Chapter 13- Behind The Mask 2
Lavi: ... -prepares for Round 2-
Go, go, go!
Lavi stared in utter surprise as Xerxes stared back in confusion.
"What? What's wrong, Lavi? You scared or surprised of me?" He asked, and Lavi gritted his teeth as he shook his head frantically.
"Sorry, but you look so much like someone else."
"Of course. You were just lost in memories… Stupid Brat." Xerxes said, and the two swiftly lifted their hammers, and they attacked each other.
The hammer hit each other, and Lavi gritted his teeth as he tried to push Xerxes back, but failed as Xerxes moved his hammer up, and then slammed his fist into Lavi's face.
Lavi hit the ground, and rolled away a few feet before quickly getting back up, and blocking Xerxes's following attack.
"Good reflexes." Xerxes muttered, and he pushed against Lavi's hammer, and flipped over him.
Lavi gritted his teeth as he quickly brought his hammer up, and blocked Xerxes's next swing with the cross.
"Good sense of coordination." Xerxes muttered again, and he used his hand to lift himself off of Lavi's hammer, and he sent his foot straight into Lavi's face.
Lavi skidded on the dirt, but stayed standing as Xerxes landed onto the ground in front of him.
"Excellent defense also." Xerxes said, and Lavi gritted his teeth angrily.
"Stop analyzing me!" Lavi shouted, and he swung his hammer at Xerxes, and the two hammer collided.
"Raitei Kaiten!" They both shouted in unison, and the lightning collided with each other, and an explosion occurred that shook the area and many boulders moved a little.
Lavi and Xerxes remained standing as they stared at each other while Xerxes grinned.
"You are so much like me."
"Don't compare me to you!" Lavi snapped, and Xerxes sighed as he lowered his hammer and calmly rubbed his neck.
"Your mother wouldn't want you to say such things to me if she was still alive."
Lavi's vein pulsed angrily as he jumped into the air and swung his hammer down at Xerxes.
Xerxes jumped back, and blocked Lavi's hammer with his own. "Face the facts, Lavi."
"What facts!?"
"… Good question."
Xerxes stopped to think, and Lavi took that moment to lift his hammer again and smack Xerxes into a boulder.
The boulder shattered as Lavi panted heavily while using his hammer to stay standing.
"That was rude. You don't attack someone when they're thinking, Lavi." Xerxes said as he walked out from the boulder's remains, and Lavi gritted his teeth as he lifted his hammer again.
"You can't be who you look like, so stop acting like that person!" Lavi snapped angrily, and Xerxes sighed as he blocked Lavi's sudden attack with his hammer.
"I don't blame you for hating me, Lavi." Xerxes said, and Lavi flinched before Xerxes knocked him away with his free hand.
"Do you want to know the reason for my name?" Xerxes asked, and Lavi spat out some blood as he glared at Xerxes as the Noah continued.
"Xeroxes is a fake name I came up with." "
Then what is your last name?" Lavi asked bitterly as he readied his hammer angrily.
"My last name? You should already know, Lavi." Xerxes stated, and Lavi let out a sigh, and then raised his hammer into the air.
"I guess you are him. Then I don't need to go easy any more!" Lavi shouted with a grin, and Xerxes grinned back as the two prepared their hammers.
"Bring it on, Lavi!"
"I won't go easy on you, old man!"
The two swung their hammers at each other, and the air crackled dangerously as the two shouted. "Gouraiten!"
The entire area exploded, and people thousands of miles away could actually see the explosion from where they were as Lavi and Xerxes stood facing each other while smoke lifted into the air.
"Heh, not bad, Lavi. I'm impressed."
"You're not bad yourself, old man."
"Old man? Is that any way to talk to me?"
"Heh…"
Lavi's eyes rolled slightly, and he fell to his knees as Xerxes fell back onto his back.
"Man, I'm tired…" Xerxes said, and Lavi nodded as the two panted heavily.
"So, Lavi…" Xerxes started to say after a few silent minutes.
"What?"
"Heh, you still mad at me for leaving?"
"…Nah. Not if you came back this weak."
"Hmph, treat your elders with respect, brat."
"Heh, treat your children the same, old man."
Xerxes chuckled as he put his hand on his forehead, and he muttered. "I guess 'old man' is the closest I'll get, huh?"
"Maybe, but maybe not." Lavi said as the two started to laugh, and Lavi felt as light as air while he laughed like a hole somewhere in him had been filled.
"So what now?" Lavi asked, and Xerxes sighed as he slowly sat up, and pulled out a spare mask and put it on.
"We just sit around talking, or we can just leave?"
Lavi thought for a moment while the two stood back up, and put their hammers away.
"Lenalee is in India?"
"Yes, but you'd best get there as soon as possible."
"Yeah, I guess so."
Lavi grinned as he slowly walked past Xerxes, and he looked back for a moment before walking away.
"See ya, old man."
"Hmph, you brat of a child." Xerxes muttered before disappearing into thin air.
Lavi grinned as he continued to walk forward down the mountain trail, and behind him, unknowing to Lavi, someone stepped out from behind a boulder and grinned evilly as he walked up to Lavi.
"Good day, Lavi." He said before knocking Lavi out, and Lavi fell to the ground without even seeing who had hit him.
"Time to bring you to India." The person said as they picked Lavi's feet up, and dragged him away while snickering happily.
The person stopped at the foot of the hill, and then lifted Lavi up as a large truck came by, and the person opened the back of the trunk to throw Lavi inside happily.
"We got one, and now we just have to deliver this guy to that guy and get paid!" He said happily as the person driving chuckled happily while the two thought of money, and Lavi was driven away without even knowing what the hell had happened.
Wow, that was fast. Right after the fight Lavi gets knocked out by some other guy... Oh well! XD You'll find out who that was soon! On to the next fight! XD Kanda or Krory? Which one will be next? Note: If you voted for one of these two before, you will have to vote again, because votes are NOT carried over. Thank you.