"And now…Get prepared for the next match of the day. Ex-shin Yamamoto vs K'yun Oshima! In one minute, possibly the best fight today will start. Fighters get ready and give it your all as you both fight for entry to the next round!"
The next fight of the day is almost ready to commence. Me against K'yun, he tried to jump me three days ago, and although I bruised him and his losers up, I think I still need more pay back. The last minute passed quickly as both Yun and I were called up to the arena.
"The final minute of wait is over folks! Let's give it up for our fighters coming up to battle…! To our left, standing at a fine six feet and weighing 200 lb of partially rock, the Oshima family's next head of command! Blessed with the ability to create, control, and manipulate solid rock and minerals at will, this Oshima member has the potential to soon move tectonic plates in the future!
Recently, he also has gotten a secondary blessing, allowing him to create and wear yellow transparent barriers like a second layer of skin, strong enough to withstand a hurricane! Let us give a round of applause tooooo…K'yun Oshimaaaaa!!"
The crowd yells and cheers on Yun. I, nervous as ever, pace around as the announcer gets ready to call me up. "Yoo Ex! Ya nervous?". Juno? What is she doing here? " Yeah I am actually, this is my first tournament and plus, people are definitely expecting a good fight" "Dude you're going to be fine. Besides, you are fighting the guy you already beat up, just do it again. Win, Ex-shin. You can do this! Now give me some up top!"Juno raises her hand for a high five and gives the biggest smile she can. Walking past her, I slap her hand for the high five she offered, putting my hands in my pockets and going up, ready to be announced up.
"…But his opponent is tough this year because to our right, his first time entering this school's tournament…Stands at a very mobile 5'8, weighing 164 lb of fitted muscle!"
"This guy has the unique blessing of Time creation, controlling, and manipulating! But beware! Because this fighter is also cursed by a very strong entity that loves to destroy wherever she goes…She allows this successor to utilize almost anything, including concepts as a weapon for destruction!"
"He could be a real problem to folks if they don't watch out…! Please let us clap our hands for Ex-shin Yamamotooooooo!!!!"
As I step up in the arena, the crowd goes wild. "So I see you decided to come by and fight in the tournament. Don't think I'll make this easy for you, Shin! You will fall before you can climb up…!". K'yun shouts.
"Both fighters get ready! .....ANDDDD BEGIN!!!!"
Immediately, K'yun rushes in fast while I have my guard up. The both of us exchange hits and blocks with each other, hoping one would fall soon. I get my right hook blocked but I immediately adapt and drive my arm farther into an elbow hitting the chin. But Yun is tough himself as he counters with a spinning backfist to my shoulder.
Yun blocks my movement by rock-holding my leg and goes in for a kick. I thankfully redirect his kick before breaking free and sweeping his leg, sending him down as I miss my stomp to Yun's head as he rolls away. Giving him no time to breathe though, I attempt to knee his chin, but I am met with a barrier that ricochets my knee with a bounce, flipping me forward as I follow up in motion with an axe kick that proves to be ineffective. I back up. Yun smiles at me, he strides toward me liking that he has the advantage. Defensive now, I change my stance to a more focused one.
"Like my new blessing, Shin!?! Give it up already because you will not be winning this battle…", K'yun's skin becomes rock-like as I activate Incinerate at the same time. "Give it up?" I increase my temperature and smile, "Things are just getting started!!!!"..."Hmph! Got that right!!". Yun breaks the sound barrier and speeds in with confidence, I won't be able to hit him because of that barrier he put up and Yun knows that all too well. Ready for the attack, I weave his jabs and hooks, kick the barrier as I dodge, lean back from Yun's roundhouse, and before Yun could recover from his attack, I put my palm in his face.
"Chaos beam!" a wave of heated energy comes pouring from my palm. After a time, I stop firing to see Yun heavily breathing behind the smoke.
His barrier doesn't seem to be broken, but I can tell K'yun is a bit more cautious now. On the offensive now, I kick Yun's chin, knocking him away from me before I blitz at him with a punch which gets blocked by Yun after he pushes me back. "It's not like my hits are doing damage…but they sure are affecting him in some way.". K'yun and I meet in the middle of the arena and clash fist. The moment repeats, as our fists collide with each other, a crater forms deeper within each collision until I redirect a straight and pop Yun's jaw with my elbow, forcing him to take a step back.
