Elemental School

Chapter 25 - Resistance.

"No.." I stood up, stumbling. My feet cross with each other, as I lean forward and backward. The weakness inside me, just faded. It feels so weird, as it felt like I just lost something inside me. But now I know, that my weakness is now my strength, due to another part inside me, feeling more alive. I feel alive, yet I feel dizzy and I feel hot inside me. Am I sick? I choose to ignore this imbecile feeling. I look in front of me, as I can only see Zaerak, with his fists up. I feel heat air in my eyes, but that means my vision is blurry as well. They feel like flames.

"How can you.." I look around me, examining the area around me. Corpses and my injured comrades. Weapons lying on the floor, guns and spears. I decide not to take any. "Do this to her.." I raise my right hand in front of me, as my fingers were closed together.

He raise his sword from his hips, yet I can see his expression in his eyes. Fear. Is it because of the flames that are in my eyes? Or whatever is in my eyes? I hear someone scream. I glare over to the maker of the scream, Jiao. She was on her knees, with her hands on Gen. He was lying on the floor, on his spine. His left arm over his bloody dripping wound. Oh yeah... I forgot. He was stabbed at the stomach, and if I recall, the blade was dragged up to his heart. Isn't that..

"Pleasant." I mumble. The word shivers under my voice. I feel my tongue, as I feel my throat pressured. "I will avenge Gen." I said, coldly. My voice became strongly angry. I pat my hip, confirming what I have hidden.

I started sprinting at him, with my hand still closed. He was startled, as he raise his blade and thrust it into me, my stomach. Blood splattered out of my wound, as it flicks onto the solid ground. The blade was cold, as I can just feel that. I cough, blood pouring down my bottom lip and dripping like a rain cloud. I slowly reach my hand towards Zaerak, grasping for his neck. All I see was his back, facing towards me, and getting more farther from me. I want him.. I want him in my grasp, in my hands. With blood or not. My arm collapse onto the floor, then I fell unconscious.

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My eyes instantly snap, and I felt the place shake. Debris was falling from the sky. Is the castle going down? I look around myself, seeing everyone still hurt, and unconscious. I roll onto my back, feeling a squeeze muscle pain when impacting onto my neck and arm. I yelp. I build myself back to my feet, barefoot. I feel wetness under my feet. A puddle of blood was what I laid as a mattress on the floor when I was unconscious. The blood spilled from my wound. I stumble, as I walk along the hallway, remembering where Zaerak has headed.

The tower, with Haruko. I can hear blood dripping and splattering each time I take a step, as I'm creating bloody foot prints. My legs cross sometimes when I stumble, almost losing balance. I retake my balance, and continued. I open the wooden medieval looking door, with the circular golden handle slamming. I walk up, on the grey brick stairwells that is connected to the tower's wall in the middle, like a stairwell going around and around. It makes me dizzy. I lean on the wall for supporting my balance when I walk up the stairs.

I open the door, that leads to the roof of the tower. I feel the cold breeze, hitting me and my hair. There was partially any wind, but I feel my wound feeling cold. Zaerak and Haruko stood in front of me, along the wall. Haruko, was on the floor, yet she was concious, and stared at me. I can see her eyes widen. I pat my pocket, with my left hand. My right hand was occupied, covering my wound. My hand and wrist was already covered in blood, and was dripping on the floor and on my feet. I unsheathe my weapon from my pocket. Zaerak glare over his shoulder, yet he instantly unsheathe his sword, with the expression of confusion. I aim my muzzle at him, and pulled the trigger. In my hand, is a FN Five-seven, that uses 5.7x28mm cartridges, with red tips on the edge of the bullets. It's a hollow point. I know all of my guns. I don't know why. The bullet instantly impacts into Zaerak's shoulder, since he moved, and blood spilled out of his shoulder. He screams, putting his hand over his wound. I fired multiple times. It impacts on his other shoulder, then waist, then legs. He falls back, yet still alive.

The slide on my pistol, slides back, showing the magazine is empty, with no bullets. Darn. I put my pistol back into my holster, that was hidden on my belt, and under my shirt. I walk towards Zaerak. His head was against the fence that runs along the edge of the tower's rooftop. "Where did you.. Get that weapon?" I hear Haruko said. I look at her. I can see fear in her eyes. I didn't know what to say. I don't know how I got this weapon in the first place. In fact, this and the one I gave to Zailura. "I don't know. I just have it." I grunted, as I feel my wound. I forgot about it. I wanted to ask this question from the start, but regardless, I have to.

"Do you want to be with him?" I asked. I grunted again. She push herself up, sitting. Her back against the fence. Zaerak's lay next to her. "He's dead." She answered. I shook my head with confirmation. "No, he's breathing. He won't die from bullets to the legs, shoulders and his waist. He's unconscious, yet he would die from blood loss."

She stayed quiet.

"I'm sorry to ruin your moment." I grunted again, then I stumble back. "Katsu!" I hear her say. I fell onto one of my knee, feeling more blood gush out. I must've lost at less a gallon of blood. Haruko, rush towards my side, with her hand on my back. "Hang on! I will get you bandages-"

"You were going to marry Zaerak right?" I cut her off. "You should give him treatment. I was the one that ruined the marriage."

"I never wanted to marry him-"

"Then why did you not resist?!" I cut her off again.

She stayed quiet.

We stayed quiet.

"Did you know.." I broke the silence. "How much we been through, just to be with you?"

She didn't say anything.

"I want to ask you something." She said.

I can see she rip the bottom of her dress, as she wrap it around my torso, my stomach. Now it looks like she's wearing a skirt.

I try to say something, but she shook her head. "It's imminent to happen. I just know it."

I sigh- then I fell back on the ground. I stared at the sky, the clouds moving in the sky blue colour. Haruko, looked down at me.

"Will you go out with me?" She asked.