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Alice shot several arrows at Oreo, who quickly summoned a large shield in front of herself to deflect the attacks. The blonde ran forward and reached into her left pocket. Right as she was about to reach the white haired girl’s shield, she pulled out a pair of scissors Stick from her pocket, and instead of throwing it at Oreo, she threw it straight at Vanilla.
“Bastard!” She shouted before summoning a second shield in front of her girlfriend.
Instead of bouncing the projectile back like it did with the arrows, the scissors cut through the shield and continue heading toward Vanilla.
“Get down!” Oreo shouted as she jumped over to her and tackled her to the ground.
Her back was grazed by the stick, causing her to let out a grunt.
“Oreo! A-Are you okay?”
“Yes, I’m fine. She just managed to graze me, that’s all.”
“It seems like you’d do anything to protect that friend of yours! If I just target her, you’ll eventually be overwhelmed, and I’ll get an opportunity to kill you!” She gleefully shouted before rushing over to her enemies.
The blonde pulled out a toy gun from her pocket and shot it forward. It moved toward Oreo and Vanilla, causing the white haired girl to dispel her old shields and summon a new one. Before it hit it, the bullet went upward and then began to fall directly toward where Oreo and Vanilla lay. The white haired girl summoned yet another barrier, only for the projectile to avoid it, fall down, and begin moving toward the girls’ left. Yet again, Oreo was forced to summon a third shield, causing her to start panting. This time, the bullet did hit Oreo’s barrier and was launched away.
“Three shields at the same time… that’s a new record…” She weakly said.
“O-Oreo! Get up! If we continue to lie here, we’ll just be sitting ducks!”
Oreo nodded her head as she slowly started to get up.
“You’re not getting away from me!” Alice shouted before shooting a plethora of bullets directly at the two girls.
They flew toward them from all sides, forcing Oreo to summon four more shields to completely surround her and her girlfriend. After this, she immediately fell to the ground and began breathing heavily.
“OREO!” Vanilla screamed as she ran over to her girlfriend and picked her up. “We gotta get out of here!”
“I can’t move a muscle… my magic’s weak… and it’s too taxing on my body… creating shields takes a lot out of me… and keeping so many open at the same time will be the end of me. Continuing to keep them up… is just gonna tire me out even more. I should let one of them disappear… but if that happens… Alice will have a way to attack us, and we’ll both die.”
“Y-You’re right, but there must surely be something we can do!”
“No, there’s not. Murray is probably still mad at you… and even if she’s not… she’s nowhere nearby… and we don’t know any other magical girls who’d be willing to lend us a hand. At this rate… Alice will continue to whittle me down until I’m unable to keep my shields up… it’s over for us…”
“O-Oreo don’t say that! W-We’ll manage to pull through! We’ve always have! T-This shouldn’t be any different!” Vanilla shouted as tears began welling up in her eyes. “L-Let’s get out of here already!”
“Vanilla… I came to this country for one reason: I wanted to die. I came here on a boat with no food or water… for the purpose of dying. I was on the brink of doing just that… when I was found and saved by two people… the girl who brought me here and you. Even up until yesterday, I continued wanting to die… and I thought I was a waste of life. But now that I’m about to die… I don’t want that!” She shouted. “V-Vanilla, I-I want to be with you! I want to live, a-and I want to have a family together!” As Oreo continued to shout, the bullets outside of her shield began to pound against them, and when they were knocked back, they’d instantly continue moving in the same direction they were previously moving toward. “Vanilla, I’m scared! I-I’m scared to die!” While she screamed, her shields began to slowly grow smaller. “I don’t think I’ll be able to hold on much longer… I’m sorry…”
“OREO!” She shouted before wrapping her arms around her girlfriend as she closed her eyes tightly.
All seven shields eventually disappeared, allowing the bullets to move towards the two girls.
“Now! Queen and princess, meet your ends and be lost to the annals of history!”
I don’t want to die! I’m so scared of dying! The only thing that scares me more is the thought of Vanilla dying or getting hurt! If I’m to die, I at least want her to live! She thought, her heart pounding in her chest. I’ve never done this before. I’m not even sure if my magic can do it, and even if it can, I’m not sure if my body will be able to handle it without passing out or just dying in this state. But it doesn’t matter! Vanilla has to survive!
Before the bullets could hit them, a large white dome appeared around Oreo and Vanilla. The projectiles hit it and were knocked away.
“A-A new magical attack?” Alice shouted, stumbling backwards from surprise.
“Vanilla… can you put me on the ground?”
The white haired girl nodded her head before doing as told. Oreo turned to look at Alice.
“Stay by my side, Vanilla! I’m gonna beat Alice!”