So this was it, the Sky Tower. Ignite flew up to him from behind and chirped happily as the two of them finally made it to their destinations. No one thought it was possible, not even Elyx or Ignite themselves, yet there they were, proving everyone else wrong. The gem, it is said to be able to bring people back to their masters right? Elyx may not have wanted to remember Shadelle, but he knew the Jai Takaro quit two years after Elyx finished his education. Wherever in the word he may be, Elyx was about to find him. There was a few things he wanted to do when he finds his old teacher, for one thing, he wants to make sure that he has a chance to show off his magic. Another thing he wanted to do was talk about the Traveler, Nimpha, and how her medicine or drug caused him to no longer remember most of his magic spells. He was truly grateful for the fact that she did give him piece of mind at last, but he wanted to know why he couldn’t relearn his Lerale magic spells or why he even lost them in the first place. Maybe Mr. Takaro knew the answer. Another reason why Elyx wanted to go to Mr. Takaro was to learn a few more spells as well, or maybe just learn some sort of secret way to learn how to become stronger than the mages of his rank. Mr. Takaro was that sort of teacher, he wanted his students to learn in the best ways and have they become the best over anyone else of their supposed same rank. Sure he maybe not have expected Elyx to actually join a guild, but that was one of the many examples his teacher gave to him as a young boy.
Mr. Takaro must be a lot older and more experienced than he was back then. So did Elyx as well, and no matter what, no matter how strong he was, the teacher will always be the teacher and the student will always be the student. That was how it goes. And besides, after five years, who is to say Jai didn’t learn anything new? Elyx sadly didn’t learn anything new, in fact, he lost a lot of things he used to remember himself being able to do. It was a sad fact, but it was a true fact.
Elyx had to now navigate his way towards the gem and make sure he didn’t do anything that would cost him the chance. Supposable nothing was able to remove the gem from its place, then again it was also presumed that there was no way of being able to get this high up either, yet there was a 17 year old boy and aa 3 week old Phoenix both there. That was something everyone else would probably be afraid of as well as embarrassed. It should be the current generation that could do this sort of thing, not the next upcoming generation that everyone believes is corrupted and will end the world as we all know it. Well, that’s life it seems, talking.
The sight of everything on top of the sky tower was beautiful, the sun reflecting on the towns and guilds were perfect. Unfortunately for him, he didn’t know too many of them, so he didn’t have too many connections for him to say to his friend from that guild that their guild looks great from the Sky Tower. And it was just Fiore to everyone, and to this very day Elyx thought that Fiore was just Fiore as well. When he saw this amazing sight, he no longer saw anything else as beautiful as this land. He no longer saw Fiore as just Fiore, he now saw the true beauty it held, and he now knows why everyone is so desperate to get in these lands.
Towards the East was Fairy Tails town known as Magnolia, he has heard quite the interesting tales of that place. It was where Nimpha recommended him to go to if he wanted to join a guild. The forest was also located there as well, last time he went there, it was so large and almost maze like. But now it looked so tiny when someone climbs the tower. Now if only he had a camera so he can laugh as he remembered when he used to think that forest was so tall and wide. When Elyx looked even further, he ended up seeing the town of Clover, Clover town. He liked to address towns by their last name first. Like Town of Magnolia.
He has gone to that town a few times, it was home to Serenity and Hope, two girls desperate to impress their parent, even if it means lying and faking thing to them. Hopefully they were doing well with their lives, but Elyx didn’t want to get involved in that sort of thing anymore anyways. Sure, he would like to visit them every now and then, but he didn’t want to do that job where they had to pretend to be formal and act as if they were dating.
Then… the lake. Great place except for all the water in it. Elyx always had a fear of water ever since he was seven years old, a drowning incident that happened to him at that age that took a lot of his innocence away and injected a lot of fear into him. The next thing he saw was Inferno Mountains. He never actually took the time to go visit that, mainly because it was too hot. Many people would like to swim after visiting that place, and if he were invited to swim as well, he might just have a heart attack in the end of it. So instead, he would rather avoid the hot volcano since he wouldn’t really be able to cool himself off. Wind in a volcano just becomes hot wind, and that isn’t what one should use when they are in a hot volcano. Instead, he would rather just avoid it altogether. Besides, his chocolate would probably melt in that volcano in a minute, which isn’t too fun since chocolate is messy when melted.
To the left, there was the guild of Sabertooth. They were a very popular guild, many like them and Elyx couldn’t blame them. They deserved what they got, and they are by far one of the tallest standing guilds. One day, he wants to be strong enough to match them. He met two members from there. There was Riley, she was a strong and proud member of that guild. She stands tall in it, and he expects that she does even better. Their duel was unforgettable, he has never dueled anyone with that much intensity ever in his life. That was the only time they ever saw each other. The other person he saw was rather… unique one could say. The first time he met Kitteh was when Kitteh came out of a tavern, drunk. He tried to fight Elyx drunk and smacked his candy bar out of his hand. The second time they met was in groups of threes, in which he wouldn’t understand why he was travelling with people he didn’t know. They were good people, sure, but Elyx didn’t exactly trust Kittehs point of judgment. He is a grown man though, let him live his life and make his own mistakes, Elyx had enough problems in his life as it is anyways, he shouldn’t bother himself by getting into other problems with other people.
There were mountains as well, which he didn’t really mind too much. They just tend to block his wind flow sometimes, and he didn’t really appreciate that when it comes to actually being able to fight battles. He never went there before, but he needed either a calm and peaceful environment for him to fight in, or a devastatingly rough windy environment. Sometimes both can actually increase his power. He heavily relied on others to increase his magic power though, for example there was Myra, who has the ability to summon speakers. There, he can place Wind Lerale music louder and increase his magic power as well, and his magic power was devastating enough as it is with his almost perfect combo. His attacks and defenses are designed to work together as a group as he isn’t forced to run out of option. The cool downs are even a part of his plans as well, being used to reverse each other so they don’t run out, eventually they do, but the opponents would be weary by that time while Elyx is still up and running for a fight.
He then noticed that he was taking up too much time with the sightseeing, he was standing for almost ten minutes straight. Heights weren’t exactly his thing either, which was probably not a good thing since he was on top of a place known as the Sky Tower. He promised himself that when he comes back, he will be able to continue watching the town of Fiore. They were going to be the first things he saw when he returned anyways, so why not just look for the gem and continue on?
'Learn with one's master once more'. That doesn’t really have much meaning to what it would do when one removes it. And that’s if one is supposed to remove it. What if someone just grabbed the gem and accidentally dropped it. What would happen then? Would it shatter when it hits the ground and kids end up playing and hurting themselves with the shards? That would be such a huge disappointment. Nowhere near happily ever after in Elyxs book. Elyxs love life is dedicating himself to becoming stronger and stronger every day. No matter what the cost is or however hard it may be, it must be done. For Adrelissa.
To learn with one’s master. Well, he could imagine a version of Mr. Takaro standing in front of Elyx, but the real one? Is that even possible? Does this gem just track everyone’s abilities and apprentices as well as their masters? Elyx taught the kids at Shadelle a few magic tricks, if they ever found this gem, would they be able to summon him from wherever and have the train them? Now, that would be funny, and a little rude, but probably impossible if they keep; themselves in Shadelle, in which they won’t even get a chance to try to reach the top of the tower. The dungeon was quite a challenge though, it was mainly dark, and the funny thing is, that he couldn’t remember anything that happened in that tower.
The tip of the tower has been reached, and inside it was a small concealed room. Hopefully this would be the final task before he actually got to remove or try to remove the gem. Hopefully he would be able to remove it due to the fact that he was the person who got up this tower first. Inside the room was golden, sky high, the sky was blue and this was golden, making it shine out above the rest. And there it was, the treasure that everyone so wanted so much. It was right there in front of his eyes, and all he had to do was go up to it and reach it.
Here it is Ignite, the gem that will allow us to go back in time, once we grab this, we will be famous! Elyx explained as he put his hands in the air with excitement before he reached his hand out towards the gem, ready to have it in his grasp. Nimpha would be so jealous of this, if only she were here right now or they had some sort of easy communication method that allows him to brag about what he is doing with his life. He would call it the Cell Phone.
