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When; December 1; early evening
Rating; PG
Characters; Yuri Lowell [

notflynn], Natalia Luzu Kimlasca Lanvaldear [

imperialwill], Flynn Scifo [

srslynotguy]
Summary; Natalia, concerned for Leon who hasn't shown up for work, encounters Yuri and, consequently, Flynn. She then goes totally BAMF and owns some serious ass. I can feel you all judging me, by the way.
Log; She'd excused herself from the restaurant, leaving temporary powers to the hostess of the night. She was worried - she didn't know him very well, but she was certain it was not like Leon to miss work. Had he left again? Well, her first stop would be the Hall of the Missing.

She had a bad feeling, however. The Network hadn't been peaceful in some time. Something was going on, and she really wished that there were police force to stop it all. She wished she could do something- but she didn't know enough about what was happening. The Network was just too much sometimes.

The Hall of the Missing loomed before her, as intimidating as always. It was always frightening and daunting, coming here, but she had to know.

But there was a movement to her right, and she readied her bow and arrow. Just in case.

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A dainty girl, a rich-looking girl. She looked refined and noble and all the things he detested. Oh how Yuri wanted to stain those nice clothes with her blood, slit her pale throat just so. It infuriated him just looking at her, and thankfully he already had his sword drawn upon seeing her, standing in front of the Hall of the Missing as if she had the right to grieve.

She seemed to have noticed him and drew her own weapon, but a bow and arrow would be no problem for him. She looked too pampered to be anything formidable.

He sashayed forward, a promising grin on his lips, bloodied sword gleaming.

"Hello and goodbye, my lady."

And as he had promised Leon, Flynn went ahead to search for Yuri. Xanadu was a confusing place to be at, with its many stretches of just flora and fauna and little else. But despite the knowledge that Yuri would know this place more than him, he went ahead; merely standing and blaming the unknown this place presented and leaving the job of chasing after Yuri to others was not going to get him anywhere. Somehow, somehow, he had to find Yuri and put an end to this!

It didn't take long for him to spot something, or someone, in the distance. Someone clad in black. That had to be Yuri or someone that should be warned of Yuri at least even if he was convinced it was the former. Forcing himself to run faster, Flynn unsheathed his word in anticipation for battle.

"Who are you?" she demanded, aiming the arrow straight at the offender. She wouldn't fire unless she absolutely had to- and the blood on that blade looked too fresh to think better of the situation. "I demand that you tell me at once! What do you want?"

The grin on that man's face was too disconcerting. She was certain she'd seen him around on Leon's network posts- could it be Leon knew someone so dangerous?

"Just a stranger come to say hello." Yuri immediately dashed forward, ready to launch into a fail-proof combo. He expected that she'd fall within a couple of shots, unable to defend herself with such a flimsy looking weapon. Those he encountered so far didn't seem to have extraordinary powers, either, and she looked no different. A mere bow and arrow- hah!

She'd just be another victim for the count. Her clothes just looked too well-kept and expensive. Selfish, selfish woman- what was she doing, sitting on her throne of wealth and not distributing it?

Flynn's breathe caught when he finally realized that Yuri was, in fact, no longer alone and that he was in the middle of attacking someone. "Yuri!" he angrily yelled, half-hoping that his friend would someone be distracted by his voice and leave... or face him instead of his new victim.

"Demon Fang!" The long-ranged attack was to further give Yuri a reason to pay attention to him, and seconds later when he was closer, he followed with a Beast.

Natalia, at the same time, leaps into the air and fires a Star Stroke, the arrows burning bright with blue fonons. When she landed, she made certain to get a good look at the other newcomer - all she could see, however, was a head of blond hair and blue clothes.

She could have sworn, however, that she'd just heard Guy or Luke's artes. However very strange.

Damn- why'd Flynn have to come and screw everything up? He could dodge the first Demon Fang just fine, but the Beast and Star Stroke made their mark. And damn those arrows hurt a lot more than he thought they would. Not enough to wear him down, but definitely a good, long-lasting sting.

But Flynn wasn't his problem here. It was this girl, and he fired a Final Gale toward her crouched form.

It was clearly a failure, but that stop Flynn. He knew that the moment he stopped would be the moment he let Yuri take another victim. A few more seconds, too late to stop that one attack, and he was right beside Yuri with his sword barring his.

"Couldn't wait to add another victim to your list, Yuri?" Using the element of surprise for moment, Flynn pushed Yuri backwards to gain some distance. So that he was right between Yuri and the blond lady.

Without turning to look back, Flynn asked her, "Are you alright, Miss?"

"I'm- yes, I'm quite all right..." she trailed off. She'd only gotten a glimpse, but she could have sworn she'd just seen Guy as a knight in shining armor! Was such a thing possible? Did Guy have some sort of twin? The feature were almost identical...

She quickly snapped out of it, however, as she took stance once again. She'd skillfully blocked Yuri's attack, only gaining minimal damage. "Do you know this man?"

"Nope. Glad you can read my mind, Flynn," Yuri wasted no time in charging forward, wanting to bypass Flynn but knowing he probably couldn't. All right, two could play this game. He'll just have to meet him head on- he has the perfect combination in mind to stagger him enough to reach that girl.

