Fire and Blood

There is a period in our lives when our minds are very curious, per se; We wonder about the strangest things, some wonder how being superman feels like and others wonder how it would feel like to live as another species. People wonder about all kinds of things...

You must have thought about it, how it feels like to soar the skies like an eagle or hunt prey like a tiger, or even breathe fire like a dragon. How would the wind feel like when a bird flies? Question... Question...

Among many of these, some might wonder how it would feel to be a Saiyan, one without Tail in humanoid form of course. Since, you know, Saiyans are actually gigantic apes but that form only comes around when you have a Tail and there comes a full moon.

Being a Saiyan is like being a human except there are some extra things.

First, when you sniff food, your stomach begins roaring and you eat much more than you think you can as if it's natural, on some occasions I ate the equivalent food of 10 adults or more...

Second, your so-called super strength and such doesn't really show itself unless you will it. You won't accidentally crush stones and such. It's like this when you clench your fist as hard as you can as a human, you feel your muscles strain at some point; As a Saiyan that point is much, much further ahead, you feel the amount of strength you are summoning stack on and on extremely fast. That is true for all the body.

Third, behind the back of your mind, there is always a silent voice that makes you angrier than you should be, in every situation when you face a problem it will make you think of violent ways to solve it. If not controlled, one will be controlled by this instinct.

And last but not least, a mysterious strange warm energy with unimaginable potential is a core part of your being. Humans have to train to get it, but a Saiyan is born with it. He/She just has to learn how to use it to do whatever he/she wants...

There might be some things I forgot to mention, but let's leave that for another day. Let's get on with the story...

Anyway, I felt warm, like never before, within me was this surging wave much like an adrenalin rush and yet much more intense and feelable, almost as if my blood was warmer than the rest of my body but it was not my blood of course. Something was there, something that wasn't before...

This feeling was promptly ignored, why? Because I was feeling intensely murderous and worried.

I dashed forward or ran so fast the surroundings blurred for a moment, Whichever it was, my eyes were still certainly not used to the speed.

I felt something hit me head-on, and yet strangely I felt no resistance whatsoever as if I had hit a paper wall.

Just as my mind wondered what I had hit, my balance broke as I tripped on something, I fell on the ground and rolled a few times. I was not used to this newfound strength. Yet I wasn't hurt in the slightest as I expected, I was annoyed though.

"augh!" I grunted as I tried to stand back up and heard screams, seemingly filled with shock and fear.

I looked up as I stood up, the air was filled with a thick red-colored mist, I sniffed and it smelled like iron? 'Strange... Is it some sort of trick?' I thought. I felt my body was covered with dirt and other things but I was not in the state of mind to give it attention.

Looking at the terrified men in black cloaks that pointed at me with fear, I realized it wasn't them. But I didn't really care, my mind was filled with anger.

I jumped toward the nearest man and the next thing I knew, I crashed into him. I didn't feel any resistance again but heard cracking sounds and blood splashing everywhere.

I closed my eyes to avoid getting it inside; I rolled a few times on the ground and stood up again and looked at the ground in front of me. Have you ever seen a bug crushed under a car's tire? there was a human corpse that resembled that...

It seemed as if it had exploded... I looked at my hands covered in blood, my whole body was red from blood...

I realized something and my eyes widened, looking at the still remaining red mist, I quickly came to a conclusion. 'I killed one by just running, exploded him into a red mist somehow?! And the other by jumping and hitting him... How?! How do I have so much strength?' I was shocked by my own power, not in the slightest about killing. I didn't even think about it, that was how natural it was to me.

In fact, now that I think about it, it felt good. Almost like work out, some sort of ferocious hunger within me was satisfied with the situation and I was filled with glee? I was smiling without meaning to which scared the shit out of the would-be dead men.

'I... I feel really good...' I thought and realized that I had to discover things about myself, things I didn't know. Things that belonged to this life. After all, I was not on Earth anymore so there were bound to be things different about me as well, affected by my body maybe?

The few seconds that stood there in a daze with a satisfied smile on my face, the group of dozen or so men shouted loudly and aimed their staffs at me.

"This... This Monster!"

"Use magic! Quickly before we all die!"

"HURRY!"

