The Power of The Fool

Hydris went to go open the door, remembering they were still in the house. "Okay everyone, outside first. Don't want to break anything in here." she said as everyone went outside, and then they started fighting. Merlin aimed to take on his dad first since his heat powers were a major issue, however he got blasted with a ball of water. "I never told you sweetie, but I have the Celtic Zodiac of Rowan. I can manipulate all forms of water, and things that have water in them. You'll have to adapt into that, and my Tarot of High Priestess." she explained, which made Merlin think of a strategy, but he went to attack his father, but just barely dodge the water blasts. He kept thinking of ways to get past their defenses, but each time he kept getting knocked away. He then summoned a massive amount of energy that rained down at near light speed, but it was being channeled and went into the ground to grow flowers rapidly. Merlin started to get frustrated and summoned his slime, which seemed to evolve since it had a skeletal system, and more detailed eyes. It started to attack, using razor sharp claws and going after Roxin, but it wasn't working and he started to boil and evaporate into smoke. As the fight dragged on, Merlin was exhausted and out of options. His father's heat and his mother's water where almost impressively strong against his powers, but he kept trying to hit them, but kept getting batted away, which started to make his father bored. "Come on son, you're just using the bare minimum of your powers. You're a Pyrite, a Trickster, The Fool who knows nothing. You have to dig deep, or you'll be broken like a toothpick." Roxin said, holding him up by his shoulders. Merlin still had no idea what that meant, or what he was supposed to do with a card like The Fool, which signifies the Beginning of Journeys. He had to think outside the box, what else did it signify? Before he could think, he was punched again and again, and then kicked into a tree. Then he started to get the answer, Potential. He then began to tighten his fist, and take a deep breath. "Open...Gates. Realm of Absolute Heat and Hydration."

With those words incredible power channeled into his arms, his left arm spawned pink flames, while his right hand spawned fresh blue water. However he felt his muscles being torn apart by the pressure, and his blood felt like it was boiling and freezing at the same time. He never realized how much power his parents produced and channeled into their bodies, but he had no time to focus on the pain. He rushed in and punched Roxin right in the chest, and caused him to fly backwards and smile. "That's my boy. This is your power!" he said while running back and attacking again. Hydris also attacked by jumping off the air at high speeds and striking like a needle, but Merlin was sensing the water around his body to predict her movements at the last second, and kick outward, every time he felt like his arms and legs were going to rip themselves off, but he powered through it and kept attacking. With his last attack, he hit them both at the precise moment they were right by each other and landed a solid punch to their faces, hard enough to break their necks, and had let out a powerful roar that sounded like two voices speaking at once. But he then collapsed, and returned to his normal form completely exhausted. His parents were just fine, and Hydris picked him up, seeing that his forearms were covered in bruises, but he was still smiling even while unconscious, which made her smile too. "Don't worry, I'll heal those injuries up good." she said. Roxin was adjusting his neck from that punch, surprised that he would be injured to that extent. "That boy....he's gonna grow up to become more powerful than both of us. Never felt my neck shake like that, we should teach him how to use his power without the drawbacks though." he said as he went with Hydris inside, healing Merlin so he wouldn't wake up with pain. As Merlin was dreaming, he saw something that looked like a jester with a demonic smile, but he had tears running down his face. The jester started to speak. "You remind me of my lord. Please get stronger, and I shall be a summon for you my friend. Such a kind gaze...it warms my heart. I shall see you soon." he said, and made him wake up. He woke up to see his dog licking his face, and his arm felt like it was drained of blood until he moved it around. He sniffed, and smelled his parents making stuffed peppers, which made his stomach grumble. "Mom, dad, I'm awake now." he said, making his parents giggle that food woke him. He then saw a photo of tarot cards on the fridge, and saw his own tarot. "The Fool. I didn't know it was so versatile honestly." he said. His mom explained how it was the tarot of beginnings, and the symbol of the trickster who can reflect powers back at their users. It was also able to remember and use multiple powers at once, making it strong but a double edged sword. While the user can use multiple powers, it doesn't mean they instantly master them. Merlin understood and decided to master the powers he gains, and get strong enough to challenge his parents again.

Roxin then burned Merlin's outfit, and then gave him a robe before anything was shown. "Dad! What in the hell, why'd you burn my clothes?!" Merlin yelled, but then saw that it turned into a small black two dimensional looking being that grew cat ears, tiny arms, and tiny legs while making white dots for eyes. It blinked, and then walked over to get a piece of paper and a pencil, and began to draw. "What's it doing, trying to speak?" Merlin asked, but saw that it made an entire outfit line, all of them detailed and different from each other. Merlin remembered he saw an anime about a girl using cards and a magic wand that had a different outfit every day just to look cute. "Wow, you're fast. But you want to turn into these little guy?" Merlin asked. The spirit nodded and covered Merlin's legs, making them look pitch black with nothing showing. Roxin laughed, but Merlin kicked him in the crotch, causing him to fall over while he spazzed out a bit on the floor. "You old pervert, I'm your son, you do that to mom!" he blurted out, and blushed for saying that out loud. "It's okay son, he does. We get pretty dirty, the things we did when we were teenagers...ooh they're very nice to think about." Hydris said while growing a mermaid tail. Merlin ran to his room covering his ears, embarrassed to find out his parents are extremely kinky. "Jeez. And I thought I was a freak. Then again...I haven't...wait no! What am I thinking now?! Oh whatever gods and goddesses are in this world please don't turn me into a libido guy!!" he yelled out into the room.