Silver stared at the screen showing Enzo and X fighting. "Did he just..." She couldn't believe it. Did he actually just absorb that shot? He's a LOT stronger than I thought he was...
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Silver stared at the screen showing Enzo and X fighting. "Did he just..." She couldn't believe it. Did he actually just absorb that shot? He's a LOT stronger than I thought he was...
X stayed still and watched in confusion as the explosion shrinked, and was absorbed into the boy's gloves. All of the flame Enzo had turned to ice, and he fell to the ground. X descended back down to the torn ground, and realized Enzo wasn't where he just fell. "Where did that brat go?" He looked around the surrounding buildings. Smoke was flowing out of the places that Enzo was thrown at eariler. Enzo's eyes glowed in the shadows that he stood in. X noticed it too late and Enzo grabbed his shoulder. Ice formed on him, freezing his shoulder and going all the way down to his wrists. "What the hell are you doing to me?!" X shouted. Enzo only gave him a stare before turning it to his gun. "You never threw a single punch." He finally spoke. "You don't have a single bullet in your gun, either. So the fire is coming from within you, correct?" X didn't reply, he couldn't move for some reason, either. Looking down, he realized Enzo had his feet frozen, too. And to his side, his other gun aswell!
Enzo watched the gun carefully, after a moment, the gun changed form. It retracted back onto X's hand, forming a single ring. "I see. You have the rings too." Enzo grabbed his wrist and melted the battle watch, eliminating X from the battle.
"Wow! X was eliminated from the battle! ...And.. huh? Droy was too!"
Droy looked at his broken watch on the floor, then back to Ling. "Oh, you beat meee." Droy mocked.
Artizle was reading his favorite novel while Volitaire trained on his spells. Volitaire was skimming through the book of Void magic to see what he could start with. He saw a kind of "magnetism" spell. Volitaire read quietly "Use your arcane energies to spread space around a certain point, but in a abrupt fashion. Making the space try to close itself to maintain stability. In the frenzy, objects without a arcane output may be pulled from the surface and to the point of opening. Creating a "magnetizing" like effect. When releasing the magic from the opened space, everything will return to place and a sudden push of gravity will repel everything that was taken from the surface at an astonishing rate. Implying a dangerous effect." Volitaire put the book at his side. "Okay, Arti. You may need to get out the way." Artizle kept to his book and got up and walked to the other corner of the room. Voliaire focues his magic at a point in the middle of the room. He stood there for minutes trying to get a rift to open, he pushed more magic into the focal point. Suddenly a small shaking ball was forming in the middle of the room and a small pull could be felt. Stationary items began to move towards the ball, with even more focus it grew bigger and formed ripples around it. Even bigger items flew towards it, the walls even began to come apart and attach to the sphere. Volitare spent so much magical power on the rift that he lost focus and the sphere closed and blew everything back. Parts of the wall crashed into what's left of the room and items flew away and broke. The force blew Volitaire on his back and Artizle fell over. The room was a total mess.
Ling looked at Droy and just gave him a much more darker smile and his face became something sinister. "Nice for you to just drop out the match, but you and X aren't getting off easily." The crowd went in an uproar as they watched the match. The announcer was about to yell into his mic for the victor before Aleister waved his hand. "Activate Aurora." The whole world started to slow down and everything became dim and grey. Even the man who cast the spell was stuck in Aurora's effect. The only one who did not feel the effect was Droy, X, Enzo, and Ling. He picked up Droy by the neck and jumped off the building, landed on his ground from a distance of Enzo. He threw the frog hat boy towards the ground in front of Enzo and started clapping his hand. "Aiyaa, look at that. We won the Battle Royale. That was certainly an amazing spectacle. I should applaud you for the amazing fight you have shown." Ling started to walk towards Enzo.
