fire

-middle of the week Backflash

sieg "im in  my way to in inch  "

swan "let me help you " apears

sieg "thank you but I don't think a  would help me very much "

swan "we will see " swam summoned his harp , and played it

strongly cut 1 16th of the tree .

Sieg"thanks want to help me finish "

Aetna " that was a huge mistake "

sieg "what are you talking abo-"he's gasps as he looks at

the tree

 the tree repairs

itself from the wound from sieg and swan .

Aetna "ms Thalia probably , put a spell on there to make

sure if another organism try to damage aside from you it will heal itself .

Aetna "so want to gi-" she thinks " I was gonna say something

like want to give up . But that didn't not affect him " she looks uncertain

sieg "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "

Aetna " he's flames has diminished , did seeing swan , do

that much progress in one strike . He's flames barely appear "

every 1000 slash the white flames flickered again and

again. 

-The last day before the tournament

  In Thalia classroom.

 A explosion with the

shock of an earthquake was heard  , And felt . Student   went to the

windows to see a pillar of white flames . And the tree at the center of the

forest falling down .

Student#1" ms Thalia,  somebody cut down the zaikin's tree

"

Thalia smirks "really " .

 They went to the site

to see sieg with a battered bloody body , barely able to stand holding a sword

, that disintegrated "

Thalia "looks like you did it , but you still have to create

a tree in its stead " .

Sieg hold out his hand to the pillar of fire , and it dissipates

to see a 3000 feet cherry blossom  with the likeness of a face

Aetna " the whole time he was swinging he's sword he was

imagining somebody as he swung his sword . Somebody he's was fighting . The

person he was fighting face is blank  .

He doesn't know the person he's fighting against but his body still was able to

create a picture of him subconsciously . Who is that face"

Thalia "magnificent "  petals fall with the wind as a student touches

.

Student#2 "the petals its hot as boiling water "

sieg looks as he gonna fall , but catches himself and drags

himself to the school . As the swan and neya look at him .

Swan thinks " that's it sieg , I choose you as my rival " he

smiles  

neya thinks " how is he gonna fight at the tournament tomorrow

"

 Aetna " master " she

says sadly  .

- Olympus mountain ( arena of ares )  .

Zeus"hello my children , and the future gods , I ask

you to fight to your heart content "

 Eusebeia "children ,

the rules of this tournament .there will be two terms of the tournament the way

of the fist then the way of the weapons .during both terms you may be allowed

to use gods matter , eyes , and aura  .in the second term weapons 

are used, the parties engage until one is well blooded, disabled, or disarmed;

or until, after receiving a wound, and blood being drawn, the aggressor begs

pardon. N.B. A disarm is considered the same as a disable."

Hermes "enough with the boring stuff . i the herald of the

gods,  I will be your commentator  .the fun part is that you get to

choose your opponent, the stronger the operant is the further you

progress.  " 

As he talks eusebeia thinks "where is that interesting child

" her eyes turn to a black sclera and golden Iris . " he's not here , my god

eyes would sense him "

 Hermes "okay , so get

ready to choose your partners or should I say victims "

 sid "wait , Hermes

your forgetting about two people . " she appears pushing a wheelchair 

with a masked person on it .

Eusebeia thinks "what is she doing ,and who's the kid 

, wait " she uses her eyes " sieg , and that mask " 

-Flashback

As Sieg walked past the entrance of the forest , he falls.

 But Sid was right

there to catch him .

Sid "looks like you outdid yourself , I told you can ask for

help no matter your gender,  didn't I " she says smiling as she holds him

and walk side by side .

-Nurse

Sieg wakes up and sees Neya on his chest . She puts his hand

on her chest willingly

Sieg " what are you doing Neya "

Her face changes to Sid

Sieg " Sid "

Sid stabs him  

Sieg wakes up to the nurse room

Sieg " Sid "

Sid "  did you have a nightmare

"

Sieg " yeah , what are you doing here "

Sid " you don't remember , doesn't matter I got an original

Maori mask crushed and made for you " she says

 sieg with a soulless

face said " an original Maori mask , those are priceless,  they are kept

in museums . And you crushed one  . It

doesn't even look like one anymore "

sid "I know , it cost about 100 thousand to get it made. I couldn't

come up with a design so I just made it faceless . Like noperra-bo a man

without a face  . " she says with no care

in the world . While prions of herself of the design choice

sieg " 100 thousand " he's shocked

 sid "i'm giving it to

you "

 sieg"why"

sid "because of it abilities "

sieg"what abilities "

sid " try to move for me "

sieg tries to move but can't. Sieg thinks "it's like cement

is surrounding me " 

sid" you can't right , making a tree 3000 ft tall and

cutting down  with the density of diamond. " she laughs' ' do you think

you would be able to be part of the tournament , worse  forget win. "

sieg " who cares , i'll still try "

 sid smirks' ' I knew

you would say that , that's why I brought you this mask . "

sieg "how is that gonna help me "

sid " you did misses half of your lessons , I want you to

close your eyes , focus all your breath , blood and thought to your eyes ,

that's what we call God's eyes it helps you see the supernatural nature of all

object and beings. ''

Sieg closes his eyes , his veins in his eyes light up golden

. As he opens his eyes slowly , golden cursive writing stay in mid air  .

