Spirit of War.
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(General P.O.V)
Yaotl's eyes were vicious as he took a running leap. The stone structure behind him exploded in a shower of rock and dust from the force of the lunge. The White Shadow received the claw slash on the broad side of the Black Saber, using the angle to divert Yaotl to the side.
The black Jaguar collapsed onto another stone ruin, this time the corner of a wall that led through a hallway. The rumble of falling rocks was especially noisy in the deserted tourist attraction. The light from a flashlight started shining towards the source of the noise as the lone security guard posted to the site started investigating.
A boom tube appeared beside the white Shadow's shoulder. His hand went through it and landed a chop on the Security guard's neck. A barely audible thud sounded out as the man was knocked out. In the meantime, Yaotl had sniffed the general air surrounding The White Shadow, getting a taste of his true power.
He was strong. Not Lord Tezcatilipoca strong or any of the other Aztec gods but as strong as a god emissary, maybe even stronger. Still, Yaotl would not cower. To safeguard the last touches of his masters in the mortal world, he would fight.
"Stop."
The White Shadow surprisingly spoke up, halting Yaotl in his advance.
"The old magic in these ruins is clouding your mind Yaotl. You are not the same guardian Jaguar from myth. You are one of mine. An happenstance. A creation that manifested with reasoning whilst your other kind were nothing but mindless chaos creatures hell bent on destruction."
With each word that left the beings mouth, Yaotl shook his head a his instinct warred with his memories. Memories of a duty.
"You lie!"
He roared, his green glowing eyes burning in a beautiful viridescent flame. Yaotl's powerful muscles pushed him forward at crazy speeds. His claws swiped out to carve the intruder into strips of flesh.
The White Shadow blocked another claw with his saber and leaned away from the second swipe of the Jaguar's paw. The bark of a tree growing next to the beaten tourist path was shredded apart by the Sharp claws. The tree fell to the side with a crash.
The saber in the White Shadow's hand swung out and landed on Yaotl's snout on it's broad side. The Jaguar was pushed away by the attack. Luckily the White Shadow had taken careful measure not to use too much strength, otherwise the ruins would be further destroyed.
Unfortunately that ensured that Yaotl recovered faster. This time his limbs blazed with blue green flames as he pushed off like a rocket towards his opponent. The White Shadow had not been expecting that and used the saber to block Yaotl's charge. He widened his eyes when he felt the strength contained in one of Yaotl's paw.
The force was enough to throw him away. He reoriented his body in midair, white jet flames appearing under his feet, enabling him to land softly a ways off into the green woods surrounding the ruins. 'Stubborn Jaguar' The White Shadow thought with a sigh. Stubborn but strong.
Like a speeding bullet Yaotl appeared at his side, his deadly claws burning with flames.
Despite the astonishing speeds, The White Shadow reacted quickly. The saber collided with the claws, sparks flying from the contact. The White Shadow shifted his body and flipped over the serrated tail aimed at his neck. His feet landed and he swiped out a round kick blazing with white flames that blocked the roar of blue green flames that escaped Yaotl's mouth
The fight started getting heated. Flame attacks clashed against each other before falling onto the vegetation around and burning it. The clash of metal against claws and the serrated bone spurs that shot out of Yaotl's tail. In a few minutes, the spirit had gone from being a normal Jaguar to changing into a creature meant for battle. Bigger, meaner with the blend of blue and green flame finally settling into a stable torquoise color.
The flames extended into a long mane going down his spine. The temperature surrounding the Jaguar getting higher.
Then again, it wasn't surprising to The White Shadow who had known from the first look what Yaotl was. A spirit of war just like Breeze was of wind or Kai and Sai were of fire. Yaotl was fashioned after the original Yaotl, who had been the emissary of an Aztec god called Tezcatilipoca. The White Shadow did not know the specifics.
All he knew was that Yaotl had come about due to the Lords of Chaos playing around with Aden's chaos energy. Child had sparked the creation of this new being to destroy Constantine and Deadman, who The White Shadow had left behind to follow the two Lords of Chaos.
The reason Yaotl came out as Yaotl was the influence of the old magic in these ruins. Even now from afar, Aden could see his proud statue standing proud on one of the open courtyards of the ruins. That said the old magic had influenced him into thinking he was the real Yaotl. The White Shadow could have broken that control easily but something had made him decide to see how powerful Yaotl was.
Yaotl was a spirit of war...and hence he was getting more powerful the more they fought.
Streaks of white Lightning sparked across the White Shadow's form as he dodged Yaotl's successive claws, tail and flame attacks to pull up behind the Jaguar. The White Shadow capitalized on the blind spot provided to land a slash across Yaotl's hind limb.
The Jaguar roared in pain and spun around, flames spewing out of it's mouth to attack The White Shadow. The latter jumped over the attack and released a point blank white flame attack towards Yaotl's head. The attack seemed inches away from landing when a shimmering shield made of golden material appeared above the Jaguar, blocking the attack.
