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A Shattered Life

Chapter 31: Brothers

Geo's purple eyes were fixed upon the mysterious masked warrior, he noticed that one of the man's eyes was also the same color as his, so that meant he was a Casterwill just like him. Of course that made no sense to the young boy, every member of his family was gone and he was sure that there weren't any Casterwill's left but him, not to mention his eyes were unique, they were the source of the ancient Semblance that runs in his family's blood. "That man can't possibly be related to me, father said that we were the last of our kind, and yet..." He paused for a moment. "His eye is the same color as mine." Geo whispered.

Then he looked at the warrior's weapon and found it quite familiar. The sword's design and shape were similar to his grandfather's blade, but he wasn't sure it was the same weapon until he saw the handmade carvings located at the hilt of the sword. "I'm not sure who you are or what you want, but that blade certainly doesn't belong to you." Said Geo with a serious tone. "Where the hell did you get it?"

"Hahaha! I believe you already know the answer to that question but I can still tell you if you are so eager to know." Hydrox raised the sword a little bit high. "I took it from an old brother of mine his name was Giovanni, I believe he was your grandfather my King." He answered. "I will never forget the day we faced each other in a beautiful battle, he was an extremely talented warrior and much more, but in the end justice will always prevail." Hydrox lowered the blade. "Giovanni was a traitor to the cause and I had to put him down, unfortunately."

"So you are the reason why he never came back from his travel to Mistral all those years ago." Learning this caused Geo's heart to be filled with hatred. "How can you call yourself a Casterwill when you are killing your own people, your family?" Asked the warrior, but Hydrox didn't bother to reply for some reason. "At least answer this. Are we the last ones alive or are there others besides us? I need to know."

Hydrox nodded sideways. "You and I are the last remaining Casterwills in this horrible world." He replied. "And that Silver Eyes is the last one also, meaning that my vengeance is almost complete." Joy grew inside him as his mission was coming to an end. "That woman you have in your arms must die brother, her people murdered so many of us and for that she must face execution."

Geo's grip around Ruby's figure tightened, causing the red haired girl to look at him. "I don't care about what happened between our families in the past, I love Ruby with all of my heart and I won't let you take her away from me." Said the boy with a serious expression, making the young girl blush. Then, he turned to her. "My apologies for arriving late my love, I ran as fast as I could towards here when I saw you and the other girl fighting against that guy through Ozpin's cameras."

"It's alright, I'm just glad you are here." A smile spread across her sweet lips. "If we team up we can take this freak out easily." Geo nodded but in that moment he felt his left hand wet and it wasn't from the never ending rain, when he looked at his hand he saw blood and next to it was a wound that continued to release a small amount blood. "...It's nothing to worry about, I can still fight." Said Ruby.

When the Prince released her from his arms, Ruby immediately felt a sharp pain spreading over her whole body. She lost her balance and almost fell to the ground, luckily Geo caught her just in time. Sweat streamed down her forehead and it was clear by her expression that she was in pain. The attacks that she suffered from her battle against Xeno and Hydrox had done more damage to her than she initially thought. "Ruby, you can't fight in this state you can barely move." Geo was concerned.

"I...I-I can't let you do this alone, this is my fight too." She replied. "And you don't have a weapon to defend yourself so you will need me at your side." Ruby gathered all her strength and managed to stand with her own two feet, but by doing that it caused some of her wounds to open a little more.

"He does now." Said Hydrox as he threw a very familiar blade towards them.

The Prince caught the sword with his hand and took a closer look. It was Stormcaller Malice, the blade that once belonged to his mother when she was younger. "It's good to have you back." Geo was happy to have his favorite weapon at his side once again and now he was ready to battle. "But I do have to ask. Why did you gave me this? It makes no sense."

Hydrox chuckled. "We might be enemies but I'm still a Casterwill nonetheless, I don't kill people that can't protect themselves, unless its a Silver Eyes of course." Hydrox's attention turned towards his sworn enemy.

"I'm your opponent now so you better focus on me, otherwise you won't last long." Replied the boy. He then looked at his girlfriend and said. "Listen, I know you want to fight him but I won't be able to focus my attention on that freak with you fighting in this condition. So please, stay out of this one." Geo placed his hand on the girl's cheek.

Ruby lowered her gaze for a second, she really wanted to kick the masked warrior's butt, but she knew she wouldn't be much of a help to her boyfriend in her current condition. "...Alright, I might not be able to move much but I can still cover your back with Crescent Rose in sniper mode." Said Ruby with her sweet tone.

"Exactly what I was thinking." Smiled Geo before pulling her for a kiss in the lips, watching a Casterwill and a Silver Eyes kissing made Hydrox uncomfortable which is why he avoided looking at them. When Geo's lips separated from Ruby's, he made his way towards his enemy. "I will make you pay for what you did to my Ruby and my grandfather!" Geo's sclera turned black while his irises began to glow purple. His body was then surrounded with a faint purple light. "This is where it ends for you!"

