The Lands of Ralosia & Ranuulo (Books 1-3)

Comet Tournament Chapter 15- Aero V Emil

~Chapter 15- Aero V Emil~

Razan and Lucar were shaken after speaking to the Masked One... his name certainly wasn't Efilon. They knew who he was, but that only created more questions.

As the two reached the tournament bleachers, the match between Aero and Emil had already begun. Aero had charged across the ring, appearing like a blur. He stopped short of Emil, jumped over him, and threw an elbow at his unprepared opponent. Emil had barely turned around when he made impact.

"Point to Aero. 1-0! Return to your starting positions."

"He's so aggressive."

"He's only trying to get the jump on him. Emil will catch up."

He started off the match well. Emil didn't seem to react well to aggression at the outset, and Aero understood that. But that wouldn't work twice.

The match resumed. Aero stood in place and with a gesture of his hand he beckoned Emil to come after him.

Emil slowly approached, cautious of his every move. Aero waited until he was close enough and extended his hand and flexed. A red orb of light formed. The Focus Orb stayed in place in the air, and Aero began to circle his opponent while he formed more. Emil tried to go on the offensive, but Aero kept creating Focus orbs to block his path, until Emil was surrounded by a mine field of them.

"He's improvised Oshu's technique so quickly..."

"Nice trick." Emil muttered. He jumped into the air to get out of the mine field of Focus orbs, but Aero jumped after him, throwing a kick that landed on Emil's back and launched him into the ground.

"Point to Aero! 2-0! Return to your starting positions."

Emil dusted himself off while Aero grabbed each of his Focus Orbs out of the air and brought them with him back to his starting position. Razan smiled, if he could win without being struck once, it would set him up for the finals.

As soon as the match resumed, Aero chucked the Focus Orbs he formed at Emil, who dodged each one. Aero clutched the last two in his hands and charged forward.

Emil didn't move, instead he wrapped his arms around himself in a peculiar manner, and a glow emanated off him. With a yell, he outstretched his arms, and an explosion of light came from him, cracking the entirety of the fighting stage, and sending Aero flying out of the ring.

"Point to Emil! 1-2! Return to your starting positions."

"What was that!?"

"I've never seen someone use Focus like that."

"It seems dangerous."

Aero had trouble picking himself off the ground, the sheer power of that Focus Explosion was astounding. Razan had only ever heard of Focus being used in such a way. It was extremely stamina draining, but incredibly powerful. Emil was breathing erratically.

Aero took to the stage and readied himself. As soon as the drum was beat, Emil wrapped his arms around himself again, ready to create another explosion of Focus.

Aero threw a few a quick jabs and red Focus Bursts traveled towards his opponent, but the nimble Emil dodged them easily, despite his decreased stamina.

Aero couldn't close the distance between them without being caught in another Focus Explosion. Emil surely wouldn't use it unless Aero would be engulfed in it.

But Aero began to smirk. He charged forward with great speed. As soon as Emil outstretched his arms to initiate the Focus Explosion, Aero dug his hands into the tournament stage and braced himself.

Light covered the entire stage, weakening its integrity and amazing the audience. When the light finally dissipated, an exhausted Emil stood. Aero was on the ground, but there was a red light surrounding him, his own Focus Barrier. One strong enough to withstand that explosion.

Aero wasted no time. He sprinted forward and landed a backhanded fist into the weakened Emil's chest, who fell flat on his back.

"Point to Aero! 3-1! Aero takes the match and moves on the Finals!"

The crowd cheered for the showmanship of the two fighters. Aero circled to Emil and extended his hand. Emil clasped Aero's hand and was pulled. Aero threw Emil's arm over his shoulder and helped him back to the finalist's lobby.

As they walked back, The Masked One glared at Aero.