CHAPTER IV : THE THUNDER BEAST
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Ashtan
Good day. I'm Ashtan Montalvoii, 19 years old. It's a very long time since I've been watching the Zhentiini siblings, and I've noticed the strange things within these two.
Both my parents wanted a peaceful community here in Azhakkstadd, just how they wish to witness this pleasant vision. Since childhood, my parents never ceased to tell me, my mother, Skylogia, about her vision about an Azhakk who will bring back the peace that we always wanted to have.
My father, Lemzone, supports her with this. My mother is a member of our tribe's shaman, she often sees things from the future, while my father is a counselor, who obtains a lot of knowledge the highest among all Truenos. He also has the ability to interpret what my mother sees.
Shamans and Counselors of our tribe are appointed for their position according to their exceptional powers. And because of that, they are not allowed to marry and have a child or a family because it is believed that they'd just get destroyed. But love overpowered my parents, and there, I was made.
My mother trusted me to her sister to raise me, as she cannot raise me due to her position in our tribe's grand council. I can't call them parents, but they blessed me to have exceptional abilities that only the highest Truenos know, that is to review the past and overlook the future. So I believe with the vision I once had that Azhakk's Gods and Goddesses will show me what I can do in order to bring back what old Azhakkstadd once had, Peace.
When I learned how to use my ability as a Trueno, I also started to learn other abilities it has. It includes being a visionary Trueno, which only a few Truenos learn.
"How about you Kuzma? Can't you do what Kurezma just did?" I asked Kuzma
"I don't know, I haven't done it" he answered
"Why don't you try?" I asked again
"No need, just leave it there. Let's just continue what we were doing a while ago, wanna join us?" he told me
"Ok, let's go" I responded
We aligned ourselves together with Nazif and Aisha. Kuzma also lined up with us.
"Hey, Ashtan, why don't you teach us some moves and techniques?" Kuzma called me
"Oh, you want?" I asked since I usually train on my own, I discover techniques on how to use thunder, like thunder strikes, thunderstorms, even thunder kicks, and thunder punches, also thunder crunch, super speed, and thunder strength. Azhakkstadd has lots of mysteries, especially about our powers.
"Right now, I'm working out thunder beast" I initiated
"Thunder beast?" Nazif asked in awe
"Yeah, thunder beast, I've already tried once, but I didn't do it right" I explained, it's a bit hard
"Hey, why don't we combine our powers to make a bigger and stronger one?" Aisha suggested
"Is that possible?" Kuzma asked
"I think" I answered "Let's start"
"First, gather up your energy, to produce strong electricity," I told them, we all took a deep breath and started producing up to 50m volts and 50m watts
"Now think of a cheetah" I suggested
"hey, why cheetah?" Nazif asked
"Cheetah is fast, isn't it associated with thunder?" I explained my logic
"It's strong anyway," Aisha agreed
Strong forces started to come out of our hands and we tried combining them.
"Is it working?" Kuzma asked
"I don't know" I answered
The thunder beast is getting enormous that we can't control it
"Hey, it's not stable! we gotta stop!" I told them, we put our hands at rest then the power we produced caused a loud explosion.
"That was powerful, but it's nice if we could control it," Kuzma said
"Yea" I answered "Guys, we need an equal power to do that, someone here just gave a little amount of power, while someone gave so much, it needs to be equal to stabilize" I explained
"Is that the reason why it didn't work?" Aisha asked
"Yea, we need to have equal power" I answered
"Oh sorry, I thought I'd just rely on you two since you are very strong, that's why I was confident to give only a little" Aisha said and scratched her head
"That's it. Well... it's not like that, we have to be balanced" I said
"Let's do it again?" Kuzma asked
"Ok, but let's try at least 30M volts and 15M watts, for at least 0.5 amp, ok?"
