*For the whole day Sapphire has been Training Raurua in how to fight with scythe as she follows Sapphire's swings with a practice weapon. The two were in perfect sync with one another, due to Raurua being a prodigy warrior like Sapphire so it's only natural that she would quickly excel at the basics.*
How about we test out my new techniques with a friendly spar, Darling?
I was thinking the same thing, Raurua.
*They both Dash away from one another and got into the fighting stances. Raurua more elegant and refined she stands straight up, her scythe hanging by her left. While Sapphire spins his scythe, tossing it to hand to hand mid spin and then has it pointing diagonally downward to grown with the blade raised up.*
*The two grind there boots down on the gravel and smirked with anticipation at each other. The air grew tense as there divine Exousia's surge through out the field, practically illuminating the mountains in Blue and Red energy.*
*Faster then light can even travel they're upon each other, they're single clash creating a sonic boom that caused the mountain to collapsed under them! Sapphire repels Raurua's scythe with an upward swing of his nearly knocking her weapon off her hands!*
*Raurua's flips backwards, gracefully lands on a falling boulder and guards another assault from Sapphire! The two have strengthened they're wooden weapons before hand with they're Exousia's. For such frail things would have been instantly annihilated with a mere fraction of there godly strength.*
*They continue to fight using the hundreds of falling boulders as platforms. Sapphire lands one clean hit sending Raurua crashing into a few dozen boulders! Yet Raurua quickly recovers by using a boulder And launches herself back at him! The two scythes clashed ounce more, casually leveling another mountain nearby!*
Haha, we definitely need to practice some self control, Raurua!
*Sapphire joked with a bright smile on his face but he is being completely serious.*
Indeed, you're always so prudent, Darling!
*She said as she leans lightly pecks the tip of Sapphires nose with her black lips. Before she not only disappeared from his sight but she already sliced the space around them with her scythe several 100 times! Even slicing the boulders to pieces! She then appears in front of him and grinds her nails on her wooden scythes blade, creating sparks as she goes to tip of the blade!*
*She then swats her hand away from the blade and Sapphire felt the full force of the hundreds of slices yet he tanked those blows well as he got up from his knees-! With a confident defiant smirk on his face! They then took the fight to the sides of the cliffs! Literally battling out on the walls, forming molten craters as they go!*
*Ages ago they both found a way to have their feet stick to walls even when they upside down on ceiling's! They do this out of natural sheer speed or by focusing a small portion of their Exousia's to their feet's or shoes! They actually doing the former, as they stick to walls by just moving that fast.*
*Sapphire and Raurua counter, block each others attack and then quickly retaliate. They actions and reflexes faster then light as they make decisions dozens times shorter then half a second. Raurua caught Sapphire off guard with a feint and then sent the boy into the mountain!*
*Raurua quickly chases after him as his body drills out a house size path into the dense mountain! She attacks him several times with a couple swings, until she last sight of him for a single moment! That single moment was all Sapphire needed as he appeared right behind her!*
When-!? AGH-!
*Ruaurua yelps out as Sapphire slams the tip of his scythes pole on to her back drilling a path up to the mountain with her body! Ruaurua then feel's herself crash on to some sort of giant stadium size mineral that was inside of the mountain.*
*She nows what this is, it's called Multinium. A powerful mineral used to forge the more advanced and powerful variant armor of an Astera super soldier. Which are Only worn by Combat Superior's like, Gabriel Angelo. Multinium naturally enhances the wearers own Exousia to an insane degree that the wearer can survive being torn apart in a black hole mostly unharmed!*
*Raurua had a plan as she channels her own Exousia in the Multinium, enhancing herself a couple hundred fold! Yet despite the odds, Sapphire managed to cut through the gigantic mineral and sent her crashing out of the top of the mountain! Sending pulses of blue light everywhere as he chases after Ruarua!*
*Ruaura crashes on the ground with a loud thud. She tries to catch her breath before she saw Sapphire was standing right on top of her. He strikes a pose with his own scythe and then kneels down and offers her his hand, with a soft smile on his lips.*
I yield, Beloved. This one is yours. See what did you think?
Your were wonderful, Raurua. I gotta up my game if I want to keep up with you.
*Sapphire then raises up his free hand and let's his Exousia surge around his body. His confidence returning to him as he smirks.*
I'm getting stronger by the day, I'd say I surpassed my original power back on the other side of the Source Barrier.
*Sapphire then stows away his wooden scythe by hanging it on his back. He then rest his hands on the side of his waist as he looks around the battered environment that they caused during their spar.*
Welp, now I gotta fix this all up.
Please, let me, Cousin.
*Said a booming yet feminine voice that seems to coming from the Planet itself. The two know exactly who that voice could be as they see the land mend itself at an astonishing rate. After that they see a figure emerge from the ground, water, air and the ether itself as Fable herself stands before them with a soft smile.*
There, unlike my other side I can mend myself with ease. Something like this is nothing more than a… Hmm… Well nothing really!
*Fable boasted with a laugh.*
Wait you remember that?
I admit a bit vaguely. My father has moved my will completely to this side over the years to prepare for the day of the timeline reset. But enough of that, let's talk about you, Cousin.
*She said with a smile as she approached the two to even more. She leans down to there eye level, her bright glowing green eyes that seem to surge with ancient primordial energy.*
You two are going on a journey and I'll join you wither you want me to our not.
Huh!?!? You want to come with us!?
