Sulfur Pot: A Short Story

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Hearing Mana’s words, “It’s coming”, Kuroyukihime once again looked up at the sky of the «Weathered» stage. Clouds were blown about, and she could not even see the shadow of a person. It was impossible. At this point in time, at this frontier of the Unlimited Neutral Field, only Kuroyukihime, Ruka, Mana, and Crikin were actually there. Sulfur Pot had used some sort of illegal method to dive here from Tokyo, a method no other Burst Linker could use of their own free will. That is to say — the only other persons who would appear would be Sulfur Pot’s accomplices, and that would only make things worse— “!!!” Suddenly, she could see light. A small peach — colored dot appeared in the sky, turning at quite a high speed, as if it were playing …show more content…

“What… What are you doing? You know what... screw the funny guy!!” Kuroyukihime turned around, and was met with the sight of Sulfur Pot standing astride his dragon, his eyes showing some sort of demonic rage, glaring at the five avatars who were gathered at the intersection — Kuroyukihime, Crikin, Ruka, Mana and Megumi. “This time I’ll get rid of you people! I’ll reduce you to cinders!” Gritting his teeth as he said that, Sulfur Pot extended his hands which held the reins, and the two holes in his palms — not just that, on his shoulders, chest, waist too, all began releasing some form of smoke. “[Charcoal Smoke].” As he said the name of the skill, the amount of smoke released suddenly increased by a few times. It had no direction, and covered the entire space. By the looks of it, he intended to blow apart the entire street. “This is not good…!” said Kuroyukihime as she glided forward, somewhat off balance. A hand laid itself on her shoulder. “It’s fine. I… will protect Hime.” said Megumi warmly, raising the wand in her right hand. The crystal embedded in its tip began emitting rainbow colours, which soon enveloped the avatar and shot up to the sky. In a calm, gentle singsong voice, she