Chapitre 12: Chapter 10 - PAIN
Multiple cracks appeared on the Ice Blizzard barrier under the shock wave of the explosion of the Star meteorite but zara wasn't making any move to repair it.
It was because she had just watched one of her friends get swallowed up by the explosion and there was no way he could survive that.
Zara just stood there dazed, her beautiful eyes widened to their limits but there was no way she could see anything inside the explosion.
Nigo who was lying on the floor crawled forward despite his grievous injuries, a trail of his blood appeared on the floor as he dragged his body on the along.
His vision was covered with his own blood but he didn't mind it, he kept moving until he had reached the border of the barrier.
The explosion finally stopped but dust filled his view, he couldn't see anything beyond the dust.
"!!!" Nigo and zara's eyes trembled because the could sense his energy, although it was weak they could still sense it,which means he was still alive. He was alive!
Dust filled the air around Ejiro's body he looked around himself but he couldn't see anything due to the dust around, he tried to stand up but......... All he received was pain from where is legs used to be, he tried using his two arms to support himself up but he noticed that one of his arm was gone.
It was then it dawned on him that he had lost half of his body and an arm.
And his remaining parts were growing weaker and weaker by the passing second.
Ejiro looked around and saw a wisp of light blue light glowing at the hem of what remained of his shirt, he narrowed his weakened vision and it was then he noticed that it was the Flame from the Star meteorite, it was caught on his shirt burning
He circulated the last ounce of utility he had left and used the arm he had left to seal the flames in utility energy.
He held it in his hand and then looked at it, he had found a parting gift for his best friend.
The dust cleared up and nigo and zara noticed the figure of a mutilated human three metres away from the barrier
Bang!
The barrier collapsed because it couldn't withstand the cracks it had endured due to the explosion earlier.
The moment nigo saw the figure he pushed every shred of willpower he had to stand up with his injuries, he staggered to meet the figure.
Nigo got there and saw the body of his friend missing an arm and half of his body.
"Zara!!" He shouted with a hoarse voice "Come let's rush him to the infirmary"
Zara walked forward but when she saw the figure before her, her head went blank for an instant because she could barely recognise him and his aura was weakening at a rapid pace. She bent down to him and tried to use her ice utility energy to seal the injuries and blood that was flowing out of his body.
But ejiro used his arm to hit her hand away " D.........Don't waste your......... energy........on me" he said with a weak voice
Nigo carried his head like a baby and said "w.....why did you do this why why" Nigo couldn't continue as tears choked the words he was about to speak
Ejiro looked at him and smiled the last smile of his life and said " Because.......... you are my brother"
He opened his hand and a ball of utility energy appeared in sight, a small blue glowing light radiated from it, zara and nigo looked at it but didn't try to take it
"Take.....it"
Ejiro said still with the smile on his face as he spoke his final words
"Farewell Dear friends"
His heart stopped beating, his aura disappeared and his eyes closed but his smile remained, he died with a satisfied smile.
"!!!!" Nigo noticed his disappearing aura and turned to zara screaming
"Quick! save him! "
Zara just stayed there, her eyes open but her soul had departed, she was staring at the corpse of her friend, tears poured out from her eyes
BOOM!!
Just as ejiro died the other azure meteor that separated itself from the star meteorite landed some kilometres away.
Zara was jolted back to reality by the sound, it was then she noticed nigo urging her to do something.
"....." she looked at him but she couldn't say anything she only shook her head
"Ah!.........."
Nigo shouted at the top of his voice, he hug Ejiro's mutilated body like his life depended on it.
Hot tears flowed from his eyes as he continued shouting at the top of his voice, to him he had not lost a friend but a brother.
At this moment the four experts all arrived one after the other, they were shocked by the sight before them. They had seen so many deaths in their life but this one was different, they did not only fail in their mission to protect nigo, he had also sustained serious injuries, worse his friend died.
"We are deeply sorry for the loss" victor said as he walked forward to meet nigo
"Don't come closer!" Nigo commanded with red eyes
He continued hugging ejiro with all his might as tears flowed "sob....... sob".............
{"Don't worry,One day I'll create a way to help you awaken your Liaison core"}
The memories began to replay in nigo's head
{"I'll never stand someone bullying my friends"}
{"All we have to do is get those Star spirit flames to awaken your core"}...........
