A Hero's Journey - Mysterion's Story

Chapter 31

                Kyontari took the sword back out and blood spilled everywhere, he took one last glance at Mysterion, then walked away. Mysterion dropped down slowly onto the ground. 

I can't faint now...Mysterion thought wearily. 

He crawled to reach his sword and slowly got up. Mysterion walked forward while limping, but then he fell back down, Mysterion didn't know if he could get back up again. While Kyontari was walking away, he could still feel the pain on his handless-arm. 

All I have to do is deal with the others, then I'll have my energy back by then, Kyontari thought as he coughed.

 He could see the others running from a distance, but then they suddenly stopped. 

Do they really want me to kill them that bad? This just gives me a head-start, Kyontari thought. He was about to charge at them, but then he suddenly felt a sharp pain, he looked down and saw a sword through his chest covered in blood.

 Kyontari felt the sword slide out and he could see blood splattering all over the ground., he slowly turned around to see Mysterion holding the sword that had stabbed him. As he crashed down, he saw his nephew grinning from a distance, then everything went black. Mysterion felt as if he was going to fall down and never get back up, he was struggling to stand, and the sword had suddenly felt heavy. 

Mysterion groaned and collapsed down, he could hear his friends shouting from afar, but he didn't have the strength to open his eyes anymore. He found himself lying in a pile of flowers, he got up without feeling any pain. Mysterion checked his stomach but there was no trace of any wound. It had been a minute, then he had realized that he was in the colorful world. 

This must be my dreams then, Mysterion thought as he walked over to the cherry blossom tree...