Chapter 8 (finale) ally or enemy?

Author note: hi guys! So this is the final chapter of "The Rise of Xaver –the begining-" but don't worry, the story continue in the second part. By the way I hope you like it.

Xaver continued to train his powers. Whenever he struck a hit his strength grew visibly, Nava was very satisfied to see the great progress of his pupil, but still couldn't make a perfect mighty fist. He was quite convinced that this time Xaver would have succeeded.

Nava: "now, let's see if you can make a perfect mighty fist"

Xaver: "I'm ready"

The warrior wolf closed his eyes and took a deep breath. His energy was totally concentrated on the front legs, thin beams of light surrounded Xaver's legs, this was a good sign, thanks to Nava's workouts the energy of Xaver was slightly intensified, and now the young warrior wolf was at a step to learn the mighty fist. When Xaver felt ready, he suddenly opened his eyes and hit the rock in front of him.

Xaver: "mighty fist!"

The rock didn't break completely, but the power of the shot was sufficient enough to remove large pieces. Although Xaver hadn't completely destroyed the rock, he was happy to have generated a mighty fist that wasn't perfect, but at least quite effective, even Nava was quite happy.

Nava: "nice shot Xaver, but you still need to work on it ... you have done a lot of training for today, now rested. Tomorrow at dawn we will practice a little on the flight"

The young warrior wolf saw his friend Aleu sitting at the top of the hill watching the sunset. Xaver sat down next to her to keep her company, the female wolf gave him a loving look, Aleu appreciated the presence of Xaver and especially loved spending time with him, so it occurred to her a bizarre idea.

Aleu: "it's a beautiful sunset"

Xaver: "yep"

Aleu: "how about taking a walk with me? I know a very quiet place where we can spend time together"

Xaver: "it seems like a good idea"

Meanwhile, Nava was behind them and had heard what they had in mind the two young wolves and didn't seem to agree so much. The old wolf intervened just before the two wolves left.

Nava: "I am not so agree! To achieve the best powers you must have a clear mind, so no futile distractions are allowed"

Xaver: "but master, is only for tonight. And then we don't go so far"

Aniu started talking to Nava in his mind. The spirit told him to let them go, after all Xaver deserved a little relax after a hard workout.

Nava: "okay. go ahead, but do not come back late"

Aleu: "thanks Nava"

The two wolves moved away from Nava, who was smiling, remembering the moments when he was young and fun-loving too. Meanwhile Aniu followed the young wolves, she had promised Nava that would keep an eye on them.

I suddenly the old wolf felt a sharp pain in his chest and put on coughing . Nava had by now reached a certain age, and lately he often suffered from these physical problems , but they were notnormal pains, Nava was sure that his time to leave this world would come very soon.

In the meantime...

The two young wolves were strolling quietly while they told each other some funny things that had happened to them before meeting. The two continued until arriving in a grove where there was a lake with very clear water, the fragrant flowers of the trees and finally the gentle breeze of the wind made the place charming, Xaver was immediately bewitched by the beauty of that place, he was one thing in mind.

Aleu: "do you like this place?"

Xaver: "it's beautiful Aleu ... do you want to see something?"

The warrior wolf took a run and dived directly into the lake. Aleu laughed because of Xaver's dive, but when she saw that Xaver was no longer on the surface, she began to be worry. Suddenly Xaver came out and dragged Aleu into the water.

Aleu didn't expect Xaver to play her a joke, but she was still amused. The two began to splash the water off and chase each other like two puppies.

The two wolves came out of the lake and they shook the water off, while they laughed again for too much fun.

Aleu: * laughs * "I didn't enjoy so much since ... I was still living in the city"

Aleu's smile disappeared. It had been a whole year since Aleu left his family to follow a pack of wolves, but the deeper memories of his past were still alive . Xaver was curious to know how he was living in the city.

Xaver: "how was living in the city?"

Aleu: "Well ... it wasn't so bad. I was fine in the city, I was born in a litter of half husky and half wolves, my mother is a husky while my father is a half-wolf. When I was still a puppy, I longedfor a human to adopt me..."