After that, he gripped the gem with no hesitation, whatsoever. And suddenly, he felt like he was going to faint, his head was hurting so very badly that he put both hands on his face and fell back. This sudden pain… why? All of a sudden, the pain went away from his head and actually made him tired. Tired as in he wants to go to sleep on anything, including this rough gold floor his back was on right now. He tried his best to keep his eyes open, but the magic from the gem were prying them closed, and his magic would only be able to use if he actually was able to play his Violin. This was like a worse version of Chicories Keeps negative aftereffect, in which Elyx may be forced to sleep, but he also has the chance to keep fighting. This sort of sleeping was just impossible to break out of. Elyx had a terrible feeling that he did something wrong.
It was a few hours later, but Elyx finally woke up in… in… a field? A field! And there was the smell of smoke near him, was there a forest fire going on near him? If that’s the case, he should probably start running. He stood up from the ground, but then stopped to see that the smoke was coming from a familiar looking man. It was him, the Gem gave him his wish to see him again. It didn’t even matter if he was fake or not, he was sitting by the camp fire and smiled as Elyx woke up from his slumber.
It had been a very long time my student. When I found you lying there, I knew I had to save you. The wolf might have killed you if I had come a little later than I did. Elyx… right? You have grown up so much since the last time I saw you! Five years make such a huge difference, I always knew you would have such a bright future, but your looks must also bring in the ladies.
Elyx laughed at the good joke. No, he wouldn’t like to say that he got anybody at all with his looks. It makes him feel uncomfortable and made him rather nervous as well. That is why seventeen is such a perfect age for him. Anyone of the age eighteen or older, he can say that it is against the law for them to try anything with him and that he wouldn’t mind going to the counsel to tell on them. Anyone younger than him tends to be too young as well. For one thing, Elyx wanted to keep his life inside the borders of Black Rose and that guild alone. The closest to that was way too young for him, and there were two of them. Seventeen was perfect for him since that means he was a hard man to get, and on top of that, someone would have to like him as well. With all these requirements, he might as well continue being happy that he was single, and he most certainly was.
Mr. Takaro recognized Elyx after all. It felt so great to be remembered by the teacher he never saw for a long long time. He could just run up to him and talk all day, but he knew what kind of teacher Mr. Takaro was. And there was one way to speak to him, the most effective way to speak to him. And that would be through battle. Now that he thought about it, he couldn’t remember any wounds on his body, and nothing seemed to ache either. And… where is Ignite? Elyx could have sworn she was with him. Wait… the Gem was touched by him, and possibly not by her. Even if it was touched by her, she had no mentor or a master. Elyx might be considered one, but he touched the gem, and it would only be private moment with his mentor, no one else allowed. He hoped Ignite was doing all right wherever she was, it must be lonely over there, but she was in a room in the Sky Tower, so hopefully not scary for her. No one would intrude and she had a whole room to herself. Plus, she can entertain herself with the gem as well, observe and in her case be able to touch it due to the fact that it won’t do anything to her. Now he wondered if that gem can even be lifted at all. For one thing, it seems anyone taught anything would be shot towards their master/mentor.
I don’t like to think of myself like that. But anyways Mr. Takaro, how about you? You look so much more experienced and… in all honesty a lot scarier when it comes to fights. But I think we both know why you kept me in good care, it was the way you have always trained me. I don’t expect you to hold back on me, so I won’t hold back on you when we fight. But right now, let’s just put that fire out. And while we fight, let’s talk, all right?
Elyx wanted to know about Mr. Takaro and his life a little bit, maybe he could learn a lot more than he already did. To become so strong and look so healthy, and his instrument was even a guitar! An electric guitar that doesn’t even need to be plugged into anything! Meanwhile, Elyx had to wait before he could get his own Electric Violin. Those enhance the powers of Violin Lerale users anyways, so why not bring his limits and push them even higher up than before?
That’s my boy Elyx. But don’t you dare call me Mr. Takaro anymore. I’m not a school teacher, I’m just a mentor to you. Call me Jai. If you remember, that is my first name, you better remember it, and I don’t want to give you a bruise to remember the name of the one who will defeat you in this fight.
Elyx braced himself as he was ready to spring. Back when they were kids, Jai always had him and Adrelissa and the other kids wrestle with their bare hands only. This increased physically ability like speed and power, awareness is mentally increased as well. He hated being pinned to the ground, so he made sure to train on his own to enhance his awareness and speed. No one would be able to catch him, and they were such easy victories to him. Nowadays, he would just prepare himself whenever he would have to face them again, they used to be no joke to joke, but now they might be no joke again. And the next time they are wrestling, it might be to the death.
Jai ran towards Elyx first and aimed a high buzz saw kick to Elyxs left cheekbone, this being able to knock many people out, but it is very easy to expect. Elyx dodged the attack by ducking, only to notice that Jai stopped mid-kick. He dropped his leg onto his students head, but the Violinist rolled to the side and stood back up. He aimed a right hook to the nose of Jai, but Jai arched his back behind him to the right arm would just barely miss his nose. Jai grabbed Elyxs arm and twisted it one time before attempting to leg sweep his student. However, that student flipped frontwards over the leg to dodge to attack and loosen his arm. Before Jai could try anything else, Elyx gripped the arm of Jai and spun his around. Instead of the leg sweep, Elyx attempted to spin the arm again and let go so the teacher would end up tumbling forward. The teacher resisted though and stopped the students plan by using his other hand to push the student back and knock a lot of wind out of the student. Elyx leaned forward and clutched his stomach for a second, hoping to recover within that second, but Jai put his student in a full nelson lock and held Elyx there for a few seconds before he let go. The teacher beat the student on this one.
You have gotten so much better than I have expected you to be. I honestly didn’t expect you to see my leg sweep arm lock, but you not only dodged it and recovered at the same time, but you actually countered it. You need to be aware of all the body parts of your opponent, just because you have covered one of their body parts doesn’t mean they aren’t able to use the others. The lock I did made sure you were able to do nothing at all, I made sure to cover up all of your body parts so you weren’t able to move. Now, don’t you dare think I am done! We are going to be doing this training for a whole day!
Elyx prepared himself as he was ready to give this another shot, this second time should be able to work if that was his only flaw. Jai charged at him again, the same buzz saw kick to the face was attempted. This time the student caught the leg mid-air. He was about to throw the leg around and tackle Jai down, but Jai jumped into the air with his other leg and attempted a back heel kick to Elyxs right cheek. Elyx ducked under the attack and Jai landed on the same foot he used to attack with that leg he just used. The teacher jumped again unexpectedly and hit Elyxs left cheek. The student was knocked to the ground, but not down yet, there was still no pin or lock. He spun with his leg out as if break dancing, but that was a recovering leg sweep he just did right there. That leg sweep was able to trip those around the user of this move, but the teacher saw it coming and jumped onto Elyxs leg, stopping him from continuing. The student couldn’t move at this point for a few seconds, and the teacher had this battle once again.
You need to make sure your opponents movements come with a pattern. For example, being my student, did you seriously think I would expect you not to dodge my first attack? What I did was called a Mule kick, which is designed to just about give leverage to the user with the heavy usage of the element of surprise. The attack is it so quick, so sudden, not many people know what to do when they get struck by its amazing power. As for recovering, don’t keep trying to attack, you leave yourself open to this many openings. With this lock, if you try to move too much you might end up losing a leg. Good thing you didn’t go any further, at least you know when to stop. All right, let’s continue on with this.
Elyxs leg was then let free and he rolled back up onto his feet. Not trying to attack, he understood what that meant. Use things for what they are designed to do, don’t use recoveries as an attack, don’t use defense as an attack, and vice versa. Instead, he must focus on using them for what they were supposed to do, attacking must attack, defending must defend, and recover must recover. This was sort of like a rock, paper, and scissors game when he thought about it. Now, for recovery, instead of trying to use a recovery leg sweep, maybe he could just roll back up to his feet. He needs to watch out in where he rolls though, it would be stupid to roll right into a trap set up by the enemy.
Jai ran at Elyx again, the same buzz saw kick technique. This time Elyx leg seeped Jai with the other foot that he was standing on, and he actually struck his teacher. His teacher landed on his hands and flipped back up onto his feet. Elyx quickly took the chance at struck at Jay’s stomach, the teacher stumbling back before the student jumped and attempted to Buzz saw kick his teacher. His attack was ducked under and a punch was headed his way, Elyx only could jump back to avoid that attack. He then leapt at his teacher and aimed a punch towards the teacher, who caught Elyxs fist, but it took a lot of force to do that. Jai then kicked the arm he caught, successful since it was also being held. Elyx pulled on his arm to drag Jai towards him, then buzz saw kicked his teacher at the last moment before anything the teacher could see could be done about. The buzz saw kick was so effective when it worked, and Jai lying down after taking one was the proof of that.