"You..sob....finally managed to get the flames but at what cost?" Nigo asked himself with a sorrowful voice.His body still oozing out blood
Nigo continued to cry from afternoon till evening when the sun was departing the sky. No one tried to stop him, he had cried and wailed with all his might that he barely had strength to cry anymore he just held Ejiro's blood stained and mutilated body and continued staring at a place.
Whoosh!!
A woman suddenly descended before everyone, the moment the four experts saw her they all got an their knee inspite of their injuries and said "Welcome master chi"
Granny chi gave them a glance before saying "rise!" Her voice was cool and it eased the tension in their hearts
Victor came forward and said "we apologise for our incompetence, please punish us which ever way you please"
Granny chi looked at him and said "Treat your injuries first, from the looks of it you all have been through hell. it's just that for some reason I couldn't sense what was going on in the school"
"!!!" The four experts were shocked by what they just heard, it was because with granny chi's level of evolution she could easily sense the mishaps all around the continent but she just said she didn't, now they knew why no one had come to help them despite their ordeal.
"Today is truly strange indeed" granny chi said as she looked towards nigo
She noticed zara's chaotic aura beside him but couldn't sense any aura from the person nigo was holding
"Oh on" she said and rushed to meet the kids
The four experts followed behind her "we tried to help him heal his wounds but he turned us down" victor said with a worried look
"It's okay" granny chi said
She stood before the kids but they didn't turn to look at her, they were too engrossed in their sorrow that they couldn't notice anything.
At a glance zara's glittering white eyes had turned as blood red, she wasn't crying anymore but one could see the strail of dried of tears that drew from her eyes to her chin.
Granny chi heaved a heavy sigh and turned to look at nigo, her eyes shrank because he was covered in his own congealed blood hugging a mutilated corpse.
At a closer look she noticed that the corpse was that of a familiar person, her heart trembled violently because she had met ejiro many times over the years when he came visiting and she even accompanied nigo to pay him visits multiple times as well, he was so close that he had stayed over at their house with nigo for several days and when he finally left, nigo wouldn't stop talking about him.
She knew that their closeness was so deep that one could deign to call them brothers.
She breathed in to calm her turbulent heart, she blamed herself for not being able to come here on time but in reality it wasn't truly her fault.
During the disaster she knew nigo was in school but since she couldn't sense any danger around him she went to other parts of the continent to assist in reducing the calamity.
"Nigo" she called in a calm voice.
Nigo turned to look at her and said "I'm a monster, right"
"....."granny chi was shocked because she didn't know what he meant
"If only I had not asked them to remain with me.....sob....perhaps" Nigo said and began to cry again.
"It's not your fault" granny chi said she didn't how to comfort him
"It's my fault, because of me my friend no my brother is dead" Nigo said with a sorrowful tone.
"Nigo listen to me, we need to return his body to his father. I'm sure he must have heard the news of his death and by now and he's worried and grieving" she paused before continuing "After then we can talk about whose fault it is"
Nigo looked at her and then turned to zara and then shook her while saying "it's time to return his body to his father"
Fresh tears flowed from zara's eyes, she had been quiet all this while and she only opened her mouth to talk now but no words came out.
She stretched her hand towards the Star purifying flame and withdrew it from Ejiro's hand before putting away in a box.
The moment it appeared granny chi's eyes trembled slightly.
She gave the box to nigo and finally spoke for the first time since Ejiro's death " He wanted you to have this so I can't take it"
"No! That is what took him away from me I want nothing to do with it!"
"Let's honour his last wish" zara said in a weak voice
Nigo thought for a while before nodding his head and took the box from her. He turned to granny chi, who had a depressing looks on their faces. Her heart clenched as she thought to herself:why must this kids experience this at such a young age.
Nigo and zara carried what remained of their friend up as they got up to their feet. Nigo staggered and almost fell with Ejiro's body, it was because he had lost so much blood and strength, granny chi caught him with utility energy.
Nigo's legs continued to tremble as he tried to walk once more but he almost fell again his wounds were very fatal and he was a cripple so one could imagine the pain he was going through.
But he didn't care
"Allow me to carry him for you, we are heading there together" granny chi said and lifted Ejiro's body from the two kids, she sealed his cold body with utility energy.
She carried zara and nigo and they all flew away, blasting off into the horizon.
They were heading to meet Ejiro's father.
Cadeaux
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-- Classement
Power Stone 
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