1 Tender Soul 1

In some place deep in the forest at Timurside, a mysterious woman, with some kind of priestess clothing from holy temple, was trying to fight human in monster looking, the soulid. With her sword, she kept on attacking it in every moments, but the soulid could dodge it easily with its speed. And then after evaded all her attacks, it did counter attack. It punched her in her stomach with its such power, that sent her flied back and destroyed some trees that she hit till she crushed to the ground. That was not destroyed her though, she immediately stood up again. Then she continued to attack that soulid again. And of course her attacks were just being dodged by it as the last time. After some of her attacks, it did another counter, it flipped to the front and with its leg it stroke her in its powerfulness. It made her hit the ground in such a bursting. She wasn't moved a bit afterward. And then that soulid sensed some kind of pure power nearby, it started to moved that way, but then, that mysterious woman had stood up again.

"Wait! Stop!", she shouted.

That soulid stopped walking. It turned its head back to her. A few seconds, just a few seconds before it turned out again to continue its walk toward that pure power that its sensed. It ignored her and walked away to leave her.

"Didn't I told you to stop, did I?!!", she shouted louder this time and then she ran after it.

She tried to slice it with her sword when she got close to it. But in the breif moment, it defended itself with its sword. She failed to slice it. And yet she also got rather surprised with what she saw that time. After seeing it defended itself with kind of sword that as same as she held, she also found something familiar on that soulid, the emblem of her temple, The Great Lion Holy Temple, was on its shoulder, and kind of bracelet with charm design in its hand, then she got shocked herself and stunned. At that time, it tried to counter her attack agian with its sword. Even in state of stunned herself, she suddenly noticed its counter attack. But she rather too late to dodge it, so she used her left hand to block the sword that it swung towart her neck. Even so, she still got pushed back by that attack and fell to the ground after smashed a big tree nearby. She was down. As she could not being bothered anymore, that soulid continued its way to the pure power's location. Leaving her who had laid down on the ground.

That soulid moved to that power place which located on the city nearby from that forest, Delima city, the city in Wind Country side and near border of Water Country. The big city that placed in the corner of province near to the coast and some islands nearby. That soulid felt some pure powers from there, he wanted to get those power to increase his power to its fullest.

In the other place in Delima city, Nhazul and his friends, Rebecca Moulestar and Ghoza Haranta, were enjoying their time at the cafe in the town.

"This sweet is best..", said Nhazul as he digged the blueberry cakes in front of him.

"I told ya, right?! It's better than some buns and breads at stores near your house, right?", said Ghoza to Nhazul to get his confirmation.

"Ah, I do not comparing the things, Ghoza! Everything goods are good to me, beside I always eat those everyday, so I can't tell those are bad too..", replied Nhazul.

"I get what your mean..", responded Ghoza.

" Heehee... But still, your sweet tooth is accepting all things as long as they are sweet, right?", added Rebecca into that conversation.

"Is that ya mean they, are including ya? Haha..", teased Ghoza to Rebecca.

" What's that supposed to be mean?!", responded Rebecca, she looked to get annoyed by that.

"As long as they eatable, maybe that's right..", Nhazul continued the conversation.

" Nevermind that, Nhaz! You don't get what he means, right?!", said Rebecca to Nhazul.

" Ahaha... See she can be eatable too, ya see!! Hahaha..", Ghoza still continued to amuse himself.

"Eh?! You don't really meant it, right?", replied Nhazul to Ghoza.

" Ahaha..", Ghoza just laughed to get Nhazul response.

"I say don't mind his words, okay! He is just a young crazy scientist, okay!... He's crazy..", said Rebecca to Nhazul.

" But to think that he can invent some good stuffs in our ages, isn't that kind of good thing to do?", said Nhazul.

" Yes, I'm that good! You're right!! Haha..", said Ghoza as he really enjoyed his time.

"See?! He gets full of himself now!", said Rebecca irritated by Ghoza laughing.

