Chapter Fifteen: Cold Hearted Reunion Pt1

"Hey Fourze, you know where Jirou is?" Candice asked. "No. Why?" Fourze asked. "I was wondering if she would like to practice with me," Candice said. "Oh, so you're growing on her huh? That's new. I'll text her," Fourze said. "Okay. Tell Jamie I'm gone," Candice said as she walked out. "I gotchu," Fourze said. We cut to the practice facility where Jirou and Candice are practicing. "Dang. You're getting good," Jirou said. "Thanks," Candice said. "Knock knock. Can we join?" Jamie asked as he and Fourze walked in. "Yeah. Come on. Let's go," Candice said as Jamie and Fourze walked in the facility. "Hey Fourze, I feel like your sister is finally growing on me," Jirou said. "I learned that when she said she wants to practice with you. That's my sister for ya," Fourze said as he got ready. "Oh yeah. I got you something," Jirou said to Fourze as she got it out of her bag. "What's this?" Fourze asked. "A bracelet. I made you and your siblings one," Jirou said. "Thanks babe. I love this. I also made you this. A necklace," Fourze said. "Thanks babe!" Jirou said. "Hey! Come on! Let's practice!" Jamie yelled as Jirou and Fourze started to practice. "Okay. We should stretch first," Fourze said as the group stretched. 5 minutes later, the group got done and started to practice. "Alright. Let's start with Jamie and Fourze," Candice said as Jamie and Fourze went to the battlefield. "Ready, Begin!" Jirou said as the two got started practicing. Fourze started to use his atomic breath at Jamie, but Jamie knew the attack was coming and blocked it. Fourze also knew that Jamie was going to block his attack, so Fourze used his tail to hit and made Jamie fly to the side. "YEAAAAH! LETS GOOO!!" Fourze said. "You got me there" Jame said as he cme back down and cracked Fourze across the face and sent him flying into wall. "Although you should never drop your guard when an enemy in nearby" Jamei said as Fourze got up and rubbed his cheek.

We cut to Max and Sung as they have finished their training for the day. "Damn, your getting good, at this rate you'll end up surpassing me in a couple of months. If i get rusty that is" Sung said as he jumps back and wipes the blood from his mouth. "Maybe, but something feels off" Max said as he undid his influence. All his shadow manifestation disappeared. "What do you mean, is it because of kate or something else?" Sung asked as he cracked his neck. "I do miss Kate a ton but I know it won't happen. My space ability is fading, my shadows are stronger but getting less stable" Max said as Sung thought about this "it might be your body filling the hole in your shadow realm with the shadows it never could hold. Or at least your body trying to adjust the power output of your quirk" Sung said as he was confused too. "I want to know, why do light and dark hate eachother so much over a broken heart?" Max said. "Well it wasn't over a broken heart, it was more serious than that. From what Soi Fon told me it goes back to your father and mother and the light clan. Your mother kinda was a bit crazy, and jealous. She put your father under her control and made him nearly make the light clan a myth. I don't know the full extent of the history but it does go back for" Sung said. "So my mother had a control quirk?" Max thought as he panicked a bit. He thought he might have unconsciously used his mom's quirk on Kate for all these years" Maz said as Sung shrugged his shoulders. "I give it a week before i send you home, there is a lot you can learn from me but i want you to find your own way. You are..quite the troubled kid, so maybe some time to think would do you good. Plus you're slowly starting to become my equal in terms of power" Sung said as he went inside his castle. Max rubbed his arm as the temperature dropped but he didn't notice as he went inside. "There is some stuff in the main kitchen, make something if you'd like. I have something I need to do. I'll be gone for about 6 days. Just in time for me to see you off" Sung said as he went to his room. Max went to the kitchen and started cooking. "Maybe my quirk will evolve to my dads, from what I could read his quirk was extremely unique and extremely rare. Maybe there is a limit of what I could learn from others who only have shadow or dark quirks" Max said to himself as he took a bite but spit it out. "I swore I warmed the food. Weird" He said as he did it again and ate. "Damn, the kid beat me pretty good out there. I'll visit Soi fon then get on with the mission" Sung said as he called out Kysel from his shadow as soon as he jumped. Myself flew up and caught Sung as they flew to the Light island where. Max pondered around as he was trying to put his thoughts out. "Damn it. No wonder Kate doesn't like me. I brainwashed her. Oh god, I might have started another war. Well, that depends on how Kate's family feels about me taking her for the first time but still. Fuck!" Max said as ice started to form and shadows started to wave. "Maybe I was dumb taking her away but we were abandoned! I didn't know she would be found later" Max said as he sat down. Max made an unstable space cut and stepped in and appeared at a hilltop, far away from the clan as he needed fresh air. "Fresh air" Max said as he sat against a tree.

