ETHEREAL THE 10GEN

Chapter 28

Guess we're the same

"THE HELL!?-" kazashi screamed as he felt the vines wrap around his body rapidly traping him. On reflex he summoned his art of fire towards the girl, but before he could her raised hand released a large body of water quickly silencing him and his strick.

Six seconds later.

Fully trapped, soaked and coughing out the water that was in his throat, he glared at the girl with one eye due to his hair blocking his other.

"Why?.." venom was in his tone as he questioned. The girl crouched Infront of him with a bored look on her, her teal dress touching the blads of grass.

"Your temperature was deadly high, and rising. And doing the only reasonable solution to you, one with the art of fire, I neutralized both the  problem and the possibly of any flames being done by your impulse"

She had spoken with such elegance, but her expression remained the same "whoever you are you need to leave"

..ethereal? The name sounded foreign in his mind as kazashi looked at the girl "no" he violently yelled out the word "listen lady I'm gonna stay here for whatever period I see fit. Because Im prince  kazashi Nagiyaka of Takill" he smirked raising his voice at the declaration "I go were ever I please! And not you or anyone can change that"

At that she took a step back, nothing but horror on her face "please..." Her voice was now low and weak, all confidence lost as she stared at him "You need to leave, Now"

Looking confused, kazashi was still in pain, too prideful for his own good to deny it himself, but. He did understand that his and her people were  on two completely different sides, to some extent

"But you're hurt...."

The girl exclaimed in a whimper as she looked at him, conflict evident in her eyes.  Begrudgingly she picked up a few leaves from the tree kazashi was leaning against.

The tree resembled an apple tree but what was different about it were it's leaves, they were white at the top and the lower they went they adorned a purple hue.

Gathering the leaves she looked at him "eat this" he didn't bother to give a glance at what she held "no" kazashi replied and ethereal sighed tilting her head, stubborn. she thought "look, it's the only thing that will naturally heal you. You have internal bleeding" she held her hand a few feet from his chest as the water dispersed and disappeared.

She looked dead serious, and the thought of dying at the age of twelve didn't sit with him well, so he quickly snatched the leaves, glared at her and stuffed them in his face. Scrunching his nose at the taste, he began to feel a burn in his rib causing him to place his hand there.

A lingering silence filled the two as they were lost in their own worlds "you are from the Takill district, meaning you are somewhat 6 hours and 40 minutes away  from your home. You are also the prince. Why are you here?" She asked. Whatever she had given kazashi, had made his mind calm, to the point that he wasn't sober. Staring at the sky shacking his head he began "the... The royal family of Takill isn't alright. It's violent, stubborn and hurtful.... hateful. There is so much hate" he didn't dare to look at the girl while he spoke

"My father, the king wanted a heir that would have all arts from both him and my mother, but instead they got me" he dropped his head, causing his red hair to shield his eyes. "I was born with only.... 3  wit- with out the primal art . But even though he deemed me fit to rule, I never wanted to rule, to be a monarch, there is so much weight from the people you rule and there, Takill only gives fear to them" he clushed his hands that his knuckles had a white colour.