Ghoza's voice was heard clearly by the other costumers, they looked to Ghoza as they felt disturbed by Ghoza laughing.

" Hei, Ghoza, calm down... You make the people around uncomfortable..", said Nhazul to Ghoza.

" Oh! Sorry! Sorry! My bad!", Ghoza started to calm down as he apologized to the other people around that cafe.

"Hmmph... I told you so! He is also annoying!", said Rebecca, looked like she got mad of something.

"Are you upset?", asked Nhazul to Rebecca.

" No!", her short answer.

"She's definitely getting mad, ya see! She's easily to get mad, ya know! Even she was used to when we were in highschool!!", said Ghoza.

" Oh, right, you went to the same when you are in highschool, did not you?", asked Nhazul to Ghoza.

" Yes, she tell ya so, right?!", replied Ghoza with another question.

" Yes, she is..", answered Nhazul.

"Oh! Right! Hei, Nhazul! Ya also went to school at your place, right?", Ghoza gave another question to Nhazul.

"Of course I do... There is a school that provides me from elementary school to highschool... I did not go to kindergarten, because I spent my whole time with my last parents at that time..", explained Nhazul.

" Your last parents?!", Ghoza got little confused with Nhazul words.

Nhazul stopped to talk as he got silent for that moment. Seeing him like that, Rebecca explained the things to Ghoza by whispering.

"He is so sensitive with his family circle, especially his parents..", whispered Rebecca to Ghoza.

" I see..", responded Ghoza.

"Ah! Sorry, Nhaz! He don't know that you are so attached to that words..", Rebecca tried to apologizing and cheered him again but Ghoza started to speak too.

"My apologies, if that make you uncomfortable..", said Ghoza, asked for apologizing to Nhazul.

"Oh, it is fine... I actually want to explain that thing to you, bu I cannot find the good words to describe it... Or I just get to nervous to tell the story about my life.. hehe..", explained Nhazul.

" Eh!? Really?! Are you sure about that, Nhaz?!", asked Rebecca to Nhazul to make him certainly for his decision.

"Yes, I do... I think of Ghoza is also my friend now, so I think he can know me better if I tell him that, do you think that is a bad idea?", answered Nhazul.

" A-.. Ahaha... Ya are funny, ya know! Hahaha..", Ghoza thought Nhazul was interesting person.

"Not funny! He is just too kind, right!?", said Rebecca.

" Really? Hehe..", Nhazul was scratching his head as he got embarrassing.

"Yes, you are... But if you really want to tell him so, I could help to tell him, just if you mind so, what do you think?", said Rebecca to Nhazul offering her help to tell the things that Nhazul wanted to tell to Ghoza.

"That will help me a lot... Hehe..", Nhazul smiled as he said that words, and that was making Rebecca blushing in her face to see his smile.

"Oh! I-... Mm... Ya- ya okay...", it showed Rebecca awkwardness, but she tried her best to keep it hid.

"Then?!", responded Ghoza to ask for the explanation from Rebecca.

"What up, okay! Huff..", replied Rebecca as she started to calm down herself.

"Well, Nhazul ever told me about it. What he mean by his last parents is... He is actually adopted by those family, he is an orphan since he was kid and lived in orphanage. Those family took him from there and raised him till he was in entered to elementary school. And then there was an accident that made his parents died. After that, he lived with those parents' parents, his grand parents, in Karaja village and up till now as he did..", explained Rebecca, as she held her tears from dropping.

" I see, an orphan, right?! I never imagine that kind of life before, ya must be sad by that, huh?!..", responded Ghoza and then asked Nhazul.

"That is not too sad, after being adopted by them, I feel happy and comfortable in those family, even after they are gone, grand father and grand mother are really taking a good care about me... So that is not really bad for me..", explained Nhazul.

" I see... Do ya have childhood friends?", Ghoza continued to ask.

"... I do not think I do... I never be in social life even in school... I used to less interesting in everything but my family..", answered Nhazu.

" Wow! That must be so boring!", Ghoza responded to Nhazul's asnwer.

