Part 34: Reality Check

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RUMBLE!!!

"Traveler...!"

Aether's body was shaken lightly yet frantically by tiny hands.

CRASH!!! KRA-TASH!!!

"Traveler, we have to run!!!"

CROOSH!!!

"TRAVELER!!!"

Aether's head snapped up, his eyes shooting open to be met with a tearful Paimon.

"Traveler! We have to go!!!" Paimon cried, grabbing small fistfulls of his cheeks as she shook him.

Aether let out a pained grunt as Paimon floated off him, trying to sit up, only to cough and clutch his midsection with one hand. He knew that the nastiest of bruises was waiting under his clothes, a token from a pissed of Son Wu.

Speaking of which-

BWAAAM!!!

Paimon was sent flying to Aether's side as a Wu's fist slammed into Tartaglia's in the center of the floor, letting out an immense shockwave and emitting a flash of crimson ki and amethyst electro at their point of contact.

"What the...!?" Aether crawled to his knees, then shakily got to his feet, still clutching his midsection.

Wu and Tartaglia traded blows in the center of the room, throwing out devastating attacks repeatedly. Trading, blocking, and tanking each attack the other threw in a total display of unleashed violence.

"They're fighting like nothing we've ever seen!!! We can't do anything to stop it!!!" Paimon cried, tugging Aether's cape towards the exit.

"Wu!" Without a thought, Aether drew his sword, charging towards the two clashing warriors as his armor glowed with the power of Geo.

!!!!!!!!!!

The moment Wu sensed Aether, he shot a glare towards the traveler, piercing and intense. Aether skidded to a halt, the breath stolen from him as the force of the gaze shook him to his core.

No word was said, but a message was conveyed nonetheless:

"You will not take another step."

Tartaglia also noticed the near-interference, a rumbling chuckle tearing from his throat.

"Don't be shy, the water's fine!" Tartaglia snarled, forcing Wu back with a blast of Electro and veering towards Aether.

"Gh...!" Aether's eyes widened as the choice of joining in on the fight was being snatched away, the massive form of Tartaglia baring down on him.

"TIMES TWELVE!!!"

FWMMMMM-TWOOSH!!!

For a moment, Wu pushed himself even higher, flashing forward like a red comet and dropkicking Tartaglia in the side, sending the giant warrior flying to Aether's side and punching into a wall.

"Get out of here, now!" Wu said, turning to Aether and yelling.

"You should just let me kill him, Wu! You're so close to being a real visionary, let me get rid of these distractions for you once and for all!!!" Tartaglia said, tearing himself out of the wall and flying forward, the galaxy of lights within the interior of his cape shimmering as his cloak shook with the speed at which he flew..

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