This story is about four characters who embark on quests to fulfill their goals and challenges along the way, whatever they may be. At first, they start by themselves, but soon come together to achieve one another's goals. A Force Beyond Waters is a...
The next day came and Jason worked, getting more fish for one of the captains he worked with.
The day went on and, due to his hard work, his boss let him off early.
After getting paid, Jason roamed around town, wondering what to do with the money he earned.
I could use it to go to Skull's Bar, but I'm in no mood for drinking, he thought.
Jason had many other thoughts on what he could do today with his money, but those thoughts would soon be interrupted when a familiar called out for him, shouting, "Hey, Jason, over here!"
Jason looked to see who it was and was not surprised to find out that it was his little brother, Tom R. Rome.
Tom too had just gotten back from his job as a sailor, catching large amounts of fish with his great strength from his Strongman genetics, and was paid a good amount of money too.
Tom headed over to his brother and lightly punched him on the shoulder.
"Shouldn't you be out at sea, big bro?" He asked with a chuckle.
Jason grunted and answered, "The captain let me off early."
Tom then said, "Good thing he did. I want us to fight today, I have nothing to do."
"Fighting? You still want to achieve that goal that I have?" Jason replied.
"And I'm gonna make that goal, just you watch!"
"Oh, I've no doubt about that, but I am still going to achieve it as well. As a matter of fact, I did take quite a stepping stone yesterday."
"Really? What did you do?"
Jason answered, "I achieved one of my great goals: to catch a Gold Marlin."
"You caught a Gold Marlin? Incredible! I mean, I could definitely do it, but at least you achieved that goal. What did you do after?" Tom asked.
"I earned large amounts of money and gave almost all of it to some homeless folks and that church far away."
"You didn't keep it for yourself?"
"I don't find the need to own it. I already have enough."
Tom nodded, saying, "I see that. Well, now that you've got work off today, how about we go fight, prepare ourselves to become the strongest man in the world?"
Jason grunted. "I'm in no mood to do so." He responded.
"Oh, come on! You've got nothing to do, I've got nothing to do, so let's fight for the fun of it! I'll kick your ass this time!"
Jason was silent.
Tom groaned and exclaimed, "Yes or no, big bro?"
Jason slightly nodded, saying, "Okay."
Tom chuckled and smirked. "Good to hear." He said.
After this, the two set off and went into the large part of the island in the wilderness, where it was spacious enough for them to fight.
Tom prepared himself for battle, Jason keeping himself in a focused stance.
The little brother chuckled and started by immediately charging towards his older brother.
Tom threw his first set of punches, a barrage of a hundred of them.
Jason blocked every single one, found an opening, and punched Tom hard in the stomach, sending him into a tree.
This provoked Tom to attack again with more punches, moving around and delivering kicks.
Jason dodged and parried his attacks.
This continued for a bit until Tom managed to kick his brother off his feet and headbutt him in the nose, sending Jason tumbling across the ground and into a tree.
Jason grunted and rubbed his nose, for the fight was now truly ready.
And so, the two fought, trading blows with one another, punching, kicking, throwing one another into trees, wrestling each other, and so on.
They fought and fought for a long time, Jason pulling a move where he stopped an oncoming kick from Tom by catching his leg and throwing high into the air, slamming his fist on the ground to launch him up to his brother and then slamming both fists down on Tom, launching him to the ground and creating cracks on the floor.
After this, the two continued fighting some more, more blows, more punching, more throwing, even using some parts of the environments as weapons or projectiles to throw at one another.
Trees and rocks were thrown, punches were delivered, even at one point during the fight both Jason and Tom threw a strong punch at each other.
Their fists clashed, creating a powerful shockwave that knocked down nearby trees, the ground breaking apart into chunks of rocks, a large gust of wind that even reached to the side of a few mountains on the island near them.
They continued to fight for a little longer until it ended with Jason dodging an oncoming and powerful punch from Tom, and then grabbed his little brother by the face, slammed him to the ground, and delivered ten powerful punches, which caused Tom's nose and mouth to bleed, as well as quitting the fight right there.
This was another win for Jason, but it was not easy.
He could tell his brother was getting stronger the more he trained, and he was happy for him in doing so.
"You might reach that goal before I will, little brother." Jason said, breathing heavily, rubbing his bleeding head.
Tom grunted in pain, panting, sitting up and saying, "You're damn right I will, Jason! I'll become the strongest man in the world! But, uhm... thanks for the fight. It gave us something to do."
"It sure did. Made me bleed good, so did I to you."
Jason helped Tom up and both brothers gave each other a one-armed hug.
Jason said, "Let's head to Skull's Bar. Drinks are on me, but I won't be drinking."
"Thanks. I need it." Tom replied.
And it was so, as they then returned to town and Jason ordered many glasses of alcohol for Tom.
The day went on and eventually the sun began to set.
Tom was drunk by that time, so Jason paid for his drinks and took him home, his brother falling asleep halfway there.
After laying his brother to rest, Jason returned home and ate only a banana for dinner, as he was not very hungry today.
The man stayed up until it was dark and was about to head to sleep until he felt an unwelcoming and dreadful presence.
He didn't know why, but Jason had a feeling someone was outside.
And so he did, and found someone there in a cloak.
"It is certainly nice to see you in person, Jason Shackleton Rome."
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