The sky was vast the clouds were all calm, it was definitely not signifying it was about to rain neither was it too sunny, this was was what anyone would call a perfect weather condition.
And what other way to tell than when you see a group of arnat flying and dancing in the skies.
These creatures where what you would compare to Earth's own king of the skies, the eagles other than the fact that these creatures were the highest fliers they had no physical appearance that looked like an eagle.
These creatures were four times as large as eagles and horns protruding out of their temples, these creatures flew in groups like a group of sardine fish in the ocean as they marvelously thanked the skies four it's vastness in their behaviour.
but in no time this peace that the arnat and the skies enjoyed came to an end as a dark cloud accompanied by a flames approached them, flames so hot that this huge creatures who were in about 200 meters away from the cloud dropped from the skies like rain itself after being burnt to a crisp.
And right in the midst of all this storm and burning flames was Afo or rather the being of equity tearing through the clouds with lightening speed, speed so fast that even the fastest earth fighter jets would be left in the dust, he flew so fast that the clouds gave way for him as he approached them with his own cloud of darkness.
"where would the boy even want to go--" the being of equity asked himself"
" urgh" he groaned.
"seems like we used too much power its straining the body"
he began to lose altitude and balance as he flew.
("Why not just drop him anywhere instead of straining the body, then when he wakes up he'll decide that for himself")
the second female voice among the being of equity suggested.
"I think the body is passing out…." Phoenix adds as he notices that he was barely in control.
("We've put too much strain on the body")
said the first famale voice but before they could do anything about it Afo immediately loses consciousness and goes falling down from the sky thousands of kilometers above the ground and crashes into a rock that he shatters on collision with his body and as if like a ball bounces of the point of impact and lands at the edge of a waterfall.
the current pulled him along and his body repeats the process by bouncing on three more protrusion of rocks from the waterfall until he came to a stop were his body was left just at the shallow part of the river.
in what looked like a few minutes to Afo he opens his eyes later on realizing it was the evening as he felt the cold embrace of the river dancing to and fro as it brushed against a part of his body.
unaware to him he had spent a whole month sleeping on that spot like a lifeless body out of exhaustion and because of the domineering aura he was emanating not a single beast dared to go near a 2km radius and those who were skilled enough to feel this presence didn't dare to either.
("where am I, did I escape")
Afo opens up his eyes but like a blurry camera was yet to gain focus, a woman suddenly appears standing over Afo's face trying to ask him questions but he couldn't make what this woman was asking.
("who is this woman and what is she saying, I'm trying to stay awake why can't i??") he closes his eyes and falls back at sleep.
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Four Earth Years Ago Before Summoning.
"Well go change and get ready for a bath I'll get the water ready" Afo offered Ome.
"Why wake up so early though"
Ome's asked and as usual in a tone that sounded as if she were scared.
"Well I have work from 8.am to 2pm, so I have to wake up to do all my chores before time, and even after that I have a game today again against divine academy by 4 you see so I have to make sure there's no friction in my daily schedule"
"A game??"
"Yeah I'm a basketballer" she stares in a little bit of doubt.
"What you don't think I have it in me"
she looks at him indeed he did have it all he was about 6 foot 2, he was properly built and muscular though the clothes he wore previously hid that and his dark skin and black hair was a perfect fit to his physique his dark pupils even with being dark had every sense of comfort.
he was indeed the definition of a handsome young man, who would definitely succeed as a model in no time.
"Okay if you don't believe me I'll take permission from your dad and take you with me to work after that we'll go to school together then you can watch me play yourself."
She was indeed thrilled to hear this but could not put up with another boring day at his workplace.
"Y-Your workplace is boring" she spoke out as if she was forced.
"Ehhh, fine I'll drop you by an arcade and pick you up by 2 o'clock how's that sound"
"Y-Yes" She smiles with a higher Sense of excitement and as if she just won a battle.
"Ok it's settled then" after a while he gets the water ready for her to bath cleans the house and then prepares breakfast by then it was already 5 o'clock, he enters into the mother's room meeting them both naked on the bed.
"Hey tiny can you not come in it's basically rated 18 at the moment"
"What do you mean?"
"Just don't come in alright"
"Yes whatever you say"
she answered him without pushing it further, he enters into the room using his feet to clear a path from the bottles of alcohol haphazardly scattered on the floor alongside the clothes.
"God merciful" he muttered to himself seeing how both adults were laying on the bed naked with no worries and how much alcohol they managed to consume.
he could never understand how he got used to seeing his mother in this state and feel like it was normal, Afo had wondered if it was because he had seen her like this multiple times like this with various men since of course this wasn't the first man he had met her like this with since her divorce a few years back in no time.
In no time he was done with cleaning up the room and covers them both using a duvet he exits the room and comes back with a letter and places it with a letter and places it on her table and exits wearing a track suit.
"You're going out?" Ome asked as he was about exiting the door.
"Yeah morning exercise before work" Afo responded.
