As the dust and Rubble settled from the collapsed wall, Amon's hand emerged from it, climbing from the carnage created by his brother, his eyes were lit with anger and his gaze set upon Aluric.
"really her too", Amon said, the sharp pain shooting from his back, Aluric turned his attention to his brother,
"if I live through this, I'm gonna be in a whole lot of pain tomorrow", Amon said, his legs tensed as he reared back, rocketing his body forward in a quick burst of speed. Making the slightest of movements, he pivoted his body pulling his arms up close to his chest, the force from Amon's kick pushed him back across the wet slicked stone surface. Aluric slid to a halt, the rain resuming it's down pour, his breathing became labored, he felt his shoulders rise and fall with each breath, he dropped his hands to his side, looking on at his brother, his mouth trembled to utter a word, only to be met with his brother's oncoming fist.
Aluric stumbled, clumsily backwards avoiding Amon's fist, he felt a strange pressure in the back of his head, moving to his eyes, he stumbled around shaking his head trying to alleviate what was quickly becoming pain, he looked back up at his brother, the raindrops in front of him shifting from slow to fast, back and forth. Amon moved forward cautiously, his hand half stretched, as if he was unsure, his eyes briefly flashed with concern, what he saw before him was Aluric's eyes shifting between their olive green and a very familiar bright yellow with an equally familiar cross pattern. Slowly as Aluric regained his composure, everything around him began to slow it's movements, as a devilish smile peeled it's way across his face. Amon rushed in to attack him again, however this time, Amon's movements appeared sluggish, his way of attacking was idled with flaws to exploit.
Feverishly Amon attacked his younger brother, one attack after the other was dodged effortlessly by Aluric, Amon's vision twisted violently then blurred, his jaw burned he felt himself falling, Amon clenched his teeth, and plated his foot, catching himself before he fell, he shrugged off the his brother's unseen attack, throwing a punch towards his brother once more, only to be met with the same result, he felt another strong force connect with face, reeling his head backwards, and once again he clenched his teeth and attacked Aluric again.
Aluric pulled back his hand to strike Amon again, yumi pulled herself from the rubble, and without a moment's hesitation, launched herself back into the fray, she sped towards Aluric, landing a ferocious kick to his rib cage, at the moment of impact, she is met with Aluric's hand,the force of the attack propelling him into a building that was standing next to him, the red bricked wall crumbled into a pile of red rubble. Leaving it's insides exposed,
"you okay", yumi asked, resting her hand on Amon's back, he was knelt over on the wet street trying to catch his breath, he ihaled sharply wiping away the line of blood that escaped his nose.
"yup, just a bit…... pissed off, but other….. than that just fine", he exclaimed, catching his breath in between words,
Their conversation was soon interrupted by the large red slab of bricks being pushed in the air, Aluric stood up holding the slab upright his body hunched over trying to recompose himself, the red dust that filled the air settled on his white coat, it soon mixed with the wetness from the rain water, presenting Aluric as though he was covered in someone else's blood. He looked down at his red stained hands then up at the two people he had considered closest to him, he could feel the grief, the despai, the sadnness well up inside him, right under the surface of this façade he now wore, with one more deep breath, he pushed those feelings down as far as he could. Looking back at Yumi and Amon, his eyes became focused on what he had to do.
"his eyes changed", Amon said, gesturing towards yumi's eyes, "happened right after he threw you into that building", Yumi's posture straightened, her fist clenched even tighter, her entire body shook with anger, slowly she exhaled a shaky breath, trying to quiet the voices in her head that raged on at the thought of Aluric taking a part of her blessing.
"I felt the pull, like a part of me was being taken away, I had no idea that's what his power felt like", Yumi said.
A deep sigh escaped Amon's lips, as he struggled back to his feet, holding the back of his head, "this is already enough of a pain to deal", amon said, reaching for the handle of his sword, "but I've had enogh of playing by his rules",
"no complaints here, let's get this over with", Yumi said, darting off towards Aluric again.
Still dazed by the new sensation of being able to observe even the most minute things at a slower rate, Aluric had not been paying attention to yumi and his brother, he looked down at his hands in amazement, he could see them move before he even moved them, he raised his head to the sky, across the clouds a streak of lightning flashed faintly, then flashed for real, his smile only broadened.
