When Akira returned there was no semblance of upsetness or sorrowful eyes. Ryan lifted his eyebrow and asked a rather pointed question. 

"Hey, geezer you said you had a son? whatever happened to him?" 

"Unless you want me to kill you do Not Ever ask about my baby boy!!" Akira said his eyes glowing with a malicious rage. Sweating nervously and frantically waving his hands, Ryan attempted to explain. 

"Like did he go into foster care, and what was his name?" 
"Rui, His name was Rui" Akira spoke a certain paternal softness in his voice. "After Jess' death, I left Rui in the care of the Tonpetti Family" 

"Ha couldn't be me, I was born into the Inner Eye" Ryan then scratched his chin. "Come to think of it, the closest thing to a parent I ever had was Boss, but he just treats all the aspects like that" 

"You're nothing more to a puppet to him" 
"That's just what you think, damned geezer" 

"I know so, at one point I was with the Inner eye, the only person He ever loved was Sun Tsorro, I was an aspect, Before that conceded asshat held the title I was the Eleventh Aspect, I saw first hand the contempt, the malice, and the manipulation that Archimedes sorry I mean Finnigan employed to get his way" Akira shook his head bringing a cigarette to his lips. "He's nothing more than a spoiled brat, that's throwing a fit to get what he wants" Akira chuckled, the end of his cigarette glowing orange. He removed it from his lips for a split second a large grey plume of smoke exiting his mouth with a loud and relieved Sigh. "I bet he never even gave you proper training just expected your emotions to exploded and teach you everything, I mean that's how Sun taught him" Akira let out a sickening cackle before it turned into a horrid wheeze. "Ah, shit one of my lungs collapsed" Akira put the cigarette to his lips again as blood dripped down his lips. 

"What do you mean training?" 

"What the hell I just said, during our brawl, I felt a great potential in you, you can't do Partial release with that sword Mythos can you?" 

"What Bishamonten?" 

"Yeah let's go with that" 

"No, I can do partial Release, I just can't do Full despite being a damned aspect" Ryan lamented bringing his chin down into his palm. he huffed and rolled his eyes. 

"I can teach ya, it won't be easy but you'll learn" Akira dipped his now finished cigarette into a nearby ashtray. He put his arms behind his head and watched as Ryan's face contorted with confusion. 

"But I tried to kill you?" 

"Yes that is true, as did I" Akira continued to speak with a laid back and relaxed tone indicated by his body language, his arms folded and behind his head. legs crossed and a cigarette hanging off his lip. 

"Why would you even bother teaching me of all people?" 

"Simple really, This world is cruel and if you want to survive you have to be strong" Akira nodded and pointed at Ryan with a certain strength in his words. a strength that doesn't come from muscle alone. A strength that comes from experience and wisdom. Ryan's choked out a nervous smile. 

"Well isn't that just grand, some random wanderer who tried to kill me wants to teach me Full release" 

"Well wasn't that big bubble of time a full release?" 

"What Dali?, that's not my mythos" Ryan dug into his pocket and pulled out a small stopwatch. it was rather small, silver and had noticeable dents and cuts on the shell. "one of our eggheads at the Inner Eye developed Dali as a portable version of one of our guy's mythos, It works like this" He clicked the top of the watch and a large bubble expanded from the watch. everything outside of the bubble was stopped in time like it never moved in the first place. static like a mannequin. "and it's as easy to undo as this" He clicked it again and the bubble instantly retracted. "I use it on stealth missions, you see because...." Ryan's eyes perked up as he began to geek out about the concepts of quantum mechanics and how it can even remotely relate to human anatomy. Akira chuckled, he didn't understand a lick of what Ryan was saying but he was happy the lad showed enthusiasm for something somewhat normal. Ryan blushed and bashfully rubbed the back of his head. "S-Sorry, I tend to ramble" 

Akira chuckled and waved him off. "No worries, everyone has their interests and your's just seems to make my head spin" Akira smiled and gently patted Ryan's hair. "ready to train?" 

"N-Now!!?" Ryan asked peeking out the curtains looking out the silent, nighttime town. darkness enveloped the small seaside town, the only things of light the world was offered were several weak and very faint street lamps that were placed around the town in a not too well thought out fashion. "Its the middle of the night Geezer" 

"You're point? we can still spar" 

"What if you leave this town like you did that last town?" 

"I won't, just come outside I'll explain what I mean" 

"Lemme guess you want me to use Dali?" 

