8 Like A Phoenix Rising From The Dead

Light quickly got up and rolled to stop the fire over him. Strangely enough, nothing burned and the pain in his shoulder subsided like it was nothing. The man who roasted him seemed hardly fazed by how he got up.

"Who are you?" Light asked?

Even though I should ask you that, I'm Pyron. Pyron Legir."

Light was shocked. He was Rando's best friend who died! But how was he here about 500 km from his suicide point without a scratch? How was he still alive?

"You know....Rando? " he asked, still surprised.

"Yeah! But how do you know him? It's been 5 years since I last met him! How is he?" Pyron replied?

"I'm Light. Light S Draco. Rando is my brother. Well, not a brother by birth but he is my sworn brother." Light explained.

"Wait.....what are you saying? " Pyron said and without warning charged at Light with a blazing fist. Light saw it coming and quickly moved out of the way. Pyron missed and punched a rock behind Light. The rock was smashed into pieces finer than dust. Light felt blessed he escaped.

AND TO THINK I HEALED YOU AFTER FALLING! HOW DID HE KNOW ABOUT RANDO? DID YOU TAKE HIM AWAY FROM ME TOO?

"Look bro I don't know who the fuck you talking about but thank you for saving me. If I was arrested I would have had to go to jail. I would've repaid you but the fact that you attacked me with a killer punch erases your debt. Now I gotta go." Light said backing off. But Pyron charged at him again.

"OK WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK?" Light said and parried the punch with his sword instead of dodging it. " Great! Now I'll have to get serious!" Light thought and attacked.

"MACH STYLE: SUPERSONIC SLASH!"

"MAJESTIC PHOENIX: GOLDEN FLAME!"

The punch and the slash were evenly matched in terms of power. The shockwave created reached the river which was almost 100 meters away and displaced the water in it. Light had better stamina but Pyron looked like he had some long-ranged moves. And if it was Pyron who healed him, then he had some serious reinforcement magic. Light knew he had better speed but if this fight was going to go on then there's no telling who will win.

"Just what the fuck are you attacking me?" Light asked, hoping to talk his way out of it.

"YOU TOOK MY SISTER, NOW YOU TOOK MY BEST FRIEND TOO?" Pyron shouted, still angry.

"Now that I remember it, Pyron had a sister! Looks like his mother is dead though." He thought.

"I didn't take your sister and you can be a thousand percent sure I didn't take Rando. That bitch is a freaking King now!"

"Wait he is a king now? " Pyron asked. He was a little bit cooler now. "But how do I believe you know him?"

"You know how we met?" He just came up to me and said: "You seem strong, wanna fight?"

"I trust you now." Pyron said smiling, " How? If you really had him with you as I thought, you wouldn't have told me he was a King. And that line he told you when you met? He told the same to me. That's how we became best friends."

" Rando, you dumb bitch. Helping me even if you weren't here?" Light thought to himself. "Random told me you died. How did you survive?" Light asked? "And apparently, your sister is alive too?"

"Yeah it's a long story"

"And I have a lot of time."

5 YEARS AGO

"Pyron! Get up we are going out!" Fan Legir told Pyron. He was playing with his newborn sister, Kara who was still looking as beautiful as the day she was born. He didn't know why but felt an urge to bid adieu to the crumbling walls and the broken house he called home.

Pyron was 14 and knew that his mother killed his father. Nonetheless, he trusted her. He knew how much of a monster he was and how much he abused her. He also knew how much the Noblebloods hated them. He just wanted a way to live with his sister and mother.

"I'm coming, mom!" He said and carefully carried his sister. But suddenly his door broke open.

It was Yety Brunya and his little kid Jax Brunya. "Why don't you just die?" Yety mocked Fan. "You are just a family of demons anyway, you little bitches! You killed your own husband! Do you have any shame? You fucking slut!". Even under such crude insults, Fan remained calm.

