Chapter 2: Power Within
About ten hours ago two warriors left Academy of Fighting Skills. Names of those warriors are Satsu and Kane. They're on mission to find two strong power sources located at Yahoi.
Satsu's powers are ending and he stops walking. Kane turns around and looks at him. "Tired already?" He asks and smiles.
"Yeah…" Satsu answers and sits down to ground. "Aren't you tired already?"
"Not a bit!" Kane answers cheerfully. Kane sits on ground and looks at Satsu. He can easily see that Satsu is tired.
"I never thought that it would be so long way to Yahoi." Satsu says and wheezes a bit. "If we keep on walking this speed, we reach Yahoi after couple of months."
"Yeah…" Kane says to himself and looks at setting sun. "If we keep on walking this speed."
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It's morning. Satsu wakes up and looks at Kane whose sitting on rock and is ready to continue their journey. Satsu stands up and looks at Kane's back. "Aren't we going to eat anything?" Satsu asks.
"Did you bring food with you?" Kane asks and turns around to look at Satsu.
"No." Satsu answers with depressed voice.
"Neither did I." Kane answers and smiles. "We eat at Yahoi." He's actually kind of amused to see Satsu so hungry.
"We can't survive without eating for couple of months!" Satsu shouts to Kane.
"Hmph!" Kane says and looks at rising sun. "Didn't I say that our journey to Yahoi will took only one week!"
"Whatever…" Satsu says and looks up to sky.
"Now we shall go!" Kane says and rises to his feet. "Come on, Satsu!"
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Satsu and Kane have walked for awhile. Satsu's still trying to figure out how they're going to get to Yahoi in one week.
"We must increase our speed if we wish to get to Yahoi after six days." Kane says to Satsu.
"Shall we run then?" Satsu asks.
"Yeah!" Kane answers and starts out running. Satsu runs after Kane and manages to get up with him.
After some time Satsu is worn out and he can't go on anymore. He sits down and wheezes. Kane also stops running and turns to Satsu. "That was your brilliant plan!?" Satsu asks Kane. "I'm already worn out!"
"But you didn't even run full-speed." Kane says.
"I did!" Satsu defends himself.
"With power level of 150 you should be able to run ten times that speed." Kane says. "You're not using all of your power. You can probably use only 10% percents of your power."
"Then teach me how to use all my power!" Satsu requests and stands up.
"I will do that…" Kane says and smiles.
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Satsu and Kane are standing on grass-grown ground. Satsu looks at Kane. "What should I do to use all my power?" he asks.
"You must concentrate and decide to use your power." Kane answers. "That's all you have to do."
Satsu concentrates. He doesn't believe that he can make himself ten times stronger by concentrating. Suddenly Satsu feels strange feeling inside him. It's an unpleasant feeling. "Kane…" he starts. "I feel kind of strange."
Kane looks at Satsu and he can feel that Satsu has got stronger. "That's not all!" Kane says to Satsu. "There's still more power within you! Don't stop concentrating and you will be able to use all of your power!"
Satsu continues to concentrating. Unpleasant feeling within him is growing. Suddenly Satsu feels terrible. "YAAAA!" he shouts and wind blows out from him. Kane feels the wind on his face. It's wind generated by Satsu's power. Satsu falls to his knees and wheezes.
"Congratulations!" Kane says and smiles. "You have learned to use all of your power!" Kane offers his hand to Satsu. He takes Kane's hand and rises to his feet. He smiles back to Kane. He feels now much better and stronger.
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Satsu and Kane are again running. Now that Satsu's speed has multiplied he can also run full-speed. Satsu isn't tired a bit. He has never felt this awesome.
"Sorry for suspecting you." Satsu says to Kane.
"It's nothing." Kane says and looks at Satsu who's running beside him. "I was same when master Okina helped me to unleash my power."
"With this speed we're at Yahoi in our estimated time." Satsu says and smiles. Now he knows that after two weeks he will see Amy like he promised to her.
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It's evening. Sun is setting and Kane and Satsu are resting. Satsu has run for many hours, but he isn't feeling exhausted. He doesn't yet understand all capabilities of his power.
