CHAPTER 8♍♍

BURN TAIJI...BURN!!!

The person who helps others simply because it is the right thing to do and must be done is indeed without a doubt a real superhero!

- Stan Lee

MINUTES LATER //...

Beating noises and sounds could be heard coming from the alleyway and from it, one of Sean's friends is thrown out and onto the sidewalk. The bully managed to pick to himself up and then went charging right back in with full force but all that proved useless when he came in contact with the boy in the hoodie.

Another beating noise ensued yet again and this time, the bully is thrown out; only now he's thrown onto a closed dumpster, unconscious.

Kiel had spent several minutes fighting off Sean's friends, once being hit in the head with a baseball bat. But nevertheless, he withstood this and continued fighting on but the memories...the influx of memories in his head began clouding his mind, filling it with strange flashbacks of scenes he couldn't remember being in.

That wasn't brave of him, just standing there and meddling into other people's business.

It wasn't brave because he wasn't scared, it was the only thing he could do to save a life

But refusing to leave when given the chance,

Even when knowing he was out numbered. When he was really scared, that was brave.

When you're scared but you still do it anyways,

Now that's brave!

At one glance, his eyes merely shone but if you dared look closer, you could see the sadness, the joy of love, the pain of sorrow, the hope for the future and the fire of a spirit that would never give up

Sean who had been watching the whole time soon joined in on the action after witnessing first hand,the pathetic attempts of his comrades...

"If you want something done right, then you do it yourself" he said and in doing so,unleashed his powers upon Kiel - the power of gravitation!

A circular construct of energy appeared round his hands, making it unbearable for Kiel to keep his footing on the ground.

It was a struggle to move.

Somehow he felt heavily pinned to the ground as if he weighed five hundred pounds. Sean's gravitational powers were indeed strong and instead of chattering bones, the ground replaced it with craters.

These memories...his memories now filled his head, making it impossible for him to think of a way out of this one.

He had always wanted to regain his long, lost memories; to know what it felt like to have them and not be an empty shell as he called it. But these...all these were just too much information to carry all at once. It was like all his sufferings, the downside to what life threw at him, the death of his loved ones, all being replayed over and over again in an endless loop.

He now had a flaw and Sean capitalized on it like a true claive would. Unfortunately, Kiel gave in to the gravitational force falling on his knees, then his hands. Now he laid on his fours, still struggling to keep his memories pieced together and put his all in the fight but all of it, all of these were just too much for him...

His head rang like that of a church bell, thoughts storming wildly through it.

He felt as if he was slowly losing himself. He couldn't control it...his powers, his memories, his other persona. He couldn't control it all any longer. He just wanted it to end..the pain. He just couldn't take it anymore!!!

And with a loud yell; he gave in....

With both hands placed on his head, he gazed up at the heavens and let out a loud cry of agony. One which sounded human but then strangely ended in an unearthly tone.

"What the hell...Terrified, one of Sean's friends muttered at the bewildered sight.

Turns out the hoodie the boy was putting over his head came right off, revealing his true persona beneath.

Sean and his friends saw Kiel visibly now, without the hoodie on this time around. They saw him for what he truly was.

Not a human....

But definitely something......

A monster! Thats what he was.

A monster just like the rest of them.

Suddenly everything felt quiet, still and uneasy. They felt a great feeling of dread come over them. Something never before felt

Something was wrong....

The earth began to rumble beneath them as the boy slowly puts down his gaze.

But for some unknown reason, his eyes remained completely and utterly shut. And then there was his hands....

His now glowing hands began letting off a blue aura just as it did back at the foundation but this time,...this time it was way different. Different, stranger...the fiery aura as if having a mind of it's own began reshaping itself around the boy's now tightly clenched fist.

The bullies watched in sheer terror, their eyes wide with fright as they observed what seemed to be a mystery to them. They had never seen anything like this before. Even the elf kid who had been watching the whole time backed up to a corner in horror.

