"Uhhh...damn it." Seth muttered as he looked up to see Yang coming down with both hands extended out circle in bright spheres of light. The man in white placed his hands together and sent out a single blast of light towards Seth. Seth pushed himself out of the way avoiding the attack.
"Crap...these guys come out of nowhere and want to fight?" Seth darted his eyes looking for them. He couldn't fid Yin or Yang, or even Tao. Suddenly Yin was in front of him again and Yang was behind him. Both had one hand out stretched and placing it on Seth. He was squished between the two.
"Oooohhh...they wanna knock you out early!" Tao observed as he floated above the battle.
"..." Yang nodded to Yin.
"..." Yin responded with a nod as well. Two magic circles appeared as both of their hands were consumed by a sphere of light, and a sphere of darkness. The two spheres exploded and enveloped Seth in the blast.
"Aaaaahhhhhh!" A large tower of black and white magic energy rose high and pierced the sky.
"What in the world..." Sterling thought as he looked out from his balcony, "Looks like that light is coming from the docks..."
"I'll be right back, need to get some air." Starphire smiled at some guy she had just met. She and her friend walked out from the party they were in to get some air.
"Crazy in there huh?" Her friend asked.
"Oh you know it.." Starphire smiled, "Probably one of the best we've been too this week."
"Totally..." Her friend smiled, "Hey...what's that?" Starphire's friend pointed to a large pillar of black and white light.
"Hmmm? Must be some sort of light show." Starphire shrugged.
"At the docks?"
"...the docks?" Starphire repeated, then began to ponder.
"...what in the world..." A young man thought as he was in the forest. He saw the light piercing the sky, and in that instant took off towards it.
"So...still standing eh?" Tao asked as Seth was hunched over from the attack.
"Hmph...seems so..." Seth grinned, "And now...I know what you guys are capable of."
"Hmm? So you were just measuring Yin and Yang's magic levels?"
"Kind of..." Seth repeated, "and now that I have a taste...it's time..."
"For what?" Tao asked.
"For me to burn it all down..." Seth muttered, "Bellow...of the Flame God!"
Chapter 3: Bellow!
"Bellow of the Flame God!" Seth roared a burst of black flames spiraled into the air as Yin and Yang leaped away from him.
"Hmm...the rumored Black Flames master told us about...so he does posses the power." Tao thought to himself, "If things progress I might have to join in as well."
"Now...which one of you guys wants to come at me first?" Seth asked, and in an instant Yin dashed forward. Seth leaped back as Yin threw his fist forwards, Seth caught it with one hand and had a slight grin on his face as he raised his free hand.
"Fist of the Flame God!" Seth's free hand was surrounded in black flames as he punched Yin in the chest and sent him skidding back. Yang then appeared behind Seth and threw a high roundhouse kick aiming for the young mages head. Seth ducked and glared at Yang from the corner of his eyes. Seth then spun around Yang and drove his elbow into the man in white's back forcing him to fly forwards. Yin caught his partner and prepared his next attack.
"..." Yin clapped his hands together as they surrounded by a dark aura. He slowly separated them and in between his hands was a bolt of black energy. He then compressed the bolt of energy and threw it up in the air. The energy turned into a small sphere of black energy and shot a powerful laser towards Seth. Seth quickly avoided the blast as it ripped right through a building.
"Whoa, that was close..."
"..." Yang was wielding two blades made of light magic as he spun around rapidly and tried to slash Seth. Seth side stepped the attack and cocked back his fist.
"Fist of the Flame God!" He landed another black flamed punch onto Yang. Yang was sent skidding back. Seth was taken by surprise when Yin had appeared from the ground and landed a devastating uppercut.
"Crap where'd he come from!" Seth thought as he was lifted off the ground from the strike. The Flame God Slayer stumbled back and darted his eyes back and forth looking for either Yin or Yang. Both were gone.
"..." Both Yin and Yang appeared once again on both sides of him.
"This again?" Seth grinned, "Flame God's Cloud!" Seth waved his hand sending out a wave of black flames around himself to defend him from the duo attack from Yin and Yang. Both jumped back and quickly decided which one to attack.
"Crap! I need to hurry if that was what I think it was..." Sterling thought as he rushed towards the docks, "Come on Seth, please don't do anything stupid you numbskull!"
"Fist of the Flame God!" Seth aimed for Yin this time and planned on taking down the man in all black this time. Yin placed his feet on the ground, and then his hands to stop himself from skidding back any further. Yin quickly vanished into the ground as Seth swung wildly in the place where Yin once was. Suddenly Seth felt a burning sensation across his back and looked behind him to see that Yang had blasted him various times with beams of light.
"Grrr..."
"..." Yang simply stood there with his hands out.
"..." Suddenly a blast of dark magic knocked Seth on his back as Yin came up from the ground once again.
"M-Man...you guys sure are tricky..." Seth kipped up and leapt in the air, as he thought both Yin and Yang followed him.
"Bellow of the Flame God!" Seth bellowed and released another black fireball. Yin and Yang split up trying to avoid taking the attack.