I win Jai! Elyx exclaimed happily as he pulled up Jai to his feet and smiled innocently. Third times a charm it seemed, and Elyx was glad it was that way instead of many other ways it could have ended. Jai rubbed his head and moaned a little before smiling and looking to his student. Sheesh, Elyx. What do you kick? The heads of dragon? You are most certainly my student, I am proud to consider you as a product of my teachings. I just wish everyone in Shadelle could see you now.
Elyx tilted his head when he heard that statement if they saw him right now, they would probably try to kill him and make sure they taunt him as he dies. Once one betrays the guild, they have no place in the tribe ever again. You leave and don’t come back, no vacations unless you needed to do that so you could go do a job. It was like prison with more boundaries, but that’s all. Extended boundaries. And their prisons, no one wants to talk about what happens there if Shadelle was a prison already. It is guaranteed death to those who end up in what they call “prison”, which is supposed to be a safeguard to punish criminals, but doesn’t anyone ever find it odd that no one ever comes out of the prison? Elyx could figure out the reason for that, but he would rather not talk about it, or talk about Shadelle for that matter.
It was day two, Elyx was resting in his tent, refusing to get up so early. The sunlight still shined anyways, so he had to turn himself around so he could try to continue sleeping, but Jai then started to talk to him. Can’t he just sleep in peace for once!? Even with the Gems power he couldn’t get enough sleep, and it knocked him out cold! What he would do to not live in a world full of negative irony. Well, now that he can’t go back to sleep, he might as well talk to his teacher.
Morning Elyx. This is our resting day, we will just be talking about ourselves and what we have been doing for the past five years when we have been separated. I expect you have a lot to tell me right? How is everything going in Shadelle and what not? But first, what would you like to know about me if there is anything? Anything at all?
Elyx put his arm over his eyes, giving him darkness so when wouldn’t have to burn them with the sunlight. Then he flipped himself over, he was still barely dressed, wearing an undershirt and a long pair of dark blue pajama pants with light blue strikes crossing him. But, he still didn’t want to give up this chance, ever since he was twelve years old, he wondered where his teacher would be, and there he was right in front of him. The least he could do was open his eyes, yet he refused to. Maybe Elyx was a little bit too spoiled in his life, he didn’t deserve what he had, yet he still had them anyways. The least he could do was be grateful, but it wasn’t like he completely shut them down either. In fact, he as willing to talk, so that was a good thing.
Hey there Jai. I actually did have a question for you. I wanted to know the origin of Lerale, apparently you are supposed to learn it at the age of 18 and my birthday is literally a month away. As in… thirty days away. I want to know the story of Lerales and why they have their own magic. Who made them? Why do they need instruments to carry out their special type of magic? Is Shadelle the only tribe with them? Basically, I want to know everything there is to know about it. Every single detail.
Elyx waited for the response, which was still being processed through Jays mind. It would be illegal for a minor to know the story of a Lerale, but they don’t know this due to the fact that neither of them go to the guild anymore, so it’s not like anyone in the guild is actually going to catch them talk about the origin of Lerale magic. It was always a mystery to him, such difficult and powerful magic being invested in even tweens and sometimes children if they have proven themselves to be extremely smart.
After a few minutes to think, Jai breathed out and decided to tell Elyx the story. All right, if you seriously aren’t in the tribe anymore, I guess it would be safe to tell you, I just don’t want you to go running around and talking about it… All right. The story of Lerale is a story of three men, Japheth, Lian, and Tyr. They all were brothers, Japheth being the most known and loved brother amongst the people, Lian being the smartest and wisest of the three, and Tyr to be the most caring and loving of them all. They were so bright and young, it was a miracle that they ended up killing each other.
Killing each other… but them all had each other’s traits, they could be an amazing team! They would have been able to sweep nations and possibly wipe out guilds faster than they could even see it happen! But then… what did happen to the three. They were brother, most known, most knowing, and the most loving. They must have more traits then that. Elyx figured out only one, and it wasn’t a guaranteed fact. Maybe Japheth was most known since he was the strongest of the three. Either that or he was a ladies man. No… he would’ve mentioned either of those two if that were the case. Well, maybe not the ladies’ man thing, but that would probably make him hated by most men, and Jai didn’t say anything about that.
Killed each other… but… why would they do that? They sound like the ultimate team, they could wipe out entire nations if they all become that strong and work together. So why didn’t they?
Though they were brothers, they always were competitive, no matter what. Eating, playing, and even fighting to the point in which they hurt each other on purpose. Everyone around them thought it was normal sibling things, but it was much worse than that. Nowhere near close to just a few siblings fighting for something or some things. They kept fighting… and fighting… and fighting for so unbelievably long. It was just something they did. Grades at school, running, doing chores, gambling, making bets, truth or dare, they all had their own territories. When they became rank SS mages, they all wanted to be the ace of the tribe. They all had one way of settling the biggest scores. Music. They all used music to fight, having the crowd choose who they liked best. Japhet earned his charisma through those music battles, but it was Tyr who won… he become the Ace of the tribe and a rank H mage.
And so what then happened after that? I mean, if it was just Tyr becoming the H rank ace mage, what happened to the other two mages? I can expect they didn’t accept this lying down did they, maybe a rematch or something?
There was a silence from Jai, the next part obviously not going to be pretty. Elyx should best brace himself for whatever was coming next, because this silence told him it wasn’t going to be a pleasant ride from this way down. It was still the truth he seeked, and no matter how bad it was, he will do anything to listen to it. All he ever wanted in his life was to live life with full knowledge on who he is and what he uses. Lerale magic was both of those things, it was a part of him since that is what Elyx felt music was to him, a part of him, guiding him through life and protecting him every step of the way. Music kept him from going insane and lashing out on everyone he saw when Adrelissa ended up in the worst of positions, and that left him in the worst of all cases ever. Then there was Classical Reflections, telling him everything would be ok and that sometimes things just happen, but not everything has to be bad if you choose to make things great. Adrelissa always did that to minimize her problems and it worked out for her, and ever since Elyx did that, his problems have been lowered as well. It was a lot better to be bright, even when things weren’t as bright.
From there, Lian tried to kill… kill his brothers. Not just Tyr, but both of them. He started swearing and hissing about being the lowest brother, despite him being the smartest and having the most recognizable grades, I kind of envied his teachers for being able to have him as a student. Yet the teachers who did notice him, he never noticed them. The irony is all I would be able to say, what else one can say if they saw or heard things like that. Lian was able to kill one of his brothers, Japhet, by using what was considered illegal magic back then known as Zeax magic. Try ended up fighting for his life against his brother using his instrument since that was what got him to the highest of rankings. To avenge his brother and defend the tribe from the most that his brother became, he used his instrument to cast spells, and he was much strong than Lian and killed his smarter brother. There was no contest in the beginning. This is all that is currently known about the history of Lerale magic, but there is a lot more to it that just has not been uncovered.
Elyx chose not to continue pressing for information, he felt like the information he was given was more than enough, and in all honesty, he could have continued living life without the extra information. He himself was no scientist, this job wasn’t for him, somebody else can discover what made Lerales… well… Lerales. He instead decided to wake up, but then Jai interrupted him from doing so as he continued.
It’s time to sleep Elyx. Night time just hit, and you have another long day of training tomorrow. Jai said as he left with soft footsteps as Elyx was left to be confused. When he lifted his arm away from his face, darkness was still there. It was… Night time? How so? That shouldn’t be possible since Elyx just woke up… how did time move itself so fast? And what about hunger or using the bathroom? Is this some sort of aftereffect of the Gem? This is nowhere near normal, but what he could do except go along with it, he was here with his teacher.
Elyx woke up the next day, and instead of trying to sleep in, he made sure he didn’t even dare wink a bit more sleep in as he rolled up onto his feet. And guess who was standing right there, waiting for him to wake up. Jai was waiting for him how long again? He could have just kicked his student until that student woke up, so at least they didn’t have to waste their own time just letting Elyx sleep. Apparently he didn’t need to eat, drink, and use the bathroom, so why would he even need sleep? It wasn’t even sleep anymore? He could have sworn that at the exact moment he went to sleep, he woke up.