[Note: Montesque who is a time lord should have not felt the effect of Aurora, but should have noticed an activation]
The flames on Enzo quickly went away once he saw Droy fall infront of him. "Ehhh... What a jerk..." Droy muttered, face planted on the ground. Enzo turned to Ling and smiled. "Yeah, well you seemed to do good against Droy, aswell, took him out at almost the same time I did X." It made him wonder just how strong Ling was, even IF he was a non-magic user. Wait.. something's different. Enzo thought. The illusion field seemed more gloomy then usual. Probably just a mechanical failure due to the stray attacks...
"Oh, I didn't get a chance to fight. Droy and I made a peace treaty and we both left it up to the two of you to fight. But you know, seeing the two of you fight got my blood boiling." He walked over to Enzo and placed his arm over his shoulder and leaned in closer. His eyes open wide and a grim smile came over his face as he spoke softly. "How about we keep going Enzo?"
Enzo's eyes widened quickly, and his voice began to shake with nervousness, as usual. "B-but we can't! We already won against them!" He said to Ling. Meanwhile, X's guns were frozen, and so were his feet, so he couldn't move at all. Droy on the other hand, had apparently fallen asleep in the same position he fell in.
"Well you're no fun. I thought we could have been on the same boat. You know, show that Sorcerers was the best of best." He walked over to X and looked at him. "Hey X, I didn't expect you to be so weak. Enzo pretty much beat you down with his hands tied. How does that make you feel?"
X scoffed. "And who the hell are you, huh?" He sneered. "Melt this ice and i'll be sure to kill the both of you." Man, things got pretty scary for some reason.. I feel uneasy. Enzo thought. He looked back over to Droy, who was falling into a deep sleep now. If they didn't fight, why did Ling have to do that to him?
Ling gave a big smile. "I would have been a bit afraid if you said that while you're unfrozen. But thanks to Enzo. I can do this freely." With one swift movement he was able to uppercut X and his head knocked back. His eyes went white instantly from the blow. His upper unfrozen body went limp but Ling caught him before drooping. "Hey hey, I'm not finish." In the middle of the sentence he punched X in the face again and blood spurt out from his mouth and nose. "This is why I hate you Magic-user, you people are so arrogant and talk big." Ling kept on punching his body like a punching bag, inflicting bruises and make X bleed with each and every punch. His smiling expression to something of annoyance.
Enzo's body was flushed with fear and panic. Instinctively, he ran over to the two and shouted "STOP!" He had no idea Ling had a side like this. His usual optimistic smile turned dark, and Enzo wasn't used to seeing it at all. "What are you doing, Ling?! Don't hurt him!"
Ling glared at Enzo. He then changed back to his ever-smiling face. "What do you think I'm doing. I'm just doing what I want to satiate my boiling blood." He then pushed Enzo away and walked over to Droy. He then picked the boy up and started to punch him. Droy unaware of what was going on instantly fell unconscious. "You must have been thinking, man Jackie-san must be weak in the back of your head. Thinking that someone like me could not take on someone who was a Magic-user." He then kept on punching away and then tossed the body towards a building as it let out a bloody mess to the wall. Ling let out a sigh. "Phew, that took some energy out of me. What do you think Enzo. You can join in if you want."
"No..." Enzo looked at his shaking hands. He had to do something about Ling. If he continued, he just might kill them. Ling.. is my friend.. but, I can't let him do this to people. He balled up his hands into fists. "I won't let you do this anymore, Ling!" He shouted out.
"Well, look at that. Little Enzo is trying to play hero again. It pisses me off. You magic-user who abuse the power given to you. It should have been better if magic didn't exist in this world." Ling brought up his fist and lifted it towards Enzo. "If you really want to stop me, you should just do it with your magic. Strike me like how you fought with all those other people you fought up till now." Ling let out a creepy laugh and looked like he was prepared to strike Enzo.
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Enzo looked down, for some reason, he had remembered the time when they had first became friends.
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I don't know what's happened to you, Ling, but it's okay. He closed his eyes, his flames slowly returning to him, and his rings formed. I will wash away your darkness.
"Stop taking your sweet time Enzo. Come at me with everything you got."