Xaver: "but if you already had a family because you wanted to be adopted?"

Aleu: "when you're a city puppy you stay with your parents for two or three months, then. you have to find a family of humans that adopt you"

Xaver: "all this is strange"

Aleu: "Anyway, all my brothers and sisters were adopted ... but I didn't find any new family, just because I look a lot like a wolf, like my father. Finally I grown with him, until I decided to run away from home and figure out what was wrong with me. My father managed to find me and I convinced him to end the trip with me. I met Nava and his pack, the caribou had crossed an ice bridge, because of old age Nava wouldn't be able to get to the other side, so I had to take his place as leader"

When Aleu finished telling her story while a tear ran down to her face, she couldn't think of anything else to her parents and her brothers. Many things can be forgotten, but the love of the family will never go away.

Aleu: * sobs * "I miss my family very much. Sometimes I wonder if I really did the right thing"

Xaver slowly approached to his friend and put a paw on her shoulder to console her, the warrior wolf was very fond of Aleu and see her sad was breaking his heart. Immediately after Xaver made the decision to leave his training and bring back Aleu to her home.

Xaver: "Aleu. Tomorrow at dawn we will leave immediately for Nome"

Aleu: "but tomorrow you have to train"

Xaver: "my training can wait , tomorrow I try to convince my master to go to the city of your parents"

Aleu: "would you really do this for me?"

The young warrior wolf nodded smiling. Aleu lovingly nuzzled Xaver's neck as she hugged him. she didn't know why, but when she was near Xaver, Aleu felt protected and loved.

Shortly thereafter the two wolves broke away from the embrace and gave themselves an intense look. Aleu lowered her head a little to avoid showing the redness on her face, Xaver pretended not to notice Aleu's red cheeks, but it was clear from his smile that he had noticed it.

He didn't want this moment to end, but Xaver had promised Nava that he would be back soon, so the two began to walk towards the hill. Suddenly Xaver heard something approaching him from left, the warrior wolf sniffed the air and immediately recognized the smell, shortly after a black wolf popped out of the bushes.

Xaver: "Niju!"

Believing that Niju had come to attack Aleu, Xaver put himself in a defensive position as he snarled menacingly at his rival.

Niju: "I don't want to fight with you, I just want to talk to Aleu"

Xaver: "how can I understand that it's not a scam?"

Meanwhile, Aleu was looking at what was happening . He noticed that Niju had something different: he did not have his usual aggressive look, he even looked displeased at something , maybe he was telling the truth, so he stood before Xaver and agreed to give Niju a chance.

Xaver: "what are you doing Aleu?"

Aleu: "don't worry Xaver, I know what I do. Okay Niju, we'll talk"

Niju: "I just wanted to apologize for how I behaved towards you. I understood that you are not the cause of all my ills and ... I have heard that all the members of the pack have all returned safe and sound, you are very well suited as a leader"

Aleu: "in fact I already knew what happened to you, Sihen has shattered your dreams of becoming a hero. You've never been evil, you don't need to apologize"

Niju: "I thought he was my most trusted friend. I still can't believe that he only used me to become the strongest"

Aleu saw that Niju suffered loneliness. He did everything to not show it, but at that moment it was clear that he needed someone next to him ... a real friend.

Aleu: "if you want ... Xaver and I will be very happy to have you as a friend"

A friendly smile appeared on the black wolf's face. Nava was right: Niju is not a bad wolf, and he never was.

Xaver still didn't trust Niju so much, but he had already shown that something good was left, so maybe he would have given him confidence in the case that would have served.

Soon after, Aniu spoke in Xaver's mind.

Aniu: "Xaver, an unknown negative force is dangerously approaching you. Activate the perception, you must be able to intercept it"

Xaver activated the ability that allowed him to detect any kind of energy within a radius of almost a mile and just as he had guessed Aniu: a negative energy was direct in his direction, it was not nearly as powerful as Dark Blade, but it was better don't underestimate this enemy.

Aleu: "Xaver ... are you all right?"

