Destruction of the Dragon Lair

This is a side story to Nowie's The Tale of Team Moon Drop.

For the first part see White Skull vs Blood Rain.

Martial Arts and Swords
Nora Valentine and Maria Shields had finally managed to struggle to their feet and had their blades drawn. They stood there staring eachother down and both slowly moving left, drawing a large circle that would be their battleground. Lucian Crimea had managed to carry his companion, The Eternal Knight back into the Guild's building so that the armored man could recover. The entire area echoed and resounded with the sounds of the battle between Kharlan Feaw and Parius Chitose and the one sided battle between Innith Aqune and Atama Chitose.

"All your Guild Leaders have been out here fighting." Maria said.

"So?" Nora demanded.

"It's a huge building, but are there only five of you?" Maria asked. "Is that why you were trying to recruite me and Chitose?"

"If it was up to me," a voice snapped. "Nora wouldn't be a member. She'd be six feet under."

They turned to see the speaker, though Nora already knew who it was.

"What are you doing out here, Ryūji?" Nora asked.

"Lucian ordered me to come out here and help." Akiyama Ryūji replied.

"Why didn't he send Vanisha?" Nora demanded.

"The zealot is punishing himself again." Akiyama replied. "So I came out instead."

"Then stay out of the way and go somwhere else." Nora spat.

"No." Akiyama retorted. "I'm going to defeat Maria and hand her over to our leaders. And maybe you'll become an 'unfortunate' casualty on the field of battle."

"You plan to kill me?" Nora snarled.

"Perhaps." Akiyama replied, then charged foreward.