Outside the battlefield, the effect of Aurora was wearing off. Aleister stood up and turned to the butler. "Activate the illusion disruptor. Make sure that you don't let the barrier disappear until my signal." The butler simply nodded and moved over to the control panel and pressed a couple of buttons. The audience just noticed that the battlefield was covered in darkness and the big screen and camera just recorded nothing of the battle that just ended. The announcer started talking again. "We are currently experiencing some technical difficulties with the illusion battlefield and it seems that the fighters might be trapped inside. We are getting the staff to fix this problem so sit tight and wait it out." People were starting to talk and everyone just simply chant for Team Valor because they had witnessed Phantom losing both of their watches.
Joanne sat in one of the VIP lounge watching the screen record nothing but static. Aleister soon joined her. "Our plan is now set in motion. It is up to Ling to fulfil the final goal before we commence with my revolution." She simply nodded. "Yes Master Aleister."
"If you wish."
Enzo flew forward toward Ling. He was still juiced up from the attack he absorbed from X. He stored the flame in his right hand, while using the left to go for a quick, basic and blockable jab to the face.
Ling took the punch to the face, his head was knocked back as if he had broken a neck. But he didn't flew off from such a jab. "That actually hurt." He pulled his face forward and with Enzo being too close to Ling, he tried to throw a blow towards his stomach.
Enzo didn't see the attack coming from his angle, and got hit by it. He got knocked back a few feet, and hoovered in the air, still saving most of his flames. It was clear he was trying to hold back. "Why did you come to Sorcerers if you don't like magic or it's users?" Enzo questioned him.
Ling gave a smirk. His nose started to bleed due to the direct hit from Enzo's punch. "It was all for a mission. All for the sake for my Master who wants to put all of the evil magic-user and control the powers of magic." Ling picked up his fists. "Castle Aurora was a prime example that you witnessed. Terrorist who have such ability abuse their magic and the result always ends with death with their trail. Those villagers and Einso were casualty based on their actions. But Castle Aurora wasn't just the only one. There have been countless reports of normal humans being caught in the crossfire of magic user. Those who could not stand above them just roll over and die in the hands of magician in cold blood. I have witness such horrors in the past. Innocent people losing their lives because more and more magic-user keeps appearing and more and more we see them losing themselves to their abilities and people die in the end." Ling changed to a much more solemn expression. "Our master, he sees the evil in this world and he wants it to change. We normal people who have been cast aside and live our life. Either in fear or ignorance of magic. We're only normal people who can't even defend against any of you. Enzo, how about joining us? You're ability is not like any of those users. Join our organization and help us put a leash on magic."
"So, you lied." Enzo said, completely ignoring his offer. "We won't be spending our time in Sorcerers together." He descended down to the ground, and held his head with one of his hands. "And now you beat up people who you think is the enemy.. I agree with Nor's people, and Einso being a casualty, but I will never agree with serving your 'master'. We have our own methods of dealing with magic-users that are out of control, and their called teams."
Ling let out a sigh. "Aiyaa, I didn't expect that you would overlook the sappy story thing. You seem to have grown so fast, if you were the Enzo I first met you may as well have been crying right at that spot." Ling lifted up his fist and gave his regular cheeky smile. "It wasn't a lie. I do want to be friends with you, but in order for us to be friends you would have to join our organization. But now that is all for naught. It's too late to do anything else Enzo. We're not going to get out of here until one of us fall to our knees. Prepare yourselves for my next move." His upper body started to give off a strange aura and he took a deep breath. Then, he started punching the air in front of him in the direction of Enzo.
"You're speaking cra-" Enzo was hit several times in the body, it interrupted his sentence, and he fell back. He put his hands on the ground as he was moving back and backflipped onto his feet. He didn't even touch me, what the hell was that?
He stood upright, and got in position for his own move he had been saving up. He put a hand behind him, and a beam of flame emitted from his hand. He charged up his other hand for attacking. He was planning to use the X-burner.
"You're too slow Enzo. The moment you finish charging up that attack. I would have struck you twice." He gave a good one-two, his punches going faster than a quick blink. He kept his guard up afterwards.
