Angry Man Vs Time Boy

"Great show I'm seeing here," I said, with a basket filled freshly caught salmon from the nearby stream. Z had used his water magic to allow the salmon to end up into my fish basket. A favor he owed me after the sparring session we held a couple of days ago. Ysabeau was doing some interviews with new mages, recruitment was a must in order for the organization to be on the map. Gillian was still doing some negotiations in the town of London. Knowing the Headmaster, Raiyen was worried that Gillian might get hurt from the mobs within the area. Z was uptight about the fact that Gillian might use spells against humans. I was more concerned about whether they are able to at least survive Gillian's aura, let alone when he actually releases any form of emotion.

"So then, Time Boy, give me all you've got!" challenged Baldwin, as his aura started to change. A staff materialized. Well, it was finally time for Baldwin to try out his ancient relic. We skipped it earlier since it wasn't stable enough for the Dark Mage to wield it. The staff looked like a twisted branch, with a Pentagram on the very top.

"Hey, hey, since when I became the target for him to use that?!" yelled Raiyen, glancing at me. I laughed as I shoved another fish into my mouth.

"Eyes front soldier!" I said, still laughing at the two as they began to fight. The two clashed, staff vs daggers. Angry Man Vs Time Boy. I am looking forward to this battle's conclusion. As Baldwin prepared to send an attack towards the youngster, Raiyen went into hiding.

"Oi! No cheating."

"It's not cheating. It is one of my abilities. I am a Time Mage anyways," said the space behind me. I turned around.

"You are still in this time, just not in this place," answered Baldwin, smiling. He immediately gathered up huge amounts of Elemental Energy using his staff. I had expected him to use the move, but not this early.

"Here it goes," he said as he swung the staff around. Streams of black smoke were being absorbed into the staff. A dust cloud was about to be formed, but someone else was not going to have any of that. Raiyen appeared and sliced through the attack. This dispersed the spell all together since Baldwin had to block the sneak attack.

"I'm supposed to use it, why'd you stop it?!" yelled Baldwin, kicking the boy away.

"I'm not letting that happen. The relics are only for emergency purposes. I'm not going to allow you to use it first!" With that, Raiyen took out his twin daggers. Heaven Sent was teeming with golden light while Hell Bent was filled with a crimson glow. Sparks flew as they kept crashing. The two faced each with a hefty aura of grit. But then, Baldwin stopped. Conjuring up more energy, I had a feeling that something wondrous was about to take place.

"Corrupt the aura, surround me with it. Absorb all sadness, let me have wings. Good shall be bad…

Fade to Black!" commanded Baldwin. The area around started to, how should I put it, die. Wither, deteriorate. And fade.

"So, what kind of tricks you've got now?" asked Raiyen, playing around with his daggers.

"Unlike your power or Z's realm, this one is permanent and occurring now," he explained, smiling.

"Welcome to what was known as my home planet." It reeked of death. My own body was on fire as dark was trying to consume the light of Valkyrie. With the two elements fighting against each other, I had just about enough. If Baldwin doesn't know what it takes to both fight and protect the innocent, I'll sort him out myself.

"That's not gonna suffice, Baldwin. I've got another prank to play," said Raiyen, readying himself once more.

"You two, save some thought for your audience and try not to kill 'em," I said, clenching my teeth as I stood up.

"You're the one who wanted to watch us," said Baldwin, ignorant about what he'd done.

"You do realize I took a whole year to grow those flowers, right..." I whispered, under my breath. I then started to make my way towards them.

"Mav, it's our duel. Please stay out of our..." Before he could finish, he was silenced by the pillar of light that I had emitted from my body. My hair turned white in an instant, my eyes shining gold. And with a single fling of my arm, I canceled out Baldwin's spell. He was in disbelief. Raiyen seemed impressed.

"And how long were you able to do that trick?" asked Baldwin, walking towards me.

"Just recently. I don't like darkness, I merely used my Valkyrie Light to cancel out the dark," I explained, shrugging. Without a second thought, Baldwin raised his staff and attacked. I barely dodged the attack using my own ancient relic.

"Baldwin! Cut it out!" yelled Raiyen, dashing to my aid. Both of us pulled back. Looks like I'm facing him now.

"How about a three-way battle?" I suggested, twirling the heavy shield around. Raiyen looked at me in protest, while Baldwin smiled in a sinister manner.

"Alright then. A three-way battle," said Baldwin. I gazed upon the two. This turned out better than expected. As we readied our stances, three different colored lights were visible from above. With Baldwin having a purplish-black aura, my golden one shined the brightest. Raiyen's green aura kept clashing with my blue shining shield as Baldwin kept trying to sweep us off our feet using the staff. He then paused abruptly and stabbed the staff into the ground. This ain't gonna be good. The Pentagram started to rotate with immense speed. Along with that, it soaked up more Dark Energy. An ancient relic has been activated. Raiyen looked at me for confirmation.