"I promise you won't see any of our faces again. Now please leave, Kara is about to cry looking at you."

"YOU BITCH! YOU DARE MOCK A NOBLEBLOOD?" Yety thundered and raised his hand against Kara. Jax was looking at his father.

Fan quickly moved and held her hand on Yety's neck. He was shocked at her speed. Her fingers turned into dragon talons and were moving closer to Yety's neck. The sweat from his forehead trickled down her talon.

"I never raised my hands against you. I wouldn't have cared even if you hit me with all your power. But raise your hand against my children and I swear I'll tear you out limb to limb." Fan said and removed her talon from his neck. " I promised you will never see our faces again. All of us will jump off into the river today." She said and glanced at Pyron. Yety quickly retreated with his son with a smirk on his face.

"You heard everything, Pyron?" Fan asked addressing her son.

"Yes"

"And you trust me?"

"….Ye...Yes!" Pyron stammered.

"Good. Let's go now." Fan said and walked out the front door.

Pyron was shocked at how his mother would do such a thing. He still couldn't come in terms with his or his sister's predestined deaths. "But why would she do this? Kara's still so young!" He sobbed.

"You coming?" Kara asked.

Pyron was angry now. "No! I'll never let you kill her. You monster!" He said and sobbed down.

"ITS BETTER THAN LIVING A LIFE OF MISERY LIKE US! HER LIFE WAS PREDESTINED WHEN SHE WAS BORN TO ME! AT LEAST LET HER DIE WITHOUT KNOWING PAIN!"

Pyron didn't talk. He knew she was saying the truth. He knew death was predestined for them. But still….letting his sister die willingly made his heart heavy. But he also knew he shouldn't let his sister suffer the same way he did. He agreed for suicide*.

They were halfway when Fan saw the tears in Pyron's disappeared. " What a brave boy!" She thought.

She planned a scenario beforehand. After they jump-off, she would use her magic to quickly get themselves to safety in a faraway place and live life anew.

When they were at the end of the canyon where they would jump off, Fan told her plan to Pyron.

"I know you think I'm just saying to soften the pain, but you have to trust me, we'll escape from this place and start life anew."

"I was already ready to trust you till death, living won't be hard," Pyron said with a maturity beyond his age. " In fact, I'll jump off first." He said and jumped. Fan jumped next with Kara in her hand. They were just about to reach the ground when a bullet pierced through Fan and Kara.

"RAAAAGGHHHGHG!!!" Pyron screamed in horror. He looked up. It was Yety with a man who looked like an assassin. He had a gun in his hand. Both Kara and Fan were still alive but would die if they hit the river or left untreated. Yety and the assassin quickly ran away.

"How were you so sure the demonblood wouldn't suicide?" The assassin asked

"A mother would never willingly kill her children. She was willing to do whatever it takes for them to live."

A smiling Yety replied.

In a mixture of sorrow and madness, Pyron awakened a new power. He covered himself in flames and made them into wings. He couldn't still fly but he softened their landing. In his stubbornness, he awoke a Phoenix's true power - healing.

He embraced them while falling and healed them to some extent. But still, they wouldn't survive unless he had some time to seal off the injuries. His crude flight allowed them all to land safely in the river. Their conditions were still critical. Pyron managed to hold on to a huge log in the river.

"I'll save you. We were supposed to have a new life. Just the three of us, remember? Don't you dare die now! I'll save you!"

He started healing on both of them when suddenly the log started breaking and Kara started having difficulty breathing.

"Py….ron.. The log can't support us all. Kara won't survive if you use the healing flames on both of us. "

"No! Don't you dare try to do anything! We will survive! You promised me, remember?"

"Let me go, Pyron. I'll rest well knowing my son has matured so much." Fan smiled at her son one last time. Pyron cried and stopped healing his mother and put all the flames on Kara. Fan left the log and drowned into the river, thinking about how cute her children looked as kids.

avataravatar
Next chapter