Sieg"i can't make it out , but it says properties ,

curse and enchantment . " 

sid " it's like a video game stats system , the enchantment

will make sure you can fight in the tournament.  "

sieg "what about the curse "

sid "you already experienced it already,  that dream "

 sieg "so that dream

was the curse "

sid " it causes your dream to have one thing In common

forever.  You will die over and over again , every time it will be unique

. So do you want it "

sieg "give it to me " 

sid " are you sure "

sieg "yes " she gives it to him.

 sid " one more thing

" she says sadly " you have to recite a  code , that you will base your

whole life on , so that you can use it " 

sieg " easy , I want to protect my friends " 

sid " huh no reaction , looks like thats not your deepest

foundation . I'll leave , i think your foundation should be a secret " 

sieg"  when I was a child , I remember reading every

mythical heroes , from every culture , I wanted to be part of those myth

leading , my foundation my code is to create my own legend . I don't care if

I'm the villain the heroes , I want my own legend . my legend , that's my

deepest foundation " 

the mask light up , and turns , changing into another form .

Sieg has a vision of sid as a child and him making a mask out of clay . Vision

sid " yours looks like a knights helmet, so cringy  "  sieg"and

your looks like "  sid " what is it " sieg" it looks just like mannequin "

sid " beautiful I know right "

Flashback over

Eusebeia " I knew , I know that mask , it's azrael mask.

It's form is of a white mannequin  mask , but still it's easy to recognize

"

 neya thinks "is that

sieg , what is he doing In a wheelchair with sid "

Hermes " hahhahahahha , a kid who can't even walk. And what

with that mask ."

 A cosmos looking aura

surrounded Sid.

 Eusebeia thinks " she

that far along " her aura increases in size  until it covers the whole

arena .

Sid " bow " a force pushes down Hermes , puts him on one

knee .

 Sieg "stop" .

Hermes " i'm a god , women " 

 sid " bow " the

pressure increases .

 Sieg " stop sid ,

it's fine " .

God#1 " how is she able to order a god like that? '' The

audience full of gods and students murmured . Thalia `` cronos was the ruler of

time  , if cultivated it can lead to space time which can lead to what

you're seeing now reality warping , she's warping gravity . Even gods are

affected by gravity , she could summon meteor with no problem " 

eusebeia "as expected of kami  mu ouji daughter , a

true monster ."

  Athena steps in and slaps Hermes .

 Athena '' don't you

say a word  Hermes  '

Athena goes down to sid .

Athena " release your power. This is a tournament , not a

war "

sid releases her power and calms down .

Athena " I sorry , I shall hold my brother in contempt for

his thoughts of your betrothed,  in a weak state . is that why he has that

mask on " 

sieg " the mask "

Athena" you don't know "

sieg " I know if of  an  enchantment  and the curse "

Athena thinks " azrael makes has no curse to speak of only

an enchantment " she looks to Sid " Zaikin daughter did you give this to "

Sid blushes and murmurs "betrothed as in Married"

Athena "was I mistaken , that mask is only given when it

comes to marriage it makes partners share each-other pain and  It's curse was put to make sure the partners

would stay together . As it only activated when they don't share a bed "

 sid '' share a bed ,

of course not . I just thought it was permanent . "

Athena and eusebeia think " that girl is lying through her

teeth"

 Athena " that doesn't

matter now , do you think you're able to participate in the tournament , given

you are in a wheelchair  child "

sieg wheelchair disintegrates  to ash as he gets up .

 Sieg " yes " 

Athena " then let's begin the tournament "

sieg " I don't expect you to have known about what Athena

told us , but I still thank you for the honest thought that you wanted to share

my pain . For me to fight in a stupid tournament "

sid thinks " this stupid tournament  , if you didn't

fight you would have  died , is that how much you don't  care about your life " she smiles .

  Neya thinks " the look really happy "

swan " hey neya , don't you think those two will make a

great couple."

 Neya "yeah sure" she

said with a sad face .