Arc 4: What families entail
Road to a hero:
Three chances in another world
Chapter 43. Boomstick.
The carriages finally pull up to the Pirate camp. All the pirates wake up and get out of their tents to find themselves surrounded.
Edward: “Peter, runoff. Soku comes with me.”
Edward walks to the center of the camp. All the pirates hold their weapons, pointing them at the Red Arrows.
Edward: “Where is Ju’stone!?”
Pirate one: “You idiots really think you can beat him!?”
Edward grabs the pirate by the throat and stares into his eyes.
Pirate one: “He’s…in his ship…he was packing up…early.”
Soku: “Okay, guess it’s my time.”
Soku runs off heading towards the second biggest ship.
Edward: “WILL YOU FIGHT OR WILL YOU RUN, BECAUSE WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT YOUR LEADERS WILL DIE!”
All the pirates scream with vigor and start running toward the Red Arrows. The Red Arrows return the favor by charging in themselves. Instead of staying to fight Edward charges through the pirates, gunning for Moros' ship. Death after death behind him, yells of anger, pain, and want for victory. Edward makes it to the ship and sees Moro puffing on his cigar with his coat flowing in the wind. They stare at each other, and a drop of rain falls on them, then another and another. Then before they know it the rain starts pouring and the sky begins thundering. Moro backs up, letting Edward leap onto the ship.
Moro: “I like the skull helmet. That metal…that’s dragon stone, right?”
Edward: “Something like that.”
Moro: “And the left eye…you put our flag on it. Now it will look even better on my mantel.”
Edward: “I wasn’t ready last time…but now I am. Take another puff of that cigar, because that’ll your last.”
Moro takes the cigar out of his mouth and puts it out of his coat. He messes with the light brown fluff on the collar, laughing hysterically.
Moro: “It’s been less than a month since I beat your ass and now you’re back? This has gotta be a joke. Or do you just wanna die?”
Edward: “What are those boxes in front of the mass there?”
Moro: “Some loot we stole from Caesar. He tucked his tail between his legs and came running. So I killed him.”
Edward: “So you don't know?”
Moro stares longingly at the crates then like a light bulb he finally gets it. Edward puts his armored hand in the air, the sign Peters has been waiting for. Perched on a small cliff, aiming his rifle at the crates, his finger on the trigger. He exhales and pulls it.
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Moro: “Shit.”
Barreling through the air, a small pellet of gunpowder and flame crystals, a small explosive heading right toward the wooden boxes. Once it hits a fiery explosion erupts, Moro tries to brace himself but he’s thrown back. The ship has a newly made hole in the back end while the flames quickly spread around them. Edward rushes towards Moro, swinging his large sword right at his head. Moro moves his big body out of the way and throws a powerful kick at Edward. Edward blocks it with his sword and pushes Moro's leg up, getting him off balance. He then spins in a circle cutting the side of Moro's other leg.
Edward {I need to focus, use control. The reason I lost before was because I wasn't using any of those things. But now, I CAN DO THIS!"
Moro is shocked and bursting with anger. He wipes some of the blood off and licks it, punching the floor, and runs at Edward on all fours. Moro crushes Edward, forcing him onto the ground. Moro tries to bite Edward's head off but Edward grabs Moro's long sharp teeth and holds his jaw in position. A little bit away in the same sea rocks Ju’stones boat. He walks outside because of the loud boom he heard. He’s about to jump in the water when he gets hit with a strong gust of wind. He looks up to see Soku standing atop the ship's mast drenched in the rain. He had a humanoid shark like body; his skin was a light blue, he had a hundred small teeth, he had a fin at the end of his flat, bald head, and a flat nose to boot. He quickly became immersed in the conflict has he's somewhat of a brute, but he begins talking just like his captain.
Ju'stone: "Why don't yah just join us? The laws treat Demi-humans the same as Elves, so should you want to fight against It? Don't you hate the world you love in for how it treats us?"
Soku: "This world sucks and it's unfair. But that doesn't mean I'm gonna go make it worse for other people. All the Gravestone pirates do is make Demi-humans look bad, nothing more than criminals. And that you are."
