The orb kept growing.
Ten minutes left.
The sky trembled as raw energy spun outward. All six girls were hammering their attacks into it. Screams, magic, fire, light, water, hypnosis, curses, and punches, all slamming into the pulsing mass like a cosmic war dance.
"Come on already! Give it everything you've got!" Molly roared.
Each girl reached out, channeling more, deeper, louder. Their bodies shimmered with aura and sweat. The battlefield glowed with a rainbow of destruction.
Far away, cutting through clouds like a missile, Naamo flew at blistering speed.
His teeth clenched. "Time to reveal who I really am. No more games."
Kuina suddenly stopped.
She shot backward into the air, her sword humming like a dying star.
"Stop," she whispered.
Nobody heard her.
Piper shouted, "What? What did she say?"
Kylie looked around, confused. "Was that... a command?"
Mira narrowed her eyes. "Is she serious?"
"I said STOP! And move back! NOW!" Kuina barked.
All five girls froze.
No hesitation. No questions. Just pure respect, or fear.
Kuina's thoughts raced. Don't fail me now, body. I want to know what it means to be at full power.
She roared.
A quake split the land beneath her. Her aura exploded in pink, black, and yellow. Her armor began to crack, glowing from within like magma. Her sword changed hue, no more pink, just half black, half orange.
Her stomach armor shattered.
Her scream pierced the heavens.
Hair shifted. Black and yellow, crackling like thunder. Her eyes went pure black. Aura wrapped around her nearly naked frame. Muscles flexed. Veins popped.
She raised the blade.
SLASH.
A single horizontal cut of raw fury. It hit the orb dead center.
The orb split, cracked, and whimpered.
Naamo arrived.
He hovered, watching it all, stunned. "What the..."
Molly teleported toward him without a word. She cocked her fist.
"Don't you fucking interfere, you crusty little freak."
He smirked.
Teleported past her.
Straight to Kuina.
She didn't see him. She was too focused, midair, sword glowing, arms twitching.
He raised a hand.
But fire burst at his side. Mira had launched herself into him.
"Not today," she muttered, eyes blazing.
Naamo spun backward.
Lika's voice rang out. "Stop. You're frozen."
He locked in place.
Eyes wide.
Kuina turned to look.
Her face was blank. Black eyes. No pupils.
But a smile crept onto her lips.
Lika blushed.
"Finish it!" Kylie screamed. "Finish my love story already!"
Piper blew a kiss through the air. "Listen to the sexy one with style, babe."
Kylie caught the kiss mid-air, smiled. "You're so cute, Piper. Mwah."
Mira and Molly appeared beside Naamo.
"How the hell did you even get here?" Mira asked, voice flat.
Naamo couldn't move, but he grinned.
"I'm tired... can't hold him much longer..." Lika whimpered.
Kuina roared again.
SLASH. SLASH. SLASH.
She hacked at the orb like a berserker.
The system chimed: [WARNING: Full Boundary Break Achieved. Temporary Level: 20,000.]
Kuina screamed, charging energy into her palm.
"DISAPPEAR."
A golden explosion engulfed everything.
The orb vanished.
Gone. Nothing left.
Naamo twitched.
He smirked. "Behind you, Lika."
BAM.
His clone slammed a foot into her back. She screamed, flew forward, crashed.
He broke free.
Smashed a fist into Mira.
Dodged Molly's counter, then his clone tackled her out of the air.
He turned toward Kuina, who was falling, sword dim, aura fading.
A black sphere formed in his hand.
"This will kill you. You fiery little redhead. DIE!"
He hurled it.
Kuina, barely conscious, blinked.
She smiled.
Vanished.
Appeared behind him.
Whispered in his ear, "Wow. You're even uglier up close."
BAM.
She headbutted him square in the face.
Blood spurted from his nose.
Her sword went limp. Aura gone. Hair dull. Her level crashed back to 5400.
She collapsed.
Unconscious.
Falling.
Piper screamed, "She's mine!"
She launched herself down, riding Mortis the unicorn like a missile.
The others scrambled to hold Naamo back.
"Enough!" he bellowed.
The system rang out:
[MISSION COMPLETE. TRANSFER TO SAFE HOUSE INITIATED.]
All six girls vanished in a flash.
Naamo hovered, stunned. Alone.
"Fuck. Where did you go, sluts?! I'll find you!"
In the quiet, empty field, a single golden hair strand floated to the ground.
CUT TO:
SAFE HOUSE. Dim lights. Metallic room. Silence.
Kuina laid on a floating bed. Her armor shattered, barely covering anything. Skin scraped, glowing faintly. Her sword floated nearby, softly pink again.
The girls stood around her.
Piper gritted her teeth. Kylie touched her lips.
Kylie stepped forward, grin sharp as a dagger.
"Alright, ladies. Step back. This one's mine."
They looked at her.
"It's lipstick time."
To be continued