Troublesome things eventually went away on their own but it took time. The way to make them end quickly was to act. That, of course, didn't mean it would lead to a solution, but it would end the situation. So, Akiha shifted her grip to her right hand only, just a few inches past center toward the falcon head to offset the balance issue Sion had in her weapon form. She had just enough room in the tunnel to start to twirl the staff, letting the forked end whip over and over before her.
Gritting her teeth, she steadily advanced on the bear. She needed it to feel threatened. Akiha might not have access to her demon blood here thanks to that damned machine, but that didn't stop her from being what she was. Underneath it all, she was a predator. She needed this bear to realize that fact.
Akiha wasn't sure if it was working or not, so she feinted a lunge once she got close enough, the staff still twirling in her single-handed grip, and that was enough. The bear reared up, bone protruding from its back up over its shoulders scraping part of the rock walls. It towered several feet over Akiha, but it gave her room to work.
Immediately stopping the staff and bracing it under her arm, ready to parry with, Akiha drove her left hand right into the bear's abdomen, now exposed to her, under its ribs as if it was a person she was hitting. Clearly, anyone watching would think her insane as such a strike wouldn't be able to do anything to a bear, but Akiha wasn't striking to inflict pain. She struck to absorb using her Meister ability.
The bear let out a wounded sound that, had Akiha been the type of girl to care, would've pained the heart and energy surged through the Meister. Akiha vaguely wondered if Sion would feel any of the whole process through their link as she's never actually used her ability with Sion in hand.
The bear lurched to the side as it recovered, leaving just enough room for someone as fast as Akiha to get through. Now she was behind the bear and the narrow tunnel would work in their favor, making it hard for the bear to turn around.
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Troublesome things eventually went away on their own but it took time. The way to make them end quickly was to act. That, of course, didn't mean it would lead to a solution, but it would end the situation. So, Akiha shifted her grip to her right hand only, just a few inches past center toward the falcon head to offset the balance issue Sion had in her weapon form. She had just enough room in the tunnel to start to twirl the staff, letting the forked end whip over and over before her.
Gritting her teeth, she steadily advanced on the bear. She needed it to feel threatened. Akiha might not have access to her demon blood here thanks to that damned machine, but that didn't stop her from being what she was. Underneath it all, she was a predator. She needed this bear to realize that fact.
Akiha wasn't sure if it was working or not, so she feinted a lunge once she got close enough, the staff still twirling in her single-handed grip, and that was enough. The bear reared up, bone protruding from its back up over its shoulders scraping part of the rock walls. It towered several feet over Akiha, but it gave her room to work.
Immediately stopping the staff and bracing it under her arm, ready to parry with, Akiha drove her left hand right into the bear's abdomen, now exposed to her, under its ribs as if it was a person she was hitting. Clearly, anyone watching would think her insane as such a strike wouldn't be able to do anything to a bear, but Akiha wasn't striking to inflict pain. She struck to absorb using her Meister ability.
The bear let out a wounded sound that, had Akiha been the type of girl to care, would've pained the heart and energy surged through the Meister. Akiha vaguely wondered if Sion would feel any of the whole process through their link as she's never actually used her ability with Sion in hand.
The bear lurched to the side as it recovered, leaving just enough room for someone as fast as Akiha to get through. Now she was behind the bear and the narrow tunnel would work in their favor, making it hard for the bear to turn around.