" Not really... Like I said before, that is not really bad for me..", replied Nhazul.

" But now you have us! We're friends! Never think that being alone is the best thing anymore, okay?!", said Rebecca as she tried to cheer up the situation.

" Yes, okay..", responded Nhazul.

"Hmm... Come to think of it, did ya ever be out of your village before this?", another question came again from Ghoza to Nhazul.

"Hmm... I seldom be out of the village, except if it is trip with my family... But, recently I think I frequently come to this place..", explained Nhazul.

" Yay! I can't really imagine how the life that ya did back there! And I bet the recently time ya mentioned, those are the time when Rebecca asked ya for! And ya are just meeting a week ago, right?! Ya meant, ya just get started to go out by your own to some place but your home last week?! That's crazy, man!!", Ghoza was really fired up to feel what he got that time.

"Haha... You should not to imagine it then..", Nhazul was laughing a little.

" I don't wanna of course! Oh, right! Hei! How ya and Rebecca can be met then?! I don't think Rebecca is the type of girl who like to go to some kind of place like that? Haha..", this time Ghoza seemed to curious about how Nhazul and Rebecca could be met.

"You are asking too much, you know that?! And what do you mean place like that? That's a good place for relaxing, you know! And don't think you know me better!", Rebecca responded that ords from Ghoza with a little carried away.

"Ahaha... Don't get to carry away, kay! Your face is getting red, ya know! Or ya just don't wanna me to know about that, because that was also the first time ya like him, right?! Love in first sign, huh?! Hahaha..", Ghoza really enjoyed to tease Rebecca there.

Rebecca couldn't help but to feel embarrassed, that was showing in her blushing face. And yet she aslo got irritated to get teased by Ghoza. But Nhazul suddenly got silent all by himself. And then, red aura occurred from his body and went around him. His hair spiked up.

"It's appearing!", Nhazul said so and then stood up from his chair, then immediately walked out to the fences, without stopping he jumped over that fences to get out from that cafe.

He got the attention of all people around there by his act like that. Of course including Rebecca and Ghoza.

"What the hell?!", Ghoza was still surprising by Nhazul.

"He jumped out from the second floor to the ground and he is just fine!!", Added Ghoza.

" That's not him! He got switched! Come on!!", said Rebecca.

As she immediately got out from that balcony of that cafe to go down stairs and followed Nhazul, Ghoza was also with her. They chased where Nhazul go. They saw him on the road but he was already far away.

"Hei! Check out your soul detector!", Rebecca asked Ghoza to check his soul detector.

Immediately Ghoza took out his detector from his bag. It was beeping as it showed two souls nearby on it monitor.

" Oh! There are two soul! The one is getting closer to the other one!", informed Ghoza to Rebecca.

" He finds the soulid! Where are they?", she asked another question.

" Emm... Let's see... I think they are gonna be in the park, center of this town!",  replied Ghoza.

" Alright! We go there!", said Rebecca as she started to running.

"Ah?! Wait! I don't bring my kits to attack the soulid... But well, those things are referring to for defending yourself than for attacking them actually!", said Ghoza as he also followed Rebecca to the park.

" Whatever! We should go there quickly!", responded Rebecca while she was running.

" We're on it!! But, what had actually happened?", Ghoza gave another question to her.

" What do you think I do introduced you to Nhazul?", Rebecca replied Ghoza question with a question too.

"Show off that ya had a boyfriend?!", responded Ghoza.

" I'm not doing that, you stupid!!", as she said that, she turned herself back as she tried to give a punch to Ghoza's face.

But Ghoza could evade it and kept on running. Then he was running in front of Rebecca now.

"So, what?!", shouted Ghoza while he was keeping on run in the distant.

"It's about our project, of course!", replied Rebecca.

" Oh I see!! So, ya presume him as your boyfriend to get closer to him for our project!", Ghoza concluded the thing he thought.