"You don't stand a chance kid, the cause that I fight for gives me strength!" Shouted Hydrox as he charged towards his enemy.

Both of them clashed against each other quite violently, sending sparks everywhere when their blades clashed together. Geo quickly swung his blade from the left but Hydrox blocked the incoming attack without much effort, then he made his move and brought his weapon down, aiming at the boy's figure, fortunately the Prince parried the blow with Stormcaller Malice, but the force of the impact caused his feet to slide a few inches back.

Geo hurled himself at the man, swinging his sword. The masked warrior blocked again and again. His blade might have been large and powerful, but Geo's sword was quick. He kept Hydrox on the defensive, attacking in every direction possible. The tail of the boy's coat turned and flapped as he spun and turned, twisting and twirling the blade with deadly precision.

Their weapons clashed again and held. Geo stared at the eyes that were under the grey mask in front of him. The young man was holding his blade with both of his hands as Hydrox pushed against him. Each warrior jockeyed for the upper hand, but Hydrox suddenly shoved with a new surge of strength as his purple eye started to glow. His blade easily pushed Stormcaller Malice away. He then began to strike with the same rage as Geo did. With each blow, the Prince felt the weight of his opponent's sword resonate down his weapon. His hand almost threatened to drop the blade as the assault continued.

Finally, his fears were met as Salem's agent struck with an upward sweep that flung the blade from the boy's hand. Hydrox twirled his sword and thrust it, aiming for Geo's heart, but the heir was able to dodged it just in time by jumping backwards. The masked warrior ran towards him but he was then forced to stop as he saw several bullets coming his way. "Annoying Silver Eyes bitch!" He yelled while blocking every incoming bullet.

"Don't call her that!" With a scream of fury, Geo ran and launched himself at the man. He drew his legs up and extended them. The bottoms of his boots connected squarely with Hydrox's mask. Geo twisted his body as he sailed through the air, pulling out of his dropkick and landing on the ground. The young man then looked back at his girlfriend in the distance and gave her a thumb up.

Hydrox quickly raised himself and cleaned the dirt off his outfit. "Haha! You caught me off-guard there kid, but I have to admit you do have some skills." He said. "Skills that could be useful for our Goddess's cause. Salem will save this world from the corrupt governments of the kingdoms, without them around everyone will be free to do what they want. The strong will prey upon the weak and only the strongest will survive in the new age." Hydrox slowly walked towards Geo. "Don't you want that brother? A free world where you don't have to follow the kingdoms orders or anyone else's, and just do whatever you desire, whether is killing, stealing and raping. A world truly free where the strongest will rule!"

"You are insane." Replied Geo. "What the hell do you know about the weak?! You have no god damn idea what's like to see your own family being butchered in front of your eyes without being strong enough to help them! So many friends of mine died right in front of me because I wasn't strong enough to save them! You don't know how much it took me to survive after that!"

"But you did survive! Through sheer force of will, you forced yourself to become stronger. That pain and hate inside your heart helped you take back your life!"

"And now I'll take yours." Geo charged straight at him. A charge of Aura flow from his body into his blade, then he drew back the weapon and swung, letting fly an arc of purple light. "Caster Slash!"

Hydrox held up his sword and blocked the attack, he then sent it back at him. Geo barely managed to raise Stormcaller Malice and deflect the blow into a nearby broken house. When he looked at his side, Hydrox had vanished. He looked back and forth, but there was no sign of the man. "Where is he?"

"Behind you!" Yelled Ruby.

Geo spun and slashed. Unfortunately, the attack missed Hydrox by a few inches. "You disappoint me brother!" He whispered. "Sanctus Devine!" A blast of Aura came out from his glove and it head towards the boy. Geo fired his own charge, blasting it out of the air. The resulting shockwave was fierce, but Geo kept his ground. "Such power wasted, you really have no clue what you are doing Caedos."

"What?...Why did you call me that?" He asked.

"Hahaha!" Hydrox laughed. "If you want to know, ask the Headmaster of Beacon."

The heir quickly was upon the masked warrior once again, he brought his blade around in a wide arc. When Hydrox raised the sword to block, it felt like he'd hit a brick wall. Geo's weapon resonated in his grip, sending a rattle through his body that made his teeth shiver. "I'll give you one more chance brother, kill the red haired bitch and join us!"

Geo slammed his fist against Hydrox's mask with all his strength. "I refuse!" The blow forced Hydrox to take a couple of steps back, parts of his mask were cracked. "I will destroy you and Salem's so called world!"

"I doubt that."

Suddenly, multiple aircrafts arrived at the abandoned village and they quickly surrounded the enemy. "It seems we will have to continue this another time." He placed his blade back at it's holster. "I'll see you soon brother." With that said, he disappeared into the forest.

"Caedos...Why does that sound familiar?"