They welcomed him to the team as the next one stepped up. It was a girl who looked to be 20, she had her light brown hair in a ponytail to keep it out of her face and from getting tangled. “Hello, my name is Ciara Holamay. This is my outra Lively Gem” The group saw a being that looked like a harpy or angel. Basically, a female being with pink skin and dark blue wings. Ciara decided to challenge Aiden to a duel. Her foe summoned his other waiting for her move.
Lively Gem vanished in a flash of light. Aqua titan waited, looking around carefully when her outra emerged behind his. They clashed blows as their fists struck one another’s. Frost felt a sudden jolt travel from his hand to his heart, but brushed it aside thinking it was nothing. Taking a deep breath to keep her focused, Ciara had her other unleash an onslaught of punched directed at Titan. Frost managed to counter each of her coming attacks, but as each attack made contact with his outra, the tingling grew stronger throughout his body.
He had no choice but to pull back his outra. It felt as though he drank an entire cup of sugar, his heart was racing to the point he was hyperventilating. A few of them were looking at him with worried expressions. “Are you alright!?” Sumiko asked in a worried tone with his hand on the man’s shoulder.
“Yea don’t worry, her outra seem to cause my body to spaz out with each blow as if I was on a sugar rush. Your other’s adrenaline effect could come in hand in a fight. Something like that would cause the enemy to lose their concentration. She deserves to join us”
“Thank you so much, I’ll do my best to aid you all in battle. Though, this is only the 2nd fight my outra’s been in” That made Collen curious and he asked: “Can we know what the first battle was?” She told them how a boy tried forcing himself on her and without warning her outra appeared and knocked the guy of his feet.
“I guess you’d just call it self-defense instead of a battle. The blow hurt him a little more than it should, but when the staff saw on camera of him trying to kiss and grab me, they considered it self-defense. Doubt they’d believe me if I told them I didn’t even mean to hit him, but rarely anyone in my school has an outra so they’d probably think I was lying. Anyway, after that day I practiced for months with my other until I could make her fully manifest, then control her attacks so I wouldn’t hurt anyone or thugs more than I had too”
Everyone clapped for her achievement of how far she had come as an outra-user. “Who’s next?” Frost asked standing there with his arms crossed. There was a slight pause before another young man stepped up. He had black hair brushed to the right covering one of his brown eyes. He wore a black jacket and jeans. “My name is Noah Mason…and this is my outra, Black Moro. A skeleton dressed in a black cloak with a top hat formed beside him.
His outra also held a cane as if ready for a fancy party. The trio was interested at the sight of this new being. It had a unique look to it. “Alright, who are you fighting?” Toyoko asked as the three of them summoned their other to their side. A smile appeared across his face as he said: “I’ll take on both Frost and Collen” At first they thought it was a joke but they realized he was serious, Noah stood motionless with his outra starring at them.
“If you think you can take us both on then be our guest” Aiden responded. Sumiko backed away giving them space. “You first” The challenger announced, standing confidently in front of them. Taking the initiative, Aiden had Aqua charged their target at near full speed. At the last second Moro slammed the bottom of the cane onto the pavement. Titan was frozen in time along with everyone in several meters.
(Looks as though my time stop ability is getting better, though the power tends to deteriorate my stamina rather fast, so I should hurry and attack) As Black Moro tossed his cane into the air, it froze mid-air moments after leaving it’s user’s grip. Quickly the undead moved up to his foes and boosted his physical attacks by covering his boney hands in his own energy. With all his power he struck Aqua repeatedly until his stamina finally gave out.
Time began moving once more as Aiden’s outra shook as if still getting punched then staggered back a few feet next to it’s user. “He’s not all talk” Frost commented holding his hand against his wounded abdomen. This excited Star for his turn to attack. Mason. With his outra exhausted, Dark Key moved full speed toward his target. Before the man’s outra could even attempt to stop time, Key grabbed the opponent by his face.
