The Abysmal Territory

[19]

Teiko focused on using his feelings and tried to manifest it in his wooden sword. A rosy red aura was emitted by Teiko. As Taiya sees it, she backs off.

“What is that thing?” Taiya said.

“Why did you stop, Taiya? You almost had him and what are you saying?” Reto asked.

What is this thing? Am I feeling stronger? Is this the same effect as anger? They almost have the same color. I can’t explain it but right now, this is my chance. Teiko thought.

Teiko moves from side to side and dashes to Taiya. He made a s***h from above.

“So you already know something about that, brother? But I’m still stronger than you,” Taiya proclaimed.

Taiya fends off the attack and makes another strike. She backs off and spurt to Teiko with a one big swing.

I’m getting the hang of it. I can make it, I can defeat my sister. Teiko thought.

“No way, I’ll make you defeat me. I’m the one who will protect you,” Taiya said.

Both of their swords clash. They engage with each other continuously. The battle drew a crowd. Everyone was amazed at the battle even the majority of them couldn’t catch up on what’s happening. They felt the power clashing with each other.

We’re just at a stalemate. I have to become faster and stronger so I can win. Teiko thought.

CRACK!

Teiko swords were broken into pieces as they struck each other. Taiya pushes her sword near Teiko’s head at that instant.

“We have our winner! Taiya!” Dalton announced.

Everyone cheered at the ending. Praises were heard all over the place for both the competitors.

Teiko fell down on his knees and breathed heavily.

“What an intense fight,” Dalton said.

“Brother, let’s talk when we get back to our house,” Taiya said then withdrew her sword that was against Teiko.

“Teiko-nii, got up there. You’ve done so well, I never thought that you could use the power of emotion in your battle today,” Saki said.

I see, this is also progress even though I lose. Teiko thought.

“Alright, everyone. This is it for today, you can go back to your houses. I’ll post the ranking tomorrow for you to access it,” Dalton said.

Everyone disperse and go back to their own houses.

“Saki? What happened? I managed to use my emotions but it ended up badly,” Teiko asked.

“I also don’t know, it’s my first time seeing that type of aura and as I said, I only knew a few things about the power of emotions,” Saki replied.

“So, brother? What was that red aura?” Taiya asked.

“Hey, Saki? Is it okay for me to talk about this to Taiya?” Teiko asked.

“Hmm, I think she will believe whatever you said. But I think it’s not good for her to know since she might question how you learn it,” Saki said.

“Then I got no other choice,” Teiko replied.

“Taiya, remember what we saw from Dalton-sensei? The blue aura?” Teiko asked.

“Here, I thought you wouldn’t say a thing,” Saki said.

“It’s fine, she wouldn’t be suspicious of me,” Teiko replied.

“Yes, I realized that during our battle,” Taiya replied.

“That thing, I remember, Dad told me about my emotions,” Teiko said.

“How is that connected? He pointed that out from time to time,” Taiya replied.

“The thing is, that aura is from the power of emotion. Dad just said in a normal way but if you process what he meant from word to word, you’ll realize how to use your emotion as power,” Teiko said.

Teiko explained the power of emotion just like how Saki explained it to him.

“Okay, that’s very interesting. So could you teach me about it?” Taiya asked.

“I’ll try to do that, but what I did during our match is my first experience on that thing. So we could say that I’m still a newbie. I also didn’t know what was the effect of that red aura, my sword just became fragile,” Teiko said.

“What emotion did you use during that time, brother?” Taiya asked.

“It’s kinda awkward to say but what I felt at that time was love. I know it's not an emotion but I still try to manifest that thing,” Teiko replied.

Taiya blushes.

“Maybe there’s just some wrong in your process, I don’t think that emotion would have a negative effect,” Taiya said.

“Maybe. Let’s just try to understand more about it, but we should not say it to anyone,” Teiko said.

“I see, then I’ll try what you said. Just focus on that feeling right,” Taiya said.

Taiya reaches out to one of the bananas on the table. She closed her eyes and tried to do what Teiko explained to him.

CRUSHES.

“Wow, Taiya! You already manage to do it. But the banana got destroyed just like my sword,” Teiko said.

“A destruction effect? That’s surprising for that kind of emotion,” Taiya said.

“No, no. What’s surprising is you just did it instantly, you didn’t even take a minute to learn it,” Teiko said.

“I just did exactly what you had explained. So I managed to do it,” Taiya replied.

“You two siblings are monsters, please don’t turn out to be a bad person. It will bring disaster to everyone,” Saki said.

“Don’t even think about that thing, you know we’re good people,” Teiko replied.

“Okay, Taiya. From now on, we will experiment on that thing. You’ll now join me in my personal training so we can learn more about it. It’s hard learning it alone,” Teiko said.