Chapter Two: "The Duel"
Takashi jolts awake in the
, drenched in sweat, screaming:
"AIRI!!"
A nurse rushes in to calm him down.
"It's alright boy, she is okay"
He scans the unfamiliar room, body bandaged, magical pods attacked to his hands.
"What is this and where is my sister",.....he said in a confused and semi angered voice.
"Those are magical pods, they heal injuries faster than anything or any healer, your injuries we're just too serious for it to heal you immediately".
"And my sister?"
"Your sister is alive. Resting in the other room".
Takashi limps to the ward where Airi lies sleeping peacefully, sealed in a magical stasis bubble.
Her body is calm and peaceful like that of a dead person
"What are they doing to her".
"No sign of the demon's corruption but her aura is mixed: half pure, half cursed",.....a voice said in the room.
"Ok, doctor, do what you can to remove the demon before it takes over her body completely",...another man said.
"Who.....who are you?"
"My name is Rengoku, I'm the one that took you and your sister from the forest you were in, you would have died".
The demon you destroyed was a Fragment Fiend…a demon who can split itseld into numerous forms, but part of it still clings to her soul and we must retrieve it before it takes over her, where are your parents?."
Takashi looked down before responding.
"They.....they are."
"Spill it kid".
"They were killed by the demon that possessed her. But I promise to grow stronger and take out that spirit from her and also kill all evil I'm existence"...he said in a furious tone.
"Calm your nerves down red pepper"?
"Red pepper?"
"Before you can do that you must know how to fight, do you know how to fight?"
"Well...I"
"Answer me quickly boy!, any time I ask you questions, you answer fast, okay!"
"Yes sir!"
"You must think fast or else you will end up like your parents, dead, have I made myself clear!"
Takashi remembered his parents and how they died looking down almost crying.
He receives a tap at the back of his head.
"Answer me!"
"Yes sir, seriously did he have to tap my head?
"What did you say?"
"Nothing sir"
"Come with me"
He leads the way to a dormitory with some other students, he looked at them with curiosity.
"What is this place?"
"This is Tenkai High school for sorcerers. This is where people learn to master their skills, what techniques do you use?"
"Technique?"
"Yes, each sorcerers come from a clan with specific techniques, some is Shikigami: manipulation of creatures, Shinigami: manipulation of demons, manipulation of souls, manipulation of Blood, manipulation of Energy into powerful blasts or special weapons, and others who world the power of Erasure: Oblivion and Infinity."
"INFINITY",....he souted and the sensei (rengoku) paused.
"Infinity, do you wield Oblivion?"
"I don't know"
"What did you use to kill the demon?"
"Just a power blast".
Rengoku soliloquizes; "this kid is either lying or doesn't know what Oblivion is, he must have activated it by mistake or anger"
"Either way, keep moving"
"Yes Sir"
"That's Sensei to you"
"Yes...Sensei"
They make their way to a room full of sorcerers both powerful, beginners and in betweens.
"This is the Tournament room to determine the best sorceror for the school, there are four classes, First year for Special Grade Sorcerors, Second year for Powerful Grade Sorcerors, Third year for Strong Grade Sorcerors and Fourth year for beginners. You are a beginners grade sorceror and you will participate in the tournament".
"What?". (Soliloquizing): "this man will be the death of me, I can't fight and he wants me to participate in the tournament".
"And you must participate because it is mandatory"
"Mandatory?"
Sensei Rengoku took his seat and Takashi's name was called to take his position on the floor.
His bones shivered a little but he mustered up the courage and walked over to the place.
Takashi is challenged by an arrogant student from the Nobles' Lineage, named Reika Tsunagi, an Energy manipulation sorceror.
"You want me to face the newbie?, How insulting"...he utters braggingly
"I don't think you should underestimate your opponent, didn't they teach you that?".
Reika becomes furious and shoots an energy beam so great it could bring down a building, but Takashi raises his hand to stop it and it splits into two and hits the titanium walls of the room.
Everyone gasp in surprise.
"How is that even possible?",...one sorceror mumured.
"This boy will be of great use to destroy the evil around",....Sensie Rengoku soliloquizes.
"Are you done",...Takashi said with style.
Reika leaps towards him at full speed for a hand to hand combat.
Takashi stays defensive until Reika dodging stopping each attack with his infinity until he was kicked in the ribs with a relic what was attacked to the buttom of Reika's shoe, the only thing that could bypass infinity.Takashi was sent flying to the Titanium walls and he hit his head so hard it started to bleed. but
Reika then insultedReika saying;
"You are just as weak as that little girl that was brought in earlier, you must be family. Well I guess the loser Gene runs in the family. She was lying there looking stupid"
Those words 'loser', 'stupid', 'family' rang in his ears like a church bell that rings non-stop.
His left eye glowed a fiery red with blue outline, his hair started to rise, his aura bursted out like a volcanic eruption and he yelled;
"You dare insult my family and my sister?, Oh I'm gonna make....you....paaaaaaaaaaay."
In a blink of an eye, Takadhi dissapeared and reappeared at Reika's back, his hands burning with furious energy and his face filled with anger.
"W...w...what kind of speed is this.",...Reika said in his mind in a surprised manner.
With one punch from Takashi, Reika was sent flying through the Titanium wall, the while floor was shattered into bits and Reika was taken to the infirmary to be healed.
The class is left speechless.
Sensei Rengoku had a smirk on his face.
"It seems like this kid is stronger than I thought".
That night, Takashi visits Airi again.
Suddenly, a spirit's voice was heard and it whispered:
"I will take hold of her soul and her body, this is only the beginning. You will not be able to extract me, you might have destroyed my soul, but spirit will live on in this body and finally take over. The gods, monarchs, demons and spirits are watching you."
Takashi rushes to check if it was coming from outside the room, but he figured that it came from Airi's mouth and he spoke;
"I might not be able to do anything now, but when I'm stronger, I'll rip you out and destroy you, and as for the gods, monarchs, demons and spirits, let them come, they will all bow before me".
He left the room and went to his room.