Enzo tried his best to guard himself from the invisible punches while keeping his attack charging. It finish soon afterwards, and he aimed at Ling. "X-burner!" He shouted in an annoyed tone. A more fierce flame shot out of his hand, burning and tearing up the ground as it traveled towards Ling.
Ling did not bother to dodge or stop the attack. He simply took it head on, but was caught off guard by how strong the attack was. The X-Burner pushed Ling off his feet and he flew with the blast crashing into one of the building walls. By the time the flame wore off Ling was smashed into the wall. Blood roling down his forehead, bruises made almost everywhere and his clothes just in shambles. He let out a groan and lift his head. One of his eyes could barely open. "That isn't going to be enough to stop me Enzo."
After the X-burner, Enzo began to walk over to the building Ling was blasted into. "I never said I was done." He replied. His tone was much darker then usual. Due to absorbing so much power, Enzo finally lost control of himself. The smoke cleared out and Ling was in sight. "Is killing you going to be enough? I'm fine with that~" Enzo started to laugh like a maniac. When he got close to Ling, he grabbed him by his shirt and lifted him up. "So, tell me how you want to die."
He said with a grin.
Ling let out a weak smile. He then tried to punch him, but his arm was already hurting and he could barely breath from his collapsed chest. He was able to just gave a good slap. "That is what I want to see. I knew you had it in you..." He tried to catch his breath but wheezed a bit. "Now the world will witness the terrible things that magic can cause. It is our win."
The audience was silent as they watched the screen and battlefield. Not long after Enzo had used his X-Burner, the battlefield was fixed and all signs of the participant were now seen by the audience. Except, the camera just recorded the perfect moment where Enzo had lost himself and had said those words. "Is killing you going to be enough? I'm fine with that~" and "So, tell me how you want to die." This was being repeated on the jumbo screen and recorded live. The announcer was speechless, but was not able to speak until Aleister grabbed the mic from him. "Stop this tournament. Get the guards to seize that boy." A bunch of adult magicians jumped and entered onto the battlefield. White mages tended to X and Droy trying their best to heal their wounds. Black mages and other sorcerers held out their many tools and surrounded Enzo. "Halt right there boy! Put down that person and step away with your hands behind your back! Anything to harm that person any further will result in force." Joanne walked over to the glass and watched the field go into chaos. "So it begins. Aleister's Revolution."
Enzo turned his head over to the professional magicians that surrounded him. "Force?" He dropped Ling and turned towards them. "What makes you think you can take me down by force?"
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Kenji on the other hand, was noticeably absent from the team room. He was busy climbing the outside of the stadium. Damn it, not another incident.. Kenji thought to himself as he reached the top. I didn't want to have to use this on you, Enzo.
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Kenji aimed his pistol, which had a built-in silencer. Thanks to his expertise in weapons, hitting Enzo was a non-issue. He pulled the trigger, and the bullet traveled straight towards Enzo. It broke apart into magic energy of some kind, and hit him in the head. Enzo fell over instantly, losing his hyper mode and his consciousness.
The red haired boy watched along with the other fans. He was silent the entire time. Once Enzo was shot, he stood up and made his way out of the stadium. When he cleared it, he spoke to himself as he walked off into the dark alleys. "Mission objective changed."
"Everyone grabbed the two boys and quickly send them to a medical facilitation. Lock up Enzo Ferrari and get some guards to watch over him. Evacuate everyone from the stadium." Most of the guards were already sending off the audience while others headed to the locker room to kick them out. Ling, Droy, X, and Enzo were all carried away in stretchers.
Silver stared in shock at the screen, very confused. She watched as Kenji left and went back to observing the screen, watching as Kenji shot Enzo, knocking him unconscious.
What.. Just happened?
Boone watched from the VIP room, and sighed. He was warned about this before. Enzo had all of his flame knocked out of him by the bullet Kenji used. Fans and bystanders were quickly moved away from the stadium, and eventually left. Just like that, Battle Royal ended.