"No, I don't!! Stop dragging my personal feeling as you please!!", Rebecca got mad as she increased her speed to chase Ghoza.

"Oke! Oke! I got it! Sorry!", Ghoza also added his speed on his run.

After a few minutes they ran, they finally arrived at the park. Both of them got exhausted after running from the cafe to the park that had rather long distance way.

"Hosh... Hosh... Hosh... Why don't we grab... A cab to get here... It's soo... Exhausted me out!!..", said Rebecca as she was panting in tired after the running.

"Hosh! Hosh! Ya are  the one who start to run!", Ghoza also was getting tired.

" Where is he?!", asked Rebecca to Ghoza.

" I don't know!", his answer.

"Check out your soul detector, you stupid!!", she seemed still mad at him.

And then Ghoza checked the detector.

" They are inside the park!", said Ghoza.

And then, Rebecca was entering the entrance of the park. The park in this center of town was a big place, there were so many trees that covered its area inside from outside look. After entered to the inside of the park, they finally could find Nhazul who was standing in front of someone else, that was the other person who got possessed by soulid.

"That's him! And another man that possessed by soulid!", said ghoza in small voice to Rebecca as he kept on looking to his detector.

"I can see him just fine without you must telling me that!", responded Rebecca as she wanted to get closer to them.

"Wait! Wait! Wait! Where do ya think ya are going?", Ghoza stopped Rebecca who would go to their place.

"Go there!?", she pointed to Nhazul.

"And then, what?! Ya wanna be killed by them?", responded Ghoza.

" No way! Nhazul will protect me, just you see!", said Rebecca.

" Then ya will be a burden for him if ya do so! Ya better be in here, watching! If anything go bad, we will do something about it, is that do?!", convinced Ghoza to Rebecca.

" I think you're right!", Rebecca confirmed.

" So, what will he do? He haven't done anything yet and I've never seen the fight between the soulids too before..", asked Ghoza.

" But, last time, he fight up the soulids and then like doing exorcist, he take out the soulid from that human body it possessed after he beat it.." explained Rebecca.

" He can do that?! I mean, we can take out the soulid from human body?! I never hear of it.." Ghoza looked rather surprised to hear that.

"I don't really know the details, and when I ask him, he also can't tell how he can do that..", added Rebecca for her explanation.

" I see... That's interesting. Then, have ya ask him to join the research team?", ask Ghoza.

" That's the reason I bring him to meet you, to introduce and ask for your permission, before you slightly judge me up with some of your opinions, you stupid!", said Rebecca, she still mad at him after all.

"Okay! Okay! My bad!", sounded like an apologizing from Ghoza.

In other place, where Nhazul had faced the person who started to get possessed by the soulid. But in the inside of Nhazul mind and body, there were a conversation between Nhazul and the soulid his possessed, Mera.

"Oi! How long you'll wait to attack him?! I can't hold myself back any longer!", Mera said it as he wanted to start to fight that soulid in front of him.

"Wait, he is not breaking up yet, you remember the rules we made, do not you?", replied Nhazul to him.

" Aghh! Screwed you with the rules! I've been itching to fight now!", responded Mera to Nhazul.

" Please hold yourself a little bit longer..", said Nhazul.

Their conversation was only could be heard by themselves. Unless it'd been told by the mouth. But right this time, the body of Nhazul was in control of Mera, so he was the one who in charge for the movements. But Mera couldn't do as pleased, because somehow Nhazul could take the full control of his body when he wanted to. And as for Mera, as long as he could fight, that would be enough, that was why he just waited and did as Nhazul said, because he didn't really like just to be inside of Nhazul's body when he was on fighting situation. But then, the soulid in front of them reacted on the situation.

"What are you doing? Do you have something with me?", that person who had possessed was asking a thing to Nhazul, Mera for this time.

"Yeah! Hurry up and level up! So, he will give me permission to kick your butt out!", said Mera to that person.

" Level up?! What the hell?! Don't you had yourself the body of human for you? Why you wanna me to come out from this body?", that was his reply to Mera.

