Fighting Spirit (The Final Barrier)

Two Parallels

Kevin looked at Saiken's face and shook his head while crossing his arms

"This was supposed to be a spar to settle our differences" he said, Saiken held his sword steady and still pointing it at him.

"The way I see it, nothing will settle our differences like a battle such as this" he said with a twisted sense of justice. This nigga can't be serious he thought

"So, a battle to the death is how you wanna settle this?" Kevin asked, Saiken didn't reply; he just pulled his sword back and got into a battle ready stance. Kevin glanced Greg's way for a moment to see him sipping tea and nodding, Kevin sighed

"Fine, but don't expect me to hold......." Kevin then saw the other him that was chained to a chair sitting directly behind Saiken.

"LET ME FREE" The other Kevin said. Kevin shook his head and the vision disappeared Damn....the hallucinations are coming back, I must be getting too stressed Kevin thought, Saiken scoffed

"You forget, we all bonded with our spirits; their knowledge is now ours. I know how low your spiritual energy is, you may be one of the original seven but; your level of spiritual energy is severely lacking" he said. Kevin rolled his eyes and shook his head

"Whatever nigga, like knowing this will help you win this" Kevin started stretching "Kill me if you can" he said with a smirk. At that moment Sapphire and Ramona were walking out of Madam Zari's house talking about the training clothes they were holding. When a sudden gust of wind and spiritual energy got their attention, the girls looked over to the clearing to see Saiken in his awakening with his sword drawn. They both sighed

"I thought they were using the wooden swords not real ones" Sapphire said, Ramona dropped her clothes and began jogging over with a random spell already in her hand ready to subdue Saiken. When they both were about Greg's distance away he held his arm out

"Stop, they need to find a way to solve this themselves" he said, Sapphire made a face

"But, they look like they're about to kill each other" she said

"They will get each other killed if they go to war like this" Greg replied, seeing his point Sapphire began to watch on helplessly. She didn't want to admit it but, secretly she wanted Kevin to win. She could see the two layers of Kevin's thoughts that were abnormal to everyone else's, the red anger layered with the black one seemed to fluctuate Wait a second she thought. Sapphire noticed that Kevin's pure black anger seemed to over power the red one that was in control, it was like the other consciousness was becoming dominant. She looked at Kevin and noted his smirk, his cockiness, even his posture had changed Just what is going on? She asked herself. How is he.... Her thoughts then returned to the time earlier when she was in his room. There was a paper from a mental institution she thought, as she saw the black anger waft over his red anger she began to form a theory Maybe he has more than one personality. She thought, Kevin began walking towards Saiken with that same old smirk and entered his awakening blowing dust and a few gusts of wind around. His dreads stood up and popped with static electricity, his right eye turned black, and his teeth became a bit sharper. Though Sapphire noticed this awakening was a bit different, his blue electricity was now a bright red as it randomly danced about him.

"What ya waiting on dude?" he teased, Saiken frowned and dashed forward explosively kicking up dirt and grass as he charged at him. He was within striking distance and quickly swung with all of his might, in a flash of light Kevin had moved out of the way and was behind Saiken before his swing was fully realized. In the mere milliseconds Saiken had to realize he had missed Kevin already had his palm open ready to attack, Saiken slowly turned around in shock to see Kevin's palm at point blank range. Kevin smiled before releasing a small condensed electric orb blowing up on impact. The explosion was large and bright, making a crater where the two were standing. The girls closed their eyes until the brightness died down. When they opened their eyes they saw Saiken was blown back at least 30 feet only stopping due to him stabbing his sword in the ground keeping him grounded. His face was scratched up and bloody, he gasped for breath and had one eye completely closed. Kevin looked disappointed "You're slower than I thought" he said, after a sigh he walked towards Saiken and got on a knee. Kevin then began dusting Saiken's face off and started fixing his hair a bit. Frozen with shock Saiken clenched his jaw Why can't I win? He's even cleaning me up like a parent would their child! he thought I have three times the amount of spiritual energy that he does. Kevin, finished putting Saiken's hair in a ponytail and cleaned the blood from his nose