Come on, we need to train Jai. I get it, just let me at least stand up onto my feet and we will begin to battle.
Elyx rolled onto his feet, his body not even tired. Days travel by quickly anyways, what is supposed to be 24 hours to them is something Elyx had no idea how do adapt to. And he personally would appreciate it if he could at least eat a chocolate bar. The chocolate, it was distant to him wherever the sky tower was located. And ignite, despite the fact that in real time Elyx has been gone for maybe an hour, he was beginning to miss her. As if he were distant for a long time. Maybe the gem speeds up the emotions of anyone who is taken away by it. Well this feeling hurts, as if it never wanted to be feeling this way in the first place. Wherever Ignite was, he had hoped that she was alright at the sky tower and that she wasn’t lonely.
The two of them met face to face against each other, ready to start combat off. First, Elyx rolled to the side for no reason, starting things off unexpectedly. Jai saw this though and didn’t even plan to go defensive, instead he kicked Elyx and caused him to roll along the grass as he took a heavy hit to the hip. He rolled along the fields and quickly stood back up onto his feet again. The student ran towards Jai with his full amount of speed and swung a right fist to Jais cheek, but Jai saw the attack quicker than it could come and moved his body to the side. He aimed a left punch to Elyxs face and landed a successful hit, knocking Elyx to the ground. The student rolled back up onto his feet, but the teacher struck the students face again, and Elyx was as good as gone for that battle.
Elyx, I am sorry. But that was reckless, there were so many mistake with that attempt, I couldn’t even believe it. Try again, you need to do what you did two days ago. If I let you go off fighting like that, I would never ever forgive myself. I am ordering you stand up and fight me again.
Elyx quickly rolled back up onto his feet and put his fists back up into the air, ready to continue this training. It was intense since normally he would work together with the other kids to take Jai down. But now he was alone, he had to rely on his own strength on this one. No holding back, no relying on the other students that were not there anymore. The student was ready to continue fighting, the first time he tried was sloppy and he wasn’t afraid to admit that he did screw up. But now he was also willing to say that he was ready to kick his teacher’s ass. He jumped forward and aimed a punch to the stomach of his teacher. Jai stepped to the side and tried to kick Elyx, but Elyx rolled in recovery. He felt his teacher ready to strike him from behind, so instead of waiting, he continued to run forward to avoid whatever the next blow was going to be. He then rolled back when the teacher least expected it. When he got up, the teacher was just getting to turn around, and Elyx aimed a high spin kick to the cheek of his teacher, but Jai somehow managed to duck the attack. Now it was the student who had to watch his back. The teacher aimed a blow to the back of his students head, but Elyx ducked and spun his right leg around to carry out a leg sweep. His teacher jumped into the air to avoid the attack, but that was when Elyx sprung at his teacher with a right punch to the stomach, and this time, there was no counter.
Gotcha! Elyx exclaimed as the two of them hit the ground, both of them still standing, and Elyx continuing the combo. He punched the stomach of his teacher again before he quickly kneed it after that. His teacher held his stomach and his face leaned forward. The student back handed his teachers head so hand to the ground that his teacher’s body bounced off of the ground and bounced up into the air. Elyx jumped into the air and kicked his teacher away from him a huge distance away. It seems Elyx won that battle.
Day four. It was time for them to talk again. All right, about what this time? It seems that Elyx was the only one with a question so far. His teacher knew why he was able to tell Elyx bout the history of Shadelle, it took a lot of effort to continue on after it happened. The way he remembered it was still a little foggy since it was Nimpha who helped him forget much about it. The most he could remember wasn’t too much. He went to the cemetery out of curiosity of why his mother would hide it from him. He searched the tombstones, nothing out of the ordinary, but that means he didn't look hard enough. Until two tombstones struck him as odd. One said Silico Reiaki, father of Elyx Reiaki, body found before Elyx was even born. This fueled a little bit of anger, but the next tombstone struck his feelings to the point in which he snapped. It read, Tiara Reiaki, died on the day Elyx was born... then who was the faker that claimed to be his mother this whole time. A few tears rolled down his eyes before his face became red with anger. This anger was something he never thought he would feel, but there it was, ready to consume him. One night, he was heard by a Treasure Hunter, who seemed to be passing by. She didn't seem to be attacking him, so he decided to talk to her. She looked only a few years older than him, only about... 23-26 years old. Yet, the way the two of them conversed was like a mother to a son kind of conversation, eventually Elyx spilling out his story of why he was so sad. The next event is blurry, nothing truly confirmed after that until it is showing the treasure hunter giving her name and Elyx specifically "Thank you Nimpha, I owe you forever."
Well, it seemed that Elyx was ready to talk to his teacher about his history, but he has to ask first, and though it may be one-sided, he had nothing else to rely on anyways. Elyx is willing to tell his teacher what he believed happened, he doesn’t need anything or anyone else to tell his side of the story. Now it wasn’t just that, he had to explain where he went, if he wanted to know where his teacher went.
His teacher was waiting for him to wake up, and now Elyx wasn’t surprised to see her anymore. He truly was spoiled to have this ability to relearn but never actually get a chance to fight alongside him. Still, he should be grateful to see him again, it’s not like the effect of the gem will last forever, there were still more days with Jai Takaro, sure, but that doesn’t mean they won’t pass by quickly. It was liken his education with Jai in the past, he never thought his classes or studies would end either, but here was 17 year old Elyx with all of them memorized and heavily used. Speaking of which, why don’t they get to use their magic in this world? Elyx has tried a few times to summon his Violin, but it seems he has no way of summoning it to wherever the gem sent him. Also, where did the gem send him? Despite the campfire wood which Elyx would have no idea where Jai got that from, and despite the camp where Elyx also had no idea where that came from, he ended up being in what seemed like the middle of nowhere, except it wasn’t. No matter how hard he denied it, there was something about this place that seemed familiar.
Hey Elyx… I know it’s my turn to ask questions and all. But… I would actually like to explain to you a few things. There were reasons for why I left the tribe. Our tribe master… Ark… he is a bad man. It took me a while to learn this, but he is up to no good for you at all. He was targeting you for destruction when you were going to turn twelve, a poison would be injected into your body while you were sleeping. It was his order to do this. He wanted the injection to be done with a needle. This poison makes you sleep until the medicine to treat it has been cured. But, it also gave magic energy to whoever the developer of the poison was. It took him a while, but he had to lie to the public about the project, Armada Ark. He was learning a poison just for you Elyx. Ever since you were born, and way before then. He wanted the Reiaki blood, the Reiakis were a very powerful family back in the days.
What did he want with me Jai… what did he want with my magic so badly that he was willing to drug me and put me into what sounds like an eternal damn sleep! Why did he wanted to do anything like that to a boy! When I was twelve, I was just about to become a teenager! Why couldn’t he understand that!?
Ark was a greedy man for power, and the blood you have in you is much stronger the blood of any other Lerale user. Tyr, he passed on his strength… to the Reiakis after his met a young lady. The connections between your parent that young lady were too similar, there was no way anyone could call it a coincidence.
Elyx shed a tear on his right side, he gripped the pillow as hard as he could. Ever since he was a child, he was going to have his magic stolen. Why… why did the world have to be so greedy? They just wanted to use him… for their own benefit. There was no way he could help it! He was as blood and flesh as everyone else in the tribe was, he didn’t ask to have the Reiaki blood! In fact, now he didn’t want it He just wished everything could be normal rather than this garbage happening to him over and over again.
But you, Elyx. You had my interest, so much about you interested me. The way you behaved was a lot more mature than kids your age. It was funny to me really, and whenever you smiled around that girl Adrelissa, it made me smile. You never were a kid who was alone, I wanted to be more than just your teacher, and I wanted to also be your friend. One who was willing to look out for you and care for you? I couldn’t do that task I was brought up to do, so I ran away with the poison they spent so much time and money to make. While you were sleeping, I injected a heavy amount of medicine into your body so you wouldn’t be drugged by someone else. The fact that you have so much power and that you aren’t asleep for the rest of your life is because of the medicine running through your veins.
