Chapter 4 ; Combat Practices
Zack Rolled out of his bed, he stretched and stood up. He felt something drop down on his shoulder. "Morning Master Biv." Zack said calmly.
"Well it's nice to see my new roomy!" A voice cheered.
Zack homed in on a young man in a school uniform sitting at a near by computer desk. He was thin, and well the only way to best describe him was fashionable.
"Hi'e, I'm little old Bobby panache! Aura Eminence; MerMer Phon, MerMer for short time. I have a Copy Cat Aura, I can copy some one's Aura power for a while. It is so nice to have a roomy," He pointed to an empty above him. "Our other roommate is a sort of a loner, he doesn't like to socializing. That's why he's out of here A.S.A.P. in the morning. So he doesn't have to deal with us."
Before he could say any thing MerMer continued. "He has an improspective Aura, when he's in a crowd he disappears. And who are you, if I may be so bold."
"Zack, Zack Saturday. Nice to meet you Bo..."
"Uh, ho, ho Aura Eminence, and what's yours"
"Well MerMer, truth is I don't have one so I guess you can call me Zack." Said sum what puzzled.
MerMer dropped into a thinking pose. "That is interesting, and you have Ms. Biv as well? That is interesting, you see the only time there was an Aura user with no Eminence and an aura teacher, I.E. Ms. Biv." Mer Mer seemed to think of what he wanted to say. "It was AI Shiomi a very rare Light Aura user."
"I don't think that I'm that special." Zack said shaking his head.
"Maybe not but, Chapran asked me to make sure you get to your first Psych gym class."
"It can't be all that different." Zack shrugged as he got out of bed and started to get ready.
"You'll be sur prized, tell me what's your Size?" MerMer said with a wicked smile.
"What?" Zack said with a mouth full of tooth paste.
With in no time Zack was dressed in a skin tight uniform that had a strange armor covered with seniors and gadgets. He stood in a line of other young men from his school in the same type of uniform. A large, muscle man with close cropped hair and a similar skin tight uniform marched back and forth in front of the young men. His stern face seemed to got worse and worse as he made each pass. Slowly the gym floor parted and a new floor rose up, it has a court painted on it with a line bisecting it and two smaller boxes just on the out said of the court. As it was locked in the place the man drew in a deep breath.
"A health mind and body can house a strong aura field. Why are you her? To work on your aura powers. Any question?"
Before any one can raise a hand to ask he continued to bellow. "Alright boys, I'm your gym teacher call me Mr. GoaEra!" He shouted out. "My powers includes Earth, Rock and Sand! To day you will be working on strengthening your aura guards! First up the new kid, Zack Front and center, Now!"
Zack walked up on to the field. He stood their no clue what to do. "Alright boy'o just keep calm. Listen to me your teach is going to start chanting to build up aura power while he's doing that try to see his Aura Color."
Zack looked a his gym teacher. Mr. GoaEra took the other side of the field and started to chant. "Rumble, Rumble, Shake, Rumble."
Zack looked intensely at his gym teacher, trough squinted eyes straining them he started to see the teachers form blur. Slowly Zack notice a field of color start to emerge. He could gray blob, a blob that surrounded him, fitting to his form. "Master Biv, his aura field is gray."
"Not exactly, boy'o but I'm not surprising. You see the field but not the color, we'll work on that later. In combat an Aura acts like a rhythm that if you can see it you can move the that rhythm, avoid attack, or counter attack. As for the color just another part of the puzzle you can use Aura colors tell all sorts of stories. Right now cross your arms and relaxes, if you tense up his aura powers will rip you up but if you calm down and move to the rhythm..."
"Yah, Master Biv I get what your saying." Zack said with a nodded and crossed his arms. He watched as 's aura seemed to flare. Large stone tendrils appeared form the back of Mr. GoaEra and struck Zack pushing him back, it took all that he had not to be knocked down. As the assault stopped Zack took in a deep breath and almost collapsed.
"Hay, hay, Not bad Zack!" Mr. GoaEra said with a smile while he slapped Zack on the back.
"May I try now?" A voice for the line up asked. Slowly the crowd parted to show A tall Asian fellow with long black hair. His stern face reminded Zack of but murderous doll like eyes, locked onto him.
