by Kirahunter 31st December 2013, 12:37 am
At last getting his rank up exam after way too long, at long last an end the constant humiliation of being a long standing guild member and longer standing D-Rank you would think this would be a really good day for Simon and he thought it would be too. But it was far from a picture perfect day so far, starting with watching a Fairy Tail tier taco eating contest(never a pretty sight), then a nice overly long run(which in all honesty was actually pretty nice), then suddenly having to fight Master Ebony(thinking about it he had always wanted to do that), then getting temporarily blinded(which considering his sense of smell and hearing wasn't too much of a handi-cap) and well really thinking about and considering what really happened instead of dramatizing it in his head Simon considered today was actually pretty close to per-"HOLY FUCKING SHIT!" One moment shooting blindly at his current Guildmaster, the next being brought down hard by some random powerful mage with a blast of lightning into the ground. That perfect day stuff Simon was thinking about earlier? Forget that noise.
Simon's next conscious thought was of extreme pain, like insanely extreme pain, the kind of extreme pain you face plant into the ground forming a massive greater after being struck in the back by an insanely powerful lightning bolt. Now just a few weeks ago before Simon had released his demon slayer abilities such an attack would have likely either broken almost every bone in his body, paralyzed him or killed him however fortunately with the return of his greater magic that gave him extreme body endurance he managed to not be paralyzed/killed by the attack but was rather left twitching and rather charred in the bottom of a crater with only a few broken bones. Simon tried to flip over onto his back so he could see his attacker and would be murderer but his nose caught on before his eyes the scent was very familiar, mixed with ash and soot and a touch of burnt shirt and there was no doubt about it "Master Leonard?" Simon was just about to break down crying, Sure he was relieved that it was his guildmaster attacking him probably as part of his exam or what not but Simon only survived without horribly injury because he reacted his demon slayer magic that gave him extreme body endurance and Simon had never told Leonard about his demon slayer magic.
Now the realization that one of your most honored heroes had used a potentially lethal attack on you not knowing if you would live or not was a great enough shock on it's own but let's not forget the part where Simon had been hit by said potentially lethal attack and was doing a fair bit of writhing in agony. The kid was scared, in pain, slightly traumatized, and honestly feeling a bit betrayed; the result of all these mixed emotions was hard on his head to say the least. He tried to focus, remember what was at stake and how important this exam was and the high standards all of his mentors held him to, Kaminantium, "Aniki," Assop, his surrogate father, even Leonard, Heero, and Ebony he tried to remember all that was important everything on the line and thought about nothing more then just standing up and continuing his exam but he found himself unable. Lightning Stirrer was no small attack and even with all his demon slayer strength and endurance and his God Leg magic Simon just couldn't stand his body just wasn't that strong. Despite everything he wanted to do and everything he intended to try and be all he could do was raise himself to stand his knees, no more no less and no will power was going to let him do anymore. He bit his tongue to stop himself from screaming, it was pathetic, just one attack and he was left immobile; completely and entirely stopped by one blow. "Is this really all I've got, not even enough strength to stand? Just what the goddamn hell am I doing here if after all this time I'm not even strong enough to withstand one little goddamn lightning strike!?"
Tears streamed down his face as he screamed into the air not caring what Leonard or Ebony thought, he had failed more then himself he had failed everyone who had brought him this far everyone who had kept him in the game. "It's too soon, I can't be out of the game this fast. I don't need to be stronger, I don't need more magic, I just need to goddamn stand, I need to fucking stand." It wasn't willpower or the power of love or friendship that over came Simon, it was the power of need. He needed to stand, remaining where he was wasn't an option he needed to stand end of story he had to, there wasn't any alternative. So that's what he did, no fancy trick or god leg magic he stood because he needed to. After way too long Simon at last had his shit together, he turned to look at Leonard and scratched the back of his head "Sorry to waste your time with silly self pity speeches and cries of desperation; where were we?"