Airson's Story Part Nine (24)

Neo was standing with his right hand holding the sword on his back and discharging pink lightning.

Airson began charging his yellow lightning.

Their pressure broke the floor beneath them as they fell to the first floor.

In a flash, Neo made the first move. He tried to chop off Airson's head but missed.

Airson dodged the blade bending backwards. He countered by landing on his hands and kicking upward, forcing Neo to back off.

Airson didn't have a sword to fight with, so he created daggers made up of lightning that he could hold in each hand. That way he could fight evenly with Neo.

Neo's eyes glowed for a moment, then he disappeared, leaving small sky blue cubes of energy behind him.

"Where'd he go?!" Airson said.

"Behind you." Airson looked behind him, Neo was swinging his sword.

*swish*.

Airson dodged a fatal blow, but still he got slashed in the back. He winced at the pain. "*He can teleport too?!*" he thought.

Neo started forming a mass of energy in his left hand. It turned into a pink ring of lightning. "Halo." he said.

He threw the attack at Airson, who dodged it by rolling left.

The ring exploded when it hit the wall and blew up that entire half of the inn.

The explosion knocked Airson outside.

Airson looked up, Neo was mid-air right above him, with his sword pointing down.

*boom!*

Neo hit the ground. The impact left a small crater.

Nigel and the others saw the fight happening. "Airson!"

Airson held his hand up. "Stay back. Personal issues."

Neo and Airson continued fighting.

"Personal issues?" Miraka asked, "He knows that guy?"

"Who knows who that guy knows." Nigel said, "Let's focus on getting the bystanders out the way!"

The group evacuated any people nearby the fight.

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Airson was at a disadvantage. "*Why is he so strong? Not to mention fast.*" he thought.

Neo was quick with his sword, he attacked efficiently, and teleported in different directions to throw Airson off.

Neo disappeared again, reappearing right next to Airson. He swung his blade.

*cling!*

Airson blocked with his two lightning daggers.

Neo flipped over and kicked him in the side of his head.

*wham!*

Airson was knocked back several meters.

*"I have to use it, there's no other choice here!!"* Airson thought.

"SUPER..." Airson released a shockwave of white-yellow lightning. His body surged with power. "...ULTRASONIC!!" he yelled.

Neo was slightly blown back by the shockwave. "So you do have *some* power."

Airson stood up straight. He made a ball of lightning in his hands.

Airson used to read books back in Arbok City on different old powers and abilities that you could teach yourself.

One of them was right up his alley.

"Lightning Storm!" he quickly stepped in front of Neo.

Right before his attack hit, Neo teleported above him swinging his blade.

Airson jumped sideways so that he turned upwards midair to look at Neo.

His Lightning Storm was still intact. He thrust it upwards at the sword.

*boom!*

 The impact shot Neo far up into the air, and left a crater under Airson.

Airson flew up to chase Neo mid air.

"My sword broke..." Neo said with disinterest. He threw the half sword away from him. He saw Airson shooting up towards him. "You're getting ahead of yourself." he muttered.

Airson missed his punch. Neo quickly dodged and kicked him in his side.

Chasing him, Neo hit Airson three more times before he hit the ground.

*thoom!*

*"Are you serious?!"* Airson thought. *"How strong is this guy?!"*

Airson got up.

Neo stood a few meters away.

"Why do you look so bored?" Airson asked him.

Neo kept a straight face. "I didn't think that after all this time my only brother would be this weak."

Airson couldn't believe it. *"Weak? Super Ultrasonic is weak to him?!"* he thought.

"I'm still going to kill you." Neo said. "But I wanted to fight someone strong. I've lost interest for now. Get stronger. I'll determine if you're actually worth killing."

Neo then disappeared into the blue energy pixels once more and he was gone.

The fight that just happened destroyed a good portion of Kelvin Village.

Airson returned to his base form, feeling defeated and ashamed of himself. He clutched at his chest.

*"My own brother...is that much stronger than me? What have I been doing these past few years? Goofing off with my friends?! I'm weak...I'm weak."*

Miraka looked as Airson sat on the ground feeling humiliated.

She walked over to him. "Are you...okay?" she asked.

"NO I'M NOT OKAY!!!" Airson lashed out, "MY OWN BROTHER WHO I JUST MET FOR THE FIRST TIME LOOKED ME IN THE EYES AND TOLD ME I WASN'T EVEN WORTH FIGHTING!! I FEEL LIKE NOTHING!!!"

Airson was breathing heavily now. The pride he had in himself was shattered.

"First Asnoth, now him?! What is wrong with me?" Airson was shaking with anger, mad at himself.

Miraka kneeled on the ground in front of him. She gave him a hug.

Airson kept shaking.

"I know you feel weak right now. You're always walking with a heavy heart. Remember, we all came from the same place, and experienced the same childhood. But I'll always be here for you. I don't like seeing you like this. It makes me sad." Airson was silent.

Miraka used a low voice so no one else could hear. "I know it was you in the bathhouse last night." Airson opened his eyes. His heart started racing. "No one else knew, but I did. I can feel your presence whether you hide it or not. But I didn't care. I just want you to be happy."

Airson put his face in Miraka's shoulder. He started crying, hugging her back. "I'm sorry...it won't happen again."

Miraka held him tighter. "It's okay. I'm still here. I'm still here for you." Airson let out a good cry for the first time since he could remember.