“Ssssss sss sss… HAHAHA!”Out from underneath the pile ap
“Ssssss sss sss… HAHAHA!”Out from underneath the pile appeared the red snake’s tail, batting away the surrounding Nuisance Puyo. As Ouroboros unearthed itself, we saw that the head of the red snake had pushed the black snake’s body in front of it, using it as a shield as it hid underneath. The black snake had taken the full brunt of our attack, and was perfectly knocked out. But that meant… “This is bad… At this rate the revival mechanic is going to kick in again, right…?!” Ringo muttered, breaking out into cold sweat.Right. It’s all a bust if one half is still around. “We admit, your plan had Us a little worried, but… Sss haha sss… As you can see, even that danger is quite easily diffused.” “Using your partner as a shield is just cruel! In what universe is that fine?!” “Gugugu, gugu?!”The red half of Ouroboros sleekly ignored Arle and Carbuncle’s lecture. “Now then, shall we awaken my partner…? Sss hahahaha sss…!” Cackling, it smugly called out to its black half. “Get up, partner. I shall share some of my power with you…”The black snake slowly stirred, lifting its head… Oh no, it really did recover—! And now those two buddy-buddy snakes were definitely gonna send another paired attack our way! …Is what I thought, but— “What do you think you’re doing—?!”The awakened black snake bared its fangs at the red snake, as if it was going to bite it! “Huh?” The red snake looked back blankly. “What?” The sight shocked us as well. “Uh… Partner? Calm down. What is the matter?” “Why did you use me as a shield?!” “To ensure that one of Us would remain…” “That’s your role! You should’ve done it instead!” “I-I have no interest in playing the role of the half that gets hurt!” “Oh, but forcing me to play it suits you just fine, huh?!”Ssswish! Ssswoosh! Sharp sounds cut through the air, leaking from Ouroboros’ heated mouths. “How could you shove my back right into that attack?! The audacity!” “What else could I do? If I didn’t do anything, we’d both be taken out!” “Like I said, you should’ve protected me! Isn’t that obvious?!” “And you don’t see any issue in that reasoning?” “The only thing I see is my exasperation!” “Y-you’re exasperated?! I’m exasperated with you screeching at me like this!”Ssswish! Ssswoosh! SWOOOOOSH—!!Still entwined around the gates, the two snakes started squabbling like little kids! From the ground, we stared at the spectacle with our mouths hanging open. “This…feels kinda anticlimactic, doesn’t it, Carby…” Arle looked disappointed. “Guguuu…” “There goes the whole ‘final boss battle’ atmosphere. Makes you wish they’d take their domestic quarrel elsewhere…” Ringo said. “Ouroboros…seems to be lacking in love,” Ally said softly. Then, “Oh!” as if she had realized something.Ally clasped her hands together next to her face. Her eyes were shining. “Everyone, this is our chance! We need to strike Ouroboros with our love once again while it is still arguing with itself!” We all snapped back to attention at her words. “You’re right, we gotta fire another round of chains. Let’s do it again, Carby!” “Gugugu-gugugu!” “Operation in process! The return of the miracle of love, coming right up!”Arle and Ringo looked at each other and nodded. “Yes!” Ally cheered, “Let’s teach Ouroboros a thing about the wondrous power it so lacks and rejects! In other words…”She threw a hand in the air and winked. “Ouroboros, let’s fall in love—!”We sputtered at hearing that. Falling in love? With Ouroboros? Really, Ally… Ally is just so… Ally is just so Ally! “Okay~! I’m on board!” Standing next to Ally, I gave her a knowing look.Here we go, Ouroboros! You’re gonna take the full blast of our love!Was I convinced that we could pull off a second Synchro Chain just because it had worked the first time around? No, I had no way to really be sure we could do it again. The first time could’ve been a fluke, and the fact that this move was re~ally hard to pull off hadn’t changed. But even so! We were all grinning.Puyo! Puyo! Puyon! “Ally! Red Puyo over here, please!” I said. “Yes! Uhm… There aren’t any around?!” Ally said. “Oh! If you need a red Puyo, we’ve got some over here!” Arle said. “But do you have any green Puyo in exchange?” Ringo asked. “We’ve got tons of green Puyo~! Here, right back at you!” I said, throwing some over. “Got it! Thanks, Amitie~!” “Gu-gugu~!”Last time we had been nervous watching the other team build their chain and trying to match their speed, but this time we were trading Puyo between teams to keep things going