"What do you think you're doing? You may have fooled Hotohori no Otaku, but you'll never see tears from me on account of you. You've been a betrayal from the start. Why, I'd expect something as low and cowardly from you." There was a look of intensity in the girl's eyes that startled Mercy as she turned to face her accuser. "That's right, look at me. You left me to get beaten once. It looks like now your newfound 'friend' has done the same to you. You think Celly's going to help you now? Think again."

Meredith was now Rapath. That intensity didn't come from Meredith alone. She charged Mercy, and the two blondes began to fight. Meredith had been training, and was better equipped to fight now. But Mercy was fresher, and so the two clashed for quite a while, Rapath's sword sparking pink, Mercy's Saber glowing red.

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Orion and Dionysis approached the group. There were now two separate fights going on, and they had a charge in each. Orion was confused when he saw Mercy fighting Meredith, but Celly and Susanne were no surprise.

"What the--" was all Orion could say as he took in the scene.