Red was on his way back to the stadium. He had spent most of his time recovering and making it seem as if he weren't attacked. He saw the ambulance and police stationed around the building, and stopped. He witnessed Enzo being placed in an ambulance along with the other injured contestants. "The hell happened?" He asked himself. Kenji made his descent down from the roof of the stadium, and was beckoned by one of the police officers. "Mr.Paopao? Are you Team Valor's coach?" The officer asked. Kenji nodded in response. "We're putting Enzo in the hospital for now, and we'll wait for the magic council's judgement before we take any action. I will need some time with you to answer some of my questions later on." "Do what you have to." Kenji replied.
Volitaire was getting a hand of the basic level Void Magics. His close combat has improved, along with his weapon skills. His Dark Magic bloomed as well. Volitaire fixed his suit jacket, making it a bit longer around the bottom and patching up the cuts made. He also washed all the blood out. He spent some time in the Dark room practicing a few more Void Magic spells. Spatial pushes, cone vortexes, lifting objects from afar, and tiny black holes. Artizle helped him in his profession with the Void magics. Giving him sturdy targets to break away with Spatial pushes, crushing them in the vortexes, and attracting them with the black holes. Volitaire was sleeping in often, Void magic took a large quantity of magic to cast. Leaving him exhausted after 4-5 spells. He got up out of bed, his hair messier and all in his face from keeping it growing and not well managed. He yawned, walking out his room and going to the washrooms. After doing the morning rituals, he looked for Artizle to tell him he's going to go back with Enzo, and find Montesque.
"Artizle, what you've told me about Montesque...are you sure that's true?" "Yes, Voli...remember. After the incident I had joined him under a sort of apprenticeship, to see what his families true intentions are. During that time, Montesque told me everything, and why it all happened." "You better be right, I don't want you to have trusted him and taken his word for all that happened for nothing. I'll see you soon, hopefully." Volitaire walked out from the underground training halls, casts his Icarus' spell, and flew back to Sorcerers, wondering how the battles have been going.
After the stadium had been cleared, and the police and ambulance gone, Kenji spotted Volitaire coming in from the direction of his home. Kenji felt he needed to let Volitaire know about the current situation, so he filled him in as the event came to a unsuspecting stop.
It had been two days since the conclusion of the Battle Royale. Every magic-user and schools were reported of the incident. The one who had the biggest hit was Sorcerers where Enzo came from. A interpretation video was made to replicate what went down during the finals of the Battle Royale. At the point where Enzo destroyed the battle watch, he suddenly lost control of his powers and suddenly went berserk inflicting major damages to Droy and X. Ling had attempt to stop them but lost in a fight against the maddening Enzo. Once the barrier dispersed, the rest was seen by the public. Major news studio got their hands on this video leak and thus the world was subjected to the image seen on the television and web. Sorcerers was hit with a major reputation downfall and Enzo/Boone were targets of magic-hate from the "normal" citizen. In the span of two days, the world was split between the minority magic users and the majority civilian. Everyone was anxious, people feared conflict between the two parties. Nothing major had occurred, but soon something was about to go down. That was what everyone had felt in their guts.
"Master Boone, what do you have to say for yourself." Boone kept his silence as he listened to the rambling of the Magic Council who were hidden in the shadows. "You better speak you damn geezer! We got information on this Enzo Ferrari. You kept this anomaly from the council's eye! He is a danger to the reputation of magic. How dare you harbour this... atrocity!" The council started to yell and argue among themselves. "Calm down my brothers, we can not put this fault all on Boone. He have done many great feats for the council. He also lost his family and yet he still continues to show support for the greater good. We can not just put all punishment on him. But Enzo Ferrari is indeed a danger. We have also watched that match and deduced his standing. This was not the only time he had lost his power correct." One of the robed guards tossed a file to the ground and papers of Enzo's record slid across. "When he was of a young age, he had also lost control of his power and thus caused the death of one of his parent. Isn't that right Mr. Paopao?" They all glanced at Kenji who was also present in that room. "Enzo had caused both Mr. X and Mr. Droy into a state of comatose. Mr. Ling was lucky to still be alive, but his body is in a very critical condition. What do you two have to say for yourselves, Boone and Mr. Paopao? Due to Mr. Enzo being hospitalized, you two are the only reachable guardians to speak on his behalf."