" Don't ask me that question and hurry to level your butt up! Then fight me!", Mera responded.

Listened that words from Mera, made that soulid angry, suddenly black aura blasted out from his body and then some parts of his body turned into monster parts. In this case, his arm and his chest.

"If you really wanna fight, then, let's do this!", that soulid started to attack Mera(Nhazul) with his big monster arm.

"That's it!", responded Mera in his laugh as he stopped that monster arm with his hand.

"What's now?! Can I rampage now?", added Mera to speak with Nhazul in his mind.

"Do not get to carry away if you can..", said Nhazul as his confirmation to Mera.

"I can't guarantee that!!", said Mera as he started to counter that attack back.

He pushed that soulid back, then he jumped and kicked him in with his power. That soulid just defended himself with his monster arm, but  he still got knocked back by that kick. But that was not satisfied Mera yet, he continued to attack that soulid rapidly with his punches, kicks and even his head. But when, he used the head, Nhazul got little complain in his mind.

"Hei, can you not to use my head to attack, I still can feel the hurt when you use it to strike him..", said Nhazul.

" Okay, got it!", confirmed Mera to Nhazul.

After that he kept on hitting that soulid with his attacks non stop. Thats soulid couldn't help but to just defending himself. Even so, he got weaker and weaker every times Mera attacks him. Noticed that, Mera was planning to give him a powerful kick. In the distant, Mera ran toward that soulid and then jumped. And in the air moment, he did a momentum to make his kick would be even harder damage. That was so, his kick was blocked by that soulid monster arm, but like before, that was not really affect to Mera's kick. That soulid knocked away back so far after received that kick. Then he fell on his knees.

The other side on the place where Rebecca and Ghoza was hiding.

"He is strong!", said Ghoza, amazed about how strong Nhazul when he fought that soulid.

"Right! But that's his soulid power, you know!", Rebecca explained the certain thing.

" Alright!", responded Ghoza.

"Look like he will finish it!", said Rebecca.

"How do ya know?!", asked Ghoza.

"Do you see the thing on his hand now!", said Rebecca as she pointed to Nhazul who took out the thing from his pocket, macha box.

"Is that a macha box he is holding?", said Ghoza to ask the confirmation from Rebecca.

"Yes, that will turn into something like claws and then with some kind of his power, he will do something to exorcist that soulid!", Rebecca tried to tell the details of the things she remembered.

"Ok! Wait! Why he didn't use it to himself to make that soulid comes out?", suddenly Ghoza thought about the thing.

"Eh! I don't know!", responded Rebecca to Ghoza's words.

And then back to the fighting situation. Nhazul, or Mera, he was picking out a thing from his pocket, it was a macha box. Macha box is mechanic tool that shaped in rectangle box with handy size. A macha box was presenting a tool in one time as it said as it used. As example, macha box that Nhazul was holding, it was a claw blades macha box. When he pushed the button, that macha box would turned into claw blades.

"This is the end, huh?!", said Mera.

"Please try not to harm the person when you slicing..", said Nhazul in his mind.

" That's mean an affirmative, right?! Alright, then!", and then Mera also took out something from his pocket back.

That was special belt, then he used it on his waist. As he aslo pushed the button on the belt. Then there was a voice came out from the belt, "EINSCHALTEN!".., as the sign that the belt was turning on. And then he pust the button on the macha box he held. Then there was a voice came out from the macha box, "READY! CLAW BLADES!".., and then that macha box turned into something some blades shaped like claws.

"Alright! This is the end!", said Mera.

While he was holding that claw blades, he held something else in his another hand. And then it was shining. Then, made the claw blades also shining as glow. After that Mera ran toward that soulid who still on his knees, couldn't do anything else as he was got weakened. Then when Mera got close, he swung that claw blades on that soulid chest that covered in monster form. Mera sliced him up. And then, those monsters parts on him started all glowing, then flied up to the sky as it was leaving that person's body on the ground, laid down.

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