Chapter 31- A Father's Reason 1
Author's Note: Lavi is the winner of the next fight, and Allen's fight with Kiki has been modified so it will come after everyone else like it should.
"Gouka Kaijin!" Lavi shouted as he hit the floor, and the flame serpent lunged at Xerxes.
Xerxes twirled his hammer and deflected the serpent into the wall behind him.
Lavi gritted his teeth as he readied his hammer, and he glared at Xerxes.
'I've been wondering this, but how can he use the same moves I can? He shouldn't be able to…' Lavi thought as he raised his hammer again, and Xerxes secretly smirked from behind his mask.
Unknown to Lavi, above him the stamps were all circling around, but they had a slight purple outline.
Xerxes chuckled as Lavi sent a thunder serpent at Xerxes.
The Noah raised his hammer, and it was outlined in purple as he swung a large thunder serpent at Lavi's.
Lavi flinched as the two serpents collided into each other, and they exploded into a flash of light.
'That's how!' Lavi mentally shouted as he barely noticed the small hole above Xerxes.
Lavi glanced up at his stamps, and he narrowed his eyes at the purple outline.
"You figured it out?"
"Yeah. You use your ability to absorb the element I use the instant it appears, and then shoots it out of that hole that appears above you."
"Clever boy." Xerxes said with a grin behind his mask, and Lavi pointed his hammer at Xerxes.
The two jumped forward, and their hammers collided together as sparks crackled around them.
The two jumped back as they narrowed their eyes at each other, and they swiftly swung at each other as two flame serpents shot out and collided into each other.
Xerxes froze as his hammer suddenly shattered from the impact of the flames, and he looked up to see Lavi above him with his hammer poised to attack.
"Got you!" Lavi shouted, and he swung his hammer down at Xerxes.
"Gouraiten!"
The large thunder dragon hit Xerxes head on, and Lavi landed onto the ground a few feet away as he started to pant heavily.
He gripped his hammer tightly as the dust cleared, and Xerxes waved his hand calmly to get rid of the dust.
He had put one of his hands into his pocket, and he smirked as he mask fell off of his face and shattered on the floor.
Xerxes pushed his hair back to reveal his row of crosses, and he grinned as he stared at Lavi with his green eyes.
The scar running down his right eye gleamed black in the flames surrounding him, and he lowered his arm as Lavi readied his hammer.
"Take this!" Lavi shouted as he swung his hammer down at Xerxes, and gritted his teeth as Xerxes calmly stopped Lavi's hammer with his hand, and he grinned as flames shot out from the hammer.
"Gouka Kaijin!" Lavi shouted, and Xerxes continued to smirk as a small purple circle appeared where his hand was placed against Lavi's hammer, and the Bookman froze as he was suddenly knocked away into the wall when Xerxes appeared next to him.
Xerxes flexed his right hand as he smirked at where Lavi was standing up, and he swiftly brought his hand up to block the hammer swung at him.
"I thought I've told you that you won't hit me with that hammer?" Xerxes said as flames played around his hand as they tried to hit Xerxes, but were stopped by the several purple circles surrounding Xerxes's arm.
Lavi jumped back as he readied his hammer while the small purple circles calmly floated in the air.
Xerxes jumped into the air, and landed on one of the circles as he grinned down at Lavi.
Lavi jumped into the air, and he swung his hammer at Xerxes, but it was blocked by a small purple circle that suddenly moved in front of the hammer, and the flames shot out of it and knocked the hammer back.
"Nice try, but no." Xerxes said as he calmly ran his hand through his hair while calmly staring at Lavi.
"Raitei Kaiten!" Lavi shouted, and the thunder shot out at Xerxes, but the Noah simply flicked his finger, and a small purple circle appeared in the way and reflected the thunder to another circle, and the circle reflected it at Lavi.
Lavi quickly jumped away as his attack broke the ground where he was standing, and he gritted his teeth as he glared at Xerxes.
"Those circles are like small mirrors…" Lavi muttered angrily as he gripped his hammer, and Xerxes smirked down at him.
"Come on, Lavi. I bet you'll find a way to hit me."
"Already have." Lavi said as he summoned another flame serpent at Xerxes, but it was reflected back at Lavi.
"Nice try."
"Yes it is!"
Lavi swung his hammer at one of the small circles, and Xerxes's eyes widened as the circle was moved by the hammer, and the flame serpent reflected off of it, and back at Xerxes.
"Tch…" Xerxes muttered as he jumped to another circle as the flames hit against the wall.
"You sure are good to find that way of hitting me." Xerxes said with a grin as Lavi readied another attack.
"But play time is over, boy." Xerxes said as he suddenly appeared next to Lavi, and Lavi quickly brought his hammer up to block Xerxes's hand, but he was hit back a few feet by the impact.
Lavi spat a little bit of blood out of his mouth, and he stared at Xerxes while holding his hammer firmly in both hands.
Lavi swung his hammer down at Xerxes, but it was calmly blocked by Xerxes's hand again.
Lavi gritted his teeth as he pushed against Xerxes's hand harder, but the Noah sighed sadly.
"Is this all?" Xerxes asked, and Lavi froze as Xerxes's hand suddenly hit Lavi in the head, and sent him tumbling a few feet before the Bookman regained his balance.
"Damn it…" Lavi muttered as Xerxes calmly lowered his hand, and he sighed as he glanced up at the ceiling.
"I was hoping that you'd be stronger, but I'm starting to wonder if last time was a fluke." Xerxes muttered, and Lavi gritted his teeth as he straightened up while sparks crackled around his hand holding his hammer.
Xerxes looked over to see Lavi gritting his teeth as sparks continued to crackle around him.
"Don't worry, I'll beat you now!"
OW! -runs around while on fire- One of those serpents hit me!
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