Ch 11: He's a monster!

The days went by as both Sharon and Akeno had turned 11 years old. It was currently somewhere around December as Akeno was sparring with Sharon.

"Come on, Akeno! You can do it!" Baraqiel cheered as he watched Akeno using the moves he taught her.

Surprisingly enough, Akeno wasn't against being taught by Baraqiel even with the things that happened.

"If it helps me stand by Sharon-nii's side, I'll do it." She would say as she would grit her teeth and complete any tasks she was given.

As such, her mana capacity was rapidly increasing as the versatility of her lightning had grown incredibly fast.

"Wow, you're really fast!" Sharon commented as he barely dodged Akeno's punch as she was moving around with her body covered in lightning.

Akeno giggled as she came in for another attack. She utilized a lot of Baraqiel's moves when it came to using her lightning, but there were a few she developed with her mother.

"Holy Lightning!" Akeno calls out as the lightning around her was imbued with some of the holy aura.

"Holy element ... It's not a bad idea, but it won't work on me. I'm neither a devil nor a weak Fallen." Sharon said as a rampaging fiery aura appeared around him, deflecting the lightning entirely.

However, when he looked back at where Akeno was, she was gone.

Sharon quickly looked around and spread his aura to sense his surroundings.

This would have alerted him had she been planning to sneak behind him, but he couldn't sense her.

Sharon had a confused expression before he jerked his head towards the skies.

There she was, beautiful feathery black wings came from her back, helping her float above him as she charged her lightning clad fist.

A faint smile appeared on Sharon's face as he noticed her using skills he had showcased in his spars with her and Baraqiel.

"Not bad, Akeno, but you're gonna need more than that." Sharon said with a smirk as he condensed the fire aura around his fist, which covered his entire arm in a white-blue gauntlet made of fire.

The moment Akeno was done condensing the lightning into her fist, she hurtled towards Sharon. While Sharon widened his legs into a more balanced stance as he reeled his fist back.

The moment Akeno was in striking distance, the two punched out towards each other, making both fists collide. A massive shockwave blasted Akeno towards the trees before she was caught by Baraqiel, while Sharon stood there with a bloodied fist.

"Hah, you've really improved Akeno." Sharon commented as he made a cut on his fist, allowing for some blood to come out and begin the healing process.

Dragonic healing is a skill he managed to learn based on Shuri's healing type magic. It uses his own blood, which has healing properties to dragons but poison on others, to make for a quick heal. This would be useful should he take damage in a fight but can't afford to stop and get healed.

Sharon walked over to Akeno, who had a small pout on her face.

"What's wrong? You did quite well, Akeno!" Sharon commented as Akeno looked over at Suzaku, who was watching the spar.

"How come you only use your dragon form when you spar against Suzaku-nee?" Akeno asked as Suzaku appeared beside her.

"It's because I'm stronger, Akeno." She says with a teasing expression while chuckling, which caused Akeno to humph as she turned away and walked into the house.

Sharon watched as he was unable to refute her comment.

'Akeno can't deal with my dragon form yet, even Suzaku can barely keep up, and it's only after I've limited myself.' Sharon thought as he laughed.

Akeno, who was walking away, turned back as she heard him laugh.

"Why are you laughing?" Suzaku asked as Sharon shook his head.

"It's nothing." He said as he remembered the first time he sparred against Suzaku and ended up nearly killing her by accident.

"You're not that much stronger than Akeno, you know, Suzaku?" Sharon said as he saw Suzaku pouting in response.

Seeing this, Akeno smiled lightly before she understood what he really meant.

'If that's the case, just how strong is Sharon-nii?' Akeno wondered as Sharon made his way to the bathroom to take a quick shower.

"Oh, then how about you fight us both? No holding back this time." Suzaku said as Sharon glanced at the unwavering expression they both showed.

"Are you sure? If we are going all out, it won't end with just a few scrapes and torn clothes." Sharon cautioned as he sparked the interest of the both of them. Curiosity began to consume the two as they wanted to know just what kind of power he was hiding.

"That won't be a problem." They both said as Sharon nodded and went to get Shuri and Baraqiel.

Following the attack on his family, Baraqiel had made a deal with Azazel to let him stay and deal with matters in Kuoh. Surprisingly enough, Azazel agreed, allowing Baraqiel to stay with his family.

This not only let him spend more time with his family, but Sharon was able to receive unexpected benefits as well.

Having gotten Shuri and Baraqiel, Sharon, along with Suzaku and Akeno, made their way to the forest where Sharon usually sparred with Baraqiel.

"Alright, although this is a no holds barred spar, should anyone's life be threatened, I will immediately interfere." Baraqiel announced as the three nodded.

Standing no further than 100 meters from the two girls, Sharon had a wide grin spread across his face.

"Shuri, get ready to heal." Baraqiel said as he noticed Sharon's grin.

'Is he trying that again? No, he nearly died last time. I'm sure he won't be dumb enough to do that again.' Baraqiel told himself as he focused more on Sharon.

"Who am I kidding? This kid is not just power-hungry but also an absolute battle junkie." Baraqiel said with a sigh and spread his wings.

The two girls rapidly approached Sharon, each wielding an element of their own.

Beautiful pheonix-like wings made of fire spread from Suzaku's back, while lightning danced around Akeno's body as her black-feathery wings spread out.

They both flapped their wings and began to approach Sharon at an even faster speed.

Less than a second passed before they both appeared before Sharon putting their everything into a single punch.

However, as they approached, they could see that Sharon's eyes were closed as he was taking deep breaths.

The moment their attacks would have made contact with Sharon's body, he disappeared.

Baraqiel watches in horror mixed with awe as he realizes what had just happened.

"Where did he go?" Akeno asked as she jerked her head around, looking everywhere.

The faint sounds of lightning crackling could be heard as the two saw Sharon standing a couple meters away, with lightning bolts dancing around him.

A grin appeared on his face as he realized what he had done as he looked at the two girls.

"Come at me." He muttered as he blasted towards both of them, and before they could react, he placed his entire palm on their stomachs, blasting them towards Baraqiel, who caught them.

Shuri rushed over and healed any injuries the two might have had, as Sharon walked over.

"I did it, Baraqiel. I told you I could do it." Sharon said in a raspy voice as he collapsed in front of them.

Baraqiel left Suzaku and Akeno with Shuri before rushing to Sharon to check on his injuries.

Nearly a hundred spars over the span of the last couple of years, he has been absorbing the lightning from Baraqiel's attacks. Little by little, forcing his body to adapt and gain the power to wield lightning.

It finally paid off.

Baraqiel lifted up Sharon's body and laid him down beside Akeno and Suzaku.

"Shuri, he needs healing ASAP. His body is severely damaged from the lightning he had collected over the last few years." Baraqiel explained as Shuri nodded and began to heal.

...

"Darling, there's no lightning inside his body. In fact, there's no fire either." Shuri said with a panicked expression and looked at Baraqiel, who was deeply in thought.

'Did he master the lightning? Wait, but what about the fire? Is it possible he mastered both elements at this young age? Then where did they go? Into that aura he always talks about? I thought he would need to spend months to do that, but it only took a short fight, and he already accepted the lightning into his aura?' Baraqiel internally monologued as he could only come to say one thing.

"This kid, he's an absolute monster."

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