*The two exclaimed with cartoonish shock as they're faces twist and turn comedically making Fable laugh jubilantly ounce more as she stands up straight. But her face turned to a more serious and melancholic tone.*
I always deeply lamented that I never got to spend time with you like, Yin has when you were younger. Honestly, I have no excuse not to, me being a literal planet with nothing better to do other then training with my Father. I would like to make up for the loss of time, starting now.
*Sapphire didn't even need a moment to think about it, he wants to meet and get to know new people after all.*
Same here, Cous. Plus your the planet itself, you would make for a perfect world tour guide.
*He said with a bright small smile and an enthusiastic nod. Fables Moods immediately brightens from it.*
Which is exactly what I was offering, I know myself, the hundreds and hundreds of lands like the back of my hand! I'm so glad you agreed to this, Sapphire.
Well it's not like I can stop you from coming, Fable.
Yes, You can teleport yourself anywhere on the planet after all. A pleasure to be your acquaintance, Mother Fable. I'm sure I don't need to introduce myself but I'm Raurua De Cour.
*Raurua with a elegant crusty and a soft smile on her brown lips.*
Mother-? Me? Pleeeeeaaas, I might be more than a trillion years old but I'm no mother to anyone. Just, Fable will do. Huh, seems like the Luscria are coming to check on you, Sapphire.
Yeah, I could feel them.
*Sapphire could feels a couple colossal footsteps coming from the distance, the rustling of trees, bushes and calls of some sort of animals numbering by the hundreds. Out from dense emerged these white furred monsters that are at minimum 5 times the size of humans.*
*They slightly resemble standard wild life but at the same time not. Some are wolf like, Deer like, Gorilla like, bug, bird, lizard, toad, Dinosaurs, you name it there are Luscria that every animal in living animal. But they're most common feature is They're skeleton like mask on their heads and their eyes glow a similar bright red to Sapphire's red eye.*
*Then there a the colossal ones resembling, Dinosaurs, Mammoths and Cthulhu giants that are part man and part squid. Each the size or sometimes bigger then mountains. They all begin to surround the three, circle around them cautiously. All of them eying Raurua.*
Don't be worried about her everyone. She's my best friend that I told you all about. Remember?
*Sapphire spoke to the Luscria with a bright smile filled with kindness and warmth. Usually the Luscria are very reserved and extremely territorial towards Humans and Zodiacs. Especially Humans, even when they are tasked to watch over and observe the Luscria peacefully they always make clear attempts to show the humans when they are not tolerated anymore in there territory.*
*But they never ounce in history ever killed a human. Now Sapphire is special to the the creatures, Seraphim had a very very deep connection with the Luscria, to the spiritual level even down to the molecular level. The same is true for Sapphire as the creatures press their bodies against him like cats and dogs to their owners.*
*Sapphires laughs out happily as he takes his time patting and giving them his attention.*
Yeah, it's great to see you all to! Even though it's been a couple days.
*Yet Sapphire could recall that on the other side the Heirs no choice but to leave behind the remaining Luscria on the Other Side of the Source Barrier. The Luscria have everything they need to live on in there own bodies so they have no need for predation. The average lifespan of a basic Luscria is 100 years, while Mystical type Luscria and Colossal's can live for one thousand years and more.*
We had to leave some of you behind, I'm sorry.
*He lamented as he could only dread to imagine how lost and confused the Luscria are on the other side. And how different there lives are. The creatures operate as a mystical horde mind as regardless of how different each species of them is to one another they can receive and send emotions, thoughts and messages from one another thousands of light years away.*
*They share in each others experiences almost instantly to. They're joys, they're pain, they're sorrow. All of it shared instantly and sent to Sapphire.*
*Even from the other side and the barrier completely sealed, he can feel the Luscria's emotions. So much fear, so much pain that it overwhelms him-!*
We should have-! Never-! Ah-! *It was so much that Both Raurua and Fable call out to him in fear as they watch Sapphire vomit out blue blood from his mouth!*
*Even Seraphim felt such raw and powerful negative emotions of the Luscria as she herself did the same.*
My Lady-!
Please-! I'm fine-! Just Do not speak! Oh, Sapphire! Oh my Luscria! AAAAAAH!
1 million years and look what has become of them! Of us! Scattered, afraid, helpless, ruined beyond belief! The humans slaughtering the Luscria by the thousands-!
*Seraphim then feels something take over her, the curse of her people! The all consuming spite and hate for Humanity that her people subjected themselves to and were consumed in! She feels take over her ounce again like the time where she maimed her closes and dearest friend!*
Beloved-! Fight it! Sapphire is waiting for you!
*With Nero reminding her and the memory of her closet friend maimed body she pushed back the Curse!*
No-! They are not to blame!
They too are the victims of HIS evil! HIS deceit and cruelty! The humans do not know what they do! They are young, horridly ignorant but they are capable of wonderful things like my people! I'll always-!
*We then go back to Sapphire as he stands back up one his feet with the help of Raurua and Fable. He wipes the blood of his mouth and chin with the sleeve of his shirt. Unlike his mother, he was not overwhelmed with hatred. He only felt sadness for the Humans. For the Luscria on the other side. He placed a bloody hand on one of the Luscria's head.*
Forgive them. I know it's bad, but One day learn to forgive them.
*The Luscria collectively responded with a snort and a low growl's yet they do not turn away nor deny Sapphire. A sign that they will try in spite of the contempt for Humanity. For Sapphire.*