/*My first serious original has started serializing. The name is Two Worlds at a Time. Give it a read if you can. It is based on a man who can access two different universes*/
"Eh!" Chomei was taken aback by the question but before he could even open his mouth, Loki lifted his hand and made Chomei static. Static to the tee. Chomei couldn't even move his eyeballs or blink. The people around who were just curious about Loki finally saw Loki in action and they didn't expect such kind of attack at all.
"What magic is this?"
"Did you hurt Chomei?"
"Oye.. Release Chomei.. What the hell, why can't my magic can't even touch Chomei."
Loki didn't care about the words of others as his hand lit up with green light and threw the fluorescent light at Chomei. Chomei wasn't even able to react and nor the others expected his attack but then Chomei who was in his human form transformed almost instantly and became the huge beast that he was.
Everyone's jaws fell on the floor because Chomei was very good in illusion magic and Loki just outed him within a second. Chomei was still in static mode and couldn't even flap its wings, nor could he cry. Loki turned around and asked.
"You knew of this?"
Everyone subconsciously nodded and thus Loki let him go. Chomei getting his freedom back was angry beyond measure as someone toyed with him. The tailed beasts never liked being toyed or under control and thus Loki handling him in such a way rubbed Chomei in a very bad way.
Chomei without any warnings unleashed a barrage of chakra-infused attacks. Loki effortlessly dodged, phasing in and out of reality.
"Chomei, calm down." Shiikuro shouted. Everyone screamed the same but there was no such reaction from Chomei. While Loki had the classic smile on his face. The books shelves had already moved far away since the library was self conscious and thus gave two of them space to fight it out.
The Seven-Tails, frustrated that it couldn't hurt Loki at all, unleashed a swarm of chakra-infused insects, each carrying a stinging bite. Loki laughed, creating a temporal shield that slowed down the insects. "Is that all you've got, little bug?" he taunted.
"Loki, you are not helping. It isn't the bad guy." Aoto couldn't help but shout. Loki just replied.
"I know but I like the fire in this guy." Loki said.
The ground trembled as Chomei charged towards Loki, who calmly surveyed the approaching threat. With a wave of his hand, Loki manipulated magic, creating multiple versions of himself. The swarm of Lokis danced through the air, confusing Chomei. The colossal insect swiped at illusions, missing its target. However, the true Loki appeared behind Chomei, seizing the opportunity to manipulate the timeline. Reality itself bent as Loki rewrote the recent past, altering Chomei's trajectory.
The Seven-Tails crashed into an illusion, the impact shaking the arena. As the dust settled, Chomei realized the extent of Loki's power. Anger burned in its eyes, and the arena echoed with a roar as the Seven-Tails unleashed a devastating Tailed Beast Bomb. The energy sphere hurtled towards Loki, who calmly raised his hand.
In an astonishing display of power, Loki froze the Tailed Beast Ball mid-air, creating a temporal stasis field. Time seemed to stand still as the two entities locked eyes. Suddenly, Loki grinned and rewound time, causing the Tailed Beast Ball to revert to its original state. The blast hurtled back towards Chomei, who, caught off guard, tried to evade but was engulfed in the explosion.
As the smoke cleared, Loki surveyed his handiwork. Chomei emerged, battered but not defeated. Chomei now was looking at Loki with a hint of awe in its hidden eyes, but didn't speak outright. The Seven tails went back to his its human form.
Loki didn't push Chomei more and just offered his hand to Chomei. Chomei looked deeply at Loki and then shook his hand.
"I could feel the hatred in you and wanted to see if you can let go of it. I was not disappointed." Loki said.
"You were testing me?" Chomei asked.
"I am going to teach here so of course I will see if you are worthy of using sorcery. I had to face the same from my mother." Loki said. Chomei was angry that he was being treated by some of kind of child but once he remembered how easily he was brought down, he couldn't say a word and just hung his head.
"One day I will defeat you." Chomei said.
"I hope you don't. It's just painful." Loki replied. Chomei didn't understand at the beginning but later he did. Loki was burdened as Aoto put it, 'a glorious purpose' and it was nothing but a huge responsibility. Having huge power didn't always mean a good life.
The others were a bit angry with what Loki did but at the end they were in awe of what he did. The way he took care of the Bijudama wasn't something anyone expected. Control of time was scary and it showed.
"Can you bring people back?" Edward couldn't help but ask.
"Kid, don't go there." Loki said. Edward wanted to get angry of being called a kid but didn't say more. He understood what Loki meant and accepted the reality now to the full. After the dust settled, Aoto came forward and pulled Chomei in and let him know that he would be the teacher here.
And finally it was time for Aoto to speak up to others.
"Well guys, I got access to a new realm to do business."
"Business to a new realm. That is cool. New place to explore." Arya said.
"Oh yes. New realm... New world.. New knowledge." Edward chimed in. Shikuro and Corazon too were excited. Shikuro all his life had been in this world and now due to magic he would be able to visit a new world. That in itself was a huge matter and he couldn't wait. Aoto just shook his head with a slight sigh and said.
"The new realm is not exactly a fun place and some of you do actually know this world." Aoto said.
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