Aether

Chapter Thirty-Three

Hikaru's Pov

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I felt weak. I couldn't do anything. The anacondrai warriors were keeping me from helping my friends and I hated it. They needed me and I was here, unable to do anything to help them! I needed to help them stop the anacondrai warriors, yet here I was being stopped by one of them. I was pressed up against the wall, unable to do anything but defend myself as much as I could with the small amount of space I had available to me. I was quickly knocked out of my thoughts however when I felt a sharp pain in my side. A gasp left my lips as my gaze fell downward, noticing how there was now a sword in my side. At this rate, if it wasn't for my healing, I would've had scars all over me, but I'm sure they all left some kind of scar if they didn't reach it in time, such as the one from when the Golden Master was a dragon.

The anacondrai warrior who stabbed me, ignored my moment of silence and slammed his head into my own, causing my vision to gain a few black dots in a mere second. I groaned in pain as he pulled his sword out of me and left as quickly as he could. "I hate...anacondrais." I muttered to myself as I stood up weakly, allowing my powers to heal me. I stopped however when I heard Sora let out a yell. He was right across from me where he had tried to do something similar to me, it appeared, and tried to stop the anacondrai warriors from advancing, but failed to. He had cuts all over him, but it appeared as if he was on the verge of losing his right arm. With where and how he was cut, it would only be a matter of time before the bleeding would be too much. I forced myself to stop healing as I wanted to make sure I had enough energy to heal him, soon running over to his side.

The anacondrai that harmed him was still standing over top of him and it just made the anger I had for them increase. I raised my hand, managing to catch his arm just enough to stop him from swinging his blade down, and flung him away as much as I could. He only got away a couple of feet, but he seemed satisfied with what he had done and ran away with his comrades. The moment he was gone, I ran to my friend's side, kneeling down immediately. "Hikaru...I'm sorry, I tried to help as much as I could." He apologized. I frowned and shook my head as I raised my hands up to his arm. "Don't talk like that. Also just hold your arm in place even if it hurts. I need to make sure your veins and muscles reconnect properly." I told him, watching as he did his best to do as I told him.

It took a few minutes to make sure all the veins and muscles reconnected properly, but soon his arm had stopped bleeding and there was just a small cut when I took a mere few seconds break. "With how their swords are made, there were lots of jagged cuts, resulting in a lot of uneven veins and muscles. I had to take my time with this one and make sure it was healed properly." He nodded as I took in a deep breath before finishing up the last bit of it, only to be cut off when Lloyd shouted in my direction. "Hikaru! Come with me!" I raised an eyebrow at this, but nodded. Sora gave me a small smile as he stood up, causing me to stand up with him. "Don't stress that arm out so much, it can still be very fragile as there is still unconnected tissue." I said, unwrapping my arms and using the bandages that were once on them to wrap his arm up to make sure it wouldn't bleed even if it was just a little. Sora gave me a look once he noticed me using the bandages that covered my markings, and I just smiled at him before running off to get to Lloyd.