WHO ARE YOU?

They were getting late. He reached her house with her best friend in his car. "Honk! Honk, how long will it take girl?" Sherlin shouted! "Two minutes." Ahana shouted from inside her house. "Let her take her time. It's okay. It's Shawn's wedding." He said. "Don't spoil her man, we know she's your girl, but dang it! Don't spoil her so much!" Sherlin asked him. "Hey, well, she's your best friend, I'm just doing what you're supposed to do, spoiling her." He replied. "Huh, very funny." Sherlin mocked.

"I'm sorry I got late, you're not angry right? Aayan?" Ahana asked. "Not in the slightest my love. Now hop in! We have a long drive ahead!" Aayan reassured her.

The car sped fast as they were getting late. "Can you slow down a little Aayan?" Sherlin asked in a very irritated voice. "Well, no, that's how I drive, and we're late, so there's that. I'll do one thing; I'll play the radio so that you don't feel scared." Aayan replied as he mocked her. "Come on, don't be mean to her, at the end, she's my best friend." Ahana replied giggling. "Yeah, treat me right you moron!" Sherlin replied in anger. "You aren't gonna grow up and take stand for yourself huh Sherlin. Till when you will hide behind Ahana and use her as your shield?" Aayan replied mocking her again. They continued to have fun, mocking, and chattering while in the car.

"Cautions: Jungle area starts from here. Wild animals can appear, drive, not more than 40 mph." Aayan read the board that was right next to the entrance of the jungle. "You sure this is the right way?" Ahana asked. "Well, this is the right way according to maps, let's roll. Not like we'll see some monster, they don't exist, so there's nothing to worry about." Aayan replied.

They slowly went inside the forest, driving at a slow speed of 30 mph. Suddenly, someone appeared in front of their car. Aayan hit the brake in time. "What the fuck? Who is that? Is he dumb or something?" Sherlin said. Ahana noticed that the guy had two swords with him. "His face isn't visible, but he's got swords." She panicked. "Calm down Ahana, I'll go out and see what's up." Aayan replied. Ahana was persistent. She continued to ask Aayan not to go as she was scared. Aayan on the other hand, was quite serious. "Ahana, calm down. Didn't you notice? Aayan wasn't scared. It was like, he's been through such situations. Or maybe he's just maintaining his composure. Whatever that is, he does know something about this, I saw his eyes, they were dead serious." Sherlin tried to comfort Ahana. "I saw that, but he's not the one to fight, not anymore. He left fighting when I asked him to. And the guy has two swords, how do you want me to stay still?" Ahana replied. Aayan, standing out of the car, came to the window and said, "Don't worry about me, I got this." This somehow gave Ahana a sense of relief.

"Hey man, I don't know who you are, what you want, but we're actually getting late for somewhere, would you please mind getting out of the road?" Aayan asked the mysterious man.

"You think you can hide? You might fool others, but you can't fool me. I'm here to kill you." The mysterious man replied in a deep and dense voice.

"Hide? What do you mean? Hey man, I think you're mistaking me for someone else. It's better that you get out of the road." Aayan replied.

"Nah! I am NOT going anywhere without taking your head with me! You really think you can just leave your past life and move on? It isn't that simple! You can't leave what you've created! Thing don't work that way, Ronin!" The man shouted.

Aayan stood there still. Without any movement. "What's up with Aayan?" Sherlin asked. "I don't know, I- I've never seen him act like that. Who's even is this guy? And who's Ronin now?" Ahana asked confused. "You're Zetten's son, aren't you?" Aayan said. "I was right. It's you. You can't hide from me." The man replied in anger. "I thought your father must have taught you not to consider a battle ground your playground. You're working for the company I suppose? Had more expectations from you, Morgen." Aayan replied in a cold voice. Sherlin and Ahana were confused as to what Aayan was saying. It felt like he was a completely different person.

The mysterious guy got angry. You are NOT getting out of here alive!" he shouted. He rushed towards Aayan at a high speed with a sword out. "Aayan!!!!!" Ahana shouted. She closed her eyes. As soon as she opened them, she saw the guy's sword, stuck in a glass wall where Aayan was standing. Morgen pulled out his sword and turned around. Aayan was standing there with a smirk on his face. "I expected nothing less from you Ronin." Morgen said. "You got amused by just seeing that? It was Zetten's technique kid." Aayan replied. Morgen rushed towards him, this time, with a lot more speed. Aayan took out a small dagger out of his pocket and stopped Morgen's sword with it. Morgen was shocked. He applied brute force but all in vain. He was not able to move Aayan's dagger. "You still have a long way to go. Trust me, you'll get nothing if you stick to the company. They're doomed. Why do you think we left?" Aayan asked him. "Shut up!!" Morgen shouted as he managed to push Aayan backwards. This time, Morgen covered his sword with a layer of magic, giving it more strength than before. Again, he rushed in to attack Aayan. This time, Aayan vanished from his place and appeared behind Morgen, punching him hard, throwing him at a distance. "Did Aayan just teleport!?" Sherlin confusedly asked. It appeared to be a transportation." Ahana replied. They both were in shock, sitting in the car, watching Aayan and Morgen fight.

