Hikaru charged forwards at Sora. His footwork a bit off from the nervousness and the ominous aura radiating off Sora. Hikaru reached close to Sora and thrusted his sword in front. However, Sora had already ducked and Hikaru was now defenseless as his arms were already raised out ahead. He didn't have the time to react.
Suddenly Sora grabbed ahold of Hikaru's legs, wrapping his arms around them.
"W-what? What are you doing?!", Hikaru yells as he tries to squirm Sora off.
"Grappling, kid. You call yourself a fighter? How pathetic", Sora replied with a light scoff before ramming Hikaru against the rocky wall. Hikaru's sword falls off his hands. He tries to hit his ankles at Sora on his back, but suddenly Sora lifted Hikaru up by his legs above him. He then threw Hikaru down, a small crater forming below before falling straight down and wrapping himself around Hikaru from behind: legs locking Hikaru's, arms locking his throat and head in place.
"Sorry for doing this, kid, but I can't take chances. Tsukyomi's creations will destroy this world," Sora whispers into Hikaru's ear before reciting a small prayer and then tightening his arms tighter in a chokehold. Hikaru's eyes pop out in pain as he feels his life draining out of him.
"N-ngh! Ngh! Gah!", Hikaru desperately wiggles trying to remove Sora off him. His vision starts blurring and his eyes start watering. His pale skin turning a bit red from the blood flow: a desperate act of his body to survive the immense choke at his neck.
In one last attempt, Hikaru charges a free hand with Senzai Energy enforcing it with strength and then punches Sora's groin. Sora's eyes shot open, his grip loosened. He immediately stood up not before kicking Hikaru away from him. Hikaru goes tumbling down the rocky floor before coming to a stop.
His clothes were ragged and dusty. Hikaru breathed heavily, inhaling air in deep breaths. His gaze was a bit unfocused. It was a dirty tactic, but hey atleast it saved his life. His gaze focused at Sora, before his eye widened not in fear but mere shock.
Sora stood there like a rock. Taking in the pain from the low blow. His hands clenched and his veins popping out at his forehead. His eyes flickered. Slowly Sora let out some air from his mouth and his posture softened up to normal.
"What a dirty move, kid. I was trying to make this painless for you...", Sora comments at Hikaru's earlier low blow
Hikaru scoffed before replying in annoyance, "I don't even know who Tsukyomi is! You're just trying to kill me for no reason!".
"No reason? Oh, kid, your death and of your kind would be great for the world. You have no idea about how your life is a walking natural disaster!", Sora yells in anger. His rage clearly coming from somewhere but something unfamiliar to Hikaru.
"This guy is crazy! I gotta take him out!", Hikaru said to himself as he extended his palms out towards Sora.
"Frost Senzai Art:
Ice Shards Flurry!"
With a gush of Senzai pumping into Hikaru's arm, hundreds of ice shards flew towards Sora at superhuman speeds. Sora, seemingly disinterested, began dodging the ice shards with his gymnastics knowledge.
Following Sora's movement, Hikaru dragged his hand in the air, trying to aim towards where Sora was as the ice shards kept flying out in rapid succession. "Stop moving, uncle!", Hikaru groaned in annoyance as he kept tracking Sora down.
Sora started front flipping around the cave as the shards followed his trail. Even a single hit might be enough to stop and turn Sora into a block of swiss cheese. But Sora had a slight grin on his face
"I'm actually enjoying this, brat! I can feel my joints warming up!", Sora commented with an excited tone, his backflips still continuing. Whilst back flipping, Sora grabbed a stray ice shards and then stopped his movement standing still. He then proceeded to deflect the incoming ice shards with complete concise precision.
CLINK CLINK CLINK
The ice shards clattered and shattered all around Sora, his deflections proving a strong defence to Hikaru's attack. Hikaru then took out his other hand and started shooting even more ice shards from the other hand desperate to graze Sora even a bit.
"Is this even human?!", Hikaru thought in his mind in shock at the sight of Sora easily deflecting his attacks.
Sora was walking towards Hikaru as he began deflecting and cutting the shards even faster and faster. Suddenly, Sora dashed towards Hikaru in a straight line, his arm moving in possibly subsonic speeds skillfully plowing through the incoming fury.
"Fufufufu~ is that... All?!", Sora yells as he penetrates through the shards and cuts Hikarus chest vertically; his jacket opens and leaves behind a gaping wound in it's wake.
"Ngh!"
Hikaru winced in pain as he staggered backwards trying to balance himself. Sora then spoke up breaking his pain with a cold tone,
"Look, I enjoyed sparring with you, but genuinely it's time to end this..."
He snapped his right hand, a spark going through it as sudden warmth emanated from his hand. Slowly a powerful flame erupted in his hand and roared brightly. Sora grinned as he continued,
"I'll eliminate you right here and then using my Senzai Art: Abyssal Flames". Sora pointed his flame-ful of fire in his palm towards Hikaru. Hikaru looked up in fear. Hikaru didn't know what Sora's output could be like, but it definitely wasn't something he should counter head first.
Hikaru got up and started running in all directions trying to get Sora to be unable to aim the somewhat thermobaric explosion directly at him. Even more so, how was he going to fight back especially when his Senzai trait was ice. And Ice isn't going to do anything to fire!
"Kukuku~ I was the best rock thrower in my time, boy... This is too easy...", Sora commented with a hint of mockery as he predicted Hikaru's next movement and launched his attack.
"Abyssal Flames Senzai Art:
Thermobaric Flame Ball!"
The ball of fire roared fiercely as it burned and glowed through the air flying at immense speeds directly towards Hikaru. Hikaru's looked back with his one eye and before he could think more the ball exploded into a massive fire explosion reaching everywhere in the cave and shaking it tremendously. Sora Makizushi was truly a magnificent.
The fire slowly subsided and disintegrated away as Sora looked through the smoke with a satisfied grin, "May the one who lives above bless your soul-"
Before he could finish his words, a tall figure stood between of Hikaru and him. The silhouette slowly faded away and revealed a feminine figure.
A woman with a curvaceous figure, short shoulder length white hair with pink highlights, a black turtleneck, brown overcoat and blue denim jeans that accenuated her curves stood confidently. Taking the direct impact of the attack headfirst with no visible signs of damage.
"Who... are you?", Sora asked with a surprised tone.
The woman smiled confidently and engimatically as she softly replied, "I'm a passerby. Call me Yoru. And I've heard about your legend, Sora Makizushi, and the International Senzai Enforcement Agency (ISEA) recorded unusual Senzai activity here so, my bosses need you". She tilts her head, a slight smirk turning into a grin
Chapter 3, end