"seeing the world like this is amazing", Aluric said, soon the quick patter of feet hitting the wet stone pavement filled his ears, he looked down to see Yumi rushing in at him, she attacked him ferociously, each kick, punch, elbow or knee didn't allow him the chance to catch his breath, only allowing him to dodge them by a hair. The shear volume of them overwhelmed, yumi's blessing, he felt a coldness pressing against his back, but he couldn't be bothered by what it was, he tilted his head slightly, avoiding yumi's fist, that was the closest attack since she began, grazing his cheek and leaving a scratch, however her hand didn't retreat instead it stopped on something. Aluric reached behind with his hand, only to feel a wet hard surface, a wall, all of yumi's attacks had pushed him back, he tried moving to the left, only to look and see another wall, she had him corned without him even realizing. He looked down at yumi, panting, out of breath from her volley of attacks, looking down at her they both lock eyes, for the first time since the fight started, the soft patter of rain drops hitting the roof that covered them,
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"I see, you aren't pulling your punches anymore, I must've touched a nerve", Aluric said, his smile turning itself into a devious smirk, Yumi looked deep into Aluric's eyes ,her anger reflected in them.
"Even with everything that you've done, I never thought you, you of all people would violate me like, you took a part of my blessing", Yumi shouted, slamming her fist into the wall again,
"I don't know if you're aware, but, we're at war with each other, and as I told you in the forest that was my last attempt at trying to suede you, so right now I am willing to do what ever it takes to win", Aluric said, gripping her arm that was pressed against his chest, raising her arm in the air he took a step forward drawing his face close to hers, he held her by the chin.
"you don't have to worry though, I won't kill you, I just want you out of my way", Aluric said, a smirk grew across yumi's face as well,
"what are you smiling about", Aluric asked,
"you have my blessing so that means you have it's weaknesses too", Yumi said, trying to pull her hand away from his,
"ohh, and what would those be", Aluric said,
"you focused all you attention on me, it's the easiest way to control all the information your senses are taking in", yumi said, raising up her feet, she used his body to kick away from him and break free,
Amon ducked under her, his sword mid swing already, arcing it's way upwards to Aluric's abdomen, briefly the glow in Aluric's eyes intensified, the sword struck nothing but air, Aluric had jumped over the blade, using the tip of the sword Aluric stretched out his hand springing off of the sword to push himself even higher in the air.
Amon felt his body spinning with the momentum of the strike, looking at his brother in the air, amon made the hasty decision, to let go of his sword mid swing as it flew off into the stone wall next to him, as he completed his spin, one of his feet lifting off of the ground unbalancing him, he flung his arm outwards towards his brother, as a small sharp black projectile, launched itself out of his sleeve, whistling through the air making a sharp cutting sound, it only seemed like a blur to Amon, but Aluric perceived it in its entirety, a hidden dagger was now flying towards him and he had nowhere to go, as it inched closer and closer by the second, it was heading straight for his eye, quickly he threw up his hands blocking the blade from entering his eye, he felt a sharp piercing pain run through the flesh on his arm,
his eyes now closed he could feel himself free falling, as it soon came to a sudden stop, and he the ground beneath his feet, he slowly opened his eyes, moving his hand away from them, feeling the slight sting and the coldness of the knife in his arm with every movement, he didn't have the slightest second of reprieve, as he saw Yumi directly next to him, her leg connected to his stomach, he could feel his breath rush through his lungs and out through his mouth, the force
of her attack pushed him violently away from her, his feet briefly left the ground, Aluric opened his eyes to see his brother rushing towards him. On instinct Aluric pulled his arm to his side to block the attack he knew he was about to receive but it never came, a sudden force rocketed his head upwards, his vision was filled with grey clouds until it turned blurry, he felt his legs buckle, a step backwards then his vision cleared again, Amon avoided the obvious attack and landed an uppercut, aluric however caught himself, his will alone not allowing him to fall. Aluric felt another blow land on his face, it stung, this time it came from above, forcing his body sideways, another hit, this time his stomach, he looked down to see Amon's leg, the force catapulting him in the air. Rapid, repeated footsteps sprinting through the wet street sounded through the rain, yumi pushed herself into the air onto the wall of a building, sh pushed off onto another one, racing upwards, back and forth, from one building to the next, her final push propelled her above Aluric's spinning body, she stretched her leg into his chest, his eyes widened with the force of the attack, quickly his eyes darted around his body, the pain in his arm reminded him, he pulled the knife out and slammed it into yumi's leg, ripping apart the flesh, he repeated it two more times as his body rocketed towards the ground.