to Yuki.

“What amazing timing as always.”

Yuki’s POV

I knew what was happening since I shared memories with Haru-chan but the timing this time was quite awkward. There was always an uneasy feeling whenever we swapped but there was no time for that now as I could sense spirits again somehow.

Since Raikou claimed he had no need for this tower anymore, I assumed he removed the anti-Exceed barrier that secluded this tower from the rest of the rainforest. The spirits started talking to me once again and told me that Raikou planted bombs in this whole tower.

True enough, I could hear the sounds of explosions soon after and while they would not damage the forest significantly, we were still 50 meters up in the air and if we fell from this height on top of all the debris of the tower self-destructing, there was no way we would survive. Especially since both Shiho-san and Kazuha-san were unconscious and immobile.

There was no other choice.

“Raza-sama, I need your assistance.”

I called out while clutching the crystal on my left chest and the familiar looking old man emerged.

“Oh my! It appears that we are in quite a pickle aren’t we Hahah!”

Raza-sama commented in his usual jovial tone that was quite out of place given the current gravity of our predicament.

I quickly dematerialized the tachis I had in both my hands and started reaching under my kimono. My hands travelled from the slit at the hem of the floral colored cloth of the kimono and slowly made its way upwards. Higher and higher from my knees to my thighs and finally my crotch.

I felt the cotton I was looking for which was the pair of panties I was currently wearing and immediately reached for the side-tie on the left side of my panties. With a quick tug, the knot came undone and I could feel my panties getting looser. I quickly reached for the other knot on the right side and it came undone soon after.

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With both side-ties of my panties undone, I pulled them down my thighs until they were at my ankles. A bright yellow fabric with white lace at the edges came into view at my ankles which I quickly picked up and bundled into a ball.

I am quite thankful that there is no one else here to witness this embarrassing scene other than the unconscious Kazuha-san and Shiho-san. I passed the ball of my panties to Raza and he immediately exclaimed in joy at the discovery of what I had just handed him. He started to examine them and let out exclamations of joy.

“Yuki-chan, I didn’t know you were feeling so proactive today? But maybe this is not the most ideal location for us to continue this with the whole building collapsing and such..”

“Now is not the time for this! Raza-sama, I need to use the spirit gates to get both Shiho-san and Kazuha-san to safety and receive medical treatment before this whole building collapses into a pile of rubble.”

“Tch, and I thought you were finally going to accept me as your partner of love. All right then, I’ll allow it. Thank you for your payment as always.”

Raza smiles creepily and disappears with my panties back into the Fafnir crystal on my left chest. I felt power welling up within me and I quickly materialized my tachis again. I used the blue one to draw a magic circle on the floor and once it was complete, I carried Shiho-san with one hand and Kazuha-san with my other hand and placed them on top of the magic circle.

It is at times like this where my years of tough physical training in the jungle came in useful where I was used to running with heavy objects such as people on uneven surfaces such as this falling tower 50 meters in the air.

Once we were all on top of the magic circle, I used my red tachi to gave myself a small cut on my left thumb which caused a few drops of blood to drip on top of the magic circle which activated it. After the circle has consumed enough of my blood, I felt a tingling sensation which signaled me that the spirit gate was ready to be used.

“ SPIRIT GATE!!”

The magic circle came to life and before I knew it, we had vanished into the gate. My vision that was once of the collapsing tower changed into a dome of pure gray with white lines marking the spirit paths which are the way spirits travel all over the world. It was similar to a underground shortcut of sorts where we could travel long distances within short periods of time.

Since humans were normally not allowed to use these paths, they normally lacked the mana needed to even open the gate let alone traverse the paths. Hence, I always need a power boost from Raza whenever I need to use it but as we are in a contract relationship such benefits did not come free of charge.

I had heard from him that different Exceeds normally have different costs or rituals for them to grant their masters extra power. It just so happens that Raza is a perverted old man who wants a piece of my freshly worn underwear as the price.

While this was not the first time I had used the spirit gates, the experience was always a weird one as we were quite literally going against the laws of the world with how quickly we are travelling. The exact speed of travel was always a mystery to me but from my experiences in the past, I was more or less able to traverse half the world in about 5 minutes.

My mana was not unlimited like that of spirits so I could only use the spirit gates once every few days at most which was how long my mana took to recover after a one-way trip. While training was able to assist in raising my physical abilities, it is said that one’s amount of mana is determined at birth and it would barely increase even with all the training in the world.

After around 2 minutes, I managed to locate Saint Lily’s Academy on the spirit paths and chose that as my desired location to exit the spirit gate. My mana was certainly dwindling but I think I have just enough to barely make it. I took a quick glance down at the man who was lying unconscious at my feet and smiled.

“You truly are amazing, Kazuha-san.”

I felt my heart skip a beast as I stared at his masculine face sleeping. I had never met a man around my age before so I was honestly quite intrigued with him. He just looked so cool as he was fighting with those Exceeds just now. I wish it could have been me with him instead of Haru.

“Oh why did I have to get embarrassed by him carrying me that I swapped to Haru.., I lost my chance.” I said to myself as I knew that Haru knew that I was experiencing these feelings yet we were unable to converse with each other so I pretty much have no one to confide in.

While I could feel my face flush, I reminded myself that I could not afford to swap to Haru now as she needs all the rest she can get from engaging in combat just now and I would rather not swap to Natsu. I could sense that we were nearing the end of the spirit path so I composed myself and headed straight on.

Finally, we made it to Saint Lily’s Academy. It was quite a new experience for me as well as I rarely even attended my own academy let alone visit another. I am not exactly the most book smart person so I saw no point in attending classes and it would be quite troublesome if Haru or Natsu appeared.

After all 3 of us exited the spirit gate, my knees gave way and I collapsed to the floor while kneeling. My mana must have been at its limit since Haru used quite a bit in her fight as well. I was about to pass out when a black haired girl picked me up in time. I took a quick look at her face and saw that she was beautiful such that people would probably see her as a model.

For some reason, her face reminded me of Kazuha-san but I’m sure my eyes must be playing tricks on me from expending too much of my energy. But to think that Kazuha-san is surrounded by such a beautiful girl, do I really stand a chance against her? The beautiful black haired girl then spoke with a calm and dignified aura.

“Are you alright?”

She then looked towards the 2 other people who were unconscious on the ground and gasped in shock.

“Shiho-san what happened to you?? Why are your clothes all tattered? Onii-san, why are you so weak?”

She seemed to have came to a realization of what happened and quickly offered me a hand.

“I am Kuzunoha Kasumi, while I have no idea who you are but if you are with Shiho-san and Onii-san, you must be a Fafnir as well. Come let me assist you to the nurse’s office to get all 3 of you checked. Are you able to stand up and walk?”

Her voice was like an angel’s as it was confident yet soothing to the ears. But wait, she said Onii-san which meant that she was the younger sister of Kazuha-san? Maybe I do stand a chance. I quickly replied to her and took her hand in order to stand back up and walk to the nurse office. Perhaps she noticed my difficulty in walking so she called over 2 students who looked like kids to assist me and Shiho while she assisted Kazuha-san.

“Mayu, Miyu, bring them to the nurse office immediately. Oh and bring them some fresh clothes to change into.”

As we slowly walked towards the nurse’s office, I couldn’t help but think about how I am thankful that I saved Kazuha-san.

“Maybe I’ll try going to school for a change? I wonder if they’ll let me transfer here from Primrose.” I thought to myself as I felt my heartbeat increase at the thought of going to school with Kazuha-san.

“So this is what having a crush feels like.”