Unsealed- New Game?

Ra entered his room and slowly closed the door behind him.

The Dragon in his ear finally silent, granting him some much needed peace.

As exhausted as he was he found it difficult to fall asleep after collapsing to his bed.

Suddenly remembering his sealed power, Ra abruptly sat upright, crossing his legs.

He breathed rhythmically, falling into a relaxed state.

When he opened his eyes his bedroom had disappeared, and in its place was a circular platform that was golden in color.

Runic patterns glowed upon it shining brightly, gazing at them Ra felt a sense of peace.

But when he looked down at his form he was shocked to find himself bound with dozens of interlocking chains.

He gathered his internal mana and attempted to forcefully expel it from his body to break the chains.

To no avail the chains kept him bound leaving him unable to move an inch.

Ra began to panic slightly, he gathered any energy he could think of, any power he could tap, as he constantly tried to free himself from the shining chains.

"What is this?" thought Ra, "Have I walked into a trap of my own creation?"

"Boy, don't you think you ought to ask the help of this great sir?" The Dragon's voice resonated throughout the space.

"You've been here all this time?" Ra was slightly agitated as he asked in an annoyed voice.

"I have."

"And you thought it'd be funny to watch me struggle did you?"

The Dragon's mutilated form materialized on the platform and he continued to speak:

"If you don't speak why should I?" He responded happily.

Ra rolled his eyes, "Fine, how do I get out of these chains?"

The Dragons shoulders rose slightly, "Perhaps the question should be why are you in those chains?"

Ra, feeling pissed replied with snark- "Oh, I don't know, maybe because YOUR FUCKING DRAGON SOUL SEALED MY POWERS? MAYBE? I'M NOT TOO SURE!"

This brought elicited a huge booming laugh from the Dragon, who, had he had the use of his hind legs would surely be attempting to roll on the platform.

"Indeed! That is part of it!" he laughed "but your thinking is still too shallow! why would power seal power? in this world the strong eat the weak!"

Suddenly Ra had a stroke of inspiration, Immediately closing his eyes he began to focus on the chains. Each chain represented the powers he'd received from absorbing the dragon soul, but the powers weren't his, that is to say, they werent part of him.

He'd absorbed them, he could use them, but he was also trapped by them.

Ra began assimilating with the powers, gaining a deeper understanding as he fought to comprehend them.

After hours of painstaking comprehension he felt the chains being loosened.

They shattered and was absorbed into his soul stream, interwoven with his natural abilities, he felt the seal suppressing him gradually fade and disappear.

Ra immediately fell asleep after ending the trance state.

Ra awakened to the sound of his door opening.

Merlin came in, looking excited.

"Ra, your game! everyone is playing it!"

Ra sprang up from the bed eyes wide, "What did you say?"

"Everyone's learned to play your game! In fact, there's a huge tournament going on in the auditorium, the prize is 1000 Slayer Points!"

"Let me get this straight, my dumb bubble wars game is being played by everyone at the Academy?"

Merlin nodded frantically.

"Except," he said grinning. "It has a new name now, Chimerical War."

"Chimerical...War---This name..." Ra was stunned, "It's fucking awesome! That sounds so fun, lets go!" Ra laughed breathlessly.

Ra never thought for a second his little time waster would become so popular overnight, it really was a dumb game he'd created as a child.

However it had always brought him endless amusement, his only regret was: Now, everyone knew the rules, costing him his only advantage.