Elyx looked up at Jai again, and none of what he was saying was a cruel joke or a prank or anything sarcastic. He was being completely serious with Elyx all the way, nothing pulling on his strings or anything. Elyxs heart strings were being plucked delicately by his teacher. He was a good man, and he seemed to have regret with not being able to tell the student this before, but he ran away. Elyx ran away as well, the guild was breaking them down and neither of them wanted to go anymore. They had their separate reasons, sure, it was the fact that his “mother” lied to him the whole time and kept him from the truth that really messed Elyx up in the head. He would end up crying himself to sleep every damn night because of her and her lies. That… and Adrelissa.
Elyx… I saw what happened to Adrelissa… I mean. I know how she ended up in the end… and I am so sorry that you had to go through that. You cared so much for her and she cared so much for you too. I really thought that something would become of you two in the future. It was obvious to everyone… if you know what I mean.
Mr. Takaro must be a lot older and more experienced than he was back then. So did Elyx as well, and no matter what, no matter how strong he was, the teacher will always be the teacher and the student will always be the student. That was how it goes. And besides, after five years, who is to say Jai didn’t learn anything new? Elyx sadly didn’t learn anything new, in fact, he lost a lot of things he used to remember himself being able to do. It was a sad fact, but it was a true fact.
Elyx had to now navigate his way towards the gem and make sure he didn’t do anything that would cost him the chance. Supposable nothing was able to remove the gem from its place, then again it was also presumed that there was no way of being able to get this high up either, yet there was a 17 year old boy and aa 3 week old Phoenix both there. That was something everyone else would probably be afraid of as well as embarrassed. It should be the current generation that could do this sort of thing, not the next upcoming generation that everyone believes is corrupted and will end the world as we all know it. Well, that’s life it seems, talking.
The sight of everything on top of the sky tower was beautiful, the sun reflecting on the towns and guilds were perfect. Unfortunately for him, he didn’t know too many of them, so he didn’t have too many connections for him to say to his friend from that guild that their guild looks great from the Sky Tower. And it was just Fiore to everyone, and to this very day Elyx thought that Fiore was just Fiore as well. When he saw this amazing sight, he no longer saw anything else as beautiful as this land. He no longer saw Fiore as just Fiore, he now saw the true beauty it held, and he now knows why everyone is so desperate to get in these lands.
Towards the East was Fairy Tails town known as Magnolia, he has heard quite the interesting tales of that place. It was where Nimpha recommended him to go to if he wanted to join a guild. The forest was also located there as well, last time he went there, it was so large and almost maze like. But now it looked so tiny when someone climbs the tower. Now if only he had a camera so he can laugh as he remembered when he used to think that forest was so tall and wide. When Elyx looked even further, he ended up seeing the town of Clover, Clover town. He liked to address towns by their last name first. Like Town of Magnolia.
He has gone to that town a few times, it was home to Serenity and Hope, two girls desperate to impress their parent, even if it means lying and faking thing to them. Hopefully they were doing well with their lives, but Elyx didn’t want to get involved in that sort of thing anymore anyways. Sure, he would like to visit them every now and then, but he didn’t want to do that job where they had to pretend to be formal and act as if they were dating.
Then… the lake. Great place except for all the water in it. Elyx always had a fear of water ever since he was seven years old, a drowning incident that happened to him at that age that took a lot of his innocence away and injected a lot of fear into him. The next thing he saw was Inferno Mountains. He never actually took the time to go visit that, mainly because it was too hot. Many people would like to swim after visiting that place, and if he were invited to swim as well, he might just have a heart attack in the end of it. So instead, he would rather avoid the hot volcano since he wouldn’t really be able to cool himself off. Wind in a volcano just becomes hot wind, and that isn’t what one should use when they are in a hot volcano. Instead, he would rather just avoid it altogether. Besides, his chocolate would probably melt in that volcano in a minute, which isn’t too fun since chocolate is messy when melted.
To the left, there was the guild of Sabertooth. They were a very popular guild, many like them and Elyx couldn’t blame them. They deserved what they got, and they are by far one of the tallest standing guilds. One day, he wants to be strong enough to match them. He met two members from there. There was Riley, she was a strong and proud member of that guild. She stands tall in it, and he expects that she does even better. Their duel was unforgettable, he has never dueled anyone with that much intensity ever in his life. That was the only time they ever saw each other. The other person he saw was rather… unique one could say. The first time he met Kitteh was when Kitteh came out of a tavern, drunk. He tried to fight Elyx drunk and smacked his candy bar out of his hand. The second time they met was in groups of threes, in which he wouldn’t understand why he was travelling with people he didn’t know. They were good people, sure, but Elyx didn’t exactly trust Kittehs point of judgment. He is a grown man though, let him live his life and make his own mistakes, Elyx had enough problems in his life as it is anyways, he shouldn’t bother himself by getting into other problems with other people.
There were mountains as well, which he didn’t really mind too much. They just tend to block his wind flow sometimes, and he didn’t really appreciate that when it comes to actually being able to fight battles. He never went there before, but he needed either a calm and peaceful environment for him to fight in, or a devastatingly rough windy environment. Sometimes both can actually increase his power. He heavily relied on others to increase his magic power though, for example there was Myra, who has the ability to summon speakers. There, he can place Wind Lerale music louder and increase his magic power as well, and his magic power was devastating enough as it is with his almost perfect combo. His attacks and defenses are designed to work together as a group as he isn’t forced to run out of option. The cool downs are even a part of his plans as well, being used to reverse each other so they don’t run out, eventually they do, but the opponents would be weary by that time while Elyx is still up and running for a fight.
He then noticed that he was taking up too much time with the sightseeing, he was standing for almost ten minutes straight. Heights weren’t exactly his thing either, which was probably not a good thing since he was on top of a place known as the Sky Tower. He promised himself that when he comes back, he will be able to continue watching the town of Fiore. They were going to be the first things he saw when he returned anyways, so why not just look for the gem and continue on?
'Learn with one's master once more'. That doesn’t really have much meaning to what it would do when one removes it. And that’s if one is supposed to remove it. What if someone just grabbed the gem and accidentally dropped it. What would happen then? Would it shatter when it hits the ground and kids end up playing and hurting themselves with the shards? That would be such a huge disappointment. Nowhere near happily ever after in Elyxs book. Elyxs love life is dedicating himself to becoming stronger and stronger every day. No matter what the cost is or however hard it may be, it must be done. For Adrelissa.
To learn with one’s master. Well, he could imagine a version of Mr. Takaro standing in front of Elyx, but the real one? Is that even possible? Does this gem just track everyone’s abilities and apprentices as well as their masters? Elyx taught the kids at Shadelle a few magic tricks, if they ever found this gem, would they be able to summon him from wherever and have the train them? Now, that would be funny, and a little rude, but probably impossible if they keep; themselves in Shadelle, in which they won’t even get a chance to try to reach the top of the tower. The dungeon was quite a challenge though, it was mainly dark, and the funny thing is, that he couldn’t remember anything that happened in that tower.
The tip of the tower has been reached, and inside it was a small concealed room. Hopefully this would be the final task before he actually got to remove or try to remove the gem. Hopefully he would be able to remove it due to the fact that he was the person who got up this tower first. Inside the room was golden, sky high, the sky was blue and this was golden, making it shine out above the rest. And there it was, the treasure that everyone so wanted so much. It was right there in front of his eyes, and all he had to do was go up to it and reach it.
Here it is Ignite, the gem that will allow us to go back in time, once we grab this, we will be famous! Elyx explained as he put his hands in the air with excitement before he reached his hand out towards the gem, ready to have it in his grasp. Nimpha would be so jealous of this, if only she were here right now or they had some sort of easy communication method that allows him to brag about what he is doing with his life. He would call it the Cell Phone.
After that, he gripped the gem with no hesitation, whatsoever. And suddenly, he felt like he was going to faint, his head was hurting so very badly that he put both hands on his face and fell back. This sudden pain… why? All of a sudden, the pain went away from his head and actually made him tired. Tired as in he wants to go to sleep on anything, including this rough gold floor his back was on right now. He tried his best to keep his eyes open, but the magic from the gem were prying them closed, and his magic would only be able to use if he actually was able to play his Violin. This was like a worse version of Chicories Keeps negative aftereffect, in which Elyx may be forced to sleep, but he also has the chance to keep fighting. This sort of sleeping was just impossible to break out of. Elyx had a terrible feeling that he did something wrong.
