Brother!!! Whyyy!!! Celeste yelled in extreme distress as her energy begins to rise and the surrounding air begins to circulate around her.

Celeste, wait! Adolé exclaims as he tries to explain himself.

Ms. Celeste. Calm yourself, we do not know the current situation! Master Maverick tried to reason with her.

What more do we need to know clearly, the young prince was feeling like a frog and was bold enough to leap. He has decided to snatch the throne for himself although I must commend him, striking his father while he was weak! Gerudo said as if he already had all the answers.

This couldn’t have turned out better, the whole family will turn on itself and I have no need to lift a finger! Gerudo thought to himself.

No that’s not what happened, father was under the effects of some—-

Suddenly Adolé stopped as it felt like the surrounding temperature plummeted.

Why? Why? Why? Why!? Celeste continued hysterically, and finally, she snapped.

Celeste was always known to be a hothead and to easily lose control of her emotions. It earned her nicknames like she-devil and the throned beauty.

Why must another one of the things closest to me be taken away again? First mother, now father. No, I decided to obtain power so this would never happen again...I will never let someone take something precious from me ever again....not even you brother..... I will kill you !!!! Celeste exclaims as tears fall down her copper smooth skin and she enters a berserk state losing all reasoning. Soon the palace becomes covered in ice, and everyone is shocked and dumbfounded at the level of power she is displaying.

Lord Gerudo, we mustn’t let them fight, they will kill one another! And looking at this level of power she is displaying surely there will be some kind of backlash! Exclaimed master maverick.

Let them fight, sometimes siblings must communicate through fists before they can understand one another. Replied Gerudo.

Hahaha, this is great. Continue, continue. Soon my goal will be accomplished. A thought quickly rushed across his mind.

Celeste, you have lost all reasoning and no longer respond to my voice. As your brother, it is my duty to stop you. Although I am not 100% I am more than enough to handle the current you. Prepare yourself. Adolé takes his battle stance alongside his coiling dragon spear and his battle ki rises sharply. It felt as if hot spears were pointed in the air and soon the temperature begins to heat back up. Opposing elements are in the air. One hot and the other cold. One force dark and the other so pure and hot, like that of a holy light.

In the world, there must exist balance and for every force, there is an opposing one, if it could be visualized, it would be that of yin and yang or a scale. Quickly, a high-speed battle begins.

The two take off at blinding speeds and soon small shockwaves are created at every exchange of blows. Adolé quickly takes the advantage, as he strikes a blow to her abdomen and Celeste flew through the air like an arched bow and flies through a column behind her. She quickly recovers, but before she produces the next attack, Adolé had already appeared in front of her and slashed diagonally towards her chest, but Celeste “disappears.” A whiplike kick comes from above Adolé and strikes him in the head and knocks him into the ground.

As Adolé picks himself up and blood falls from the corner of his head, he feels a thumping in his blood. His breathing becomes ragged, and he lets out a fearsome yell and almost as if linked by something intangible, Celeste soon experiences the same thing. It was as if the two entered some kind of resonance. Soon the intent to kill emanates from both of them and two pillars of light enveloped them. A godly aura soon envelops the two. Adolé is hit with a blazing orange pillar of light stained with a cool light blue and Celeste is bathed in a pillar of light that was the color of a cool blue moon tinged with a purple glow with silver sparkles glistening throughout it. Almost as if cloaked in a live twilight solely meant for her.

Celeste then summons her weapon. A beautiful scythe, about the length of her, a sharp blade made of a special metal. The blade itself a frosty blue, with a backlighted color of purple with many curved engravings. She then swung the blade upwards, and an arc of ice was sent through the air and quickly closed in on Adolé. He took his spear and stabbed it into the ground and soon a barrier of heat was erected and the ice arc collided with it and for a short second it seemed as if it would blow through the barrier no matter what, but soon after, it began to melt away and after it, appeared Celeste and she harshly knocks him away with the shaft of the scythe fracturing his arm and a rib or two. Adolé flies through the air as if let go from a slingshot.

