Unwritten Destiny [Yuri/Sapphic, Isekai, LitRPG]

I reached for my sword.

It wasn't there. My bag! Shit. I looked down at myself and remembered that I was wearing a bikini. Hannah reached for her broken holy symbol and looked like she wanted to cry. Yeah, same girl, same. So she went for her warhammer and ran towards the golem.

"Bippity boopity bop, Alexis says stop!" A wave of purple energy spread out of me as I cast Slow for the first time. The angelic golem's movements became sluggish as it swung one sword at Lily and the other at Hannah. The ginger flicked out her shield just in time, but the impact still sent her flying into the wall. Hannah fared better, ducking under the blade and smashing her weapon into its side. The golem was still very fast, even slowed, and it caught our angel with a backhand that knocked her on her ass.

I ran up to it, rolled under a sword swing and breathed fire up into the thing's face. It politely laughed at me and a blade caught me in the ribcage just under my swimming top and lifted me off my feet, tossing me across the room.

After a disturbing number of heartbeats, my lungs finally inflated, drawing in a massive gasp of blessed oxygen.

So, that sucked.

Lily came scrambling over and skidded to a stop at my side. Her fingers traced along the wound, closing it, but just barely. And I was covered in blood again, so that's more clothes that were either ruined or in need of magical cleaning.

The wound may as well have been a feather's tickle compared to what I felt when the ginger turned away and left without so much as a word. I groaned painfully and reluctantly pulled myself to my feet.

Best get back to it, lest I get more people killed. Especially these two.

Hannah clashed with the golem, her warhammer matching and repelling the thing's giant sword in an impressive display of her strength.

But the hulking enemy simply used the deflected momentum to shift its next attack. Lily had been trying to sneak around behind it as it swiveled to her and brought both swords down onto the tiny ginger.

I hurled my own body on top of my maybe-not-my-girlfriend-anymore-I'm-not-sure-it's-complicated. The screech of nails on a chalkboard set my teeth on edge and rattled in my ears as one sword skidded across my Shield of Force. Unfortunately, the second sword depleted the remaining durability and my shield shattered. The blade sliced down into my upheld arm, its attack blunted but still very dangerous.

Our cleric charged and rammed her entire body against the golem. They both careened into the wall. My arm hung uselessly at my side, blood pooling on the floor as it dripped off my fingers.

I leaned against the wall and looked down at Lily. "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine Elder God. Worry about yourself." She ducked away from my good arm and Shaped into a giant wolf as she raced back towards the golem.

Whelp. Glad she's fine then. I'll just stand here and hold up this wall for a second or three. I heard roaring and the clashing of steel behind me as I did my duty, making sure the wall wasn't in danger of falling over.

You ever wonder why we're here? Like why do we do the things that we do? Do the do do, do? I looked up at the smooth stone ceiling of the temple. We could all just float away into that pretty pink sky.

"Alexis, SHUT THE FUCK UP. We're busy here!"

Oop. My inside voice was on the outside. I slid down the bloody wall and swiped a liter of it aside to find the rune on my wrist.

Ooooooooohhhhhh. I looked down at the blood all around me. That's why I'm so floaty. Come back blood! I need you inside me. Heh heh, that's what she said. Hannah roared as her warhammer smashed one of the golem's arms, leaving it with only one, just like me. "Hey! Golem! We're arm buddies! I'd offer to shake, but I can see you're busy."

The angelic golem swung its good arm around, catching Lily in the back with the flat of the blade. She impacted the wall and crumpled into a pile. Come on good arm, we've got a job to do. Arm forward, drag. Repeat. I inched my way over to the ginger and checked for a pulse. Okay good, she was still breathing.

Her eyes fluttered open, although unfocused and dazed as she looked up at me. "Oh, hey pretty girl." She leaned up and kissed me. As she pulled away, her eyes focused on me and went wide. A bunch of complicated emotions passed across her face. The mask slipped back on and she rolled away, before springing to her feet.

Ahh. That's good then. I collapsed to the floor as the last of my strength left me. The stone floor felt cold on my cheek as the room turned sideways.

"Lily!" Hannah roared with more anger than I had ever heard from her. "She's dying!" The angel pulled a vial of glowing red liquid out of her bag and chucked it at the half-elf's head.

The ginger grunted in pain as she barely caught the potion. My eyes closed as everything went dark. "Alexis, drink this." Mmm, she had a pretty voice. But I couldn't do what she said. I just wanted to lay here and listen to her voice. I felt Lily's fingers slip between my lips, followed by the cold glass of the bottle. The liquid poured down my throat, leaving a warm tingling in its wake.

My eyes shot open and I sat up so hard that I bumped into Lily. I stretched my hand past her shoulder and drained my spell points. Orange lightning arced from my fingers, surging into the golem. Its carapace cracked and the accursed monster finally fell still.

I collapsed back to the floor, my eyes locked onto the ginger's. She blinked and looked away before standing up.

Huffing for breath, Hannah staggered over and slumped to the floor beside me. "A hard-won victory. I can see why you're still alive." She winked at me and smiled.

Yeah. My eyes followed Lily as she walked across the room to look at the dead golem.

Sure didn't feel like a victory.