The White Shadow's eyebrows rose up in interest, bouncing off the shield. The flames holding him aloft compressed once more as he stomped down, intentionally letting loose an explosive wave of flames that pushed him away and washed out to the surroundings. Yaotl roared in triumph as the shield above him received his adversary's attacks and held without breaking.
The Jaguar's body seemed to bulk up slightly, heat escaped him in waves, resulting on the ground becoming charred. Then he advanced on his opponent. He was on the backfoot! Yaotl could finally take the intruder down.
His tail beat the air as he ran forward in a zig zag pattern trying to confuse the opponent. A feeling of uneasiness was born out of seeing The White Shadow remain stationery despite the 3000 plus Jaguar bearing down upon him. Yaotl ruthlessly squashed that uneasiness and prepared to end this once and for a while.
His chest inflated, Torquoise flame bunching up inside him and then...bam!
It felt like Yaotl's psyche was slammed into by a ton of unseen force.
"That's enough."
The force broke through all the layers of confusion and opened his awareness to who or rather what was standing infront of him.
His spirit vision showed him wisps of The White Shadow's power. His stature. This body was simply a puppet. This body was not the real opponent. A Symbol appeared in his mind. A symbol that vibrated with more power than any of the gods his template self had known. The original Yaotl that was still a part of him could hardly believe it.
But the true Yaotl. The one created by Aden's Chaos energy was well aware just how powerful his master was. He was insurmountable, unfathomable and incredibly powerful.
His run slowed as he arrived before Aden, the shield above his form faded away into golden motes of light. His huge hulking form grew smaller. He bowed his head down, a deep voice rumbling out of his throat.
"Forgive me master, for my insolence."
The White Shadow was silent for a while. Yaotl remained in his subservient position.
"I forgive you Yaotl. Now rise up, for there is work to do."
The White Shadow stated, seemingly uncaring of the Jaguar's earlier mistakes. Yaotl was thrown out of loop for a second before realization dawned on him.
His master was letting it go because to him, he was never in any danger in the first place. Yaotl evaluated him again, watching his back as a yellow portal appeared before him. To be frank, Aden's mind was somewhere completely different. He'd seen Yaotl's capabilities. He was strong and could be of use in taking care of some of his immediate problem.
Yes. It's decided, Wonder Woman was getting a pet Jaguar. She was literally in the lion's den With few allies. To protect his investment and also get an update on everything that was happening, Aden needed an emissary. And who better to be an emissary than his own spirit created from the blue print of an actual god emissary?
But first...he spared a look at Yaotl. Yaotl would need some serious upgrade to watch Diana's back. Luckily he had a compatible divine essence lying around. He chuckled, remembering what he'd told Ares. It's funny that his statement about finding someone worthy for Ares' power would be fulfilled so quickly.
'Is it fate? Destiny? Naaah...it's all me.'
He thought as they arrived at another boom tube location. Before anything else though, he was going to use Yaotl to get rid of these things even faster. After all, Yaotl had to prove himself and probably needed the training. Aden was NOT going to use the free time to REST even a bit. Not at all.
"I understand my master."
Yaotl spoke up while walking towards the swirling chaos vortex. The White Shadow nodded. Yaotl was perceptive, that was good. Aden then promptly sank into his meditation as he waited. His thoughts went on pondering what the next air Subskill was. If he could Aden wanted to ascend to his version of a god in both elements at the same time. He felt like he'd already wasted too much time.
Yaotl delt with the chaos vortex in a matter of minutes. Aden could feel his sword fill up with the lost chaos energy and smiled. Yaotl was damn useful.
A few hours later and some more globe trotting, every chaos vortex was taken care of. Which weren't that many to be frank. The Lords of Chaos had gotten to most of them and Aden had a feeling that there were more in other realms, not just on earth.
But for now, all the ones on earth were cleared. Yaotl delt with more errant chaos beings, dispatching them with ease born out of being a spirit of war. With every unravelled chaos vortex, the White Shadow's idea was reinforced.
The last boom tube took them to his dimension.
(Mount Olympus)
"Let him come."
Diana sounded confident. Something that brought a smile to my face. She would need that for this to work. For her to be the queen that I knew she could be.
"2 days. I'll be back in 2 days. For now, you need to address your subjects and quell any civil unrest that might rise up from sympathizers."
I told her getting up. There was an evolution I needed to personally oversee. And by the end of it, Wonder Woman would have completely been done with the issue I was about to present to her.
I looked at her seriously before entering the boom tube.
"Diana, I went through the memories of some of the gods and what I found was shocking. Ask your mother what they do with the sons of the Amazons." Diana looked at me in confusion.
"If she doesn't answer...ask Hestia. You're a god now, there are things they can no longer hide from you."