"All waves rise and become my shield. All winds gather and become my sword. Rebellion of the Seas!" I conjured up. Using my own Elemental Energy to charge the ancient relic, a huge attack was waiting to be ignited.

"Accusations of the Betrayed!" called out the Angry Man. Raiyen and I took a step back as the darkness started to merge into a chain, forming a whip that was connected the Pentagram. As it was done, a huge purplish-black chain remained. With a smiling Baldwin holding it.

"Um, is he still sane?" asked Raiyen, nudging me. I was really worried, if we allowed him to lose control, you can forget about the future of the entire Earth.

"Focus on your opponent, Time Boy!" yelled Baldwin, swinging the whip at the Time Mage. Before it could touch Raiyen, I had flung myself in its path, activating my ancient relic in response to its master. The force was incredibly strong, enough to break destroy the Rebellion of the Seas counterattack. And strong enough to knock me into the nearby tree. Raiyen had glitched but was too late to catch me.

"Stay with me," murmured Raiyen. I clutched my abdomen, still hurling from the pain.

"Sorry, I've lost this one. Should've seen this coming," I whispered, panting.

"Mav..."

"I'm not gonna die so fast, mate. I just need to sit the rest of this out," I explained. Raiyen heaved a sigh of relief. He had something in his eyes that I'd never witness before. Was it a look of, what I presume was, of hate? I could only sit on the sidelines and watch what mess was going to go down.

"You'd better control yourself, Baldwin. Or I'm gonna beat the very meaning of sense out from your thick skull of yours!" roared the Time Mage as he pounced at the Dark Mage.

"I would like to see you try!" he yelled back, blocking the onslaught of attacks from the young boy. As Raiyen kicked Baldwin in the face, the boy's ankle got tangled with the whip. This made Baldwin turn Raiyen into a rag doll. The poor boy was tossed around, hitting the ground and whatever solid was near them. This included me. Seeing that I got harmed, Raiyen then glitched out of the whip's grasp. He then proceeded to stand in an open area.

"Time Ripper!" he said, slashing the air. Then, using his two arms, he stretched the rift out, making it bigger. My eyes widened in disbelief, how in the world can someone or anyone do that towards the rift? There should be laws against that! But never mind that, Baldwin was replying to the boy's change of aura. An offense aura. Baldwin then kicked up the staff into the air, making the whip cut into smaller, straighter pieces. I realized that the whips had turned into spears while more appeared behind his back.

"Propel, Thrust! Rain down. A world without end. Let the unknown guide you. Allow these weapons, To bring you… Oblivion of Spears!" A barrage of darkness was now heading for Raiyen, who seemed confident instead of fearful. The same could not be said for me as I was frightened at the situation before me. Had he really lost control? The Time Mage further widened the gap. Something was appearing from within the rift. It was difficult to make out, but the energy told me everything I needed to know.

"This is an out of the world idea, then again, you guys are not from this world. However, crazy must be fought with crazy. So, here goes," said Raiyen, fully pulling out what was from the rift.

"Something from my past; her future. Something that defines a person who had loved more than me, lost more than me and experienced more than me. This is what I got from her. She is my hero..." Baldwin's attack was then met with a spell like nothing I've felt before. That wasn't possible. He was pulling out a spell from my future. That energy can only be of mine. Sure, all of us have different elements, some of us have the same elements as well. But each and every one of us has a unique Elemental Energy of our own. No one could fully copy that, even if they had Void's Emergence. Not even someone as powerful as the Headmaster could accomplish that.

"Roar, O' wind of Thunder and Lightning. Fan of steel, flames of perdition. Black Wave Hibiscus!" boomed Raiyen. A flower appeared in front of the attack, towering before his opponent. Raiyen's eyes held bravery as he braced the impact head on, unafraid of the enemy he faced. A true face of a warrior, an aura of a fighter.

"Don't underestimate me!" shouted Raiyen, kicking the spears back to where they had originated from. The shield dissipated, along with the rift. Baldwin was now met with the flurry of attacks fueled by his own powers. But that did not faze any of them. Raiyen then dropped his daggers.

"Did I ever mentioned that I was a Triple Element Holder?" asked Raiyen, grinning.

"So what?"

"So, Holy Trinity," said Raiyen, who was as cool as a cucumber. That move. I've heard stories about that but never seen it in action.

"Time! Electric! Nature! These are the elements I wield, I command. Come forth, bind yourselves and become one. Voltaic Creation Era!" With that, Baldwin was consumed by the torrent of light, hailing from Raiyen's palm. He didn't need his twin daggers at all, that alone can destroy towns. As Baldwin fell onto his knees, Raiyen collapsed.