"Heh, looks like your getting better everyday!" Soi fon said as she landed a kick on Kate's chin. Kate flipped back and charged at Soi fon and returned the favor by upper cutting her. They both regained balance and headbutted each other. "I'm only being trained by the best here!" Kate said as she grinned while being punched in the face. "Don't flatter me" Soi Fon said grinning while Kate delivered a mighty punch to her nose. As they stopped they both admired each other's strength. "Damn you are good!" Kate said as Soi fon returned the favor "right back at ya, y'know if i had a little sister i'd want her to be like you. You're strong, strong enough to be on your own and be okay. Not just physically but emotionally and mentally. That's the kind of strength i admire" osi Fon said as Kate smiled "well yeah, sometimes being alone is for the best. You can't always live in someone's shadow. Sometimes you need to step out and create your own shadow or let your light shine in this case" Kate said as her and Soi fon walked to the infirmary to get bandaged up. "Actually lets stop. I have a few things i'd like to teach you. Aside from combat skills i'd like to teach you some secret skills we usually don't teach anyone" Soi fon said as she took 3 deep breaths and let the sunlight heal her wounds. "It takes a bit of energy but it's what I like to call it. Photokinetic healing. You can manipulate the photons in the sunlight and use them as a sort of boost to your immune system up" Soi fon said as Kate tried to copy her movements and ended up doing it by accident. "Holy shit, it took me 3 years to do that and you just did it. OKay next is what i like to call. Flash step. You basically can supercharge yourself for a split second and probably do the closest thing to teleporting. Here we call it Shunpo for convenience" Soi fon said as she displayed the move by suddenly appearing on a nearby building. Kate thought about this and tried to mimic it. Which took her all of 20 minutes to get down. "Good good, next and the final one is what i like to call. E.O.L mode. I haven't fully mastered it but I have the basics down. It's like tapping into the empress' own power. Her light is so much more powerful than the rest. I think you might need to train with her to fully grasp it and not have a cheap imitation like I have" Soi fon said as Kate nodded.

Soi fon and Kate end up going to the Light Palace to request an audience with the empress. "Halt! What brings you to the palace is General 1st Class Soi fon. One of the guards asked as he performed his duties. "I need an audience with the empress. It is an urgent matter. I outrank you both so i suggest you mov" Soi fon said as the guards stepped aside as she entered. Kate followed behind closely as Soi fon stopped before the throne and kneeled. Kate did the same as the empress spoke in a soft yet beautiful voice. "Raise my children. What is the matter?" The empress asked as Soi fon and Kate stood up. "Ma'am, my pupil here is on the cusp of a breakthrough in power. Her power nearly eclipses my own. I humbly ask you to help further her training. That she train with you. Only for 1 week madam" Soi fon asked as she kept her head down and had a cold sweat pouring from her face "please say yes, please say yes" Soi fon thought as the empress thought about it for a bit before responding. "Bring the child forth. I will see to it that this child leaves this place stronger than ever before" the empress said as she could sense that Kate had finally found stability between the light and dark within her. "This child, the one corrupted by the Dark clan, i'll see to it that she will be washed clean of that tainted blood" the empress thought. As she motioned for Kate to follow her as she stood up and walked deeper into her palace.

Max was sitting, taking in the view before he sat up and sighed. "Well, I guess it's time to give my problems a shot and solve them" He said as he sat in a meditative position and thought deeply to himself. He was slowly solving the way he thought of his problems, all except Kate. "Damn, it's so hard to let you go. Maybe your real family can fix the mistakes I caused" Max said as he forgot her. The moment that happened his thought slowed to a snail's crawl, his mind was empty, his powers were in balance. In his inner world there was two orbs representing his two quirks. Apparently, his space quirk was gaining power itself to be equal to his dark, but another power entered the fray. Outside, his body was surrounded by ice as a voice said "Attack the light" the voice said coldly. Icy winds started to blow as parts of Max's body began to freeze over until everything was frozen. Except Max's thoughts. Faint but audible screams began to echo throughout Max's mind as a man in a gray suit and glowing white and blue eyes walked in front of Max. "hope i didn't scare ya" the man said mockingly as Max didn't seem amused in the slightest. "Get to the point or get out" Max said not even knowing what this person wanted. "Okay , okay. I see who he gets that from. I'm here to make a deal with you boy, let me take host of this body. No, let her power enter your body completely and I can assure that all of your problems will just woosh. Vanish. I've been noticing your troubles with that Kate girl. She's nice. But it'd never truly work out. I mean think about it, is this Romeo and juliet!? The clans won't magically get back together just because 2 kids got married or started dating. It's just idiocy. So let me help you. All these problems will leave and nothing but open doors will be in your path. Hell let me paint a picture for you. Kate trained with the empress of light. She finishes training, meets a boy she likes, a nice young man who is much better looking, stronger, faster, smarter. Just better than you. And you are all alone, in the darkness, left behind by the one you trusted the most. Betrayed. Disgraced. And embarrassed. Or you could choose this snowy path. Peace, tranquility, silence. And in the near near future. A new, better, bustier partner" the man said as Max could feel his heart ache every time he thought about Kate and the possibility of her finding someone else. "Deal" Max said as he seemingly floated slightly above the ground and took his hand. Ice cold winds spiraled all around them and even in the real world. Everywhere within a 15 mile radius was blizzarding. Max's skin became a bit pale and his clothes became blue and silver. Along with his eyes being a ghostly blue instead of a deep purple.

We cut to a place in the icy mountains. A cave of sorts which inside holds a massive slab of stone with symbols on it. Icy winds escape from the gaps of the slab covering whatever is behind it. The seal cracks a bit as laughter can be heard escaping from it.