Tales Of Elementia The Astral Return

Chapter 7: The Rivalry of Wolves

Blaze awoke in his cot, covers still over him. He groaned as he sat up, getting his armor on. He placed his swords in his sheaths on his back, and walked out. It was dawn, and Damian was out, training with Marie, Pheramone, and now, Mazzy. Blaze walked over. "Damian. Sorry, I forgot to tell you that I let Mazzy join."
"It's ok, you are the leader of this group, so we sit by your judgement. We were just finding out the full potential of their powers. Mazzy, show Blaze what your powers are." Mazzy nodded and grabbed her spear. She pressed a button and the spear bent, and connected a sting to both ends, becoming a bow. She grabbed an arrow and traced her hand over it. A green, steaming liquid moved over the tip. She placed the arrow in the bow and fired it at a target. The arrow burned straight through the target on impact and started bubbling. "Woah! What is that?!"
"Poison, Type Acia. Acid."
Blaze looked at Pheramone in confusion. "Type what?"
"Well... I was looking for a book on astrals and I found one explaining the types of styles. Some powers like Blood have one type. Which is know as type pure. Meanwhile fire, has three types." Blaze seemed shocked. "Did you grab the book?" Pheramone nodded. "I hid it in Marie's tent this morning." Marie nodded. "Hit me up, and I'll grab it." Blaze nodded. There was shuffling and Blaze turned, seeing Nyli exit her tent. Blaze quickly turned away, his eyes filled with frustration. By the sound of it, Nyli was headed over to him. "Guys... could you give this a moment." They all nodded and walked off, Mazzy and Pheramone looking back in worry.
"Blaze? Are you ok?"
Blaze turned to her. She had worry in her blue eyes. "Yea... why wouldn't I be?"
"You just stormed past me last night, why?"
"I had to take care of something." Blaze started to walk past her. "Blaze, what's bothering you?"
Blaze twitched his ear and flicked his tail in annoyance. "I'm fine, Nyli." Blaze looked ahead of him and saw Aqua, talking to Bio. She glanced over and saw Blaze was upset, and walked over. "Hey big bro, what's up?" Blaze darted his eyes behind him at Nyli. "Nothing much, really." This was a code they had to try and help get people away or if one was having a problem. "I'm good" meant "all is fine," "could be better" meant "I wish to talk," and "Nothing much" meant "Help." Aqua glanced at Nyli then back at Blaze. "I see. Hey Nyli, can you help me with something?" Aqua walked over and grabbed her arm, pulling her away. Blaze watched Nyli, a pained look in his eyes. She also had this look, but not the way he did. Blaze turned and started walking away. He was just so... angry. But why? "Come on, Ken, I wanna hear you say it." Blaze turned towards the voice. Ken was pinned to the floor with Adieu's war hammer and his foot, Adieu standing over him. Ken looked up at Adieu. "You already won, just stop!"
"Oh but I want you to say the great, strong Adieu has beaten you!" Blaze growled at his words. "He said he doesn't want to say it." Adieu seemed surprised as turned to Blaze, a glare in his eyes. "Chill out dude. It's just a joke."
"Ken is clearly uncomfortable and wants to be let go, without having to say anything, Adieu..." Adieu frowned as he spoke. "Just stay out of this, Blaze."
Blaze started to walk away. "Whatever you say... cocky bastard." Adieu froze as he heard those words. "The hell you just call me?" Blaze turned. "Hmm? What?" Adieu immediately was fuming with anger. "Why don't you go stick your dick in someone else's business." Blaze glared at Adieu. "You must have been waiting to use that for a while, jackass." Adieu growled and pick up his war hammer. "You really wanna do this Blaze?! Cause I'm ready to whoop your ass!" Blaze didn't take a second to think. He quickly dashed forward and jumped, kicking Adieu with both legs. Adieu slid backward and landed on his back. He stood and smirked. "Oh you're asking for it!" Adieu spun his war hammer in his hands and charged forward. Blaze quickly cartwheeled backwards, smacking Adieu in the face before he could react. Adieu stumbled back and held his nose. He quickly swung his war hammer, slamming into Blaze's shoulder. There was a pop and an intense pain in it. Blaze yelled in pain and grabbed his shoulder. It was dislocated. Adieu swung the war hammer at him and Blaze bent backwards. He leaned up and struck Adieu in the throat. Adieu gasped and dropped the hammer, clutching his throat. Blaze quickly kicked Adieu in the shoulder. Adieu fell down and quickly stood up. He swiped his leg under Blaze's and knocked him down. Blaze grunted as Adieu kicked him in the ribs. Blaze coughed as Adieu kept kicking. He looked up at Adieu. "Give up, shit bag!" Blaze as if his blood was boiling. "Get... AWAY FROM ME!!!" Blaze grabbed Adieu's leg and swung him over and slams him into the ground. Blaze then stood over Adieu and struck him in the chest. There was a crack and Adieu screamed in pain. Blaze broke out of his anger. "H-Holy shit are you-" Adieu rolled onto his side and kicked at Blaze, barely missing. "YOUR GONNA PAY FOR THAT PUNK!!!" Blaze backed up, holding his dislocated arm. Adieu stood up, holding his chest. He suddenly charged at Blaze, yelling. Blaze got ready to punch when Damian slammed Adieu to the side, knocking him down. "ENOUGH! BOTH OF YOU!!!" Adieu stood and turned. "Stay out of this, Damian!" Blaze felt someone grab his hand. "Please! Both of you stop!" Blaze looked over and saw Mazzy. She seemed worried about Blaze. Adieu looked at Blaze and seemed to growl a bit. Blaze snarled at Adieu and took a step forward, when he saw Nyli. Her mouth was covered and worry in her eyes. She was looking directly at Adieu. Blaze slowly lost emotion to his face. "You're right... this was a pointless thing..." Blaze turned, holding his shoulder. Mazzy followed behind him. "Are you ok?" Blaze nodded and hid behind a tent. Mazzy looked at his shoulder and grasped it softly. "I can reset it. It will hurt but it kinda needs too be put back in place." Blaze nods. "Alright. Go ahead." Mazzy nodded and quickly moved it into place with a crack. Blaze gritted his teeth and winced in pain as it happen. He held out his hand and sighed. "Thanks." Mazzy nodded. "You shouldn't let him get under your skin. He does that." Blaze looked at her. "Its not that he got under my skin... its just... its hard to explain..." Mazzy looked up at him and hugged him. "Its ok. I understand. That's happening to me too." Blaze stayed quiet and hugged back, as tears started to stream down his face.

