As the strikers would have arrived at a strange house.
Megumi: [Ok everyone this is my friend's house.]
Tokihana: [hmm... I'm excited what's her power?]
Lucy: [Yeah me as well.]
Lucy would knock on the door and it would immediately be opened.
A rather average-height girl with red hair and light blue eyes, she had a sword by her side and wore a long, all-black dress.
Woman: [Hello my name is, Himari Higure] She'd say intending to be nice but, instead ended up coming off as if she was speaking to someone of lower status.
Tokihana: [Hey you should so speak to Lucy-san, more kindly she's the one who took down gratitude.]
Himari would look deeply at Lucy tilting her head.
Himari: [So this is the little runt who took down Gratitude? Lucy.] she'd say quite amused.
Mamoriko: [Lucy is not a runt!] Mamoriko would say being quite annoyed.
Lucy: [...]
Megumi: [Cut her some slack, Himari.] Grace would say quite clearly annoyed by her rudeness.
Himari: [Fine Megumi, come in all of you.] She'd say not taking anyone but Megumi seriously.
Note: [Himari dropped honorifics for Lucy due to her lack of respect, while she dropped them for Megumi because they were very close. Mamoriko didn't use honorifics for Lucy either, as they shared a close relationship.]
As they walked in, they would see a beautifully designed interior, with tea cups arranged in cabinets and real crowns placed around a massive tea table in the middle. It seemed she was living a little girl's dream.
Lucy: [This is quite a nice house]
Himari would smile.
Himari: [I know right.]
Himari's mood would have changed it appears her actions at the door were a front to see how the Strikers would react, Himari would sit at the table in the one chair that appeared to be that of a queen the rest would simply be normal years fancy chairs they all had red cushioning, it felt to as if you were visiting the place of a rich person.
Aiji: [Hmm I don't forgive your previous rudeness to my girlfriend but I must say this place is quite nice.]
Himari: [Thank you, small child.]
Aiji: [...]
As the rest of them would sit Megumi would gain a serious expression.
Megumi: [Well tell us what you know]
Himari: [Humility's location?]
Megumi would smile.
Megumi: [Duh]
Himari would giggle.
Himari: [Kyoto, but I have one condition before telling the exact location.]
Megumi would tilt her head.
Megumi: [Which is?]
Himari would get a grin on her face.
Himari: [Me and Lucy, I wanna test the girl's strength.]
The entire group's face would go grim.
Aiji: [Uhh that's..]
Mamoriko: [...]
Lucy: [I'm not that strong..]
Himari: [I'm aware but it's not your strength that took the gratitude, it's your battle smarts. I simply want your help to avoid any tricks.]
Lucy would then ponder on whether she would agree to the offer I mean she's basically just a 13-year-old Japanese girl who the hell did Himari believe she was that she could face one of the 7 saints head-on?
Megumi: [Deal.]
Everyone would look at Megumi.
Lucy: [Megumi-senpai are you-]
Megumi: [I think you can handle it well.]
Lucy: [If you believe in me then I won't let you down.]
Himari: [But first I must say why I was so rude to Lucy-San truly]
Tokihana: [Yes?]
Himari: [She is grattuide]
Everyone would gain shocked looks on their face and turn to Lucy.
Daikenji: [From my ability I can tell she isn't lying.]
Himari would stand and look into the eyes of Lucy.
Himari: [Or rather she has his abilities]
Hayanobu: [Are you tryna imply that she absorbed his abilities]
Himari: [Not imply it's just a fact.]
Megumi: [So you think she has another ability?]
Daikenji: [She most likely has a version of my power absorbing ability just more advanced, my ability I can absorb on coming attacks but Lucy-San after defeating her opponent gains their ability it seems passive.]
Lucy dumbfounded, had never realized she had the ability.
Lucy: [Daikenji-Sama hit me.]
Daikenji: [Lucy-San are you...
Lucy: [Yes.]
Daikenji lifted his blade and swung but before it connected an invisible aura wrapped around Lucy and when the blade landed it bounced off.
Daikenji: [hmm...]
Lucy: [It works!]
Aiji: [My girlfriend is so amazing!!]
Megumi: [So it's true.]
Hayanobu: [...]
Mamoriko: [Lucy-Chan...]
Tokihana: [....]
Himari would chuckle.
Just then Lucy would drop to her knees.
Tokihana: [Are you ok Lucy?]
Lucy: [Yeah my ability ran out it seems unlike Nusumi it has a time limit on it.]
Aiji: [Wait does this mean I'm the weakest on the team...]
Lucy would think then get a sly look on her face.
Lucy: [Yeah you are a weakling.]
Aiji would dramatically frown.
Aiji: [Who exactly are the strongest on the squad?]
Daikenji: [Well, I would say number one is I, number two is Tokihana-San, Number three is Hayanobu-San, Number four is Mamoriko-San, Lucy-San is Number five, Megumi-San is number six, and Aiji-Kun is number 7.]
Everyone except Aiji would seem pleased by their ranking as Himari would interject.
Himari: [Hypothetically where would I place great Daikenji-Sama] she'd say in a mocking/teasing tone.
Daikenji would ponder.
Daikenji: [Second place without too much doubt.]
Himari would smile quite pleased by Daikenji's words.
Lucy: [What are your powers anyway?]
Himari would smile.
Himari: [I can cut the soul.]
She'd say grabbing her sword from under the table.
Lucy would be quite bewildered by the statement and point to her belly button.
Lucy: [I read in a book your chi/ki is 3 inches behind your belly button, but chi/ki isn't real so is it your soul instead?]
Himari: [Yes you are quite smart.]
Lucy: [But why is cutting the soul such a big deal?]
