Thank you everyone who wrote a review last chapter. I normally don't post two chapters back to back like this, but I hadn't posted in a while and i feel i owe it to you. Read Review and Enjoy. Special thanks to Jason Moon for beta reading.
Forward: I don't own The Psychic Academy, though I wish to open one in the future. The wonderful Katsu Aki does. When her Characters do appear, they will be mentioned in the forward.
Psychic Academy: On the Other Side
Based on the popular manga series by Katsu Aki
By Darkensea
Chapter 17: Sounds of Air Part 2
"Who are you?" Xaioto asked the Blonde Stranger. "And what did you do to Moon?"
"I silenced him" The Man replied. "I have the same domain as he does so I canceled the aura fluxuations around him."
"Thanks."
"The Teachers should be able to take it from here. So would you mind showing me the way to the aura lab?"
Xaioto turned to look at his friend. Both Moon and Jynn were surrounded in sphere of distorted air. Jynn was struggling to move in his while Moon had closed his eyes and seemed to be focusing. He determined that the Blonde stranger was right and said. "Very well, come this way."
Xaioto started leading the two members of the ADC towards the school, but only made it half way to the front door. The world went silent as the ground disappeared from under his feet. He was flying backward with the ADC at either side of him. Their white van was rolling somewhere under him. He crashed into the building across from the school. There was a few more seconds before sound caught up with him.
"Shattering the Silence. Moon Kelic Jin Ryu" The last two names to his Aura code were shouted. Moon had shattered the ADC's silence field and blasted everything in the surrounding area. The only thing left in Moon's radius was Jynn. Jynn's Field of Silence was also shattered, but from the outside. Moon's Blast had freed him, and the Field of silence had protected him from Moon's Blast. He turned to face his brother.
"You've gone too far Moon; I'm going to have to take you out." The Air around him began to swirl. He rocketed into the air as another of Moon's sonic blast torn a path through where Jynn was standing.
Jynn floated for a few seconds in midair before a swirling air serpent formed underneath his feet. The monstrous creature was made entirely of air and was completely transparent. The creature was twice the size of Jynn, with an enormous wingspan. Its long tail thrashed about the air and its talons clenched mercilessly. Moon launched a few more blast at his brother, but the serpent easily dodged the attack, weaving in and out. Jynn jumped off the serpent and let himself free fall as the serpent crashed down on Moon, then circled around to catch its master.
Xaioto sat dazed leaning against the gym building wall. He watched the brothers continue their battle. He had to end it and he knew Myria was right. His mist could stop them but they wouldn't allow him to get any closer without blasting him to pieces. He need to project his mist farther than he ever thought was possible, and for that he would need a lot of water. He looked around and saw a water fountain on the side of the school building. It was what he needed but to get to it he would have to run through the battle. His water energy level was critically low and jumping over there would have serious repercussions.
He took off running as Jynn's air serpent made its fifth dive attack at Moon. It was stopped as Moon blasted it to pieces with one strait sonic boom to the head. The free falling Jynn created an air cushion to break his fall. His fatigue was showing as his aura usage pushed him towards his limit. Moon caught something moving out the corner of his eye and turned his attention to the third party member running across the field. He let off a stream of blasts creating trenches behind Xaioto. Xaioto pushed himself to run faster, knowing if one of the blasts hit him it would be over. Jynn came to his rescue, attacking Moon and returning Moon's attention back to the main fight.
Xaioto made it to the water fountain and began to drink; releasing all the water that he took in as calming mist. The mist took away a person's will to fight and would hopefully stop the two. The sounds of the battle quieted as the brothers and everything else disappeared into mist. He stopped releasing mist and continued to drink to replenish his water level. When his water level was full, he turned to check on the brothers, and passed out before taking his first step.
He awoke in a bed staring at an overhead florescent light. "Here again?" he thought. He knew he was in the infirmary. He had spent more time there then another other student in the school and during his first semester woken up staring at this same light. He looked to his right and saw an unconscious Moon in the bed next to him. Moon was restrained, strapped down by thick leather straps. To his left Jynn sat up in another bed. He was looking out the window which he was the closest to.
"You're up. That's good. I wanted to say thank you for helping with Moon out there."
"I had to help my friend."
"They say he had an unusual aura spike in which his aura capacity shot sky high and he lost control of his power and his actions. They're calling the phenomena spinning out. He probably had no idea what he was doing out there and wouldn't remember when he awakes. They are doing tests on the data they collected from his aura and yours."
"Mine? How long was I out?"
"Nine hours" Jynn replied.
"That really was one hell of a fight though."
Jynn laughed softly. "You know, it was such a simple argument and stupid sibling rivalry, and it just 'spun out'. I never used to call my brother by his aura code, for the simple fact that that I could never, see, feel, or hear it."
"Hear it? It's a sound aura, how could you not hear it?"
"When I was younger, I was babysitting my brother when his aura first manifested itself in a sonic pulse that took away my hearing. I'm deaf, which is why I was unaffected by his sound attacks, before he spun out. Not respecting his aura was my way of not blaming him for my hearing loss. If he didn't have an aura I could not blame him. I was selfish and didn't see how ignoring his power was affecting him. Everything he's done with his aura was to prove himself to me and with my pride, I couldn't bring myself to admit it."
"Hold on a sec." Xaioto cut in. "If your deaf how can you hear me and talk to me? Even without looking at me?"
"It's a combination of reading lips and sensing air distortions with my aura. Skills I learned to manage without hearing." He paused. "For the past few hours I have been sitting here fighting with myself, after Jason's display of power today; I can't ignore his aura any more. I have to face the fact he is the reason I lost my hearing and forgive him for it. Now I can put this behind me and help him become the aura user I know he can be.
"You seem like a good guy. Why do you run the defenders?"
Jynn smiled. "When the defenders started I started just like you, a guy protecting my friends. Over time friends create new friends and groups. Some mix with bad groups, change your rules and through the chain of friendship expect you to support them. They are friends however, so what can you do? Choose to ignore it. So as a warning, don't lose sight of what you stand for or where you came from." He opened the window and a light wind flowed in. "When was the last time you stopped and listened to the wind? When you first arrived here I sensed you, the wind around you was different, connected, loved. You took time out to search for it and listen to it and it answered you. As you settled in and found friends that connection disappeared. I suggest you find it again, it will help you from taking the wrong paths."
A silence fell over them as they both searched the wind and felt something in the wind connect with the other. Jynn smiled again. It was that simple. The wind bound them and now they were friends. After the dust settled from the events of the day, maybe his new friend could help him purify the tainted wind that was his organization.
The wind changed directions and lead their attentions to the other side of a drawn curtain, where three people sat, all asleep in chairs across from their bed. Their girl's Soni, Myria and Jykelle waited for them, their reasons for fighting.