Adolé ignored the injury and quickly stood up and it seemed as if the two were both entering their end game. They both raised their powers to the limits, and Adolé pointed his spear at Celeste and at the tip was a small orange ball of light. Celeste also readied her attack as her scythe morphed into a spear and a large ball of frosty blue light formed on the tip of her blade but it shrank as time quickly passed almost as if compacted on itself. Shortly after, the attacks were fired as both yelled as if they had met their most hated enemy. As Adolé Fired his attack, an orange beam and a light blue light appeared as the faded image of a dragon coiled around the beam in fiery form and Celeste’s beam soon broke apart like lightning as it was fired and the image of a frost dragon appeared beside her beam of ice and the two fearsome dragons clashed.

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As the two opposing forces met the two necklaces began to glow and a loud boom resounded and a strong gale and shockwave were formed catching master maverick by surprise sending him flying into a wall, knocking him unconscious and Gerudo was blown away despite his efforts in setting up a barrier to protect himself.

The twins were then blasted apart from each other wounding them both heavily and knocking them unconscious.

Soon a mysterious figure appears approximately 10 minutes later and dragged away Celeste’s unconscious body still clutching her scythe, and Adolé opens his eyes just in time to catch a glimpse of this person as they disappeared into the air with a great leap. Soon after, the elders appear and are baffled by what they see. Soon Elder Isley appears and quickly runs Rikudo to a mage doctor to quickly heal Rikudo’s wounds and Adolé is taken to his own quarters to be treated by one of the doctors of balmoral mountain as his wounds weren’t as heavy as his father’s. Only a few broken bones and scratches. Quickly 3 days pass and Adolé finally awakens, confusedly searching for his sister and soon a female doctor appears from the doorway.

Greetings, young master Adolé. Said the mysterious woman.

Where is my sister?

The young princess has not been seen for three days now, when we arrived at the palace, she was not present, so we prioritized you and the king, and after you two were transported to safety we set up a search party to find the young princess. She replied.

Soon Adolé begins reminiscing and soon hot tears begin to stream down his face and due to the mental shock from the recent events he passed out again.

It’s no surprise that this happened, Gerudo must be handled before things get worse. I must do my best to help these two otherwise the balmorals are destined for ruin. She then clicked her tongue.

Rest easy young master, for we have much work to do. The mysterious lady soon turns to leave the quarters of the young master when suddenly—

Minerva. Someone calls from the distance.

Surely we cannot allow things to end like this. the person said.

We shall not. Young master Adolé and the little princess will be the ones to help us and they will also be the ones to handle Gerudo. Do what you must, she must be tempered and polished, and maybe once “they” return, it may have some positive effects somehow. The coming battle will not be a place for the weak. With "them" being present as a constant threat and Gerudo's constant scheming, should they return; It may subliminally unite the races and Rikudo’s goal may be accomplished through a series of unfortunate events. Minerva replied.

I see. You may really be as dangerous as the rumors say. I would not want you as my opponent, but in the coming battle, you may have to face those rumors, "Hoteri." The person replied.

The person was met with silence before Minerva replies.

As the oldest balmorals to date, we have seen many atrocities, the harsh and good sides of life. Many may not agree with us, but ultimately it is for the greater good. I will work with you, but do not taint her or —-

You need not describe to me what you will do to me. I do not wish to even think about it. I will only help and train her for the coming battles. I will allow her to decide her own path and make her own decisions. I will not directly influence her, but should I speak the truth of her father yet?

No, Man sharpens man as steel sharpens steel. Allow her to be lost and confused and if she fosters a hatred for her brother; allow them to fight until she understands. It will train and temper the both of them as they continuously fight. We as balmorals benefit 1000 times more in actual battle than practicing our arts or using the "Jiko Kensa." Minerva said.

Agreed. I will teach and train her for now. Afterward, I will watch over her from the shadows until she learns to control her powers in case anything unexpected happens. He said

I will do the same with master Adolé. Minerva said.

Then we should begin as soon as possible. He said.

Agreed.

Minerva leaves and the mysterious person disappears and Adolé sleeps for another day.