"Ok what do I do then" she asked once more sice she was beginning to grow attached to this young man.
"There's breakfast in the kitchen, when you're done eating just wait for me" he responded with a comforting smile.
"Yes, yes"
she responded waving h bye as he exits the house and returns by 6:39 gets into the shower and gets ready to move out drops her by the arcade by 7 and handed her some cash spoke to a trusted personnel to make sure she was safe and finally arrives at work by 7:49 am.
"Good morning Afo I heard you had a game today, I'm sorry boy but I really wanted to see it" Gerald a fellow worker there greets him.
Gerald stands at 5 foot 11 he is an honorable chef, he is said to be a talented chef who made a name for himself at 21 though he still is working under Mrs.
Hana since he said he wanted to have a better experience at the job.
"Don't worry about it just wait for the news"
"I trust in your talent kid" he smiles as he lightly smacks Afo on the shoulder.
"Ok boys get to work, enough chatting"
"Yes Mrs. Hana" they both respond simultaneously.
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Back at the house Afo's mother wakes up she felt a sharp pain in her head as she grabs her head.
"Ah! my head hurts" she turns around to find Mr. Isaac just waking up himself.
she turns her head to find the letter on the table, she immediately stands up to pick the letter and read.
"Good morning mom, there's food in the kitchen, here's your morning coffee, if you wake up and it's already cold you know what to do and please tell Mr. Isaac I took his daughter alongside to work and later on to see the game, you can come watch too if you feel free, we'll be back before you know it, your son Afo".
The mood on her face saddens a little bit, Mr. Isaac stands up to read the letter while standing behind her and wrapping his hands around her.
"You really have a nice son, I mean look at this room"
"Yeah" she forces a smile on her face.
Afo checks his time as he gets prepared to leave.
"Ahhhh it's already 2:15pm gosh hope that kid is doing alright he quickly signs out and grabs his bike to head out, after a long while of paddling he finally gets to the arcade, there he finds Ome with another lady, he quickly heads to meet her.
"Hey tiny" she responds to him with an upset face.
"Sorry!! I didn't know I'll take this long" he quickly apologized.
"Kolo!! That's not why I'm mad" She spoke like usual as if whispering.
"What!! then why are you mad then"
"I've never been to an arcade before so I didn't know what to do"
Afo was shocked not at whqt she said but to the fact that he couldn't tell from the beginning and plants his palm on his face in shame but still tried to hide the fact that he had realised this.
"What but you were filled with excitement this morning like you've been--" Afo jests.
"I was hoping you would at least show me some things first" Ome said while pouting.
"Huh, fine I'm sorry I'll make it up to you by scoring two three pointers today in the game" Afo said with all seriousness.
"How does that help me??" Ome replied.
"What, okay fine I'll add an ice cream to it by the end of the day"Afo decided to add.
"Deal" she responds immediately, on raising his face he realized he had been ignoring the lady beside her the whole time.
"Oh!! I'm sorry I didn't realize, t-tiny aren't you going to introduce me"
she bows her head as she spoke faintly.
"This is Miss I.J she's the one who helped me out" Ome introduced her to Afo.
"Hehhhh I couldn't even get that, anyways" he stretched his hand out for a handshake.
"I'm Afokoghene Iruoghene, my parents were really native and all in the naming but just call me Afo"
She smiles and responds to him by shaking hands with him.
"I'm Ijeoma Akunna, my parents were also really native too but call me IJ"
after hearing her speak he was for a moment mesmerized by her soft enchanting voice she was light skinned and looked one of the popular female American rapper even with the glasses she wore her brown eyes where very much evident.
a figure that would definitely draw the attention of any guy around and her height above average of about one hundred and eighty centimeters and if compared to Oreva or any other girl he had seen so far she was definitely the most beautiful.
"Beautiful" he spoke out without realizing it himself.
("What are you thinking you are already in love with Oreva pull yourself together dummy, yes yes")
he thought to himself while still holding unto her palm which he found odd since it wasn't as soft as he'd expected.
"Sorry I have a habit of...."
"It's ok" out of embarrassment he immediately branches of the topic.
"Thank you for taking care of my sister, see you around" he grabs Ome by her hand.
"thank you for helping me out miss"
They both leave as if in a hurry, he places Ome on the backseat of his bicycle as they both head home, on getting home he doesn't find his mom or Isaac home, he hurriedly gets into the shower and then in no time they were ready to go.
they both change clothes immediately he came out of the house and black vehicle stops in front of the house, Ome stares at the vehicle wondering if Afo could have ordered for an uber.
"c'mon let's go!!" he urges her as they walk up to the vehicle, Jete steps out of the vehicle.
"hey bro how's it you ready". Afo asked Jete.
"im all hyped for today" jete looks confusingly at the child next to Afo.
"hey bro who's the kid, your girlfriend" at the mention of the name Ome's face became immediately flustered.
"in not into lolis you pedo… it's my little sister tiny I mean Ome".