"Go ahead and tell me your answer... I'm really curious." Kentaro stated as he pushed Kairo off his leg with a bit of force. Kicking him into an upright posture.
As Kairo's head leaned back, his eyes stayed locked onto Kentaro.
"Do you think you're the hero of this story? Yes or no? It's not that hard of a question." Kentaro grumbled as he wanted to know.
However, while Kairo is being tortured by Kentaro,. Team A finds themselves in a dire situation, as the Hollowmarked continues attacking. Ayato found himself waking up to see the Hollowmarked holding Aiza up by her throat with his hair strand and Mika being held down by his left leg. Leaving him the only one not pinned down.
He quickly stands, his body still shaken from the previous attack.
"I-I refuse to have such an ugly creature kill me..." Ayato mutters as he stumbles a bit before getting a good foothold.
As he held his sword with both hands, he assumed a weakened stance. The Hollowmarked looked down and noticed him almost instantly.
"Come and get it, big and ugly!" Ayato shouted as he prepared to go all out.
The Hollowmarked strategically threw Aiza at Ayato to throw him off guard. Within an instant, Aiza came landing into Ayato's arms, but as he looked up. The Hollowmarked had its right hand already reaching to slam Ayato's head into the ground. But before it could come into contact with Ayato, a powerful collision breaks its pathing and flings it off to the side.
Mika had come flying from the roof with her ability. Her Lightning Drive, a technique she developed by concentrating her soul energy into strong currents that start working like lightning itself.
"G-Go! Ayato!" Mika gasps as her attack tends to paralyze her for a duration.
Ayato set down Aiza quickly and turned towards the Hollowmarked, who was staggering from the attack. Giving Ayato a chance to concentrate his stance and deliver a quick and direct slash through its neck. Decapitating the hollowmarked as its head hit the ground. Ayato stood, breathing easier.
Quickly he cleaned off the blood on his sword and sheathed it, rushing back over to Mika and Aiza to check their conditions.
"D-Did you get it?" Mika questioned.
"Yeah, but it was only thanks to your attack." Ayato reported with a smirk.
"Ha, of course it was." Mika replied as her stiff body kept her still.
"Aiza, however... It seems she's unconscious, but she's breathing at least... Thank God." Ayato murmured as he held her in his arms.
"What should we do, Mika? This situation has gotten way out of our hands." Ayato questioned
"W-We still need to complete the mission; Marshal Ota needs this." Mika replied as she tried to move.
Ayato looks over at the Hollowmarked as its neck squirms from its regenerative ability.
"Damn, I can't believe I forgot." Ayato murmured to himself as he set Aiza down and stood up, picking his sword off the ground.
"If I don't finish it off here, it'll surely kill us. I need to find its blood pouch quick!"
Suddenly a burst of shock consumes Mika's face as a whip sound echoes through the air. Ayato's pupils narrow as his eyes widen, blood spewing from his mouth as his body morphs into a folded form. Before being sent flying sideways once again.
With the sound of a loud crash, Mika finds herself staring up at the attacker. Another fissure that joined the fight. One with massive bat wings, lined with visible bone. Its featureless face, rowed with teeth from where the ears should be.
"A-Another one?!" Mika exclaimed as he struggled to still move.
A singular scar formed diagonally along its chest as it flapped its wings to stay in the air. The winged hollowmarked turns its attention towards Aiza and Mika as its jagged teeth drool.
"Shuzen, letter C! Concealed Cannon!" A voice shouts from the dust of where Ayato had landed.
Quickly firing from the smokescreen, a massive ball of red energy fires through it, breaking the wall of smoke with a hole through the middle. As the energy ball accelerated at the winged hollowmarked. It quickly collided against it and caused an explosion. Catching Kentaro's attention as he held the open scissor blades around Kairo's neck.
"Tsk, they're making a ruckus... I can't focus." Kentaro muttered to himself as he pulled the scissor blades back slightly.
Kairo immediately takes notice of this and takes quick advantage as he shoots himself back. Moving his neck out of the attack space of the scissors. As he rolls backwards, he fully halts himself; he quickly takes a crouched stance with his sword in hand.
His left hand held the ground as his left leg was bent under his chest. His right leg extended behind him with his right hand holding out his sword.
"Kairo... You've still yet to answer my question." Kentaro repeats as he breaks the energy scissors in half. Holding each half in each hand.
"Who cares what my answer is! All that matters is making sure you're stopped right here, right now!" Kairo exclaimed as he used the power of his left leg and shot forward.
"Such a foolish Sentarii..." Kentaro stated as he crossed his scissor blades into an X formation and dashed at Kairo.
The sound of their weapons clashing fills the air as Kairo attacks ferociously. Kentaro is staying on defense as if he's toying with Kairo. Kairo dashes around Kentaro and tries to slash Kentaro's back, but with a smirk, Kentaro uses his right scissor blade and holds it vertically along his back. Deflecting Kairo's blade instantly, then with a swift turn, he sweeps counterclockwise with his left scissor blade. Trying to horizontally slash across Kairo's body.
Kairo hesitantly puts off his guard at the last second, causing his sword to get knocked to the side. Leaving him open for Kentaro to drive his right foot into Kairo's body, shooting him back.
"GAH!" Kairo exclaims as his body skips along the ground from the force of the kick.
Kentaro smirks as he looks over at Kairo's sword, stabbing his left scissor blade into the ground to pick it up. However, as he touches it, a spark of black and red lightning causes his hand to shoot back, followed by a sharp pain in his head.
As he stumbles back, he looks over at Kairo in disgust before looking back at his sword.
"Impossible... That's not possible!" Kentaro shouted as he moved his left hand off his head.