And as he watched, he saw the aura take the form of a Lion's head, completing the process with a mighty roar!



After that, then came the striking part. Kiel opened his eyes; his pupils were completely gone by now, completely unrecognizable.....

His eyes were now narrowed, rigid and cold. They no longer revealed that of the caring, free spirited person he was but of the monster he had become...



Every tendril of various incandescent striking white blue stayed lined next to one another. They resembled white tundra visible from far away.

His eyes no longer seemed to capture the very essence of light but defied it. And although his transformation was all but complete, it was obvious that the boy within was gone.

"What the hell is this thing?!" Sean uttered with a look on his face. An expression he'd never known nor one had his friends ever seen on him before - one of terror, sheer and utter terror.

The monster slowly tried to get up as if resisting the gravitational field on it but all Sean managed to do was up the anty, increasing it greatly. The results which however made a much larger crater appear in place of the smaller one beneath the monster's feet.

Oh what a valiant effort but all so futile.

With sheer Glee, Sean had indeed successfully pinned the monster on it's knees. He had proven to be superior than the monster, yes but nothing and I mean nothing could prepare him for what came right after.

The look he had on his face quickly disappeared as soon as it came upon seeing the monster still fighting, struggling to get back up....

Quitting wasn't in kiel's spirit and it sure as hell wasn't in the monsters'. All efforts of Sean amping his gravitational field on the monster proved ineffective and clearly everything went straight to hell after that.

Before he could blink an eye or two, the monster lunged right at him filled with a focused malevolent rage. Sean recoiled in horror at the unearthly speed but it was too late. The monster had knocked him down, crashing into him with a hard shoulder to the chest.

There, the groan and then the silence as Sean came crashing to the ground. The monster had finally gotten it's payback for what they did to him at the track

The two other bullies looked on in fear and without being told to do so, they made their way outta' there as quickly as possible, pulling their unconscious friend along with them.

What choice did they have?!....

The alleyway seemed to be deserted now, almost even if not for the elf kid curled up in a corner. He watched as the monster's eyes burned with a raging unnatural fire. There, he wondered about what the monster would do to him if it ever got wind that he was there...he wondered what tragic fate awaited him.

The monster took a sudden glance at him. It could smell his sweat, the rapid beats of a frightened heart drummed in it's ears. No doubt he could yet again get a chemo signal coming off the kid -- this time of terror!

But why? How could he be so scary even to another monster??

It thought nothing much of this but carried on it's way to the elf's surprise. His gaze fixated ahead. It's grimmance slowly softened as he felt his consciousness returning back to him.

His eye color returned back to it's normal, original state and so did his fiery blue aura.

But for some reason, Kiel felt somewhat dazed.

His sight dimmed as he staggered to the wall of the alley. He felt so dizzy, so disoriented. His black jeans brushed against the mildewed wall and he felt like his inwards were being replaced by a black hole of some sort.

His mind swirled, his breathe shallowed and then nausea crept in from his abdomen right into his head.

"What is... happening..to me?!"

He muttered under his breath then soon after crumpled to the ground like a puppet suddenly let loose of it's strings.

This presented itself as an opportunity for the elf kid to get the hell away from there which he carefully does without much hesitation but soon after, for some reason he stopped abruptly... having a sudden realization he stopped, before turning back to look at the fellow monster who had saved him.

The monster who had taken a beating for him without asking for anything in return. The monster who he now owed a great debt too.

Indeed he was no different from him. And while Kiel lay there, he thought he saw the kid come back for him But he couldn't tell for sure as he slowly slipped into unconsciousness.

"It's okay, you're going to be okay...was the seemingly reassuring voice he heard before the world,...his world went black.

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Hey guys, kieru here!

Wait, they're tracking another monster besides me?! What in the heck?..*sighs*

Uh-oh looks like yukira and orenji discovered my secret while I recuperate. This isn't gonna end well!

Next on beyond the horizon

ON THE HUNT...?!

So that's all you got for me?!

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