"Yes. I'll explain later," Flynn said hurriedly before easing into a better stance to launch attacks with. Briefly, he made a quick mental plan of how to be an effective wall against Yuri in this situation. And then he was off, rushing to clash swords with Yuri.

"You won't get through me!"

He began with a simple slash at Yuri before resorting to an arte. "Sword Rain Alpha!"

That- that was also Guy's arte! What in the world? Who was this man who has come to her rescue? She stared incredulously for another moment before shaking her head, backing away slowly and taking aim at Yuri once more. She won't allow this man to go unleashed without being taken in for the citizens' safety!

"Storm Edge!" A barrage of blue arrows burst forth, aimed perfectly toward Yuri.

Yuri grunted- Sword Rain Alpha always did hit him pretty hard. And he took care to avoid the girl's attacks - they seemed to have the qualities of artes, despite her lack of blastia.

"Why don't you make this easier on me and get out of my way, huh?" He hacked and slashed, hoping to build up damage.

Flynn blocked each and everyone of those attacks, pleased to see that they were having an effect on his friend.

"I can't do that-" Here, Flynn was forced to pause as he mis-parried and was forced to get back on a more equal footing before continuing passively for a few more moments. "Not when it means letting you do something stupid again, Yuri! I won't let you succeed this time!"

And then, upon getting a suitable opening, Flynn used the shield in his left hand again to push Yuri further, away from the potential victim.

"What in the world is going on?!" Was this 'Yuri' man some kind of random maniac? Why was he so determined to go after her? "I'm not entirely certain what's going on, but if you intend to harm me or anyone else in this City, I won't allow it!"

She started off a status spell, hoping to lower the strange man's defenses and make him easier to finish off.

"Time to get serious- Dragon Swarm!" Yuri set off on one of his most useful attacks, flipping and kicking and slicing as necessary to pull it off. He needed to push Flynn out of the way- the man was always so stubborn. It definitely wouldn't be an easy task.

It doesn't help that he was backed by some very interesting support.

"You need to leave, Miss!" Flynn yelled as he blocked that attack with his shield. "I'll deal with this-" The knight stopped here, recognizing the end of that arte and taking that as his opening to launch his own combo. Slash slash- "Sonic Thrust!" he yelled, using the arte with the hope to break through Yuri's defense and catch him off guard.

"Please- get to a safer place, away from here as soon as possible!"

"I refuse to simply abandon someone in need! I shan't be a hindrance at all." As she speaks, she lowers Yuri's defense, a cloud of dark purple falling over him. She then lines up her arrows once again, letting out a Piercing Line and Gallant Barrage.

Yuri did not appreciate that at all. But with a confident smirk, he endured the attacks raining down on him, guarded and dodged where he could, and stabbed his sword into the ground.

"Guardian Field!"

It was for her own safety! With Yuri deciding to use Guardian Field like that, however, Flynn knew that arguing would only waste the opportunity of attacking Yuri while he temporarily vulnerable.

Ignoring the burning pain that stemmed from the soles of his feet and traveled upwards, Flynn then took that opportunity to slash at Yuri and then drive that sword forward, aiming to stab and run through his friend in the shoulder.

Thankfully, while the other two were duking it out, Natalia began a Cure spell. At her level of experience, she was able to skip most of the lengthened incantation and initiate the spell almost immediately. She focused the blond male as her target.

Guardian Field- such an arte name reminded her of Luke. How dare this terrible man take his arte?!

Yuri staggered a little. Damn it- that woman could heal, too? Why were her attacks so similar to the artes on Terca Lumireis? Whatever the case, even the boost of power from the jewel did not give him complete immortality. Clearly Flynn would not break down enough to let him through- and clearly she was almost as powerful as he was- without the boost, of course.

So he'd have to retreat. Tch.

Not after giving Flynn a piece of his mind, of course, by grabbing that sword and performing a Shining Fang.

The attack was predictable but ultimately unavoidable because of the position they were both in. Flynn had anticipated the arte choice the moment he saw that rebellious flash in Yuri's eyes, but all that he could do was make a start for a backstep as Yuri's sword began that deadly circular twirl.

Flynn's quick movements allowed him to avoid the worst damage scenario, but all the same, the tip of Yuri's sword found its path on his person; leaving clean tears on his captain vest and a fine bloody trail on his face that just barely missed his left eye.

As retaliation for using his sword against him, Flynn reached for the sword Yuri had used on the ground before rushing forward. He wasn't going to let Yuri get away!

"Demon Fang!"

She cast another quick Heal spell- that last hit looked like it caused some but insignificant amount of damage. Still, the one time she forgot to heal a comrade, they'd fallen in battle and needed a life bottle. She would not let that happen again.

"Star Embrace!"

Yuri started to back away. He'd have to chalk this up to his first failure- it was too much effort and there were other fish in the sea to fry. He fired his own Azure Edge followed by Azure Storm, trying to buy him a little time and add up to Flynn's damage before he made another run for it.

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