Himari: [Well, by doing so you can permanently take away things important, for example, if I cut the soul arm their real arm would no longer be able to function, or if I destroy it they would cease to exist.]
Lucy stared at Himari who pondered on her overpowered ability it was truly terrifying and the fact she had such a thing was truly scary no doubt she would be a powerful asset on their team.
Lucy: [Himari-San, join us please.]
Himari would shake her head.
Himari: [No, but I will lend you my assistance.]
Lucy: [Right!]
Himari: [Tokihana-chan, take us to the big mansion at the Shrine deep in the mountains.]
Tokihana would grow a disturbed look on her face.
Tokihana: [THAT GUY IS HUMILITY!!!]
Megumi: [Didn't you give him the chocolate you were selling..]
Tokihana: [Yes...]
Aiji: [Good luck Lucy-Chan!!]
Mamoriko: [Yeah good luck!!]
Daikenji: [If he's too much trouble give me a ring.]
Hayanobu and Megumi would be smiling.
Tokihana opened up the portal as Himari walked through Lucy following close behind.
The portal would close behind them.
Lucy: [I'll knock.]
Lucy would walk up and knock.
The door would swing open as a rather tall man maybe around 5'8.
Hokori: [Yes? You kids don't have more chocolate right?]
Himari: [Were aware of who you are, Saint representing humility.]
She'd say with a smug on her face holding tightly to the sword she had placed on her side.
Hokori would look at Lucy.
Hokori: [Lucy the one who defeated Nusumi-Sam correct?]
Lucy: [Yeah that's right!] she'd say quite proudly.
Hokori: [Hmm... you are the girl "he" said we would have to prepare for "him" hmm..]
Lucy: [The prepare thing, what does that mean!?]
Hokori: [You'll know when the time comes..]
Suddenly a big bear-like creature would appear and strike at Lucy but she would respond by using her new ability from Nusumi.
Hokori: [Nusumi's ability...]
Lucy would smirk.
Lucy: [I call it an ephemeral barrier.]
Just like that Himari who had drawn her blade would swing down, and cut the bear directly down the center dispelling it immediately.
Hokori: [Uh!!]
She would attempt to swing at him but a big buffalo would take the hit as he'd fly up on a giant eagle.
Hokori: [What the fuck..]
Lucy would ponder but she came to an easy realization.
Lucy: [He's humble which means understands his limitations and imperfections meaning he doesn't see himself as strong enough to fight so he has things do it for them.]
Suddenly Lucy's eyes opened wide in her vision she saw a giant Kodiak bear attack Himari slicing her arm off and leaving her to have extreme trouble swinging her huge sword.
Lucy would run over as she saw the big bear form she would use the Ephemeral Barrier as a means to block the attack which was effective but she'd feel her heart beat faster and get slight heartburn.
Himari would jump up and slice the bear's head dispelling it.
Hokori: [Damn...]
Himari: [Are you ok Lucy.]
Lucy: [This is my 3rd time using this ability I think my limit is 6-10 uses a day.] Lucy would say quite ashamed.
Himari would leap over attempting to slice at Humility who would respond by summoning 6 bulls to run her over as she sliced through them a giant snake would swim out of the ground attacking her but it grew more heads shaping into a dragon-type creature this creature looked like Yamata No Orochi from ancient Japanese Mythology.
Lucy would scream out!
Lucy: [Don't cut it, its blood can release dangerous neurotoxins when released into the air]
Himari: [I'm aware this is Yamata No Orochi.]
Hokori would fly away on an eagle further into the mountains.
Lucy would grab her phone, calling Megumi.
Lucy: [Megumi-Senpai! Humility is running away he summoned Yamata No Orochi!]
Megumi: [I would send Daikenji but he's out scouting for the other saints, I'll send Hayonobu and Tokihana to settle Humility.]
Lucy: [Right!]
Lucy would hang up the phone.
Yamata: [You two have chosen death..]
Lucy: [We will survive!]
Yamato would begin to start violently shaking releasing a red liquid that looked like Betadine letting out a misty substance its throat would begin to move as a big red energy ball would come flying at them.
Himari: [No you don't!]
She would jump up and slice the ball.
Himari: [I will cut the great serpent down a few stories.]
Yamata: [Delusional.]
It would repeat the process this time and a giant energy beam capable of blowing Kyoto away as Lucy would jump in front of it blocking with Ephemeral Barrier.
But one major flaw with that ability is it doesn't stop the force of the beam Lucy not being able the support the blast gets blown away with Himari behind her getting blown nearly into a tree which could've been fatal but she managed to wrap the barrier around them completely leaving them completely protected just as it would collapse.
Lucy: [Yamata No Orochi is too strong for us I fear even Daikenji-Sama would have trouble against it, I mean normally I could find a way to defeat it but I have no idea, we can't even cut him.]
Himari: [Well I'll take the risk and cut him it's the only way to win the battle.]
Lucy: [Fair enough, wait it's never mentioned how long the toxins last blood clots when in the air for a while if we just wait after cutting him the toxins would eventually clot.]
Himari: [Your smart kid let's do this.]
Lucy: [Right!]
They would walk out from the forest looking up at Yamata No Orochi.
Humility's location.
Horkio: [I've managed to escape those two will fight him and if they win well then I'll die but I'll know for a fact that girls the one "He" said would save the world, but it couldn't be true so maybe I should just kill her.]
As he continued to ponder a portal would open up and a guy would jump through striking him multiple times which he barely survived as he fell.
Hayanobu: [You won't escape that easy.]
Tokihana would smirk.
Tokihana: [Yeah for sure.]
Hokori: [Oh great there's more..]