"That's a lot, I can't handle that" Nazif complained
"0.5 is just a little, Nazif," I told him
"But 0.1-0.2 is already lethal, why don't we try 10M volts and 1M watts? for beginners?" he pleaded
"ok let's try, but can't you do that high?" I asked
"We're not as strong as you Ashtan, so we don't reach that high ampere you can produce, it's still hard to equalize volt and watts to have specific ampere though" Aisha explained
"We're still humans, not an electric outlet" Nazif complained more
"Yea fine let's start," I said
"I wonder how much volts does Kurezma produce? ahahahaha" Kuzma joked
"You're so mean" Aisha laughed
"Enough, let's start" I interrupted them
Then we started producing power little by little. I and Kuzma easily reached 10M/1M, but these two took minutes.
"Are we doing it?" Nazif excitedly asked as we witnessed how the giant cheetah moved and thunder shocked the whole field
Everyone was amazed at what we're doing.
"That's strong" we turned to the sudden voice who called our attention
"Principal, Kurezma" Kuzma said
"I am happy about your growth every single day" He praised us upon seeing our thunder beast
"Thanks," Nazif shortly said. Our principal went on his way and left Kurezma with us
"How did you guys do that?" Kurezma asked
"Simple" Nazif said "It was so easy, actually"
"Easy huh? last time I checked you were complaining" Aisha said and they just laughed
"Anyway, Kurez, what did Principal told you?" asked Kuzma
"Nothing, he just lectured me how to perform my ability properly" she answered but I sensed she's lying
"Anyway, I'm tired, let's take a break," she said and went to sit down
-Kurezma-
I really haven't heard Ashtan's voice, does he talk?
"Ash '' I called him, he turned to me as if waiting for me to talk, he really doesn't talk "do you know something?' I continued
He didn't look at me again and went to sit down. I also sat down and thought about what our principal told me
"How are you feeling Kurez, are you fine?" asked Kurezma
"I'm fine, thanks. But why are you asking?" I asked them back
"Nothing, it's just that I know you and what happened to you earlier is a bit heavy for you, you're lazy, so you might not feel well" he answered
"Lazy?" I disagreed "I'm not lazy, and one more thing, don't talk to me right now, I'm on the verge of thinking something deep" I defended myself from him
"Oh really? you're thinking? that's amazing, but I don't believe you won't talk, knowing how talkative you are" he teased me and they all laughed
"Hey let's take a bite, wanna come with us Kurez?" Kuzma offered
"No thanks, I'm not hungry, you may go" I rejected him
"Are you sure? You're gluttonous, how come you're declining food right now" he teased me again
"Just leave ok? Stop insulting me!" I irritably drove them off, the three of them left laughing, so I sat comfortably on the ground and took a deep breath
I started thinking about the things that our principal told me, but I just can't imagine that someone like me could possibly be like that.
"Kurezma, whatever you are thinking about, you can tell me" he approached me, so I turned to the person talking to me. Ashtan.
"Yes?" the only thing that came out from my mouth, I'm actually shocked because it's my first time hearing him talk, he has a nice speaking voice, I like it.
"Yes, you. Are you ok?" he shyly asked and let out a grin "I suppose Ai already told you about me being a not so talkative, I don't like talking" then he bowed out of embarrassment
"Ahh ahahahaha that's fine, don't worry, if I can tell you already, I'll tell you," I told him
"No need, I know what our principal told you, I know what you are, I know you, I've seen everything about you," he said together with his playful smile and a wink... what was that for?
"What do you mean?" I asked him
"Nothing," he said and then walked away
"How did you know?" I asked I'm just wondering, we're not even close but why does he speak like he knows a lot about me
"Don't ask, I just know" he answered, his eyes met mine, and looked at me intently
"Know what?" I asked again, ugh I had lots of questions, why is this guy's so mysterious
"Stop asking questions, will you, you won't understand even if I tell you" he answered again, looks like he's annoyed
"Just tell me" I insisted
"You really are insistent" he really is annoyed
"Hmmm..." I irritably hummed
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