It was a few hours later, but Elyx finally woke up in… in… a field? A field! And there was the smell of smoke near him, was there a forest fire going on near him? If that’s the case, he should probably start running. He stood up from the ground, but then stopped to see that the smoke was coming from a familiar looking man. It was him, the Gem gave him his wish to see him again. It didn’t even matter if he was fake or not, he was sitting by the camp fire and smiled as Elyx woke up from his slumber.
It had been a very long time my student. When I found you lying there, I knew I had to save you. The wolf might have killed you if I had come a little later than I did. Elyx… right? You have grown up so much since the last time I saw you! Five years make such a huge difference, I always knew you would have such a bright future, but your looks must also bring in the ladies.
Elyx laughed at the good joke. No, he wouldn’t like to say that he got anybody at all with his looks. It makes him feel uncomfortable and made him rather nervous as well. That is why seventeen is such a perfect age for him. Anyone of the age eighteen or older, he can say that it is against the law for them to try anything with him and that he wouldn’t mind going to the counsel to tell on them. Anyone younger than him tends to be too young as well. For one thing, Elyx wanted to keep his life inside the borders of Black Rose and that guild alone. The closest to that was way too young for him, and there were two of them. Seventeen was perfect for him since that means he was a hard man to get, and on top of that, someone would have to like him as well. With all these requirements, he might as well continue being happy that he was single, and he most certainly was.
Mr. Takaro recognized Elyx after all. It felt so great to be remembered by the teacher he never saw for a long long time. He could just run up to him and talk all day, but he knew what kind of teacher Mr. Takaro was. And there was one way to speak to him, the most effective way to speak to him. And that would be through battle. Now that he thought about it, he couldn’t remember any wounds on his body, and nothing seemed to ache either. And… where is Ignite? Elyx could have sworn she was with him. Wait… the Gem was touched by him, and possibly not by her. Even if it was touched by her, she had no mentor or a master. Elyx might be considered one, but he touched the gem, and it would only be private moment with his mentor, no one else allowed. He hoped Ignite was doing all right wherever she was, it must be lonely over there, but she was in a room in the Sky Tower, so hopefully not scary for her. No one would intrude and she had a whole room to herself. Plus, she can entertain herself with the gem as well, observe and in her case be able to touch it due to the fact that it won’t do anything to her. Now he wondered if that gem can even be lifted at all. For one thing, it seems anyone taught anything would be shot towards their master/mentor.
I don’t like to think of myself like that. But anyways Mr. Takaro, how about you? You look so much more experienced and… in all honesty a lot scarier when it comes to fights. But I think we both know why you kept me in good care, it was the way you have always trained me. I don’t expect you to hold back on me, so I won’t hold back on you when we fight. But right now, let’s just put that fire out. And while we fight, let’s talk, all right?
Elyx wanted to know about Mr. Takaro and his life a little bit, maybe he could learn a lot more than he already did. To become so strong and look so healthy, and his instrument was even a guitar! An electric guitar that doesn’t even need to be plugged into anything! Meanwhile, Elyx had to wait before he could get his own Electric Violin. Those enhance the powers of Violin Lerale users anyways, so why not bring his limits and push them even higher up than before?
That’s my boy Elyx. But don’t you dare call me Mr. Takaro anymore. I’m not a school teacher, I’m just a mentor to you. Call me Jai. If you remember, that is my first name, you better remember it, and I don’t want to give you a bruise to remember the name of the one who will defeat you in this fight.
Elyx braced himself as he was ready to spring. Back when they were kids, Jai always had him and Adrelissa and the other kids wrestle with their bare hands only. This increased physically ability like speed and power, awareness is mentally increased as well. He hated being pinned to the ground, so he made sure to train on his own to enhance his awareness and speed. No one would be able to catch him, and they were such easy victories to him. Nowadays, he would just prepare himself whenever he would have to face them again, they used to be no joke to joke, but now they might be no joke again. And the next time they are wrestling, it might be to the death.
Jai ran towards Elyx first and aimed a high buzz saw kick to Elyxs left cheekbone, this being able to knock many people out, but it is very easy to expect. Elyx dodged the attack by ducking, only to notice that Jai stopped mid-kick. He dropped his leg onto his students head, but the Violinist rolled to the side and stood back up. He aimed a right hook to the nose of Jai, but Jai arched his back behind him to the right arm would just barely miss his nose. Jai grabbed Elyxs arm and twisted it one time before attempting to leg sweep his student. However, that student flipped frontwards over the leg to dodge to attack and loosen his arm. Before Jai could try anything else, Elyx gripped the arm of Jai and spun his around. Instead of the leg sweep, Elyx attempted to spin the arm again and let go so the teacher would end up tumbling forward. The teacher resisted though and stopped the students plan by using his other hand to push the student back and knock a lot of wind out of the student. Elyx leaned forward and clutched his stomach for a second, hoping to recover within that second, but Jai put his student in a full nelson lock and held Elyx there for a few seconds before he let go. The teacher beat the student on this one.
You have gotten so much better than I have expected you to be. I honestly didn’t expect you to see my leg sweep arm lock, but you not only dodged it and recovered at the same time, but you actually countered it. You need to be aware of all the body parts of your opponent, just because you have covered one of their body parts doesn’t mean they aren’t able to use the others. The lock I did made sure you were able to do nothing at all, I made sure to cover up all of your body parts so you weren’t able to move. Now, don’t you dare think I am done! We are going to be doing this training for a whole day!
Elyx prepared himself as he was ready to give this another shot, this second time should be able to work if that was his only flaw. Jai charged at him again, the same buzz saw kick to the face was attempted. This time the student caught the leg mid-air. He was about to throw the leg around and tackle Jai down, but Jai jumped into the air with his other leg and attempted a back heel kick to Elyxs right cheek. Elyx ducked under the attack and Jai landed on the same foot he used to attack with that leg he just used. The teacher jumped again unexpectedly and hit Elyxs left cheek. The student was knocked to the ground, but not down yet, there was still no pin or lock. He spun with his leg out as if break dancing, but that was a recovering leg sweep he just did right there. That leg sweep was able to trip those around the user of this move, but the teacher saw it coming and jumped onto Elyxs leg, stopping him from continuing. The student couldn’t move at this point for a few seconds, and the teacher had this battle once again.
You need to make sure your opponents movements come with a pattern. For example, being my student, did you seriously think I would expect you not to dodge my first attack? What I did was called a Mule kick, which is designed to just about give leverage to the user with the heavy usage of the element of surprise. The attack is it so quick, so sudden, not many people know what to do when they get struck by its amazing power. As for recovering, don’t keep trying to attack, you leave yourself open to this many openings. With this lock, if you try to move too much you might end up losing a leg. Good thing you didn’t go any further, at least you know when to stop. All right, let’s continue on with this.
Elyxs leg was then let free and he rolled back up onto his feet. Not trying to attack, he understood what that meant. Use things for what they are designed to do, don’t use recoveries as an attack, don’t use defense as an attack, and vice versa. Instead, he must focus on using them for what they were supposed to do, attacking must attack, defending must defend, and recover must recover. This was sort of like a rock, paper, and scissors game when he thought about it. Now, for recovery, instead of trying to use a recovery leg sweep, maybe he could just roll back up to his feet. He needs to watch out in where he rolls though, it would be stupid to roll right into a trap set up by the enemy.
Jai ran at Elyx again, the same buzz saw kick technique. This time Elyx leg seeped Jai with the other foot that he was standing on, and he actually struck his teacher. His teacher landed on his hands and flipped back up onto his feet. Elyx quickly took the chance at struck at Jay’s stomach, the teacher stumbling back before the student jumped and attempted to Buzz saw kick his teacher. His attack was ducked under and a punch was headed his way, Elyx only could jump back to avoid that attack. He then leapt at his teacher and aimed a punch towards the teacher, who caught Elyxs fist, but it took a lot of force to do that. Jai then kicked the arm he caught, successful since it was also being held. Elyx pulled on his arm to drag Jai towards him, then buzz saw kicked his teacher at the last moment before anything the teacher could see could be done about. The buzz saw kick was so effective when it worked, and Jai lying down after taking one was the proof of that.
I win Jai! Elyx exclaimed happily as he pulled up Jai to his feet and smiled innocently. Third times a charm it seemed, and Elyx was glad it was that way instead of many other ways it could have ended. Jai rubbed his head and moaned a little before smiling and looking to his student. Sheesh, Elyx. What do you kick? The heads of dragon? You are most certainly my student, I am proud to consider you as a product of my teachings. I just wish everyone in Shadelle could see you now.