Xaver shifted his gaze to Aleu, the warrior wolf was very worried or for his friend, she didn't possess the powers of a warrior wolf, so at that moment she was defenseless against a very powerful enemy.

Xaver: "Aleu go away from here. this place is not safe"

Aleu: "but ..."

Niju: "he's right! I begin to have a strange feeling of danger, better that you put Aleu safe"

The warrior wolf returned to observe the mysterious energy and didn't realize that now it was very close and seemed to be attacking, Xaver didn't have enough time to use a defensive move.

Xaver: "... it's too late"

Sihen: "lightning rain!"

An intense burst of lightning struck Xaver and the rest of the group, no one could save himself from such a powerful attack, believing he had killed his target, Sihen laughed maliciously.

Unexpectedly Xaver was still alive, Niju had used a dark cloud that had protected both him and Aleu, who meanwhile moved away from the battlefield, when the cloud dissolved revealed not only Xaver but also Niju.

Sihen: "no. it can not be!"

Niju: "my black cloud can protect from every attack"

Sihen: "Niju. I would never have imagined seeing my old acquaintance again"

Niju: "what are you doing here?"

Sihen: "Dark Blade ordered me to find and kill this warrior wolf who survived from the attack at Cyberwolf"

Xaver was left speechless when he discovered that a warrior wolf had betrayed his own people to ally with the most powerful destroyer of worlds, which infuriated the silver wolf.

Xaver: "why did you betray us?!"

Sihen: "I was tired to fighting for justice, so I decided to do just as I did with Niju ... betray all of you. I asked to Dark Blade and his three henchmen to raze the entire Cyberwolf on the ground... yes, I started your apocalypse"

The warrior wolf was very angry. He absolutely wanted to get paid for what Sihen had done, without even regret. Xaver threw at the enemy without thinking twice, actually Sihen was waiting for that moment .

Xaver: "cursed traitor. I will kill you!"

Sihen: * grins * "electric chain!"

A metal chain wrapped Xaver's body and then hit by an electric shock, and Sihen flung Xaver to the ground. Despite being electrocuted, the warrior wolf got up and was still ready to fight , but Niju stood before him.

Niju: "Sihen! I don't allow you to hurt him. You will have to pass on my dead body"

Sihen: "I don't see what the problem is"

Xaver stood next to Niju, wanted to help him fight, but the black wolf did not want him between his feet, so he told him to leave , but Xaver refused to obey.

Niju: "get out of here greenhorn. You've already done enough"

Xaver: "I'm sorry, but you will not get rid of me so easily"

Niju: "he wants you! I'm giving you the chance to escape"

Xaver: "thanks. But I never escape without first fighting"

Niju heard the brave words of that young wolf, strangely he was feeling admiration for him, having all that determination at the age of Xaver wasn't a common thing. Meanwhile, Sihen began to attack Xaver with his claws, but Niju managed to intercept him and reject him. Sihen, however, did not give up so easily.

Sihen: "it's time to show you what I can do. fulminant claws!"

The nails of the wolf divinated metal claws that emanated electricity. Sihen pounced on the rival wolves, but thanks to Nava's teachings and reflexes , Xaver managed to block the attack.

Xaver: "photonic barrier!"

The Sihen struck several times with claws the barrier, but could not penetrate, Niju meanwhile, jumped out of the barrier and unleash a powerful attack.

Niju: "infernal spheres!"

The black wolf threw three skull-shaped spheres covered by fire, Sihen managed to deflect them using the claws, except for the last sphere that hit him in full. The attack seemed to be devastating, but not for Sihen, he had suffered damage but managed to get up as if nothing had happened.

Sihen: "very not bad, but not enough"

The enemy wolf started to attack his target, unfortunately Xaver didn't have enough time to reactivate the barrier. By now the warrior wolf was at the mercy of Sihen's furious attacks. After a furious series of shots he raised Xaver, he was ready to launch a stun attack.

Sihen: "paralysis!"

A small thunderbolt hit Xaver in full. This attack immediately paralyzes the target, slowing its movement and preventing it from using its powers for a long period of time. Xaver struggled to get up and felt that something was slowing him down, if he couldn't use his powers then he was helpless and a target too easy for Sihen.

