Golden Sun: Rising Anew
First Fight of the Day
"WAKE UP MY SON! IT'S A WONDE-" a middle aged bearded man wearing a light brown leather tunic with a dark leather apron with what appeared to be burn marks dotted her and there bellowed from his larger than normal stomach.
Only to be punched in the face from our drowsy hero.
""...huUUUUGHROOoowww...what time is it dad?" the yawning Isaac grunted out as he hauled himself away from his bed... his comfy...warm...be-
"DON'T FALL ASLEEP AGAIN! IT'S DAWN, YOU SHOULD BE WAKING UP!" again the fiery red head bellowed with a smile on his face, although the swelling of his left cheek did strain it a little, less so around the wrinkles on his face.
"...DAWN? Dad, I don't need to be up for another hour! LET ALONE AT DAWN!" Isaac was fully enraged now, but he should have expected this, it has been going on since his dad found out he was a mars adept. And the smiling idiot would always use the same excuse.
"It's to get you into the habit of becoming a blacksmith. Like ME!" again beaming with the same smile that was present since he could remember. He always liked that about his dad, he would probably be smiling at a fire breathing dragon that was trying to eat him, and he would probably be saying it would be good in a forge.
That and he made great stew.
If only he wasn't so loud.
Once he calmed down, he remembered that it was Wednesday so his class usually have a physical lesson. "Well is Alice up? I want to help her get prepared for the spar today."
"Don't be an idiot. Of COURSE she's not up!" stated the bearded giant, as if it was a stupid question. Again another common occurrence for the Kaus family, for you see Alice had the makings of a great healer, something not very common as most venus adepts, because they either went into agriculture or architecture, and to find a healer as talented as her was remarkable. Guess that was how it is, she got the brains, while he got the muscle. "She has no need to fight. Besides, she needs all the rest she can get to finish school and become a healer, y'know, a healthy mind is a sharp mind."
"Don't I get the same privilege? I could be just as smart as her if I had more rest."
They both had a long hard laugh at that.
Both Isaac and his farther, Simon, sat at the table eating what was left of the stew from last night with a good loaf of bread. It had to get used up. Isaac was in his fighting gear, it was just the same style of clothes as yesterday, although they weren't as restrictive and now included his fingerless brown gloves.
"So you'll be fighting that albino huh?" Simon didn't really like Ven all that much, tried to gut him with one of his tools, a blunt tool so it would be more painful. Stated that he wouldn't be capable of supporting her financially and he was simply to clean by his standards, sort of like he was trying to hide something.
"Damn right I am. I'll humiliate him in front of everyone." A feral grin was beginning to make its way across Isaacs face, an equally feral one on his dads. Quickly downing what was left in the bowl and gnawing the bread, I got off the chair to go. "I'm going to go out for a quick warm up. Tell Alice I'll see her in school. Also, remind her not to leave her staff this time." i stated, rising from my chair, and headed towards the cupboard. Within it housed his most important possession in the world.
His mothers scythe. The Harvester.
His mother was a fantastic farmer and a skilful venus adept. It was rumoured she could make barren fields bloom with flowers and vegetables just by strolling through. That was why his mother and father made this scythe after they were married, so that if she ever went for a stroll she could always be ready. She used it to gather wheat she had grown rather than protect herself.
It was completely metal, almost silver at first glance. The shaft was about four feet long with what looked like a thorn at the base, wrapped along it was white leather to give . The bladed portion curved straight about a foot, half a foot in width, and the last half a foot curved slightly downwards. It was bladed on both sides with a pattern that looked like a fire burning up a rose vine.
Lesson: Marriage of Adepts
Unlike conventional means of marriage, the new trend was to have a symbol of their union between two adepts. This is done by having an item that must hold meaning to both marital partners. The farming scythe above for example was forged by the person and shows that he will always be there to protect and help the other. The mother is a farmer and uses the scythe to manage the fields, showing she will support him and their future in turn.
Once an item is chosen, both adepts place in the item as much psynergy as they possibly can. So that whenever a person touches it, they shall always feel the both of them together, even after death. Other items that have been recorded include rings, shields, tables, and even some trees.