"Time Boy!" I yelled, trying to catch him. My wound had healed on the surface but it was still harrowing to deal with.

"Sorry, boy. You would need a whole lot more to defeat me," said Baldwin, smiling. He seemed impervious to all of Raiyen's attempts to overpower him. It was as if he had just started the battle. Even his Element Energy was stagnant since the beginning.

"Negation!" shouted from above. Gillian hopped down from Fluffy. He was back from the day's negotiation. At that point, Baldwin's ancient relic vanished completely. Z ran towards me and placed his green Kunai at my wound. In a fraction of a second, the wound was healed.

"Are you okay?!" asked Z, in a frantic tone.

"I'm at a better state than Raiyen," I whispered. Z wasted no time in healing the Time Mage next. Meanwhile, Ysabeau and Gillian were dealing with Angry Man.

"Pull yourself together! It's only a simple sparring session and you want to kill your allies?!" scolded Gillian. Baldwin stood before him, clenching his own fists.

"War knows no bounds. I'm just trying to train them. They were still holding back."

"They are still young! What if you'd gone too far? We don't need someone as dangerous as you to teach the kids, especially now that we are recruiting. Are you gonna kill all of the new talents?!" screamed Ysabeau, with such anger I've never perceived before. She was beyond furious, she was livid.

"How long are you going to spoon feed them?!"

"It doesn't prove your way of teaching," replied Z, taking out his own weapons. Things were starting to heat up even further. I looked at Raiyen, who was all healed up, but still exhausted from the battle session before. If we allowed this four to battle, kiss goodbye to humanity. The aura was overpowering as the four entered a silent battle of gazes.

"I think we've had enough of this mess. Get a hold of yourself or else I will make sure to let you know that I have no bounds when it comes to dealing monsters like you," said Gillian, turning his back to check on the two of us.

"Thank the heavens he did not fully lose control," said Gillian, pulling us both into his embrace. Ysabeau was stroking my back as Z was patting Raiyen on the back.

"I'd felt your aura from a far-flung distance. It was formidable to say the least. You did great, Time Boy," praised Z. I gave a small squeeze with Raiyen in my arms.

"Thank you for saving me," I whispered.

"But I didn't win," he said, sadly.

"It's ain't about winning, kid. It's about protecting her. You've bought enough time for the few of us to come back and quench the mess. Not all fights are about winning and saving the girl. I'd rather you come to us defeated, but alive, than to come back in a coffin or worse," explained Z, smiling.

"If only you knew how to use Heaven's Wheel," mumbled Raiyen.

"Where did you get that from?" I asked, stunned at the mere mention of that name.

"Oops. Spoilers?" replied the cheeky boy. Baldwin slowly scooted towards the rest of us.

"I'm so sorry, Mav, Raiyen. I hope I can still stay with you lot," apologized Baldwin, nervous at our response. Raiyen and I smiled and whispered a few words to each other. The adults looked confused. It was not everyday that two kids were dishing out punishments towards an Angry Man.

"We'll forgive you and let you stay...On one condition," I said, holding up my finger.

"What? Do some laps or go on a trip of torture?" asked Baldwin. We laughed.

"No, we just want you to cook dinner for us. Ysabeau told me before you lost Abigail, you kept cooking sandwiches and dessert 'til Gillian had to make excuses to avoid another one of your dark chocolate raspberry towers," I said, trying to stop myself from laughing. Raiyen had long lost it and was going to reopen his wounds soon.

"Just make those Club Sandwiches with more avocado for me, got it?" asked Raiyen, in between his laughs. Baldwin smiled and soon, for the first time, laughed.

"Anger, hatred, sadness. But never the sound of laughter from you, Baldwin," said Gillian, impressed at how two kids got the angriest man alive to laugh. Especially after the couple had taken centuries to even place a genuine smile on the man's face.

"No fair! We tried so hard to make him even feel happy and you two can just make him laugh by laughing," pouted Ysabeau.

"They had every right to kick me out, slaughter me, throw me away and destroy me using their combined powers. Holy Trinity and the Judgment of the Valkyries is enough to bring me down, not to mention that Raiyen can send me back in time to make me experience that pain in an endless loop for all eternity. And yet, despite all of those options, these two are really just kids who want free cake and a sandwich every single day."

"And are you going to follow their instructions?" asked Gillian. Baldwin looked at the two of us and hugged. Those words; Angry Man and Hugging don't belong to each other at all.

"I'll heed their request 'til the day I die," he replied.

"And somewhere, someone or something has died from the sheer cause of the Angry Man's affection," joked Z.