This chapter would've been finished and out earlier, but I found Miley Cyrus and Billy Ray singing 'Ready, Set, Don't Go', cried for a bit, and then finished this chapter.
Enjoy this aftermath...
"T...Tommy…?" Takuya's head lightly lifted, showing that his eyes were back to normal, but were wide and glassy, as if he was about to cry.
"Takuya?" Tommy whimpered, eyes wide in fear, but also soft in worry. Takuya's hand, of which he was using to nearly punch Tommy, fell limply to his side and Takuya straightened, freed from the spell.
"T… Tommy…" Takuya mumbled, "K...Koji… Everyone… I'm sorry…" Takuya clenched his fist and looked to the ground, so he wouldn't see the damages.
"You're back!" Tommy hugged Takuya out of relief.
"Yeah…" Takuya said, hesitantly hugging back. What if he hurt Tommy? What if the spell was still there, and his moment of bodily control was just temporary?
He didn't want to hurt them further… He could actually see Zoe use her Sky Spirit Slayer magic to heal Koji.
He had actually burned Koji. The Light Spirit Slayer may be a jerk, but he was still his friend…
"Taki…?" JP took a step towards them.
"I'm fine, JP." Takuya said. He still wasn't confident that he actually broke through, but he didn't want his friends to worry about his mental state.
"Thank goodness…" JP sighed in relief, before running to Zoe and Koji, "Is the jerk okay, Z?"
"He should be." Zoe replied as she finished up using her healing spell, "Koji didn't get severe burns from the attack. Mild ones, but not severe. Thanks to my magic, he should've even have a burn scar."
"Good." JP said, "How'd ya feel, jerk?"
Koji glared at JP, "I would've been fine without Zoe's help." he growled.
"Thanks for the 'Thank you', Koji." Zoe pouted. Koji just sighed.
"Thanks, anyway, Zoe." he said, sitting up and calling over to Takuya, "You okay, Goggle-Flame?"
"You're bad with nicknames, Koji." Takuya said, "I'm fine. You okay?"
"Did you not listen to the healer?" Koji asked.
"Heh, just asking." Takuya said, rubbing the back of his neck sheepishly. Koji grinned,
"I'm just fine."
"That's good."
Koji stood. Takuya squeezed Tommy a bit tighter before letting go and tried to move away from the relieved seven-year-old. Tommy held onto his arm, though, and Takuya didn't have the heart to make him let go.
Takuya watched as the villagers came back into their barely-destroyed village, Bokom and Nea following closely. He noticed the egg Bokom now nursed and held inside the haramaki the white creature wore, but decided to not question it.
Instead, he stared at his now-only-gloved free hand and thought on something.
Would he be able to use his magic, with this new fear of going berserk and harming someone again?
Imma say this now:
Takuya's doubts will probably be solved in the next two chapters. Soo...
Enjoy it while it lasts.
Imma go back to listening to 'Ready, Set, Don't Go', and probs work on the next chapter. I have no plans on sleeping until at least five or six am tonight.
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