Once again Fejiro floated in the dark void of infinite nothingness.
'I'm here again?'
Just like before, his body was ethereal and he soon noticed the raging red ki with the yellow core. Why it took him a minute to notice something so big was a mystery.
'What's wrong now? Everything should be already settled. Mum's fine and that WITCH is dead, so what's the deal?'
He tried to head towards the cluster of ki again but he realized that he was anchored to the spot. His confusion only increased as he saw the ki cluster begin to shrink in size. It grew smaller and smaller until it was around human size. Then the yellow ki began to morph and take on a vague human shape with the red ki acting as a sort of clothing. The details of the creature's face were blurry.
"Who are you?"
Then a crack appeared where Fejiro presumed its mouth would be, and a cacophony of unintelligible noises escaped from it.
"What?" Fejiro could feel his brain rattle trying to understand what the entity was saying.
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Fejiro awoke from the dream with a start. It took him a moment to gain his bearings before he realized that his bed was empty.
'Mom? Where'd she go?' He thought as he immediately got to his feet. He didn't stand for long before collapsing to the floor a second later. Although the pain in his body had lessened, the numbing feeling was still there. He struggled to get back to his feet using the walls as support, then he slowly went out of the room. As he stepped into the hallway, a delightful aroma filled his nostrils. It was his favorite dish, one his mother could only make for him on special occasions due to how expensive the ingredients were. He was happy that his mom seemed fine, well at least fine enough to cook food. But that happiness was soon swallowed up by a deep sense of hunger, he was now realizing that he hadn't eaten since the morning of the day before. Soon mist filled his eyes as saliva dripped from his mouth and a thunderous roar escaped from his stomach. A grin creeped onto his face as he made his way down the stairs.
"Oh, you're awake." A familiar voice sounded.
Fejiro turned to the direction of the dining room where the voice originated. He saw his mother who was calmly sipping tea but on seeing him a gentle smile appeared on her face. He was confused as sitting next to her were two soldiers clad in red and black armour. He recognized one of them to be Mr. Raphael, his teacher. While the one next to him wore the same armour as Raphael except his was more regal with strips of gold depicting a dragon engraved on it. He wasn't aware of what was happening and at that moment the regal soldier was stuffing his face with something that caught Fejiro's attention.
This man was eating Fejiro's prized meal, the one he was having daydreams about ever since his nose picked it up. As if by instinct Fejiro's head turned slightly and he saw the pot that the food had been made in. It was empty without even a single grain remaining, the pot almost looked like it had been licked clean. He returned his gaze back to the man just in time to see him finishing the last bits of food in the bowl. He then drank a jug of water to wash it all down. He burped with a peaceful smile on his face.
Raphael sensing the weird atmosphere nudged the man to get his attention.
"Ahem...Sir."
Breaking out of his trance, he finally noticed Fejiro.
"Boy your finally awake, did you have a nice nap?"
There was silence from Fejiro's side, he had his head down and he seemed to be devoid of life.
"You..."
"Me?" The man responded confused.
"You..." Fejiro seemed to hesitate as if he was having a hard time getting the words out.
"Yes go on." The man said while using a toothpick to remove any remains from his teeth.
Seeing this seemed to have made Fejiro snap as he lifted his head and faced the man as he yelled.
"YOU DISGUSTING FREELOADER !!!!!!!!"
Both Raphael and his mother were shocked by his outburst, but the worst had yet to come. The man stood up and returned fire.
"Who are you calling a freeloader !!!? You little punk!!!" He said before jumping over the table and stood before Fejiro.
"Who else if not you !!!? You thief !!!"
"Oh so I'm a thief now?" The man said as veins started to appear on his forehead.
"Thief, freeloader. Same thing."
"You little brat." The man said as he reached out to pull on Fejiro's ear but quickly Fejiro turned his head and bit on the guy's hand.
"Arrgh, you little shit!" He said as he lifted Fejiro like that into the air before slamming him into the floor. This was enough for Fejiro's bite to loosen and the hand to be free. That wasn't the end though as he grabbed the guy's leg and pulled him down. Now that they were on the same level Fejiro started throwing punches and kicks.
"Die thief!" Fejiro yelled before a slap came his way and he was sent flying out of the room.
Meanwhile Raphael had a rather calm expression as he knew neither of them was fighting seriously. But he was more worried about how the mother would react. When he turned to face her, she seemed calm as well and she even had a smile on her face.
Sensing the confusion from Raphael, she proceeded to explain her reason.
"This isn't the first time Fejiro has acted like this. Back when he was a baby he would have these tantrums whenever someone took his food. When it happened he would cry so loudly and sometimes it almost seemed like he wanted to start a fight. I didn't think I'd get to see it again."
"But aren't you scared that he'll get hurt."
"Who wants to hurt my boy?" She said as a little energy flashed from her body before disappearing.
'She's in the middle of blue grade. That's not much of a threat to me but if she decided to self destruct then things could get troubling."
They ended their conversation there as they continued to watch the fight. Fejiro had returned back to the room, there were tears beginning to flow down his face which had a bright red imprint from the slap and he seemed a little shorter.
"Thief !!!" He bolted towards the armoured man but was caught by his collar and lifted into the air. He began flaying around trying to get out of his grip but the man didn't budge an inch.
"Kid, I think it's time we end this....." He couldn't finish his sentence as he noticed that Fejiro began to feel lighter in his grasp. He thought it was because of his strength but he noticed Fejiro began to look smaller and smaller. He had to wipe his eyes in hopes that he was imagining it, but he wasn't. He wasn't just shrinking but actually seemed to become younger as the seconds passed, even his clothes shrank as well to fit his small body. When the transformation ended he was left holding a two to three year old version of Fejiro.
This also confused the observers as Raphael looked towards Fejiro's mom for confirmation.
"Now, this is new." She said clearly stupefied as well.
"Let go of me you thief !!!" Fejiro for the first time used his red ki as his now short legs kicked the man's arm. The kick wasn't strong enough to do anything but the red ki passed through his skin and caused his hand to go numb. Fejiro used this chance to break free and proceeded to run towards his mom.
"Mummy, mummy this old man is bullying me." His voice sounding very childish now.
"Old?" Those words had stunned the man rooting him to his spot.
Fejiro had reached her and proceeded to jump onto her lap before continuing.
"This old meany stole my food and beat me up. He...he..." He couldn't complete his sentence before bursting into loud cries in his mother's embrace.
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