"Well that's part of it but just come with to the outskirts" Akira had an uncharacteristic smile on his face, his eyes lit up with child-like enthusiasm. Ryan reluctantly followed after Akira, Akira seemed to happily venture into the dark streets of the seaside town. after a while, the pair arrived at a wide open and quite beautiful darkened field not too far from the town. Akira popped his neck and chuckled. 
"Alright, kid use that little toy of yours!" Akira commanded and Ryan still hesitant and confused as to what the hell is even going on clicked the top of the little stopwatch. a clear bubble encased the two as like previous the outside world began to slow down and come to a complete stop. "So what exactly was your plan?" 

"This" Akira without skipping a beat reached into his own chest and with one hand ripped out his own heart. blood poured down his chest as he lifted his heart up carrying it like it was an award. immediately Akira went into an incantation. 

"Oh spirits of voracious unsatiable hunger, fill my hands with your wrath and allow me passage safely through your realm" Akira began to laugh as the sclera of his eyes went completely black. "PRETA: INSATIABLE GRIEF!!!" as he stopped laughing all five of his fingers connected with the flesh of his own heart and with in seconds, it was erased as if it never existed in the first place. 

"You have about eh an hour before Blood loss kills me and I come back" Akira started stretching and lumbering up before taking a fighting stance. "this is a Handicap by the way" Akira immediately took the initiative, rushing in hands out in front of him. He balled his hands into fists and made contact with a rock within seconds it was erased, gone from existence. Ryan looked at what occurred with wide eyes. Immediately following Akira went into a second incantation. 

"Practitioner of Immortality and Grace reside in me and allow me strength" Akira's irises returned to their normal color. A sinister aura seemed to leave Akira as if it had been purged from his entire being. SANAT: ETERNAL LIFE AND A GLOWING SMILE!!!" 

"How the fuck is this a handicap you dumb geezer you could kill me!!!" Ryan clutched his chest and huffed. "I thought you were going to teach me to use Full Release?" 

"I am, and what you need to do is balance your feelings, your emotions" Akira tapped his chin. "How do I put this?, it's like a scale, your magic on one end and your emotions on the other, magic that is aligned with a certain strong emotion, won't play very well with any other emotion" Akira nodded to himself. "take for instance what happened at that desert town, my rage my malice and my hatred exploded outward in a wave of Bloodlust, claiming quite a few casualties right?, now look at me, happy and smiley, do you see a difference" 

"You're weaker?" 

"Wow you moron you're a genius" 

"no need to be mean" 

"Alright you ready kid, I'm gonna come out you full force, if you don't want to die use your partial release" 

"Sure whatever you say" Ryan nervously agreed to raise his dukes and stretching his arms like some form of ritual to prepare to spar. "Bishamonten!" A large ebon gauntlet appeared clutching a staff. 

"First thing's first We gotta draw out whatever strong emotion is connected with your mythos, both of them" 

Ryan nodded feeling empowered and fired up. He took the hair clip out of his mane and let his hair wave around frantically in the cold night air. Despite how dangerous this situation was he didn't care, He was prepared to fight and fight hard at that. He rushed in, with a flurry of fast punches paired with strong powerful subsonic strikes from his staff. Making a misstep Akira raised his guard as the staff impacted against him. it extended and slammed him into a tree. The tree who had done no wrong snapped under the impact toppling over and collapsing with a loud Crash! Akira stood up missing an arm and laughing. 

"Well then I'll be honest I wasn't expecting that," Akira said with a smile before immediately his face fell solemn. His deadpan expression was all Ryan saw before Akira's fist connected with his nose. his nose shattering, his body being knocked to the ground. "Damn It's only been fifteen minutes" 

Ryan held his nose as he gazed at Akira. 

"I think I understand your emotion" Akira squatted down and lit a cigarette bringing it to his lips and taking a drag. "Bravery, despite the fact you knew I was dangerous, you still rushed in and attacked me, and even taking one of my arms" Akira nodded to himself, moving the cigarette from his lips and exhaling a large grey puff of smoke. "Either that or it's foolhardy" Akira gingerly tapped Ryan's back. 
"we'll start from there" Akira said as he stood up dropping his cigarette and resuming his stance. 

Ryan nodded, standing up the unspeakable pain of his broken nose, meant nothing to him as he stood up taking his stance and glaring daggers at Akira. 

"Can't give up now!!" 

 To Be Continued...