Elyx tilted his head when he heard that statement if they saw him right now, they would probably try to kill him and make sure they taunt him as he dies. Once one betrays the guild, they have no place in the tribe ever again. You leave and don’t come back, no vacations unless you needed to do that so you could go do a job. It was like prison with more boundaries, but that’s all. Extended boundaries. And their prisons, no one wants to talk about what happens there if Shadelle was a prison already. It is guaranteed death to those who end up in what they call “prison”, which is supposed to be a safeguard to punish criminals, but doesn’t anyone ever find it odd that no one ever comes out of the prison? Elyx could figure out the reason for that, but he would rather not talk about it, or talk about Shadelle for that matter.
It was day two, Elyx was resting in his tent, refusing to get up so early. The sunlight still shined anyways, so he had to turn himself around so he could try to continue sleeping, but Jai then started to talk to him. Can’t he just sleep in peace for once!? Even with the Gems power he couldn’t get enough sleep, and it knocked him out cold! What he would do to not live in a world full of negative irony. Well, now that he can’t go back to sleep, he might as well talk to his teacher.
Morning Elyx. This is our resting day, we will just be talking about ourselves and what we have been doing for the past five years when we have been separated. I expect you have a lot to tell me right? How is everything going in Shadelle and what not? But first, what would you like to know about me if there is anything? Anything at all?
Elyx put his arm over his eyes, giving him darkness so when wouldn’t have to burn them with the sunlight. Then he flipped himself over, he was still barely dressed, wearing an undershirt and a long pair of dark blue pajama pants with light blue strikes crossing him. But, he still didn’t want to give up this chance, ever since he was twelve years old, he wondered where his teacher would be, and there he was right in front of him. The least he could do was open his eyes, yet he refused to. Maybe Elyx was a little bit too spoiled in his life, he didn’t deserve what he had, yet he still had them anyways. The least he could do was be grateful, but it wasn’t like he completely shut them down either. In fact, he as willing to talk, so that was a good thing.
Hey there Jai. I actually did have a question for you. I wanted to know the origin of Lerale, apparently you are supposed to learn it at the age of 18 and my birthday is literally a month away. As in… thirty days away. I want to know the story of Lerales and why they have their own magic. Who made them? Why do they need instruments to carry out their special type of magic? Is Shadelle the only tribe with them? Basically, I want to know everything there is to know about it. Every single detail.
Elyx waited for the response, which was still being processed through Jays mind. It would be illegal for a minor to know the story of a Lerale, but they don’t know this due to the fact that neither of them go to the guild anymore, so it’s not like anyone in the guild is actually going to catch them talk about the origin of Lerale magic. It was always a mystery to him, such difficult and powerful magic being invested in even tweens and sometimes children if they have proven themselves to be extremely smart.
After a few minutes to think, Jai breathed out and decided to tell Elyx the story. All right, if you seriously aren’t in the tribe anymore, I guess it would be safe to tell you, I just don’t want you to go running around and talking about it… All right. The story of Lerale is a story of three men, Japheth, Lian, and Tyr. They all were brothers, Japheth being the most known and loved brother amongst the people, Lian being the smartest and wisest of the three, and Tyr to be the most caring and loving of them all. They were so bright and young, it was a miracle that they ended up killing each other.
Killing each other… but them all had each other’s traits, they could be an amazing team! They would have been able to sweep nations and possibly wipe out guilds faster than they could even see it happen! But then… what did happen to the three. They were brother, most known, most knowing, and the most loving. They must have more traits then that. Elyx figured out only one, and it wasn’t a guaranteed fact. Maybe Japheth was most known since he was the strongest of the three. Either that or he was a ladies man. No… he would’ve mentioned either of those two if that were the case. Well, maybe not the ladies’ man thing, but that would probably make him hated by most men, and Jai didn’t say anything about that.
Killed each other… but… why would they do that? They sound like the ultimate team, they could wipe out entire nations if they all become that strong and work together. So why didn’t they?
Though they were brothers, they always were competitive, no matter what. Eating, playing, and even fighting to the point in which they hurt each other on purpose. Everyone around them thought it was normal sibling things, but it was much worse than that. Nowhere near close to just a few siblings fighting for something or some things. They kept fighting… and fighting… and fighting for so unbelievably long. It was just something they did. Grades at school, running, doing chores, gambling, making bets, truth or dare, they all had their own territories. When they became rank SS mages, they all wanted to be the ace of the tribe. They all had one way of settling the biggest scores. Music. They all used music to fight, having the crowd choose who they liked best. Japhet earned his charisma through those music battles, but it was Tyr who won… he become the Ace of the tribe and a rank H mage.
And so what then happened after that? I mean, if it was just Tyr becoming the H rank ace mage, what happened to the other two mages? I can expect they didn’t accept this lying down did they, maybe a rematch or something?
There was a silence from Jai, the next part obviously not going to be pretty. Elyx should best brace himself for whatever was coming next, because this silence told him it wasn’t going to be a pleasant ride from this way down. It was still the truth he seeked, and no matter how bad it was, he will do anything to listen to it. All he ever wanted in his life was to live life with full knowledge on who he is and what he uses. Lerale magic was both of those things, it was a part of him since that is what Elyx felt music was to him, a part of him, guiding him through life and protecting him every step of the way. Music kept him from going insane and lashing out on everyone he saw when Adrelissa ended up in the worst of positions, and that left him in the worst of all cases ever. Then there was Classical Reflections, telling him everything would be ok and that sometimes things just happen, but not everything has to be bad if you choose to make things great. Adrelissa always did that to minimize her problems and it worked out for her, and ever since Elyx did that, his problems have been lowered as well. It was a lot better to be bright, even when things weren’t as bright.
From there, Lian tried to kill… kill his brothers. Not just Tyr, but both of them. He started swearing and hissing about being the lowest brother, despite him being the smartest and having the most recognizable grades, I kind of envied his teachers for being able to have him as a student. Yet the teachers who did notice him, he never noticed them. The irony is all I would be able to say, what else one can say if they saw or heard things like that. Lian was able to kill one of his brothers, Japhet, by using what was considered illegal magic back then known as Zeax magic. Try ended up fighting for his life against his brother using his instrument since that was what got him to the highest of rankings. To avenge his brother and defend the tribe from the most that his brother became, he used his instrument to cast spells, and he was much strong than Lian and killed his smarter brother. There was no contest in the beginning. This is all that is currently known about the history of Lerale magic, but there is a lot more to it that just has not been uncovered.
Elyx chose not to continue pressing for information, he felt like the information he was given was more than enough, and in all honesty, he could have continued living life without the extra information. He himself was no scientist, this job wasn’t for him, somebody else can discover what made Lerales… well… Lerales. He instead decided to wake up, but then Jai interrupted him from doing so as he continued.
It’s time to sleep Elyx. Night time just hit, and you have another long day of training tomorrow. Jai said as he left with soft footsteps as Elyx was left to be confused. When he lifted his arm away from his face, darkness was still there. It was… Night time? How so? That shouldn’t be possible since Elyx just woke up… how did time move itself so fast? And what about hunger or using the bathroom? Is this some sort of aftereffect of the Gem? This is nowhere near normal, but what he could do except go along with it, he was here with his teacher.
Elyx woke up the next day, and instead of trying to sleep in, he made sure he didn’t even dare wink a bit more sleep in as he rolled up onto his feet. And guess who was standing right there, waiting for him to wake up. Jai was waiting for him how long again? He could have just kicked his student until that student woke up, so at least they didn’t have to waste their own time just letting Elyx sleep. Apparently he didn’t need to eat, drink, and use the bathroom, so why would he even need sleep? It wasn’t even sleep anymore? He could have sworn that at the exact moment he went to sleep, he woke up.
Come on, we need to train Jai. I get it, just let me at least stand up onto my feet and we will begin to battle.
Elyx rolled onto his feet, his body not even tired. Days travel by quickly anyways, what is supposed to be 24 hours to them is something Elyx had no idea how do adapt to. And he personally would appreciate it if he could at least eat a chocolate bar. The chocolate, it was distant to him wherever the sky tower was located. And ignite, despite the fact that in real time Elyx has been gone for maybe an hour, he was beginning to miss her. As if he were distant for a long time. Maybe the gem speeds up the emotions of anyone who is taken away by it. Well this feeling hurts, as if it never wanted to be feeling this way in the first place. Wherever Ignite was, he had hoped that she was alright at the sky tower and that she wasn’t lonely.
