Capítulo 4: Darsuke’s and Nanako’s Together Note #1
Training Day
A flame flickers in a pitch black room. It's crimson red light becomes covered by a feminine hand as it is raised towards something. It begins to smoke as it's white smoke spreads throughout the dark space. The white clouds begin to fill the air, triggering an illumination sequence that lights the room. In the large open white space stood Darsuke and Nanako.
Darsuke shields his face from the light shining all around the room. He looks as if he had just woken up from a nap.
He squints his eyes, looking at Nanako from a distance saying, "What is the meaning of this mother?".
She replies, "you know what you're doing here, Darsuke. It's time to see if your training has been paying off."
She smiles, showing off her sharp teeth.
Darsuke realizes what's going on as his eyes become open and his pupils shrink in fear. "You want me to fight you?! That's a little unfair if you think about it! You're one of, if not, THE strongest being in all of Aurora? Don't you think I could go train a little more-"
''SILENCE!"
This single word alone is enough to silence the entire room. Everything becomes quiet as if a storm had just blown the dust out of the room. Her hair slowly raises as she starts to walk towards the young boy.
"You will not grow to be the fine young man you're meant to be if you keep playing with these training dummies as if you're some sort of lonely teenager who has just learned what a vibrator is! I know you're special and that your powers will awaken sometime soon…"
She stops, places her index finger on her lips, and turns around in thought. "Maybe you need a little nudge, an edge, something that'll push you beyond this cap that you're at… and I'll be the one to do it!"
She extends her arm towards Darsuke and points her palm to him, yelling out, "INDEX!" Weapons of all sorts spawn around the room from long ranged weapons, to melee based weapons. The variety of this arsenal wraps all the way around the two of them as Nanako then points her finger at Darsuke. "Choose your weapon. I will not choose one to give myself a handicap. You can have any advantage you'd like. However.." She turns into a blurry image of herself. Her after image trails instantly to Darsuke stopping just a few feet away from him. She leans down to her son, giving him an intense, menacing stare. "If you hold back on me, I will not show you the same mercy I am showing you now.." she poofs back to her position and crosses her arms.
"I'll be awaiting your choice, Darsuke-kun"
Darsuke is shocked by her words, every other training segment hasn't been this intense before! It's as if he's back into a corner even though he's in this wide open space! He begins to mumble to himself.
"Aw man… what do I do? I can't face her, not like this. I doubt I'll make it out alive if I try to make a run for it now. It's probably what this woman wants anyway… I guess I'll have to fight."
He shakes his fear away and stares back at his mother with determination. He replies, "I WILL SHOW YOU THE STRENGTH OF MY POWER! IF THIS IS WHAT YOU WANT…"
Darsuke raises his right palm above his head. It's as if he made up his mind. His eyes flicker into a bright red color as he shouts out, "STORM BRINGER!" Thunder crashes and lightning strikes down into his palms. A large, battle scarred greatsword lands into Darsuke's hands. When it lands, it emits a white lightning effect that turns red as it connects with him, also surrounding his body.
Nanako's eyes sparkle as she is excitedly squirming with his choice of weapon. "That was always your favorite choice! If only these powers weren't so borrowed, it would suit you so well!"
She takes off her puffy cream colored jacket. She begins stretching her limbs and getting ready for a battle. "It's been so long since I've had a good fight, you know? You better make it worthwhile, my darling prince."
She crouches into a stanced back position as she puts her two hands forward, one in front of the other as if it was a canine's mouth and pulls her right arm back to her shoulder.
"Prepare yourself."
Darsuke mimics her style, Storm Bringer's blade facing forward. One-handing the large weapon. The battle begins.
In a flash, an immense surge of power sends chills down the young boy's spine. Without a full 90 degree turn of his head and out the corner of his eye, he witnesses the scariest sight he has ever seen. The person he sees behind him is no longer his mother, it is a threat.
"The enemy won't wait for a countdown so neither will I!!" Nanako exclaims, eyes wide open, piercing through his soul, locking the boy in place. Her right arm extends into a palm strike, aura trailing from her fingertips as if she's cutting the air itself. Her speed is overwhelming, leaving no time for Darsuke to react as her claws draw closer. He swings his large blade around to block her palm strike, colliding with the flat steel hard enough to cause the blade to vibrate. This earthquake-like vibration sends chills down Darsuke's entire core.
The brutal attack disorients him, breaking his guard instantly. Nanako spins around into a leg sweep, coming back around to grab his ankle while he's lost in midair. Without having time to react, she flings the boy across the room chasing after him for a follow-up attack. Darsuke watches her as he is sent flying away from her, noticing that this isn't just a sparring match. The feeling of malicious intent coming from his mother sends fear into his soul. Her once cream-colored eyes, ones that were once of a caring mother, are now the shining white eyes of a beast on a hunt, and she has her prey in her sight.