much more smoothly. “Amitie! I have cleared out the transparent Puyo that were in the way!” “Thanks, Ally! You beat me to it!” “Hehehe!”It was like we could read each other’s minds. Our rhythm and timing were in perfect sync. Ally and I were two different people, but we didn’t feel like two different people at all. Ally understood what I was thinking. I could feel that with every moment that passed, and in a strange way, I understood Ally, too. And with each beat, I thought, Thanks for giving me the chance to meet you, Ally! I love you! Could this be the “love” Ally was always going on about? If this is what “falling in love” is like, then it really is a mysterious, yet happy, special feeling all around! I glanced up at the dark sky. “They’ve started to make another pair of large chains!” “Hmph… Let Us put aside Our quarrel for now and use the same defense as before.” “Let’s. Then, partner, you’ll be the shield…” “Why?! We should decide this impartially! A round of rock-paper-scissors should…” “If you’re going to go on about fairness, then you should take your turn! And anyway, We can’t even play rock-paper-scissors, for We do not have hands, so don’t waste your breath on such stupid suggestions!” “How dare you—!!”SWOOOOOSH—!!Welp. There they went arguing again. If they’d managed to make up that would’ve spelled trouble for us, but it looked like we were still in the clear for now…? “Should we stack a few more on?” Arle asked. “Come on, to stack or not to stack?!” Ringo pressed. “Yeah, let’s stack away!” I answered.There we go! Look, look! It was amazing! Our newest chains were bigger and better than ever! “Then,” “Are,” “We,” “Ready?”I, Arle, Ringo, and Ally all looked at each other, each speaking in turn. Setting off these monster chains was going to be so awesome! We grinned excitedly, maybe even with a bit of mischief. “Gugugu—!” Carbuncle called out, as if to say, “Fire—!” And at that signal, we triggered the chains!PUYO! PUYO! PUYON!Color by color, the Puyo popped with a Puyo☆! It was so beautiful, like a colorful avalanche. Even my heart was dancing to a Puyo Puyo☆ beat. “This is exciting… Gwehehehe! Nyahahahaha!” “Now… Here I go! Did you feel that? It’s overflowing… The power of love!”In high spirits, Ringo and Ally built up our power. Next, Arle. We had to chant at the same time. We were overflowing with love, even more than last time… Now! “BA-BA-BA-BAYOOOEN~~~!”…In that dark sky, I felt like I saw a comet. And whenever I see a comet, a huge number of Nuisance Puyo is bound to follow. “It’s coming—!” “We are in trouble! This is no time to be quarreling!” “Right! Cover me!” “Why do you never volunteer?!”Even now, Ouroboros was still arguing. And then… “AH.”In the split second before the two snakes were buried under the Nuisance Puyo coming down on them, the snakes finally spoke in sync again. But by then it was too late.WHAM WHAM—! “GYAAAAAAAAAAAA—!!!”This time we had taken them both out for sure. Still trying to use each other as a shield, they were swallowed up by the Nuisance Puyo. I saw it with my own eyes. It was a 100% victory with flying colors!! “We did it—!” Ally cheered while hopping up and down. “We did it… We really did it!” said Arle. “By the midpoint of our battle, all of my reservations about whether we could actually do this or not had long fallen away… This was just way too much fun…” Ringo seemed left in a daze by our smashing success. “It’s all clear now! This is love! There is nothing but love right here and now! To have been able to fall in love with you all, I… I’m…so, so happy, you guys—!” Ally was humming with excitement, her fists shaking.Wow, I’d never seen her that excited before. Maybe it was a little much? Well, I was pretty pumped myself, though. I felt like I could walk on air!While we were still celebrating, we heard a carefree — yep, just as carefree as always — voice sound out from above us. “Whoa~! Love sure is something~!”There was Ecolo, two “hands” up in the air in a cheer. “Congrats, congrats~! I didn’t think you guys could actually do it~”…HUUH?! They didn’t believe in us at all?! W-well, we managed to pull it off in the end, so I guess it’s not a big deal. Drifting airily to the side of the gates, Ecolo continued. “Anyway, it’s about time to open up this door! Here you go, Ally, right this way~” “…Eh?”Oh… Right. I was having so much fun that I totally forgot. Everything we’d done up until now was to help Ally return to the world beyond those gates. -- source link
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