The two of them met face to face against each other, ready to start combat off. First, Elyx rolled to the side for no reason, starting things off unexpectedly. Jai saw this though and didn’t even plan to go defensive, instead he kicked Elyx and caused him to roll along the grass as he took a heavy hit to the hip. He rolled along the fields and quickly stood back up onto his feet again. The student ran towards Jai with his full amount of speed and swung a right fist to Jais cheek, but Jai saw the attack quicker than it could come and moved his body to the side. He aimed a left punch to Elyxs face and landed a successful hit, knocking Elyx to the ground. The student rolled back up onto his feet, but the teacher struck the students face again, and Elyx was as good as gone for that battle.
Elyx, I am sorry. But that was reckless, there were so many mistake with that attempt, I couldn’t even believe it. Try again, you need to do what you did two days ago. If I let you go off fighting like that, I would never ever forgive myself. I am ordering you stand up and fight me again.
Elyx quickly rolled back up onto his feet and put his fists back up into the air, ready to continue this training. It was intense since normally he would work together with the other kids to take Jai down. But now he was alone, he had to rely on his own strength on this one. No holding back, no relying on the other students that were not there anymore. The student was ready to continue fighting, the first time he tried was sloppy and he wasn’t afraid to admit that he did screw up. But now he was also willing to say that he was ready to kick his teacher’s ass. He jumped forward and aimed a punch to the stomach of his teacher. Jai stepped to the side and tried to kick Elyx, but Elyx rolled in recovery. He felt his teacher ready to strike him from behind, so instead of waiting, he continued to run forward to avoid whatever the next blow was going to be. He then rolled back when the teacher least expected it. When he got up, the teacher was just getting to turn around, and Elyx aimed a high spin kick to the cheek of his teacher, but Jai somehow managed to duck the attack. Now it was the student who had to watch his back. The teacher aimed a blow to the back of his students head, but Elyx ducked and spun his right leg around to carry out a leg sweep. His teacher jumped into the air to avoid the attack, but that was when Elyx sprung at his teacher with a right punch to the stomach, and this time, there was no counter.
Gotcha! Elyx exclaimed as the two of them hit the ground, both of them still standing, and Elyx continuing the combo. He punched the stomach of his teacher again before he quickly kneed it after that. His teacher held his stomach and his face leaned forward. The student back handed his teachers head so hand to the ground that his teacher’s body bounced off of the ground and bounced up into the air. Elyx jumped into the air and kicked his teacher away from him a huge distance away. It seems Elyx won that battle.
Day four. It was time for them to talk again. All right, about what this time? It seems that Elyx was the only one with a question so far. His teacher knew why he was able to tell Elyx bout the history of Shadelle, it took a lot of effort to continue on after it happened. The way he remembered it was still a little foggy since it was Nimpha who helped him forget much about it. The most he could remember wasn’t too much. He went to the cemetery out of curiosity of why his mother would hide it from him. He searched the tombstones, nothing out of the ordinary, but that means he didn't look hard enough. Until two tombstones struck him as odd. One said Silico Reiaki, father of Elyx Reiaki, body found before Elyx was even born. This fueled a little bit of anger, but the next tombstone struck his feelings to the point in which he snapped. It read, Tiara Reiaki, died on the day Elyx was born... then who was the faker that claimed to be his mother this whole time. A few tears rolled down his eyes before his face became red with anger. This anger was something he never thought he would feel, but there it was, ready to consume him. One night, he was heard by a Treasure Hunter, who seemed to be passing by. She didn't seem to be attacking him, so he decided to talk to her. She looked only a few years older than him, only about... 23-26 years old. Yet, the way the two of them conversed was like a mother to a son kind of conversation, eventually Elyx spilling out his story of why he was so sad. The next event is blurry, nothing truly confirmed after that until it is showing the treasure hunter giving her name and Elyx specifically "Thank you Nimpha, I owe you forever."
Well, it seemed that Elyx was ready to talk to his teacher about his history, but he has to ask first, and though it may be one-sided, he had nothing else to rely on anyways. Elyx is willing to tell his teacher what he believed happened, he doesn’t need anything or anyone else to tell his side of the story. Now it wasn’t just that, he had to explain where he went, if he wanted to know where his teacher went.
His teacher was waiting for him to wake up, and now Elyx wasn’t surprised to see her anymore. He truly was spoiled to have this ability to relearn but never actually get a chance to fight alongside him. Still, he should be grateful to see him again, it’s not like the effect of the gem will last forever, there were still more days with Jai Takaro, sure, but that doesn’t mean they won’t pass by quickly. It was liken his education with Jai in the past, he never thought his classes or studies would end either, but here was 17 year old Elyx with all of them memorized and heavily used. Speaking of which, why don’t they get to use their magic in this world? Elyx has tried a few times to summon his Violin, but it seems he has no way of summoning it to wherever the gem sent him. Also, where did the gem send him? Despite the campfire wood which Elyx would have no idea where Jai got that from, and despite the camp where Elyx also had no idea where that came from, he ended up being in what seemed like the middle of nowhere, except it wasn’t. No matter how hard he denied it, there was something about this place that seemed familiar.
Hey Elyx… I know it’s my turn to ask questions and all. But… I would actually like to explain to you a few things. There were reasons for why I left the tribe. Our tribe master… Ark… he is a bad man. It took me a while to learn this, but he is up to no good for you at all. He was targeting you for destruction when you were going to turn twelve, a poison would be injected into your body while you were sleeping. It was his order to do this. He wanted the injection to be done with a needle. This poison makes you sleep until the medicine to treat it has been cured. But, it also gave magic energy to whoever the developer of the poison was. It took him a while, but he had to lie to the public about the project, Armada Ark. He was learning a poison just for you Elyx. Ever since you were born, and way before then. He wanted the Reiaki blood, the Reiakis were a very powerful family back in the days.
What did he want with me Jai… what did he want with my magic so badly that he was willing to drug me and put me into what sounds like an eternal damn sleep! Why did he wanted to do anything like that to a boy! When I was twelve, I was just about to become a teenager! Why couldn’t he understand that!?
Ark was a greedy man for power, and the blood you have in you is much stronger the blood of any other Lerale user. Tyr, he passed on his strength… to the Reiakis after his met a young lady. The connections between your parent that young lady were too similar, there was no way anyone could call it a coincidence.
Elyx shed a tear on his right side, he gripped the pillow as hard as he could. Ever since he was a child, he was going to have his magic stolen. Why… why did the world have to be so greedy? They just wanted to use him… for their own benefit. There was no way he could help it! He was as blood and flesh as everyone else in the tribe was, he didn’t ask to have the Reiaki blood! In fact, now he didn’t want it He just wished everything could be normal rather than this garbage happening to him over and over again.
But you, Elyx. You had my interest, so much about you interested me. The way you behaved was a lot more mature than kids your age. It was funny to me really, and whenever you smiled around that girl Adrelissa, it made me smile. You never were a kid who was alone, I wanted to be more than just your teacher, and I wanted to also be your friend. One who was willing to look out for you and care for you? I couldn’t do that task I was brought up to do, so I ran away with the poison they spent so much time and money to make. While you were sleeping, I injected a heavy amount of medicine into your body so you wouldn’t be drugged by someone else. The fact that you have so much power and that you aren’t asleep for the rest of your life is because of the medicine running through your veins.
Elyx looked up at Jai again, and none of what he was saying was a cruel joke or a prank or anything sarcastic. He was being completely serious with Elyx all the way, nothing pulling on his strings or anything. Elyxs heart strings were being plucked delicately by his teacher. He was a good man, and he seemed to have regret with not being able to tell the student this before, but he ran away. Elyx ran away as well, the guild was breaking them down and neither of them wanted to go anymore. They had their separate reasons, sure, it was the fact that his “mother” lied to him the whole time and kept him from the truth that really messed Elyx up in the head. He would end up crying himself to sleep every damn night because of her and her lies. That… and Adrelissa.
Elyx… I saw what happened to Adrelissa… I mean. I know how she ended up in the end… and I am so sorry that you had to go through that. You cared so much for her and she cared so much for you too. I really thought that something would become of you two in the future. It was obvious to everyone… if you know what I mean.