Chapter 10 - Prove Thyself
"Damn!" I shouted as I spotted the figure of Tomona appearing right in front of me. With no mercy whatsoever he pulled back his fist and thrust it straight into my stomach. I wreched and fell to the ground clutching my wound. The young man jumped back and laughed softly.
"Hey, if you can't even guard that you're finished before you start. Or have you started already?"
I got to my feet and shook off the dust that had gathered on my body when I hit the ground. And then I knew what the real situation was.
"Trust me, I'm fine." I smiled and suddenly Tomona appeared right behind me. But this time I was prepared. I shimmied around and ducked right under the foot that was aimed for my head. Tomona paused for a split second, and I saw by the look on his face that he wasn't prepared for such a quick shift of direction. However, the break didn't last long, and suddenly he pulled all his weight into trying to hit me.
Admittedly, he was fast, and it took my all in moving past the many, many punches and kicks that were fired towards me. It was a strange sensation, to be able to dodge moves that flew so quickly, but it was incredible at the same time. Suddenly I spotted a quick break in his movement, and I took my chance with all my speed and power. My fist flew straight into his nose and I heard the cracking of bones which almost made me sick to my stomach. I jumped back and looked at the kid who was nearly crying in pain. But not quite.
"Hey, kid? Are you alright?"
He growled at me and suddenly I felt his aura of power manifesting my body, and I gasped at the amount of energy he was summoning from within himself. Suddenly he jumped right into the air and stopped around fifty meters above my head. I remembered what Jessie had tried against me in training, and I immediately pushed my hands out, for I guessed what was coming next.
"Alright Rylian! If you're so goddamned strong. take a load of this!!!!!!!!!!!" he screamed as a blood-red beam of energy flew out of his hands. I pulled my palms back, and felt my own energy dragging through my body as I summoned it all from within myself. I drove my hands forward and suddenly the beam clashed in mid-air with my opponent's attempt. It would take the one with the greatest will to win to defeat the other. that much was certain. My hands started to shake with the effort of pushing the blast upwards towards Tomona, but I could feel his power draining from him, and that point I knew I had victory in my palm. I pushed quickly upwards and I heard the explosion above me. Tomona collapsed to the ground, writhing in the pain that I had just bestowed upon him, and I ran towards my opponent so as to help. And suddenly I found myself casting a spell towards the young kid whom I was fighting against. A warm beam of golden light flew out of my hands, and engulfed him all over. And then, Tomona got to his feet, completely cured.
'.Whoa! How'd you do that?!' he yelled, and the rest of the villagers looked upon me with suspicious glances.
'.To be honest, I'm not sure. Jessie used the spell on me yesterday and I remembered it. It just sort of came to me.'
Tomona looked at me and smiled warmly.
'Well, you're in my good books. And you're powerful enough to fight, that's for damn sure!'
"Damn!" I shouted as I spotted the figure of Tomona appearing right in front of me. With no mercy whatsoever he pulled back his fist and thrust it straight into my stomach. I wreched and fell to the ground clutching my wound. The young man jumped back and laughed softly.
"Hey, if you can't even guard that you're finished before you start. Or have you started already?"
I got to my feet and shook off the dust that had gathered on my body when I hit the ground. And then I knew what the real situation was.
"Trust me, I'm fine." I smiled and suddenly Tomona appeared right behind me. But this time I was prepared. I shimmied around and ducked right under the foot that was aimed for my head. Tomona paused for a split second, and I saw by the look on his face that he wasn't prepared for such a quick shift of direction. However, the break didn't last long, and suddenly he pulled all his weight into trying to hit me.
Admittedly, he was fast, and it took my all in moving past the many, many punches and kicks that were fired towards me. It was a strange sensation, to be able to dodge moves that flew so quickly, but it was incredible at the same time. Suddenly I spotted a quick break in his movement, and I took my chance with all my speed and power. My fist flew straight into his nose and I heard the cracking of bones which almost made me sick to my stomach. I jumped back and looked at the kid who was nearly crying in pain. But not quite.
"Hey, kid? Are you alright?"
He growled at me and suddenly I felt his aura of power manifesting my body, and I gasped at the amount of energy he was summoning from within himself. Suddenly he jumped right into the air and stopped around fifty meters above my head. I remembered what Jessie had tried against me in training, and I immediately pushed my hands out, for I guessed what was coming next.
"Alright Rylian! If you're so goddamned strong. take a load of this!!!!!!!!!!!" he screamed as a blood-red beam of energy flew out of his hands. I pulled my palms back, and felt my own energy dragging through my body as I summoned it all from within myself. I drove my hands forward and suddenly the beam clashed in mid-air with my opponent's attempt. It would take the one with the greatest will to win to defeat the other. that much was certain. My hands started to shake with the effort of pushing the blast upwards towards Tomona, but I could feel his power draining from him, and that point I knew I had victory in my palm. I pushed quickly upwards and I heard the explosion above me. Tomona collapsed to the ground, writhing in the pain that I had just bestowed upon him, and I ran towards my opponent so as to help. And suddenly I found myself casting a spell towards the young kid whom I was fighting against. A warm beam of golden light flew out of my hands, and engulfed him all over. And then, Tomona got to his feet, completely cured.
'.Whoa! How'd you do that?!' he yelled, and the rest of the villagers looked upon me with suspicious glances.
'.To be honest, I'm not sure. Jessie used the spell on me yesterday and I remembered it. It just sort of came to me.'
Tomona looked at me and smiled warmly.
'Well, you're in my good books. And you're powerful enough to fight, that's for damn sure!'