Ju'stone: "You have a bounty on your head just like any other big name criminal, and it's been issued by the King of Walgonia himself. And didn't you used to be a thief? What makes you different, how have you changed?"
Soku looks down at her feet, and then up to her sword to mumble "I don't know how to put it into words..." But she stands proud, staring at Ju'stone with conviction and pride. He strokes his suspenders, pulls up his baggy pants, scratches his foot with his other foot, and lastly rips off his black tank top to reveal his muscular form as well a large tattoo of their flag on his chest.
Soku: "I'll show you my passion, by beatin' your ass "
Ju'stone: "Spoken like a true thief, nice."
He cracks his neck, shakes his body, and opens his mouth to drink the rain. He then brushes the water out of his eyes and punches the mast of the ship over and over until it breaks. And just as it snaps it begins falling forwards, about to crush the Soku.
Soku {SHIT, THIS GUY’S CRAZY…no Soku…calm down…I’m okay, I can do this.}
Soku runs forward, jumps into the air, leaps backward off the falling mast before she opens her gliders. She then begins to coast and soar over and around the ship before landing on a railing above and behind Ju’stone.
Ju’stone: “Can't belove they sent a little girl to kill me?”
Soku: “I may be little, and I may be a girl, but I'm still gonna beat you. Because I have to.”
Ju’stone: “And I have to get to my captain but you’re standing in my way. I’ll give you one chance to move.”
Soku: “You know…all my friends have been waiting for their battles and they have a connection to them. Whether it be brothers, childhood friends, or a personal villain. But you’re just a guy that I have to get rid of. And you’ll be the first, you’re the first obstacle I have to remove. And I will finish my mission.”
Ju’stone: “Then do it already..”
Ju’stone runs at Soku, with each step shaking the boat. Soku waits and listens, right as he jumps up and is about to bite her head, rolling backward. He tries to swipe at her with his large hands and massive arms but she uses her small stature to blast herself under his legs. She flips her body, her feet aiming at his crotch, and she kicks up blasting a powerful gust of wind at him. The blast sends him flying up, and his rough landing causes him to break into the ship. She takes a second to breathe before he launches himself out of the ship's hull, scratching her face. He lands behind her and jumps at her, winding up a powerful punch. She forces a big amount of wind out of her side, dodging the punch. He quickly turns his body and tries to grab Soku, so she flows wind to her legs and jumps backward, launching herself off the boat. And right before she falls into the water she circles the wind around herself and glides up.
Soku {Close one! Shit, this is terrifying! At least I have safety in the air. I just have to bide my time.}
Soku glides straight toward Ju’stone, flipping her body around and kicking the air, shooting more wind out of her feet. He brushes it aside and goes to grab her. Soku panics and tries to glide away but this time he grabs her glider and breaks it over his leg. So Soku immediately takes her short sword out and throws a powerful wind blade. Ju’stone dodges it and tries to bite her head off again, so she slices the air rapidly, throwing wind blade after wind blade. Eventually, they trip him up, letting Soku charge her wind blade up and hurl it at him. He blocks it with his hands and it slices deep into his skin. Ju’stone walks to his side and begins to strike the mast again, breaking the support beam entirely.
He pushes it so the giant wooden beam is going to fall right onto Soku. She barely jumps out of the way and it crashes into the ship breaking through the hull and the bottom. Water starts to fill the inside of the hull, flooding the ship. Soku flows wind all around her body, making it tight and firm. A cloak of wind was all around her body. She begins to run much faster than ever before, blitzing past Ju’stone. She runs around him, swinging her sword rapidly, slowly cutting him. Back and forth again and again, like a pattern. This is a pattern that Ju’stone realizes, so he waits, withstands the pain, and bides his time. Once there is an opening he swings his arm, smacking Soku overboard.
She flows the cloak of mana into her feet, about to launch herself up but Ju’stone jumps off the ship and pulls her into the water, about to feast on his young opponent without remorse.
END OF Chapter forty-three