BEYOND THE BLAZE

The streets were quiet, only bruises all over since they were made a battlefield by Akirion and the Drai. Akirion was feeling his pain killing him in his chest; it wasn't really pain, only heat, as if he had eaten a hot chili.

Meanwhile, the Drai was holding Elina's mouth, looking at her with some scary eyes.

"Good, you are good at listening now. It's time to stay still. I'm going with you to my realm. You are too beautiful to be around humans, so let Daddy finish his business, and then we'll go!" It said its eyes narrowed, a glimpse of a smile on its face as it glared at Elina with its scary eyes.

Elina tried to speak while her mouth was covered. It listened and misheard here, "You can't wait to go? Wow, I can't believe you are going with me, so now, stay quiet and keep your mouth sealed." It said while talking at her face.

It dropped her, and suddenly she said, "Leave me alone, you stinky basta…!" Suddenly, she was punched into an apartment next to the road.

She hit the wall, and her voice echoed in Akirion's mind as she said, "Agh," when she crashed with her back. Blood didn't take a second to start flowing. The blood flowed down her mouth and nose, and she lost her consciousness.

Meanwhile, Erlin jumped and tried to go and help her sister. Before she took out a lot of words, her mouth was sealed.

"EL...!" She said, Suddenly Anda jumped to her mouth while Renn Liberty pulled her down as they tried to keep their hiding spot a secret, and they didn't want to end up like Elina.

Meanwhile, Akirion's eyes widened when he heard Elina's voice as she crashed on a wall.

"Grrrrr," his face changed; all the heat in his chest was put aside. Annoyance was in his head. His face was filled with some intimidating lines that were created by his anger.

His eyes were completely red, while rage blazed in his eyes. He glared at the monster that punched Elina away and closed its eyes as it got ready to kill Akirion and complete its mission.

Suddenly it gulped when it opened its eyes and found Akirion absent in his spot. Suddenly, a boulder landed on its back. Akirion flew with the wind at the top, then he shot a fire arrow that was aiming at it. An explosion occurred on top of the boulder, lighting up the surroundings, and that put Akirion's heart at ease.

Akirion ran to Elina, and before he even reached her, he felt a slight movement, and suddenly he saw an orange light that swooped in front of his eyes. He didn't really recognize it, only the light and the wind.

Suddenly, Akirion flew and hit the wall with his face in the same apartment where Elina was.

Akirion froze, his face inside the wall!

"Akirion!" Erlin whispered as she saw Akirion stuck at the wall.

The others trembled in fear; Akirion and Elina were all down, and they had no power against that Drai.

Quietness befell the streets; the monster was paying attention to every movement, as it suspected that Akirion was going to move. After a minute of being quiet, the monster rested its ears. Suddenly, Akirion moved from the wall; his feet were on the ground. He was standing, not hanging, so he turned his face to the Drai.

When the Drai sensed a movement, it found Akirion's face glaring at it, looking scary and funny, as he grinned a bit; two of his top incisors were outside as he glared at the Drai.

It gulped a bit; in just a blink of an eye, it found no trace of Akirion in the wall. Before any processing of where Akirion went, the arm thudded on the ground.

The monster screamed. Akirion went and stood on top of a roof on the other side of the road, while the monster jumped to the other side.

Akirion's grin didn't change; he stayed like that and thought about what he did when he crashed on a wall.

Flashback:

'Damn, damn, my face hurts, dammit.' Akirion silently cursed and continued saying, 'I shouldn't give up, but my energy is really leaving me. What should I do?' Suddenly, his mind came up with a motivating quote. "Great power comes from within," he repeated the same quote 5 times quietly. And then he was able to use terraverde, an elemental magic power that heals wounds and controls plants. He healed his face, and he was ready to fight again.

Present

"Curse you, human. Grrrrr," the monster yelled at Akirion, who was fiercely grinning. His lips were now stretched from ear to ear, a bit happy.

The monster started to use its magic powers. It moved up, carried by the wind.

"Now I'll crush you, human, grrrr!" It continues yelling, conquered by pain while angry for the loss.

Akirion sneered, glaring at the monster that was going up, carried by air.

"It's getting interesting." He paused, his eyes following the Drai as if he were watching the stars. "So it's using its magic, hahaha," Akirion laughed at the monster as he glared at it with a scary evil eye.

The monster flew across the road, its eyes glued to Akirion. It shot some vacuum blades at him, and its flying speed was decreasing every time it shot Akirion.

Akirion was observing every move it was doing, and he blocked the vacuum blades with the unseen power.

Suddenly Akirion closed his eyes and touched his head, and he started laughing, his eyes closed while his face bent downwards.

The Drai suddenly went down; the air magic couldn't even respond to the Drai's command. It went down cursing Akirion, who was laughing at it.

"CURSE YOU, MONSTER KILLER!!" it yelled as it went down and crashed on its back.

"Ouch, my back!" it said, while it touched its back.

Meanwhile,

"Hihihi, you don't know dispel, huh?" Akirion fiercely asked, his eyes filled with anger and frustration.