"Exploding Fist of the Flame God!" Seth dove towards Yang as his fist was drenched in black flames. As he made a quick punching motion while in close range of Yang, the fireball released from his fist pushed the two away. Sending Yang towards the ground and Seth further in the air, which didn't last long. Seth turned his attention to Yin.
"Fist of the Flame God!" While his fist was still emitting black flames Seth dove towards Yin and drove his fist right into the man in all black's chest and drove him right into the ground.
"Ha!" Seth did a backflip and looked at the places where the Light and Dark Mage had landed.
"Well...he seems rather talented and promising." Tao thought still observing the fight, not wanting to get involved just yet.
"Master picked a fine vessel this time...he'll do wonderful when the time comes." Tao continued to think to himself.
Seth kept his eyes on the craters where the mages laid and awaited for one of them to stand, yet he started to feel suspicious once realizing neither of them had moved yet.
"...!"
"...!" From below Yin had appeared once again with his fist coated in black magic and struck Seth with a devastating uppercut. As Seth floated off the ground from the impact, he saw Yang. Yang had done a front flip and coated his foot in light as he landed a strong axe kick onto Seth's face and causing the young mage to do a full black flip and landed neck first into the ground.
"..."
"..." Both mages looked at each other and nodded. Yin and picked up Seth and tossed him towards Yang. Yang coated both of his feet in light magic and kicked Seth right back to his magic counterpart. Yin coated both of his fists in dark magic and threw a hard punch and sent Seth skidding back across the ground. Once again Yang kicked Seth up, and then kicked him towards his partner. This beating continued.
"Ooof! Augh! Gawk! Grewaa!" Seth spat out blood from the impact and damage he was taking.
"I-I have to stop this..." After taking another punch from Yin, Seth slammed his hand on the ground and slowed himself down. As he closed in on Yang he braced himself for another kick, but also had a plan. As Yang kicked Seth up and back to Yin his plan had already begun. He used this momentum to spin and look straight at Yin.
"Bellow of the Flame God!" Seth released a ball of black fire from his mouth and it consumed Yin. Once Seth had placed his feet in the ground, he whipped around and saw Yang already close to him. As in face-to-face.
"Got'cha...Fist of the Flame God!" Seth leaned back and delivered his own uppercut to Yang and sent him over his shoulder and crashing into his partner Yin. Once the two mages were together Seth had a slight grin on his face.
"I'm done with this!" Seth reached both of his hands out and reeled his body to the side, "Flame God's Scythe!" A burst of black flames exploded into Seth's hands as a large black flamed scythe formed.
"What does he plan to do with that?" Tao thought, "I really hope he plans on using that...he'll burn everything down with that...which is perfect."
"Seth no!" A voice shouted.
"Huh?" Seth turned around to see Sterling joining his side, "Sterling? What are you doing here?" Asked Seth as his scythe diminished.
"I saw some explosion of light and dark magic from my balcony...I came to check it out and for some reason I could tell you were involved."
"How?"
"Look around you." Sterling sweatdropped as he and Seth saw the various marks and craters of destruction all around the docks.
"So?" Seth shrugged.
"Whatever, who are these guys?"
"The one in all white uses Light Magic and his name is Yang and the on in all black's name is Yin and uses Dark Magic. While the third one in the air is named Tao and he's been watching this whole time. Apparently they call themselves The Trio. That's all I know."
"So we don't know fi they are part of a rival guild or anything either?"
"Nope..."
"Well, they decided it be okay to attack a member of Excalibur Edge, which is something they'll regret." Sterling stuck one hand out as a sword had appeared in his hand, "Let's handle this guys swiftly."
"Right." Seth nodded as both of his fists were engulfed in black flames, "Let's burn'em down!" Yin and Yang looked at each other and simply nodded.
"..." Yang stepped up and extended his hands out as two blades of light formed in both hands.
"..." Yin then stepped up and coated his fists in darkness magic. The battle then ensued once again. Seth and Yin clashed fists, while Yang clashed blades with Sterling.
"Fist of the Flame God!" Seth roared as he swung wildly for Yin's head. Yin ducked down and delivered a quick two punch combination to the ribs of Seth and caused him to go sliding back. Yin then did a backflip swinging his leg upwards towards Seth. Seth dodged the kick and reached out grabbing Yin's ankle. As he lifted the mage in front of him, yin quickly spun around and pushed off of Seth with his free foot. Seth stumbled back, and then lunged once more.
"..." Yin rolled to the side, and elbowed Seth in the back of the head. Seth grabbed the back of his head and turned around to see Yin was gone.
"...!" Yin landed another combination of strikes to Seth's body. Seth gritted his teeth from the pain.
"Exploding Fist of the Flame God!" Seth threw his fist forward and the black fireball from his fist flew forwards. Yin made a wall of darkness to hold off the attack, and that gave him enough time to leap out of the way.
"Don't think so!" Seth shouted driving his knee into Yin's face.