Niju, meanwhile, before Sihen approached Xaver, was able to counter the enemy. The two crossed the claws and began to beat each other, both had deep lacerations on the body and face.

Sihen: "you have not changed, Niju"

Niju: "you're wrong! Instead, many things have changed. Night curse!"

The night curse was a move that could completely drain the opponent's energies or make it harmless.

But Sihen's fatigue groans soon became evil laughter, in fact Sihen was sure his rival would have used this move, and then had a counter-attack ready .

Sihen: "just like I told you. Nothing has changed, you've always been a step back from me. Mirror!"

Before Niju used his attack, Sihen had activated a defensive move. The purpose of this power is to block and attack the same attack against the opponent.

Niju was completely struck by his own night curse and as result his forces disappeared completely, now the black wolf was on the ground without more energy to fight or flee. Sihen was right next to him ready to launch the final hit.

Niju's mind: "I lowered my guard again. Why I don't learn never from my mistakes?

Sihen: "my dear Niju. let me tell you something: in spite of your useless attempts, you will never be superior to me. and now prepare to exhale your last breath"

Xaver: "astral fire balls!"

A series of burning spheres from above hit Sihen. The wolf looked up and saw Xaver flying around him despite being paralyzed.

Xaver: "comet!"

Xaver swooped as a starlight scattered his body , Xaver landed strongly against the ground generating a powerful shock wave that swept away Sihen . This time it was Niju who needed Xaver.

Sihen: "impossible! You should still be paralyzed"

Xaver: "Aniu, my guide, has the ability to protect me from any effect. So thanks to her I recovered quickly from the paralysis and more taught me to do this:"

the silver wolf rested his paw on Niju's back, shortly after the beams of light were absorbed by Niju. Xaver had given some of his energy to his new ally.

Xaver: "I gave you some of my energy. it's not much, but at least it will allow you to keep fighting"

The black wolf got up slowly, but ready to resume the fight, but this time he and Xaver would have joined forces to defeat Sihen once and for all.

Niju: "are you ready, greenhorn?"

Xaver: "yes! Let's do this"

Sihen: "you will never be able to defeat me. I am the strongest! Electric chain!"

Sihen tried to attack the two wolves with the electric chain, but Niju promptly countered the attack with the dark cloud. Xaver and Niju ran quickly against Sihen, who meanwhile tried in every way to stop his opponents, but his desperate attempt was useless and now the two wolves were in a good distance to attack. Xaver increased his speed and was much more distant than Niju, the two had a lethal combination in mind.

Xaver: "sonic boom!"

The Xaver's stun attack went on, the silver wolf made an acrobatic jump backwards, finding himself next to Niju to launch the final attack together. Xaver concentrated the entire energy in his forelegs, and Niju did the same thing. Both stepped toward Sihen, as intense beams of light surrounded their paws.

Xaver and Niju: "double mighty fist!"

Both attacks attacked Sihen's chest, shattering his rib cage into a thousand pieces, plus the force of the two thundering blows sent Sihen into the air, causing him to crash violently against a tree. Xaver could no longer feel his energy, so Sihen was definitely dead.

Soon after, Niju looked at Xaver with an interested look. He was even intrigued by his potential. Suddenly Nava emerged out of the bushes along with Aleu.

Nava: "you did an excellent teamwork"

Xaver: "I'm sorry, master I didn't keep my promise"

Nava: "it's not your fault Xaver, evidently you had a sudden mishap"

Niju: "for how long has it been that you were observing us?"

Nava: "enough to understand that you two are now allies. Now Xaver, if you're no longer busy getting into trouble, I'd say we can find a place for the night"

Meanwhile, Niju walked towards the mountains. The two wolves gave themselves a friendly look, now there was no more rivalry between them, but only friendship ... even if they still wanted to challenge each other in a fight.

Niju: "don't believe it's over here greenhorn. When we meet again I will challenge you in a fight only you and me"

Xaver: "I can't wait for the day to come"

The End...

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