• Chapter 9
    Water vs. 1,000...?!

    Acqua shimmied along the wall, feeling guilt for leaving Hero and Kei behind and knowing that her sea blue dress did not suite well for stealth.

    But she knew that Hero would want her to do something and that something was to find and free Yume, As well as getting rid of the barrier somehow.

    "Ah well there's no pressure what so over ever, just great. Oh well it's for Hero." she sighed in thoughts.

    She continued along checking rooms not knowing that Hero was out cold and Airisu was taking her shot at Seirgei.

    "Ahhh," Screamed Kei being tossed around.

    "Your pathetic, you alone are not enough to take me on" chuckled Seirgei, floating in the air with his arms crossed.

    Kei fell to her knees.

    "He's too strong for my spells...How can we beat him?" She whispered falling into a daze, then losing vision and blacking out.

    "Hmm, now what to do to them, Wait wasn't there another one?" He asked himself. Then shock came across him.

    "Damn it! That girl in blue, things may go sour after all." He sighed, taking a radio out of his pocket, relaying a message.

    "Trigger, we've got a trouble, that girl able to control water escaped me. Think you can take her this time?" He asked into the device.

    "Roger that boss, she won't get me off guard this time round." He answered standing on the roof looking into the room where Yume is held captive.

    "You best be sure of that, no screw ups at all." Seirgei ceased communication.
    Acqua peeked through a door that was partially open noticing Yume waiting patiently for Hero obviously to rescue her.

    "Why am I doing this again?" She questioned herself. 'Right cause Hero's handling the big tough bad guy' she came to a sarcastic conclusion.


    "Sneaking into the room avoiding every light, she crept closer to Yume.

    "Hero's going to owe me big time for this." She thought to herself.

    "Psst..." She whispered trying to get Yume's attention.

    "PSSST," She tried again.

    "Who's there? Hero is that you?" Yume looked around.

    "She I was right, she is desperate for him, well too bad. But I guess I'll still have to rescue her though." She crouched behind the chair.

    "I feel very wanted, so you want me to get you out of here Yume?" She asked while still up against a chair.

    "Acqua...What are you doing here, where's Hero, is he okay?" Yume questioned back, in twenty questions panic mode.

    "He's going fair, so am I going to bust you out of here or what?" Acqua asked.

    "Yes let's go, I want to see Hero!" She replied hastily.

    "Ok, ok, hold tight," She confirmed, Grabbing a jack knife from her left inner thigh.
    Just as she cut the rope, Trigger crashed through the window where he was watching them.

    "Hold it! You're not going anywhere without my consent." He sneered staring intently at Acqua.

    "By your look I guess you want to settle your score with me?" She stated.

    "Damn right! I won't make the same mistake twice! You're going down!!!" he shouted at her.

    "Yume get to Hero, I'll handle this myself. This should be no problem, he is very dull witted." She smiled to her.
    A look of sheer seriousness covered her face as she turned her focus to Trigger, watching Yume flee to Hero.

    "It's no good; the boss is most likely through with him." He spoke in assurance.

    "Right now that's Yume's concern; mine is putting you in your place." She gritted her teeth.

    "Come at me you coward!!" Acqua commanded setting into stance.
    Trigger, now riled up pulled out two pistols taking fire at Acqua, but she was gone.

    "Where the hell did she go?" Trigger contemplated.

    "Down here, you're slow..." She smirked, laying two shots to Triggers gut.

    'Oh damn she's fast, I can't take her lightly.' He thought, coughing up blood. He went to strike at her but she was gone again.

    "s**t strategy change! I must match her speed or surpass it, other wise I'm done for,' He pondered, blocking one out of three shots from Acqua.

    The combatants swapped blows for a fair time.

    "Huff, huff, you're not taking me lightly anymore? Well it's about time, sad thing is though, and I haven't even used any water. You're still holding back aren't you? Come on; come at me with all you've got!" Acqua sneered, contradicting her own words.

    "How can I refuse such a request from such an exquisite lady?" He mocked a gentle men's tone. He put away his small arms and chuckles, reaching deeper into his trench coat, pulling out two larger machine guns allotted with chains of ammunition,

    "Are you ready to play little lady?" Trigger grinned widely with hints of insanity.

    "I'm ready to tango, boy" she sneered, at the end of her sentence. He began to fire in an uncontrollable fury. Shells pierce the walls of the warehouse, maniacal laughter echoed against them as well.

    "You're going to the heir of the legacy!" Trigger cackled taking out more arms and some how appearing to have more limbs, Acqua to a glance in disgust while evading fire.

    "That's inhuman! What is he?!" she pondered
    A shot skims her arm had lost her train of thought. She zoned back to her silence, the few remaining shells hit the ground with a tink. She stopped, now looking over to Trigger.

    She noticed his eyes had gone pure white, then the expression on his face of sheer pleasure.
    Her face grew to a shock when she noticed Trigger had exactly one thousand arms extending out from his body, each holding a gun of different style, all pointed at her.

    "This is really ba-" she was cut off by his infant shouting.

    "Hell's fire!" He shouted. She had a split second to think while taking observation of the shattered window that he came through earlier.
    She summoned a razor sharp water blade; using her agility she sliced off all the ends of the guns in one sweep and pierced his stomach. He then coughed up blood and chuckled.

    "What is your name?" He asked coughing up more blood.

    "The names Acqua, goddess of the water," She answered withdrawing her blade from him.

    "Acqua, I gi-give this bout to you, M-may you not b-be so fortunate n-next time" He smiled falling backwards blacking out.

    "I look forward to our next match as well and hopefully under better circumstances, but I have to go and aid to Hero and Kei" she spoke softly, limping out the door, leaving Trigger again defeated and some herbal medicine for when he came to.

    "I'm coming back for you boy! You shouldn't have died yet! We'll figure out what's with all this legacy stuff."

    End chapter nine
    Water vs. 1,000 ... ?!