Elementals

Chapter 21 - I get it now.

Light cleaved the sky, the ground, the seas, and even the stars as Angelina unleashed a barrage of slashes. An ornate silver crown floating ever so slightly above her head. Light pink gems reflected the light of her glowing white hair back, sparkling brightly as a lavender veil flowed behind her head. Flying through the air, she kept waving her knife gently, letting out world ending slashes at Aidan. As the Earth below him fell to pieces, Aidan clenched onto the ground with his chain, linking together the floating fragments of molten stone and swinging them towards Angelina.

With a fierce and sharp kick, she shattered the flung ground into smithereens, filling the air with dust and debris. Using this smokescreen, Aidan jumped between crushed pieces of earth to close the distance between the two gods. His hair swelled with flames as he fell upon Angelina, swinging down with linked fists. She blocked his attack, but the sheer strength behind his blow caused her entire body to be shook. As if an earthquake enveloped her. A slight twitch in her eye told Aidan that his attacks are finally working.

In the small moment after his attack, Aidan grabbed Angelina by the collar and snapped his fingers. A giant wave of flame blasted him down to the ground with the pale lady, slamming her into the ground. A flash of light burst from the goddess as she sprung herself back onto her feet. She held up her knife and Aidan brought up his guard, his left arm covered in his chain. They circled each other, looking the other dead in the eyes. Angelina's eyes filled with careless joy and Aidan's filled with a focused determination. A cold look coming from the god of fire.

Angelina had let go of her mission. She couldn't care for taking Dominick under her control, even if she had the ability to anymore. The only thing that mattered to her was the fun of this fight. She sprung forward, bringing down her knife upon Aidan. With a single clean movement, he weaved by her attack and punched her in the stomach. A straight that pushed her back, followed by a flurry of jabs. His blows were faster, stronger, and heavier than moments ago. The pale lady watched his fists, they were naked. No flames to speak of.

A thought passed through her mind.

How is he this strong without using a Fire Boost?

She broke through his assault with a strong, sudden kick. Directly onto his chest. Standing his ground, Aidan locked his legs and bore the pain of this blow with gritted teeth. Even if it felt like this kick broke his bones and ripped apart his heart, he didn't care. He grabbed onto Angelina's leg and began to swing her around like a ragdoll. He spun faster and faster, and began to lose grip on the pale lady's leg. Aidan threw her back into the ground below him, sending her grinding through the broken ground and through the broken core of the planet.

Spinning in the air as she rocketed out of the opposite side of the planet, she looked back towards Aidan across the world and brought out her knife. A smirk on her face as she brought upon a giant wave of light that sliced through the already broken world and the space around it. This light flared so far out into space that it cut even the stars in half. As it ravaged through the destroyed planet, Aidan raised his fist. Slamming it down, a giant wave of focused heat blasted down below him. It melted through everything. The ground, the sky, the seas, and even through Angelina's light. Burning everything in its path and slamming into Angelina. Being knocked back by the heat, it finally dawned on the goddess what happened to Aidan.

"He took my message to heart! His Fire Boost... His flames itself..." she clapped her hands and readied a barrage of small lights around her. "It's in his body, he turned it into pure heat!"

The pale lady flipped backwards in the air and pointed her knife to the ground, at Aidan.

"Light Flare!" she screamed out as thousands of small lights pierced the ground and assaulted Aidan. Dancing around the lights, he slammed down more waves of heat, but his attacks were not connecting. The blasts were too scattered and wild, none would hit the pale lady. Though, this isn't what he was aiming for. The air around Angelina grew hot and hotter the more heat Aidan shot back down.