After listening in on what happened, Volitaire nodded slowly. "Hmmm..it sounds ridiculous. All of it. Either way, I need to check up on him. I've been gone the entire time and it seems shit has hit the fan a lot worse than I feared. Will, Enzo at least be alright?"
Boone was in a bad spot, and Kenji could sense it. Boone straightened out his suit, which he rarely wore, and spoke. "It's true that i've known about these records, and about his 'condition'. He came to me and told me himself. He has a new case of magic, if he were able to control it, it would have been a breakthrough in magic history. Our cities would be safer if the police and enforcer teams had this ability on their side. The technology he carries on his hands is new as well, but despite the equipment and magic ability, Enzo is a fragile, peace-loving boy." As Boone spoke, Kenji had his head lowered, and his eyes closed. He wasn't sleeping. He was worried about the kid he had basically lived with for years.
"Enzo would never hurt anyone, for any reason. He didn't have to convince me, I could see it in how he treats the people around him, how he treats urgent matters. Castle Aurora was an example. He was able to control himself and get the job done, with only one casualty. And according to the records of that mission, Einso Lucath wasn't even a part of the team."
"Where is Enzo right now?" Kenji spoke up, finally fed up with wondering what state he was in.
"How dare you address the council that way Mr. Paopao. You should show some damn respect..." But before the elder man could continue on, the one who calmed the bunch had raised his hand to silence the room again.
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"Do not worry about the current condition of Enzo Ferrari. He is being kept in our secretive medical facility to be taken care of. Unlike the three people he inflicted damage on, he is the one who came out barely unscathed with only a few bruises." The man then placed his hand on his lap. "However, he can not go unpunished. Due to a major leak to the media, we can not silence anything and the public is disdain about the young one. So our options are very little. We have no choice but to seal him away in the Tartarus, then the public will be able to calm down." Then one of the door opened up and a voice rang through the room. "Don't you think that is a bit harsh of a punishment for such a young boy?" The man who entered the room walked in between Boone and Kenji, with his shining white suit glistening the entire room. "We could surely follow the book on how to give the perfect punishment for Mr. Enzo. But won't the magic users of the world react to such a harsh decision." Everyone stood up except for the elder council man and bowed to the man in the suit. "Master Crowley, when you have given up the head seat to me, you vowed that you would never step foot again into the Magic Council." Aleister let out a soft, humble chuckle. "Indeed, I have gave an oath of non-intervention. But this matter is a serious nature to the entirety of world. I can not just sit back and watch as the council make such a foolish decision." Aleister turned to Boone and gave a bow. "Apprentice Ivan. It is good to see you with such brimming health."
"Sensei.." Boone stood in surprise at seeing an old time friend. "Why are you here?" Kenji gave a side glance at the man in the suit. Sensei? What's going on here? Kenji wondered.
The elder man just let out a deep sigh. "Then what do you suggest Master Crowley." Aleister let out a nod. "Then allow me to surveillance young Enzo while he stays at Sorcerers." Everyone started to whisper to each other. "I have been a student, teacher, and headmaster of the school during my prime and I have shown great leadership in running a successful school year. That was the golden age and I do wish that Sorcerers can keep that up. My young apprentice Ivan have indeed shown great duty to keep it running with a proper student body. I will once again step out of retirement to supervise the student body as well. I have also came up with a significant system that could control Enzo's power and revolutionize the way magic school works." The council went to a serene silence before the elder man once again spoke. "We have seen your many innovation to the magic society and will come to an agreement after we all consult with each other. Please remain in this room until we complete our decision."
Everyone except for guards, Boone, Kenji, and Aleister had left the room. Aleister looked over to Kenji and let out a hand. "So you must be Kenji who watched over Enzo all those years. I had my eyes on the young boy since I heard of him from my students and apprentice. It is quite a shame to hear what happened at the Battle Royale."