“Power siphoning” A golden light lit up around his palm as the small amount of power remaining within the other was drained away, Noah fell to one knee with his outra returning to him. “I-I guess I lost” He laughed out of breath. The other two returned theirs as well and clapped in surprise.
“Well done, you managed to hurt Frost and if it wasn’t for your other running out of stamina, I’m sure you could’ve injured me as well. All you need to do is train to extend how much power you can use at one time”
“Thank you, I’ll be sure to train as hard as I can” The boy bowed then sat on the side-walk as they came to the last volunteer. “Alright, looks like you’re the last one to test. I’d be happy to be your opponent” Collen said holding his hand out to him. The friend smiled taking his hand to get up off the side-walk.
“I’m Mira Zomara, allow me to show you my outra. I will accept you as part of me” Closing his eyes his other emerged from a flash of light. A being with blue skin, white irises and a cloak made of water that flowed like a river. Once more the others saw the outra as a unique one.
“This is my outra: Rovale Dimica!” Star stood ready when a line of sharp ice shards surrounded Aqua in a perfect circle around him. Clinching his fist, the projectile shot toward him in every direction. Clapping his hands together, the sheer force caused the spikes to shatter to pieces before they could strike him. “Looks like I’ll have to try something else. Let’s see you stop this!”
Rovale charged lightning into his two long fingers when he also added flames into the attack, shooting a fierce bolt of lightning engulfed in flames. Dark Key didn’t move from it’s spot, but Star wasn’t sure if he could handle such an attack. Without much time to think, his outra threw his left hand out in an attempt to absorb the charged attack, but in an instantaneous change in course, the bolt of lightning struck the outra with flames bonding his hands like cuffs made of flames.
“Alright I give up” Collen announced with a slight laugh. Mira smiled, happy he had won the duel and so quickly.
3 Days Later…
“Alright, since there’s a total of seven of us so one group will have four instead of three…Let’s see, squad one will be: Me, Star and Noah. Team two will be: Jiraya, Ciara, Sumiko and Mira” Aiden announced. “We might switch around depending on the situation, but for now we’ll see how it goes. Anyone have a rejection to my choice?” He looked at everyone and no one said anything.
After a few hours of scouting with Sumiko and checking the news for any suspicious activity, they located two threats coming from different directions toward their base. Squad one took the one coming from the north while team two took the one coming from the south.
“So, what kind of threat are we dealing with?” Jiraya asked as he rode his outra while the others flew through the air. “Well they were too far for Cassadora to fully analyze their threat level, but I know a threat when they get in several miles of my robot’s scanner” They all were curious to see who their target would be. After about five minutes, they located the coming threat. Without any warning, a dark figured came rushing toward them at immense speed. It slammed into Sumiko with a punch. Toyoko felt his right arm utterly go limp after he jumped away from their enemy.
“D-damn it! He’s incredibly strong to break my arm in one attack” The hero cried out gripping his limp arm with his only usable one at this point. They saw the outra looking like a black robot with a red core in the center of it’s chest. Sumiko stood on the sidelines to add as support since he can’t attack head-on with one arm.
“I’ll take you on” Mira announced stepping forward. He summoned Rovale to his side when the villain began to speak through his other: “So, you’re the group of outra-users trying to help the world with your special abilities…Well I’m sorry, but I can’t allow this. For I will use my powers to wipe out all who don’t deserve their powers!” The armored robot lunched toward Zomara instead of his outra in hopes to end his first challenger.
In a swift move, Dimica appeared in front of the incoming assailant, causing a fierce wave of force to slow down and send the outra staggering backwards, smashing into an oak tree a few meters away. “You’re good, but I have tricks up my sleeve as well” With a snap of his fingers, chains made of dark-red flames sprung out from the dirt, wrapping around Rovale’s arms and neck. “Heh, looks like I have you. Time to finish you off. Oh, how unprofessional of me, I forgot to tell you the name of my outra. He is called: “Mystic Arc” Now, let us proceed”
Meanwhile…
“Looks like you’ve come to me” A women’s voice commented just a few trees away in the shady forest. The group of heroes came to a halt once they heard her. Aiden summoned Titan to search the area at a fast rate. Just then, he saw two red eyes before becoming paralyzed in place. “It must be her outra’s ability!” Star announced as the boy sealed Aqua within a barrier in case their target attempted to kill his other while still stunned.