Zack swallowed hard as he watched the young man come towards him. He's eyes locked on him, like an animal ready to attack. Carefully he walked to the battle field Zack knew that the way he walked reviled that he was skilled.
Zack Saw another rabbit like Biv but dressed in a vest and ascot sitting on Zerodeuo's back. "Family?" Zack asked to Biv. "Yup," Biv replied. "That's right my brother Bovity and his student, Zerodeuo a steel aura user. I can't teach you anything fast enough , I guess I got to let Old Kur help here."
"Ah, yes, Zerodeuo! Hay I think Zack her could use lesson in murderous intent .Ha, ha." Mr. GoaEra laughed. "He's the only Steel Aura user we have in this school."
Zerodeuo walked into the arena square he made a wicked smile. "Have at each other!" yelled.
Zerodeuo charged a onyx black tendril wrapped around his right arm and took the form of a katana. Zack's eyes blazed with orange light as orange tendrils crept along the rest of his face. He lifted his arms, as thick red scales and ebony-black claws grew out of the tip of his fingers. The two clashed, neither giving nor letting up as the two ragged. Blade and claw struck each other over and over in a never-ending stream. They backed off as Zerodeuo imaged blurred Zack looked around wildly for him. An aerie blood lust rippled into him, Zack wanted to kill him, kill his opponent. Two eye less, snake tendril appeared from just behind Zack's back. They quickly wrapped around Zerodeuo, who was just above Zack and slammed him down to the ground. Pain! Pain! Pain! The phrase chanted into his head, over and over. No Zack thought trying to drown it out.
Zerodeuo rolled aside and in his free hand a mass of onyx tentacles wrapped into a ball, which he quickly kicked towards Zack. Racing quickly he lifted an arm at his opponent, a mass grown and a small hole appeared. It fired a spiky quailed creature shot out and knocked the steel ball away.
He smiled. "Nice, Duo Image!" Zerodeuo yelled as a mirror image of the tendril appeared in his opposite hand.
He Dashed quickly towards Zack with both weapons ready to strike, Zack roared and countered with more snake like tendrils sped towards his opponent. Zack watched as there heads were lopped off by Zerodeuo's blades. Sharp claws and scales overlapped Zacks feet. He leaped into the air his foe looked into the hair and disappeared.
While in the air, Zack scanned the room for his enemy. "Up here!" Zerodeuo appeared above him.
Zack aimed his arm upwards and fired another spiny creature, Zerodeuo disappeared again. Zack landed on the ground as Zerodeuo reappeared. The two readied to clash again as they prepared to charge.
"Hold up!" Mr. GoaEra boomed. "You too did well."
Zerodeuo's steel tendril disappeared and he relaxed. Zack's cool down was slower but little by little his arms turned back to normal along with his eye. Zack breathed erratically his body convulsed slightly. His arms and legs lost all strength, he couldn't move again. Crud Zack thought. I'm serious mess up
Zerodeuo looked over at Zack and with an ominous smile. "My Master says you were cheating some how," He said his eyes still locked on him. "But you have no skills, you were like a primal best. Truth is that you were dangerous to me like that. Relaying on instinct too much is bad." Zerodeuo lifted a hand to Zack. "That's what you do when you have no training. I would like to face you again when you are more trained. I hope we can be rivals, I'd like to fight you when you have more training."
Zack took his hand, the two shook. "Yah, I hope we can too." Zack said, still in pain.
Zerodeuo when back to the rest of the boys and with help of his roommate, MerMer, Zack went back to the lines as well. After Gym class as the school nurse looked over his Zack taking reading on his Aura. It was only the gym's infirmary but it would put a Secret Scientist lab to shame.
"That's interesting," The nurse said puzzled. "Though every thing was monitored. Nothing but some sensor ghost are showing up on the readouts. It seems when you get revved up and then are forced to stop it puts a real strain on your system. Explainable anomalies, noting? We've got to work on that, I'll set up a meeting with the Head nurse. So that we can feel out this salutation OK?"
"Fine with me." Zack said still trying to steady himself. His body shook uncontrollably from the withdraw of Kur's power. Zack knew it.
"Ha ha, Not yet! Ha, ha I think..." Mr. GoaEra laughed as he came up to Zack with Zerodeou in tow. "You could be useful for something both of you," He looked over at Zerodeou and back to Zack. "Come to Principles office after the school. We're going on a Gray hunt, tonight in the city!"