Tales Of The Gifted

Chapter 9: A Battle With The Past

In our last chapter, our heroes encountered two rather violent opponents. After sending barrages of attacks, the opponents finally revealed themselves as the brother bears, Grizzly and Husky. Not only this, but its been revealed to Ren that Mira is a princess of a hidden clan of angels. The young boy now rushes off to help out Evelyn and the others while Mira fights Grizzly on her own...

"Angel's Offense! Heaven's Barrage!!" Mira shouted as she flies twelve feet into the air and fires a barrage of light energy from both her palms towards Grizzly. The muscular male swiftly ducks and dodges the barrage then slams his left fist into the ground, sending six meteor-sized boulders flying towards Mira. The angel places her arms out in front of her, creating a light barrier to protect her from the oncoming attack. She succeeds in defending herself then looks down at Grizzly.

"I shall not forgive you for revealing my past to my clan member like that. I kept my secret hidden for a long time, and now you've revealed it. How dare you?"

Grizzly gave Mira a confused look as he leaped onto a tree branch that was behind him. "I don't see why you're so upset about it little lady. You are of royalty. How is that exactly an issue?"

Mira lowered her arms down to her sides then sighed. She lowered her head and closed her eyes. "I kept my past a secret because not too long ago, I ran away from the Gifted Angels. I wanted to be apart of the outside world, not trapped within a kingdom and treated like a child." The young angel then lifts up her head and stares at Grizzly. "The angels have been trying to find me ever since. So I hid my true form, which is what you see before you. I even developed a new personality and joined Clan Rushara when I was Ren's age. My powers are a mystery among the clan...but they do not question it. Since then, I have lived life as a normal being who walks among the gifted.

Grizzly looked at the young woman, cracking his knuckles as he did so. He then closed his eyes for a brief moment. "I had a hunch that the runaway angel was you. That Heaven's Body of yours...it gave you away. That's what made me reveal your past. But even with that being said, I am your enemy here. So let's continue the fight."

"Kyahh!!" Evelyn screamed as she was sent flying into the ground.

"You three are truly worthless scum. Ya' can't even lay a finger on me. This fight is getting' nowhere, so how's about I put an end to all your efforts?" Husky suggested as he raised his right hand into the air.

"Urgh...We can't go down like this. We volunteered to bring you in...And that's what we're gonna do!!" Hinoko stated rushing towards Husky. Toshitsugu smirked and began running along side Hinoko, his body cloaked with electricity. Evelyn struggled to sit up as she watched the two boys rush towards Husky. She managed to get onto her hands and knees, but that was all.

She sat there, her clothes torn and her body injured. She was panting, trying to catch her breath. "This is something new to me...I've never been in an actual fight before. I'm no help to any of the clan like this..." She then sat on her knees, her hands resting on her thighs as she watched Hinoko and Toshitsugu go head-to-head against Husky.

The two males threw punch-after-punch and kick-after-kick at Husky. Though being large for his size, the male swiftly avoided their attacks and countered by grabbing the two by their necks and slamming them into the pavement. The ground cracking underneath them from the impact.

"Agh!" Hinoko yelled out.

"Urgh!! This guy is totally on another level from us!!" Toshitsugu yelled angrily.