K'yun skin becomes more rock-like as I begin to crack my neck and knuckles. Hearing a chime play in my ear, I use my ability to accelerate my body's speed, talking before putting my guard up. "You may not feel my hits now, but guarantee I'll break your defense in less than two minutes, you golem!". Yun immediately inhales my jab, gets caught with two to the ribs which makes him step back, but I grab his arm and pull him into left hook, a right to the kidney and ribs on the same side, a left straight, an overhand right to the jaw, a left uppercut, then I body bash him away. I blitz Yun again as he tries to block or dodge my hits. However, he was not fast enough to do so. Surprisingly, Yun's barrier can take more than I thought.
After a while of punishing the protection ,Yun catches me by surprise and hits me with a strong front kick to the stomach, sending me back a bit. An immediate rush from me to K'yun's jaw, I crack his barrier and smirk. But that doesn't last long as Yun's shield regenerates and Yun himself begins to smile. "Thought you had me, loser?", Yun punches me back a few feet while still talking.
Meanwhile, a voice in my head plays repeatedly like before, replaying events of destruction and spouting madness. It alters my thinking as K'yun just talks, hitting me in the process. I might lose this fight. "What's the matter, Ex-shin?! What happened to all the work you were doing? Don't have strength anymore? Or maybe you were weak all along. Just like your skill. You're a waste of air! All this power at your disposal, just to lose to me? Pathetic! If you keep this up, Ex-shin, you'll end up just like your dad. Dead."
At that moment, the voices and visions in Ex-shin's mind fade and he powers down back to his original state. Though, something different is about him.
"Surrendering already?"
When Shin looks back at Yun, time comes to a halt before gaining just a fraction of speed, slowing down time significantly and no longer stopping it.
"Y'know…you were right about one thing. If I keep this up, I will end up dead like my dad. But right now. You have no right to speak to me that way.". Yun, moving in super slow motion, doesn't even know what's going on. My movements and contact with him won't register until I regulate time again. So with that in mind, why not mess with him. Using the audience, while time still moves slowly, I grab a chair, and a sleeping blindfold. I position the chair behind him and slap the blindfold onto him.
Walking back in front of Yun, I pull my phone out to snap a before picture. Placing my hand gently on his chest, I forcefully slam K'yun into the pavement, cracking the ground and knocking out Yun. "Shatter.", once said, a crater was formed and Yun's shield cracks heavily. "Damn! I broke the chair I was gonna use for him…No matter.", I shrug. Again, pull my phone out for an after picture as time regulates, surprising the crowd.
"What's this? Ex has knocked out K'yun instantly! How did he do such a thing? Especially after suffering punishment from Yun! And he's taking pictures! …Ex-shin Yamamoto moves on to the next round!! Next up, Olivia Ryshikigama vs Bo BoBo!!"
I exit away from the crowd into the waiting room where I find the school's nurse already there for me, Miss. Tokita. "Ex-shin, right? I'm here to heal your wounds before I check on K'yun. Please sit down." she says. Complying, I sit in front of her as she places her hand on my head and her expression changes. "What's wrong?", I ask. Amazed, she essentially gropes me and lets go after a time. "Ex-shin, your body, it's all healed. You don't have any injuries, not even minor ones. I'm assuming that you have a naturally quick acting healing factor due to your ability to control time. When you use that power to speed up your body you heal faster, but when you turn it off, it seems like the faster rate of healing stays with you and multiplies each time you turn it off…fascinating.".
Usami Tokita, Origin: Unknown. A 28 year old white woman. She is a very skilled travel nurse, physician, chiropractor, dietitian, therapist, and many more. She has been given a premature blessing in the womb with the power to observe and scan anything she chooses to by seeing, smelling, hearing, tasting, or touching. When she does so, she can see the current status, blessings, curses, history, past injuries, possible future ones, inventory, and emotions. She often can hear, read and transfer thoughts of sentient beings including herself with this blessing as well. She is truly a prodigy of healthcare.
"But Ex-shin, did you know that you can also do the same thing with space as you do with time?". I don a confused look on my face before asking, "What do you mean doc? Are you saying that I can control space at will too?", "Not only that Ex, you can also create it and other cosmic entities too..like one day, a blackhole.". Space too huh? I had no idea that I was this powerful..but how do I..do it? Lost in thought, Miss. Takita perks up with an idea and gets my attention.
"Ex-shin, could you please close your eyes for a moment and stick your hand out", "Huh? Oh yeah I can do that". I close my eyes and stick my right hand out as Miss Tokita speaks to me. "What do you see?", what do I see? "Uhh I see..the time, I can see numbers counting up the exact time that we're at right now.". "Okay good, but clear that out. Listen, I will set a cup in front of you, and I want you to bring the cup to you without the use of any of the abilities you know. Try to get the cup in your hands another way."