Morgen stood up and took a stance. "Argh, I'll defeat you!" He shouted. "Just like your father, all energetic, but unlike him, not strong enough. You have potential Morgen. Don't waste it." Aayan replied. Morgen knew, that on the ground, he could not beat Aayan, so, using a weird bracelet, that converted into a jetpack, he took off into the sky. Aayan giggled. He came to the window next to Ahana and said, "I know I have some explaining to do. Trust me, I'll explain it all later, just hold on tight. Put your seat belt on. Also, I didn't teleport. That was my speed." Aayan said. "Speed!? Are you kidding me?" Sherlin shouted. Aayan recited the spell, "Doom magic, guardian's ride". A golden square box covered the car. The golden box had wings. It took off in the sky, right in front of Morgen. Aayan jumped and landed on the hood of the car. "Come at me you moron!! Don't you dare hold back on me now!" Morgen shouted. "Let me warn you again, the company is not going to do any good to you. You want me not to hold back? Are you even serious right now? You have a death wish? Anyways, I'll bring you back to your senses." Aayan said. "Looks like we ain't gonna attend Shawn's marriage after-all." Aayan talking to himself.

He pulled a mask and wore it from under his shirt. As soon as he did that, his suit transformed into a long coat with a hood, his hair grew long and was ponied, and he grew out big wings. Finally, two katanas appeared on his sides, two on his back and one big sword appeared between the two katanas on his back. Sherlin and Ahana were shocked as to what they witnessed.

He flew up in the sky and took his position. "Bring it on!" Morgen shouted. "It's magnificent as ever, Ronin transforming." Morgen talking to himself. "Very well then." Ronin replied. He took out a katana from his side and took the stance. Morgen sped towards Ronin, cutting through the air to attack him. Their swords clashed! Morgen was finding it difficult to maintain the stance while Ronin held the sword with one hand, without moving. Morgen shouted as if his inner demon woke up. Suddenly, his power grew, pushing Ronin backwards. "Not bad." Ronin complemented Morgen as he cut through the air to clash with him. They clashed their swords not once, not twice, not thrice, but so many times that Shirley lost count. Each strike that Morgen did, Ronin countered with ease. Their speed grew and grew and grew. It felt like Morgen was gaining power while Ronin was finding it easy to keep up with him. "Is that how you're going to defeat me, huh, Morgen?" Ronin taunted him. Morgen said nothing and continued to strike. "You wanna tire me out?" Ronin asked him. Morgen was not really shocked even though his plan was out open. "Seriously? You wanna tire ME out? Are you dumb?" Ronin replied. He kicked Morgen with great strength, throwing him backwards. Morgen started coughing blood. "All this time, he has been holding back on me! Is that how I'll defeat him? Looks like I must use it." Morgen in his head. "You're not even close to the power level of Zetten yet. NOT EVEN CLOSE and you're planning on defeating me?" Ronin taunted him again. Ronin was getting on his nerves now. Morgen threw away his sword and took out a tube. The tube was labelled, beast magic chemical. "He's driven by hatred. He doesn't understand anything. I'm sorry Zetten, but he might get killed today." Ronin in his head.

Morgen drank that liquid and threw away the tube. He suddenly started screaming. He grew bigger in size, bigger arms, then bigger legs, then body, his head, a large amount of body hair, big teeth, and huge height. His eyes turned red, filled with bloodlust. "What the fuck is happening!?" Sherlin shouted!! Ahana was speechless. "He shouldn't have done that. Well, here goes nothing." Ronin said. He took such fast speed that it felt like he teleported. He appeared right in front of morgen, who had now turned into a beast. He punched him hard, throwing him backwards, but far. As Morgen flew backwards at a high speed, Ronin appeared behind him, punching him downwards this time. Then teleported again in his trajectory way, punching him, and changing his trajectory within seconds. This continued for like ten minutes straight when Ronin finally appeared on top on Morgen, using both of his hands, punched him towards the ground. Morgen fell hard on the ground. Ronin appeared above him and punched him continuously to make him break out of the magic. As soon as Morgen turned back human, he fainted. Ronin then stood up, brought the car down, unwinding the magic, and transformed back into normal. Ahana came out of the car and slapped Aayan. "What on earth was that huh? You hid all that from me? What was all that about? Who is he? Who are you? What are you?" Ahana raged out on him. "Calm down Ahana please calm down, I'll tell you everything okay? Calm down. Believe me, I didn't want any of this to come out in such a way. Just calm down, I'll tell you everything, but first, we must go to my house." Aayan replied. "What about this Morgen guy?" Sherlin asked. "We're taking him with us." Aayan replied. "No, we can't Aayan, he tried to kill you!" Ahana said in a hurry. "Calm down. He can't hurt anyone anymore, he's fainted. He won't wake up. I've used magic on him." Aayan replied. "When did you?" Sherlin asked confusedly. "My second last punch was infused with transformation magic which transformed him back to human while my last punch was infused with death magic, and so he fainted. He isn't waking up anytime soon so stop worrying, let's go." Aayan explained. "He's kinda cute. Just saying!" Sherlin whispered to Ahana. They put Morgen in the car with Sherlin on the back seat and left for Aayan's house.

On the way, Ahana's mind was full of questions. "Who are you? Who is he? What is this company? Who is Zetten? Who is Ronin? Why did he try to kill you?" Ahana asked. "Woah there, that's a lot of questions at the same time." Aayan replied. "There's no calming down, just answer these questions Aayan, we deserve an explanation at the very least." Sherlin said. "Oh woah, girls ganging up on me? Slow down ladies." Aayan replied with a little laugh. "It's no time to joke Aayan, or Ronin or whatever." Ahana said.

"Okay, I'll explain everything alright? I know it's a lot to take in for you guys, but this was inevitable. Let me explain." Aayan said. "Also, do tell me who this hotty is!" Sherlin said, simping over sleeping Morgen.