Going to the Spirit Realm

I was training with Leona in her human form. Apparently Steven and Leona trained like this often and that's how he got stronger as he was never able to defeat Leona. I could see why, because of her Ascended Form. It was called Whitefang Mode and it was her most powerful form.

"Lion Fist!" Leona bellowed and punched my stomach and blew me away. I coughed a bit and rolled back then slid on my knee. I grunted and held my stomach. "Come on...that's not all you got is it?"

"Get real...I am not even getting started yet.." I said and looked at Leona.

"Then show me...You are the chosen.." Leona said and got in her fighting stance.

"How long have they been training?" Crea asked.

"About an hour now. No matter how many times she falls to Leona..she keeps getting back up. The determination to get stronger is high.." Menom said and flipped a page from his book.

I stood up and picked up my sword. I bellowed and my aura surged as I ran towards Leona. I held my hand out and a barrier surrounded me.

"Sun Shield!" I said.

"Predictable. Helio Drain!" Leona palmed the barrier and caused it to shatter. I looked shocked and she smirked. "Lion Fist!"

"Dark Counter!" I bellowed and blocked the Lion Fist and my sword glowed. I slashed, but she countered my counter. "What..?!"

"Whitefang Burst!" Leona blasted me away with white fire and I rolled on my side and coughed. "And that's all for today."

"Ugh...I won't get any stronger at this rate...that battle with Kyria was a complete fluke." I put my face on the ground.

"It was, but your Undying Pride allowed you to break limits. Just like the Ancient Hero, you were born to break limits...You aren't like the other heroes who had it all from the start..you were human just like he was. Now that you have power you have to train as hard as you can." Leona said.

"Blah blah blah..." I sighed then sat up. "How did she get to Level 4 that fast..? Can one really be born with a Zodiac?"

"No one isn't born with the power of a Zodiac unless the parent is a Zodiac. Steven could use the power of the Aquarius and Leo because his mother is the Goddess of the Aquarius." Leona walked to me.

"That's who that was..." I looked at the sky. "His mother.."

"Tomorrow we set out to the Spirit Realm. It happens that The Goddess of the Aquarius is also the Goddess of the Spirit Realm and there are bound to be Dark Zodiacs there.." Menom said. "Best rest up while you can. We're hypertravelling there and it will take most of your energy to do so."

"Alright." I stood up and my legs gave out then Leona caught me in her lion form. "Thanks.."

"Mhm.." She carried me to the Shrine where I was staying for the time being.

She laid me on the bed and I closed my eyes then let my body rest. I quickly fell asleep and slept like a rock. Menom and the others decided to get some rest as well.

The next day arrived and I woke up last. Menom and the others waited for me. I packed my stuff and met with them outside. Crea looked at me and placed a hand on her hip.

"You're late." She said.

"Sorry...My body just needed more time to rest. I'm awake now so let's get a move on!" I nodded.

"Right. The others are at the Cathedral, let's hurry. We don't want to make them impatient." Menom said.

We hurried to the Cathedral. It wasn't that long of a walk but it did take some time to get there. As we got there, we saw a ship in front of the building.

"They're finally here!" Shizaki pointed.

"Finally." Kanna yawned and had her hands in her pocket.

"We aren't going via portal?" I asked.

"None of us have been to the Spirit Realm so we have no idea how we would get there by portal. For all we know that portal would take us to some unknown realm or we'd get stuck for eternity." Kyria said. "That's why we are taking a ship."

"Ahh right." I nodded.

"If everyone is ready, we can get onboard and set off to the Spirit Realm without any issue." Kyria said.

Everyone had everything they needed. We all boarded the large ship then got a surprise guest then looked at her.

"Arcane?!" I said shocked.

"You will be visiting my home..and I guess it's time to get rid of my alias and let you all know my real name." Arcane took off her mask and took a deep breath. "My name is Sephora Kami. And I come here only for one reason."

Sephora pointed at me and I pointed at myself then she nodded.

"I have to protect her. She has to meet the Goddess of Aquarius...receive her blessing...and walk down her intended path if she so chooses to."

"Fine by me. As long as you're an ally, we have nothing to complain about." Kyria said then started up the ship.

The doors closed and the ship began floating in the air and set off to space at lightspeeds. I looked out the window and saw all the stars and was amazed. Mikoko sat beside me.

"Master.." Mikoko smiled.

"Hm? Ah Mikoko, you can call me by my name you know that right?" I said.

"Well yeah, but I've been your servant for as long as I can remember. I feel like it's right to call you Master. Anyway...The Spirit Realm is a beautiful Realm and has the best warriors to ever be known." Mikoko smiled.

"Wait I thought she said you've never been.." I said.

"You forget how old I am. I can warp there, but I can't warp you all there..well not in my current condition. I'm too weak to do so." Mikoko said.

"I see.." I looked out the window again. "Oh look at that! Those are some huge stars and that swirly thing must be a galaxy!"

Mikoko smiled at me and looked out the window as well. Rushina opened her eyes and looked out the window.

"We have guests." She said.

"The Star Warriors?!" Kyria asked. "That's the last thing we need!"

"I'll handle them!" Kanna summoned her sniper and opened the door and aimed her sniper. "They are moving at lightspeeds but I am a Master Marksman, I can't miss!"

Kanna pulled the trigger and a large laser beam eradicated them and she smirked. Shizaki was impressed and wanted to help. Kanna scooted over and Shizaki twirled her gun around her finger.

"It's High Noon!" Shizaki tilted her hat and aimed her gun then fired two bullets.

The second bullet glowed and hit the back of the first bullet and caused the first bullet to glow then the first bullet blitzed towards the Star Warrior and hit him directly in the head.

"And that's all of em!" Kanna said and closed the door.

"Are Star Warriors usually this aggressive?" I asked.

"Yeah. They also protect the Human Realm, but some usually attack for no reason and get themselves killed." Sephora nodded. "Now we are out of the Human Realm and into Deep Outer Space called the Realm Zone."

I nodded and kept looking outside. After a few more hours we made it to the Spirit Realm and landed. I looked around and it was beautiful as the whole Realm was starry and dreamy looking. The doors opened and I grabbed my stuff and got off.

"Welcome to the Spirit Realm!" Sephora said and walked behind me.

"This looks unreal..." I said.

"We don't have time to sight see, let's deal with the Dark Zodiacs as quickly as possible. I can already feel my skin crawling. Also in this Realm, Time is super effective so if any of you have a Spirit Form, you're basically screwed." Kyria said and walked off.

"Eh?" I looked at her.

"The Space Element and Time Element go against each other like light and dark. If a Spatial Attack and a Temporal Attack were to collide it would create a Space-Time Attack. The only element that can deal super amounts of damage to a Space User is a Chaos Element User. Chaos is stronger than all the elements combined. Be wary though, Space-Chaos Element is a thing in the Spirit Realm...stay aware of your surroundings." Sephora said.

"R-Right..." I nodded then walked with the others.