Then everything brightened in front of me, yellow sparks of lightning hit me from all directions. Crackling and thundering which shocked me, 'How?! Magic?!!'

I quickly broke out of that state and my anger returned instantly. I expected to feel pain but that didn't happen.

It tickled as if dozens of fingers were gently tickling me. I couldn't hold back and began laughing loudly, I was very ticklish...

This made the men around freeze in terror, my laughter must have sounded like the sinister laughter of a devil to their ears.

The lightning attack came to an end and I stopped laughing as well, looking at the people in front of me. I was filled with newfound confidence. Then I noticed, my body wanted something, it wanted it so much it felt like lust...

'I want to see their blood...' I realized and felt goosebumps.

They began running away.

"RUN!"

"Follow me if you want to live!"

"Lord Zeref will save us!"

One of them threw his staff at me and turned to run away. I tried to catch it instinctively.

The moment I extended my hand, I realized it. I felt it. The surge of energy within me, the one I had not even registered due to my emotional state.

I felt some part of it separate and move to my palm in an instant and get expelled from my body. The best way to describe it would be like this; Have you ever stood under the shower and let water freely fall on your shoulder to flow to your hand and reach your palm and then fall down from your palm straight to the ground? It felt similar, just imagine if a lot of water did that in a burst and if it was much more intense whilst coming from within.

A bright red colored orb of light appeared in my hand, it was warm, and the next moment, it was shot toward the running man narrowly missing the staff and reaching him in an instant.

I was watching with extreme interest and surprise, wanting to see what would happen.

It exploded; It wasn't that strong or bright, almost as if a grenade had exploded, but a lot of fire flowed out intensely in a shockwave from the explosion. The man was blown back whist his body caught fire...

I looked at the sight with awe, my hair was blown back by the hot wind generated from the explosion yet I was completely fine with it.

And then the staff hit me right in the face which made me snap out of it, there I noticed that my perception of the world seemed to become faster at times. From the moment the staff was thrown to the moment it hit my face seemed to be last longer than it should have been...

I put those thoughts aside and looked at my hand with a dark grin, 'Can I do it again to kill them?' The thought of blowing things up and causing destruction made my heart skip a beat in excitement. All sorts of hormones were going wild within me...

I aimed my palm at the people who were running away like their lives depended on it and tried to control the surge. It answered my will.

I fired one at 3 who ran to the east...

BOOM!

I fired another at 2 who tried to hide behind a burning house...

BOOM!

Another 4 turned around and roared as they took out daggers and tried to come to kill me, I fired the last one...

BOOM!

Some of them exploded, some caught on fire from the wave of flames and burnt to death, and some both. The surroundings were filled with screams of pain and fear and In no time at all, no one was running anymore.

I looked around me, all I saw was fire and smoke with bodies lying around, some burning and some torn apart. The ground was on fire, the houses were on fire, there was so much smoke that it seemed as if a black mist covered everything... My body was covered in blood and dirt.

I strangely began calming down... I just felt sad...

'This village was my home... I grew up here... now look at it... nothing but fire and blood...' I thought. Looking back at the direction of my home, I felt a desire to go there and bury Lily but I knew that I had to hurry, I needed to save Lea.

During the whole thing, not even 2 minutes had passed...

"Sorry..." I muttered with 2 tears running down my face; Those tears were for Lily, who lost her husband, her daughter was taken in front of her eyes as she was murdered, and even after death, her son couldn't bury her...

I ran in the direction of the one who had 1st escaped. From the people that came to kill me, only 1 had managed to run far enough so that I couldn't see him in order to kill him with my new strange power.

I was going to make him talk and find Lea, and then maybe... I would come back to bury Lily but till then, I had to fulfill her last desire and save Lea, my sister. Time was of the essence.

As for all the strange new abilities I seemed to have and the lightning from before, I didn't care about it at the moment.

'I want to buy you lots of apples... since you like them and all.' I remembered and grow even more worried... All my anger seemed to have disappeared as if there was none, to begin with. In place of anger, there was sorrow and a bizarre sense of loneliness...

One moment I had it all and the next, everything was lost.

Sometimes, it is best for us to sit back and look at what we have and treasure it, because who knows, maybe all will be gone the very next day?