User blog:Seieireppa/God Eater:Universitas, chapter 15: Pair

Nanako and Baluar, the two new arrivals, faced down the Boundary Marduk, God Arcs at the ready as the beast roared with rage, seemingly unaffected by the loss of one of its arms.

“Wanna go with the usual?” Nanako inquired of Baluar, her eyes fixed on her prey before her.

“Sounds good to me,” came Baluar’s reply. As he spoke, the Boundary Marduk leapt forward, augmenting its jumping power with Oracle energy suffusing its legs. This, however, proved no obstacle for Nanako, who tossed her buster blade into the air and gripped her scythe with both hands, crippling the Aragami with a well-placed Round Fang. As it fell to the ground, Nanako reached out and caught her buster blade, charging up and unleashing her blood art, Charge Crush: Divider, a slicing wave of energy that traveled forward and shattered the Boundary Marduk’s left gauntlet.

No longer able to support itself, the Boundary Marduk fell flat on its belly—right as Baluar leapt up in front of it, piercing its head with his short blade and pinning it to the ground.

“Ready?” Nanako called out, tossing Baluar her buster blade as he caught it with no trouble.

“Am I ever not?” came Baluar’s reply.

Before the Boundary Marduk could free itself, Nanako and Baluar rushed forward and, in one clean motion, cleaved the Aragami in two in a manner not unlike a pair of scissors cutting through paper, effortlessly shattering its core. As the Boundary Marduk’s body began to disintegrate amidst a green blaze of Oracle energy, Baluar tossed the buster blade back to Nanako, who caught it and sheathed it on her back, and withdrew his own short blade from the ground before them.

“Business as usual,” exclaimed Nanako, wiping sweat from her brow. “Am I right?”

“Of course,” responded Baluar. The two had fought their fair share of battles together in the past few years, and their teamwork abilities were well-known throughout God Eaters everywhere. It was unlikely there was anything that could stand up to them if the two of them fought together.

While they were dusting off, however, Sakaki came forward.

“I hate to interrupt you two,” he spoke, “but we need to prepare for departure.

“Departure?” came the response of Ken, who had been standing off to the side and had not gotten a chance to act.

Idenn spoke up. “Sakaki has agreed to lend me Fenrir-affiliated reinforcements from across the world. We’ll need to get going and meet up with them as soon as possible.”

At these words, everyone in the room nodded. The fate of the world, and of the future itself, likely hung in the balance here. This mastermind, whoever he was, had to be stopped, along with all of his Boundary Aragami… and it would be those gathered here who would do it.

And the next morning…

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