"Her speed is intense! Even though the battle has just started I can't even keep up with her movements!" He flips himself back to his feet, sliding backwards trying to get a grip of the ground. Nanako rushes him down with a flurry of punches and kicks, forcing him to stay on the defensive. Each punch and kick sounding off against the electric metal, clanging against it like a sledgehammer. She readies another palm strike to break Darsuke's guard again, but he notices it, blocking the critical hit, this time taking a step to the side to use the force from her strike for his advantage. The mighty force from her palm causes the blade to send his entire body into a spiral, using the force and turning it into momentum. Gripping the handle trying to hang on to the weight of the blade, he swings it directly into the side of her body. The attack appears to connect, but it turns out to be her afterimage! The shadow of her body smiles at him as it fades away from the pure force of the attack. As she reappears, she checks her hip, noticing that she slightly got caught by a lightning bolt emanating from the blade.
She dusts herself off, looking away from her son, surprised and proud. "You managed to graze me. I'll admit, I didn't even expect you to get that close to me. If I hadn't dodged that attack it surely would've split me in two." Her face immediately changes from being delighted to showing pure anger. Darsuke has never witnessed his mother showing so much rage before.
"Wh-what are you doing??!" He says with fear in his voice, struggling to gain his composure.
Her silence is substituted by her heels clicking against the floor. The air's pressure becomes thicker with each step she takes. She raises her head to look at Darsuke, speaking to him in a low, aggressive tone. "I cannot allow you to get a big head just because your fancy hunk of metal touched me!" She stomps her foot down, covering herself in a pastel colored aura. "Show me what you're really made of!"
Her arms raise and spread out into a pose, sparkles shining bright at the end of her action. Walking through her gaseous aura, it separates into several thick lines behind her. Her aura explodes, causing the young boy to get pushed back again. The strength of her transformation alone was enough to make the boy realize that their strengths are on two different levels. Perhaps two different planes of existence entirely. His fear turns into a nightmare as his mother evolves into a greater being all for the sake of training. This is true power.
Nanako's voice switches to a softer, more gentle tone. She tells her son, "Fear not, love is tough, for it shall make you stronger" as she presents her omnipotent form. In an instance she appears behind Darsuke again. He turns to instinctively block but she's no longer there. In the giant open space of the training arena, the threat is nowhere to be found. This thought ran through the boy's head, causing him to become nervous and unsettled. He hears the clicking of her heels coming and going. The clicks grow louder, and become quiet with each passing. Suddenly, a bright red light shines beneath him. He looks down and notices a fiery orb shimmering just below his chin. He realizes that this orb is no regular orb. Rather, it's his mother holding a large red bomb, waiting to detonate.
"Fox Fire; Cherry Blossom Bomb…" fweeeeeee…
Darsuke's eyes widened. He is caught completely wide open. Unable to shield himself, he yells, terrified.
"WHAT THE FU-"
The bomb explodes, sending him flying back at incredible speeds. He makes an impact with the wall, letting out a scream of pain. As he falls to his knees, Nanako follows up with a knee to his face, launching him upwards. She grabs his hair, holding him up against the wall, staring deeply into his soul. He tries to grab her wrist but is interrupted by a knee to his gut. She begins a relentless assault upon the boy, each impact making thunderous noises like the beat of a drum. She gets a grip of his hair again and makes him look back at her.
"I see it. Your pain, your fear, your frustration. I told you not to hold back. I said show me your true power!" She yells as she delivers a punch to his face. He takes the full force of her punch, standing silently. Nanako steps back and her eyes return to their normal color. She feels as if she may have pushed her son too far. Something isn't right, he isn't responding anymore. The energy in the room became still.
"Show you my power, huh? I wish not to hurt you, mother… but I have no choice.." He says, balling his fist, violently shaking. The air in the room becomes unsettled, as if the two energies emitting from their bodies were clashing. Nanako's eyes open wide, looking at her son. The sound of impact echoes out through the room. Her guard was down, and the now rage filled prince has landed a gut shot on his mother. She stumbles back from the surprise attack that she has just experienced. Too lost in thought to react, she looks back to Darsuke, who is now holding Storm Bringer above his head. Electricity starts flying all around, channeling to the blade, lightning striking all around the two.
A storm begins to brew.
"Raijin's Wrath"
THOOOOOOOOM
The room falls to near silence. All that is heard is the static crackling from the leftovers of the attack and Darsuke's heavy breathing. Nanako is holding the blade back with one hand. With electricity running through her arms, she sighs, relieved. She releases her grip and shakes the electricity off of herself, returning to her normal form. "Darsuke… what… was that?" She replies, holding her wrist, twisting it around as if she injured it. Darsuke snaps back to reality and realizes what he did. "Did I win??" He says excitedly, awaiting her response.
She turns to view the room.
Through the football field-sized room lies a crater that stretches halfway through the white space, still trickling with electricity.
"Yeah… You won. GG."
"Heck yeah! I want ice cream! Let's go!" He says happily, walking away towards the exit.
Nanako thinks to herself, "There's no way he's powerless with this much strength… what is up with this kid.."
*Ding Dong*
The door rang.
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