2. Project IZ*ONE II

Chapter 5- Battle on the Rooftops

Yena charges up her hands and fires bolts of electricity towards the older girl, but Gaeun nimbly dodges the attacks. It really looked like she was dancing through the air. She then launches a counter by harnessing the wind and trapping Yena in a straitjacket, throwing her around.

"Yah, Yujin do something!" The duck yells as she was starting to get nauseous. Yujin shakes her head, trying to regain her bearings. Eventually, she manages to focus hard until she felt liquid flowing through the pipes below her. The younger girl then lets out a yell as she causes the pipes to burst and flow up towards Gaeun, scoring a direct hit that causes her to lose focus and drop Yena.

"You're welcome, unnie." Yujin says with a smirk. The two now find themselves squaring up again against Gaeun who had managed to shake off the attack.

"You girls certainly have improved." Gaeun compliments. "It's obvious why Seunggi chose you to represent the campus, but I'm not just going to roll over." She then sends out an even bigger cyclone towards the two. Yujin, thinking quickly, controls the water like a shield to protect her and Yena. As the wind collides with the water, a pool of mist fills the rooftop. Yujin gets pushed back, but ultimately held her ground until the attack dissipated. With vision getting blurry, Gaeun launches herself back up into the air, but couldn't get a lock on her opponents' positions.

Using this opportunity, Yena gives Yujin a knowing look and they launch their counterattack. The younger girl swirls multiple balls of water in her hands and throws them up. Gaeun, looking unimpressed just, glides past the attacks.

"Is that the best you have?" She taunts. "Reveal yourselves!" At this, Gaeun blows wind down to the rooftop to clear the mist only to reveal Yena right in the middle, looking at her with a smirk.

"No, this is." Yena responds as she points around Gaeun showing all the balls of water still floating around her. The duck then launches a bolt of electricity which chains around the water spheres until it bounced towards Gaeun, who couldn't predict its movement and gets hit directly. The older girl begins to fall from the sky, but Yujin manages to send a wave of water to catch her and lay her on the ground, or well, rooftop.

"Nice try, unnie. We got you beat this time." Yena says politely after making sure Gaeun was okay. The two then continue to make their way towards Yuri, Wonyoung, and the flag.

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"Is it just me or have we been travelling for ages?" Hyewon asks suddenly to Minjoo.

"Come to think of it, unnie, it does feel like we've passed that same chimney a couple times already." The younger girl responds as she points to the architecture of the building they were on. It took them five rooftops to get to the halfway point, and every building was different. Right now, it felt like they'd gone past seven or eight of them which was odd. They could definitely see a flag far off in the distance, but it never seemed to get closer.

"Something's not right..." Hyewon then approaches the edge of the roof they were on, but bumps into an invisible wall. It was then that a realization crossed her mind.

"Yah, Heo Yunjin! I know this is you!" The older girl shouts to open air. When no response comes, Hyewon focuses her energy and launches ice all around her, breaking the illusion box they were trapped in, and revealing a tall brunette-haired girl sitting casually on the edge of the building in front of them.

"I could never get something by you, Hyewon-unnie." Yunjin says with a laugh. Hyewon blasts another ray of ice towards her but it ended up being just another mirage.

"Minjoo, turn invisible and sneak towards the flag, I'll catch up." Hyewon whispers to her partner. Minjoo nods and disappears. "Show yourself, Yunjin!" The older girl yells.