Once he picked it up and then felt it, the energy that was coursing through, giving him such a buzz. He never really got any memories of his mother having died giving birth to Alice when he was nearly a year and a half or so...focus. He needed to beat Ven and he couldn't do that while reminiscing. After leaving the house he ventured further away from the town until he got into the wild. Glancing beyond, he could make out the boundary that separated the rest of Bilbin from the Ancient grove. It needed to be there to stop travellers and peddlers from wandering in and becoming lost forever. To the east, past Bilbin was the Goma mountain range and with the morning mist surrounding the tops, looked splendid.
He waited.
SQREEEEIIII!
He had company. It was a simple rat soldier, which would be a good start. Isaac got into a fighting stance with the scythe on the right of him, blade pointing outwards. The rat charged, sword forward. Isaac merely steps to the left and charges forward pulling the rat with him. Isaac swings the rat into the ground winding him. Next Isaac used his own momentum to spin himself round and to stab the paralysed animal, only for it to roll to the side and avoid harm, although it now had a line of blood along its chest.
The rat jumped into the air with an overhead slash, to be met with the top bladed portion of his advisory, thrust downward, cutting into the armour, and run through after being dragged along the ground about three meters when Isaac kept pushing him along.
Lifting the weapon, a quick swish to remove any excess blood (Isaac smiles "as clean as the start") Isaac remained hoping for another challenge, as the noise should've attracted attention. A troll charges in from some foliage, axe raised to cleave his skull. Dodging the strike, Isaac got to his feet, concentrating, a red inferno blazes completely around his left arm from fingertip to shoulder, his right one holding the scythe.
"Flame Lariat" and charged the beast, his left arm striking the neck, and created a meter deep crater from where the troll had collided with the earth, its neck broken and blackened to cinders. It was only then did he notice the position of the sun and sprinted towards the academy. The expected pain was shooting up his arm but he didn't care, he was ecstatic that his improved Flame Fist was better than before, and couldn't wait to pound Vens face with it.
That is before the teacher pounded his face in for being late.
He didn't make it.
"Move it, Move it, Move it!"Mr Hart, pronounced heart, was the balding old man that kept screaming that infernal word over and over, his vest nearly bursting out of its seams from the grotesque rippling muscle when he finally took a breath. He was a former army instructor for the Kalay army, but had to leave because 'his teaching technique was too harsh'. Isaac and the rest of the class could vouch for that. Due to our hero being five minutes late, the entire group, girls to, had been running around the field for the past forty five minutes. The tortu-teacher stated that this will stop them being late, whether as disincentive for future punishment or to make them run faster was unknown, but they didn't care because they all glared at the person who brought this upon them, Isaac.
"STOP!" it caught everyone by surprise as they all tripped over their own or run into the person that was in front of them. "That should be a suitable warm-up. Alright, first two combatants will be the ones that stand up before the REST of you pansies. LET'S GO!" ordered the drill sergeant. Isaac glanced behind and saw Ven shifting from his position on the floor, about to get up. With this thought in mind he moved beyond the screaming from his body saying that it needed rest and was up.
"It's decided. ISAAC VS..."
Authors Notes:
Hello again, had inspiration to write another chapter, and on an awful cliff hanger as well. Naruto fans will love Isaacs move as it looks the same as Killer Bee's version of the lariat. Also the inspiration for Simon Kaus was based both on Isshin Kurosaki from Bleach and my own dad, no word of a lie he actually said the same thing as Simon did when dad met my sisters' boyfriend. This was also my first ever fight scene. I tried to keep it brief yet also exciting, so penny for your thoughts and review, oh and flamers?...DO YOUR WORST!HA!
Anyway I think I should do a list of psynergy that's mentioned. The psynergy Isaac used was part of a new set I designed for him, rather than having Garets starter class which I thought was a little dull, i made my own personalised for him. It is an all new type, Striker, which relies on very good attack and PP, good speed with average HP but quite poor defence and luck. There is still one new move for him to reveal yet so keep reading to find out.
And finally, the marriage thing, first it shows how I think the artefact weapons and psynergy-granting items are made by adepts putting everything they have into something important to the person/s such as the force gem from fuchin temple housing their teachings and ideals and the Gaia blade holding the psynergy from worshipers of the venus lighthouse. The second and third reason will be kept secret until later on in the story.
Thoughts on the story put in the review if it's not too troublesome
See ya
Psynergy Mentioned:
Flame Fist – creates fire around the castors fist and strikes but also does a small portion of damage to the castor as well. Damage based on how strong the person is.
Flame Lariat – creates flames around the arm of the user and clotheslines the opponent, does more damage to the opponent and the user. Damage based on how strong and fast the person is.