"What else you can do with power?" Satsu asks Kane whose sitting at cliff and looking at setting sun.
"Everything!" Kane says. "You can do anything you can think of. But only if you're power is great enough."
"So what could I do with my power?" Satsu asks and walk to side of Kane.
"Well…" Kane starts. "You could probably boost your strength and speed, fly and shoot energy blasts."
"You can do all that?" Satsu asks and sits next to Kane.
"Yes." Kane answers. "And I can also sense power around me."
"You mean that you can tell power levels of other people?" Satsu asks and looks at setting sun.
"No." Kane answers. "I can only tell is power big or small and good or evil… Wait a second!" Kane stands up and feels something. Two power levels about his class, but they're evil and heading towards Satsu and Kane.
"Satsu!" Kane shouts. "We're being attacked! Stand ready for combat!"
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After few seconds Kane and Satsu can see two warriors flying towards them. "Get away!" Kane shouts and Satsu obeys him. "You must leave them to me! You're not capable to use your power yet!"
Kane draws his sword and takes off to fight their opponents. "Kane!" Satsu shouts to Kane who isn't listening.
Kane stops his flight at front of two warriors. "You came here to fight us?" Kane asks them. "If so I'm ready to take you on!"
"We are ordered to kill you by our master Fenikkusu!" One of the warriors answers.
"You're welcome to try!" Kane shouts and swings his sword, but both warriors dodge his sweep. They're flying towards Satsu.
Warriors are closing with Satsu. Kane's trying to reach them before they reach Satsu, but he can't. "Satsu!" Kane shouts. "You must fight them!"
Warriors are too fast for Satsu and he can hardly see them. One of his opponents punches him to chest. Satsu is knocked back. Kane lands in front of him. "You have to kill me if you want to fight him!" Kane shouts to warriors.
Without saying anything warriors attack Kane. Kane dodges their attacks and knocks them away with sweep-kick. Kane runs towards them and tries to hit them with his sword, but warriors jump out of his sword's way. Kane's sword is stuck into ground and he leaves it there.
Kane gathers energy into his hand while warriors are running towards him. "RAAAAH!" Kane shouts and shoots blast from his hand. Blast pierces stomach of closing warrior and he falls to ground.
Satsu looks at fighting Kane eyes wide open. Kane just shot blast from his hand. Satsu has practised fighting for long, but he didn't know that someone could form one's energy into a blast.
Kane is trading blows with his opponent. They're about equal in their strength and skill. Kane misses one of his opponents attacks and is hit to stomach. Warrior kicks Kane away and he smashes to ground. "Now you will die!" warrior shouts and flies towards Kane.
"Kane!" Satsu yells and runs to help him. Warrior is closing with Kane to finish him. Satsu takes his swords and throws them at warrior. Warrior doesn't notice flying swords and they pierce his chest. He falls to ground and is completely dead.
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Kane!?" Satsu asks and kneels next to Kane who's laying on ground. "Are you okay!?"
"I'm fine." Kane says and looks at Satsu. "I must rest to recover my power. I must teach you how to use rest of your abilities. You need them if we face more Fenikkusus's minions. Concentrate into what you want and you will be able to do it. Try flying for beginning."
Satsu concentrates. Again he feels his power within. He concentrates on it and his feet rise up from ground. He is floating. "You did it!" Kane says and smiles. "Try to fly higher."
Satsu rises slowly higher. He's now about five meters from ground. "Now increase your speed and fly around!" Kane says. Satsu increases his speed and he flies back and forth the sky. He's now able to fly perfectly. He lands next to Kane.
"I learn fast, don't I?" Satsu asks and smiles.
"Indeed you do!" Kane answers and smiles.
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Now Satsu has seen true power. He has seen how it is used in battle and he's also willing to learn to fight perfectly by using his power within. But now he's also terrified because he has seen power of Fenikkusu's minions. What a horrific power will Fenikkusu himself possess? Satsu wishes that he's not to face power of Fenikkusu. But still he wants to grow stronger and break his limits. His way to master power has begun and his willing to reach end of that way.