"...!" Seth then leaped in the air and clasped his hands together.
"Flame God's Burning Hammer!" He shouted as his hands were drenched in black fire and slammed his fist down right onto Yin's abdomen. Yin winced from the pain, but quickly reacted by grabbing one of Seth's arms and punching him with a dark magic imbued fist. Seth's head snapped back.
"Crap!" He muttered.
"...!" Yin ran towards Seth and readied for his final strike.
"Bellow of the Flame God!" The roar devoured Yin. Yin held his hands up in a defensive position as he was pushed back from the blast of magic.
"...!" Yang swung one blade of light at Sterling, who countered with his katana. Once the blades clashed Yang swung his free sword.
"Whoa!" Sterling leaned back avoiding the sword swing. Yang leaped in the air and slammed both swords against Sterling's sword. Yang put all of his weight onto Sterling. Sterling growled, but then pushed the mage off of him.
"That was close, this guy is tougher than he seems..." He thought. Yang twirled his two blades of light before he pursued Sterling once more. Sterling dashed forth as well and the two quickly clashed. One swing from Yang's sword pushed Sterling back, but he quickly spun around and tried to slash the masked mage's back. Yang was too fast as he had already reached behind him with his free blade and blocked the attack. Sterling quickly kicked the back of Yang's knees causing him to bend forwards.
"Got'em!" Sterling twirled his blade and went for the major strike across the back. Yang rolled forwards barely avoiding the strike.
"..." Yang turned around to face Sterling. Sterling had a slight smirk on his face. Yang began running in a zig zag motion. Sterling kept his eyes steady on the mage. He then raised his blade above his head and drove it straight into the ground, sending out a slight shockwave pushing Yang back. Sterling took advantage and lunged at him. Yang shoved one sword of light in the ground and used this to swing himself around. Once he had swung himself around he clashed blades with Sterling. Yang released his blade and quickly jumped up and landed a back spinning kick across his face.
"Crap!" Sterling spun around and stumbled from the impact.
"..." Yang created two more blades of light and leaped up towards Sterling. Sterling saw this from the corner of his eyes. He quickly spun around and slashed Yang in half, causing him to fall to the ground in two pieces.
"Finally..." Sterling let out a sigh of relief.
"Well...seems like they're done." Tao descended to the ground, and once he did so something had happened to Yin and Yang.
"..." Yin, while still caught up in the blast of Seth's Bellow of the Flame God spell, slowly started to deteriorate.
"W-what the..." Seth looked confused as Yin was gone.
"..." Both halves of Yang's body that Sterling slashed in half were able to flip over as they took one final look at Sterling, before they also began to deteriorate.
"No...don't tell me..."
"Yupp! They were mere illusions of two mages that I'm associated with. Very accurate too, I'm very thankful for what I'm able to do." Tao said as he started walking towards the Excalibur Edge duo.
"Those were just illusions? Well...I can't wait to run into the real things then!" Seth roared, "Then I'll really burn them down!"
"Hmph, if that's what you believe."
"Believe? It's what I know!" Seth snapped, "Now with them it's just the two of us!" Seth's fist were consumed by flames once more.
"Don't think you can pull some stupid trick like that and get away clean free!" Sterling said while preparing his blade for another fight.
"Well then..." Tao removed one hand from behind his back and looked at the two, "I'll take you both with one hand."
"T-two with one hand? W-what about t-three?" A voice asked.
"Hmm?" Both Sterling and Seth turned to see a woman who had seemed to be at least in her early twenties of age. She had an average sized bust, and was standing at an estimated five foot six, her long and messy hair is black, while covering her eyes. She is dressed in an all black sailor suit, with the skirt reaching her knees, black stockings, and black shoes.
"Tsumiko Vanderclair?" Sterling raised an eyebrow in interest.
"Wyvern Wing..." Seth hissed.
"Wyvern Wing? Hmph, handling two of them would be easy. Now they're gaining assistance from a Wyvern Wing member?" Tao thought.
"Maybe I'll come back later...my job does not require me to fight more than two people. With three, I must leave for other things." Tao then vanished.
"Wait!" Seth shouted, "Great now he's gone."
"Y-You guys caused a lot of d-damage here. Y-your guild is going to have to pay for the d-damages." The young woman had informed.
"Hmph...whatever." Seth pouted, "We didn't need your help, we had it under control."
"A-apparently not..." Tsumiko looked around and sighed, "But it's fine by me." She then began to turn around and walk away.
"Hmm..." Sterling just looked on as Tsumiko walked away and so did Seth. Difference was, Seth watched in disgust as he hissed:
"Wyvern Wing..."
Next Time: Seth and Sterling head over to the Guild Hall the next day and inform their Guild Master about what happened at the docks. Finding the story interesting their Guild Master says he'll look into the incident, but in the meantime to keep them busy he has a mission for them. He then partners Seth up with two other members from the Guild and sends them on a new mission. Question is, what's the mission objective?
Find out Next Time on...Fairy Tail: The Broken Destiny!
Signed
~The Emperor