With all of my concentration, I can feel the distance between me and the cup as I imagine it appearing in my hands suddenly. A swift use of force causes me to open my eyes and see the cup in my right hand as I was imagining. Whoa… "And that is not all you can do right now y'know? According to my scan, you Ex-shin, already have enough power and proficient potential to perform mid-rank abilities. You just have to figure out how to do them". She leaves me in thought, meanwhile Juno comes up to me and asks if I want to see the next fight between Olivia and Bo BoBo. I agree, walking towards the front row of the seats where we can see the battle perfectly.
"Coming up now, free of the wait we were giving them..Olivila Ryshikigama vs Bo BoBo. On our left, standing at about 300 lb of 0 fat and 100% muscle! This guy goes his entire days training and lifting weights nonstop! Blessed with super stamina, he has turned himself into a tank by working his muscles past their limits, capable of withstanding gunfire with ease! Please let us give it up forrrrr….Boooooo BoBo
But coming from the right now, there's this young lady! At 5'6 and weighing 156 lb. A kind, bubbly, and cheerful girl who loves to make friends, she is able to sense a person's fighting spirit due to her bloodline, the Ryshikigama family. This family of warriors are dangerous when engaging in a brawl, making their lust for blood second to none, no matter how good one's personality is. With the ability to summon powerful ancient weapons at will, give it up for Oooooliviaa..Ryyyyshikigaaamaaaa!"
Stepping out from the waiting room with hands in the air for the crowd, Olivia, an albino black woman with red, curly hair, and freckles all over her face. She looks around as if she is trying to spot someone. I almost stare at her before wanting to retract, however, her emerald eyes managed to meet my cyan eyes as she waves, smiles, and wink at me simultaneously.
"Annnnnd Beginnnnn!!"
Just as fast as it started, it ended. Olivia materializes in front of Bo BoBo and crushes his organs with a lethal blow to his gut, bringing him to his knees and falling face first. The audience yells, and Olivia glances at me once more, smiles and winks again before leaving. "Ouuu~ Ex-shin has a crushhhh", I hear from Juno. "Cut it outtt! Isn't your fight next anyways?", I say, "Go get ready for that and leave me be.". A cheeky smirk fills Juno's face, "Alright alright I'll get going.".
"For the final fight of the day, we have for you, Juno Takata vs Pyoko Juzrin!! And worry not folks! Because the last fight ended so fast, let's continue with the next one right now!! Standing at a proud 5'6 and weighing 187 pounds, she is a mysterious case of strategy, able to summon puppets to aid her in battle as she herself fights! Pyoko also has the ability to absorb her puppets to gain unimaginable stats such as increased speed, agility, reflexes, strength, and even IQ! Truly a magnificent puppeteer. Let us give a round of applause forrrrrr Pyokoooooooo Juzrinnnnnnnn!!!!"
Pyoko comes out stepping towards the arena. Her attire, a long sleeve black shirt with a dark gray short sleeve overtop, a pair of loose black jeans and shoes to match, with gothic accessories to cover her small body figure.
"Next upp…Oh wait folks! An announcement from the government has just now been sent! It reads: 'Hello! Successors of all ages, this is a very important message. Starting now, we will be pushing forward a prototype version of our brand new program; The Junior National Guards, or, the J.N.Gs will now be called down to the arena where they will stand and represent the future of young successors! Please, walk up the arena when your name is called…' "
Voices are scattered around as the anticipation for the next few seconds ends.
" '…Ulagur Locknel! Juno Takata! K'yun Oshima! Izial Dormatus! Olivia Ryshikigama! Pyoko Juzrin! And Ex-shin Yamamoto! Please step up to the stage-like arena!' "
All names that were called, we quickly and hurriedly stepped in the middle of the arena as the information keeps coming.
" 'Could the seven of you please head home right now and pack your bags, because in one week, you all will be stepping foot in the National Guard's HQ, located in the middle of Jakiri where you will be staying there for the entire duration of the program. In one week, meet in this exact spot at 4:00 p.m. Thank you for listening to this message, and for your patience.' "
And with that being said as the last sentence, whispers and murmurs that are aimed at us seven spread across the entire tens of thousands of people in the audience. Cameras flashing, capturing the look of the brand new faces joining the National guards as juniors. This is sure to hit the news. With us seven being the future hope of the young, there's no doubt in saying, "Our lives are gonna change..forever…"