Blaze looked at the book Marie had stored in her tent. All different types of astral powers were in this book. Like Pheramone had said, Mazzy had the power descriptions of Acia.
"Type Acia is where the user can use acid on enemies. The user can control the power, from slight burn to melting away things. User is at risk of damaging self if used incorrectly."
Blaze flipped through the book, looking for fire types. There were 3 types.
"Type Fuego is know as the fire dance. Where the user can ignite a spark and dance to make a flame that follows their hands. This style is all about dexterity and is unable to be put on weapons except for chains."

"Type Dekia is a blue flame that instead of burning, decays anything in its path. However, the fire cannot leave the ground and can hurt the user. The user must use a sword and only use broad strikes to ignite."

"Type Hino is by fare the rarest and powerful fire type. It is known for its ability to be put on the fists, legs, or weapon by the user. This styles fire burns red around the outside of the flame and gets yellow on the inside. This style relies on a constant dance like battle that requires strength, dexterity, and even charisma."

Blaze looked at type hino. That style sounded the most like his. He remembered that his fighting style was more weapon dancing like, with only slashes and not many stabs. "Whatcha lookin at?" Blaze slammed the book and swung it over his shoulder, smacking Aqua across the face. "OW! MOTHER FUCKER THAT HURT!!!" Blaze set down the book. "Don't scare me like that!" Aqua held her nose. "Why are you looking at that book? Its not like you to read. And... an Astral book? What, is that your new fascination?" Blaze looked down. "Yea. Uh... About that."
"What are you an Astral or some shit..."
Blaze looked at Aqua blankly. Aqua stared with a sarcastic face, before slowly widening her eyes. "WAIT!!! YOU-... HUH!!!" Blaze chucked a little. "Yea... I am." Blaze held out his hand and ignited his fire powers. Aqua stood in awe. "Blaze... WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME!!!" She yelled. "Well... I don't want some people to find out." Aqua nodded. "Reasonable."
"Wanna be one?"
"ABSO-FUCKING-LUTELY!!!"