Training

Read in the Viewpoint of Ifrit

The Woods

September 2012

After the fight with Zamir, I took him under my wing. He was a great listener, and I could tell he really was doing anything in his power to grow. Immediately after he decided not to kill himself, we portaled to the local Circle K. We walked in bloodied and battered, grabbed some pay as you go phones, and brought them to the register. "Uhh, you guys okay?" the clerk asked.

"And then I was like...hold on. Yeah, how much is it going to be?" I asked the clerk.

"It'll be $45.67...but maybe you should spend that money…" he responded.

"Maybe you should stop talking before I blow this place up", I snapped with my eyes flaring up.

We walked outside and I looked at Zamir. "So I have your number, I'll call you when training is so we can work on controlling your powers better. I'm thinking Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday. Or something like that".

"Okay cool, is there anything I can…" Zamir attempted to ask before I interrupted him.

"Ifrit. We'll, stick with Ifrit for now and i'll call you Z for short."

"Why do I get a nickname and not you?"

"Z sounds a lot better than I, or If or Rit... Anyways I need to get home and shower. I'll call you soon, Z." I portaled away, luckily landing in my room. I had to throw away my makeshift costume so my mom wouldn't see any blood or smell the char. I hopped in bed reflecting on the battle with Zamir, just looking back at what went down.

"He would of beat me if he had more experience. He has potential to be a great, maybe even a god. Where is the source of his power coming from? I bet it has to do with those bracelets." I passed out.

Tuesday Morning

Roof of the Elementary school

Minooka, IL

I waited for a little bit on top of the school until I saw a blob zoom past me. I knew it was Zamir; he landed.

"There you are! I've been looking…" Zamir attempted to ask before I interrupted him, yet again.

"You're late, and I'm bored. Whatever man come on let's go." I opened a portal. Zamir was reluctant to go in. He eyed the portal up and down.

"So how exactly do you….AHHHHH!" I jumped in after him.

It didn't take long for either of us to arrive to the ground. The area was an endless meadow. The only thing in sight was grass, grass, and more grass. "Ight so first things first. How does your power work?" I asked him.

"Well I have these bracelets-yeah, I have these bracelets and I think they're like an artifact or something." He responded proving that he doesn't know shit.

"So what can you do?"

"Anything!" Zamir started to show off his abilities, he flew at high speeds and manifested energy objects.

"Yeah that's cool and all. but how long can you do it?"

While lifting energy weights, Zamir responded. "Huh?"

"Don't make me- HOW LONG CAN YOU KEEP IT UP?" I asked Zamir while growing more and more impatient.

"Well, actually I don't know. I'm still a virgin..."

"OH MY JESUS. I'm talking about the weights! Your energy constructs!" Ifrit facepalms.

"Oh! I have no idea".

"Alright. Create the biggest and heaviest object you can think of ."

Zamir frowned and created a giant size version of his own head.

"How's this, Ifrit?"

"Haha, that's good. But for real though. Maintain that." I said laughing, but very serious.

"For how long?" Zamir asked nervously.

"Until you can't. Now if you'll excuse me, i'm off to meditate." I walked off not looking back. I found a small patch of grass to plop down onto. I crossed my legs and started to concentrate. I could feel the area around me getting hotter. I could faintly smell the grass burning. I continued to control the small blaze so it wouldn't burn the blade of grass. There was sudden gust of wind and then "WOOSH". I got up and walked over to Zamir, he was passed out on the ground.

I hovered over him "Hey, hey come on. Wake up" I said while kicking him. Zamir woke up. I approached him. "I don't think you even lasted 3 minutes. But we'll work on that."

From that point on, Zamir and I were training relentlessly. His constructs grew with time and so did his skill.

At one month, he made a generic fist.

At two months, he added brass knuckles to that fist.

At three, he could use concentrated energy over certain parts of his body.

At four, he easily was able to maintain a construct armor.

Zamir was growing. And he was growing fast.

Few months later…

"Zamir, i've been training you for a few months now and I think you're ready to take on just about any problem. Shit, you could probably beat me."

"Really? You think i'm that strong?" Zamir bracelets pulse for a second.

"Let me tell you that the only limitation is your mind." I said while walking away "Ight now I gotta tell you something.."

"What?"
"I know where they live now."
"Who?"
"The demons…"

To be continued...