“If you won’t come out, then I’ll make you” That’s when Dark Lock unleashed blasts of energy, taking out trees. Once a mile of the forest was wiped out, they spotted the women standing beside her outra that was a light blue skeleton with red eyes dressed in a black hooded cloak.
“Might as well introduce myself, my name is Kaylah Rioko and this is my outra Corona. I’ll take you all out without any effort” Star waited patiently when her outra’s eyes lit up, that’s when a tornado formed in between them, making it’s way toward Key and the others. (Damn, my other can’t absorb wind, what should I do?) That’s when Moro once again slammed his cane’s bottom onto the ground causing time to come to a stand-still.
Quickly he placed his hand against Star’s shoulder, allowing him to move within the frozen time. Dark key moved up to their target, striking them in the abdomen. Right as he reached out to seal away Corona’s powers, time abruptly began to move once more. As Collen turned to see Moro already drained of stamina. (Damn it, how’d he run out of power so fast!?)
As he turned back toward his opponent, he felt a great pain brushing across his jaw. He realized Corona had struck his outra in the jaw with immense force. The boy spat out blood falling to one knee as his other staggered a few feet before catching it’s balance. (This isn’t good and doubt Noah can use his time stop again for a while) Aqua Titan was still paralyzed so both Key and Moro charged their assailant with all they had.
Corona closed his left eye, suddenly causing an explosion. That’s when Noah transported his ally’s outra out of the way just in time. (He’s gone, where did he-) Before she could finish, Dark Key repapered inches from the other’s face. It grabbed Corona by the face. “Ability seal” Kaylah watched as her outra stood motionless as the hero called his other back to his side.
“How dare you infect my outra with yours! I’ll make you pay!” But no matter what she did her outra wouldn’t move. “Time to finish you off” Collen announced, sending Key to attack once more. She couldn’t move fast enough to dodge the coming attack. He punched her rapidity before sending her staggering across the forest, smashing into a tree. “There hopefully she’s done.
They saw Aqua finally free of the paralysis and returned to it’s user. “Her outra is powerless. Hope the others are doing well”
Meanwhile…
“Time to make you submit to the power of my outra” As electricity surged through the bounds, the assailant watched as his target began to shake in pain. That’s when Lively Gem emerged behind Mystic, striking them in the back. The robotic other released it’s grip on Dimica. “Shit, no matter, I’ll capture you again” The assailant announced.
Instead of going back on the defensive, Gem began attacking their foe head-on with incredible speed. Like Aqua, each time Mystic clashed blows with her, he could feel a surge of energy rush through his body like a sugar rush. (I don’t know what’s happening, but I won’t let a little adrenaline stop me) Even as his heart raced through his chest, Arc proceeded to fight back until finding an opening against Ciara.
The villain struck her other across the face, sending her into the air. Meanwhile Sumiko used his only movable hand and fired a red blast out of Cassadora’s left hand. The blast went straight for the human instead of his outra in hopes to buy time or defeat him. The outra stood in between him and the incoming projectile. It blew up in a flash of light. When the smoke cleared, Mystic had a few scratches but stood there still able to fight.
“Of course it’s barley had effect” Toyoko complained lowering his hand. That’s when Rovale flew full speed toward the outra. Arc fired a fireball just a few feet away from her target. But surprisingly the elemental other deflected the attack and grabbed his foe by the face, sending a storm of electricity through their body before letting go.
The assailant felt the surge of pain rush through his body before falling to the ground out cold. “There we finally got him. Now let’s take him back and question him. Hopefully we’ll get some answers on why he decided to attack us” After taking them back, they bound them in a chair with their outra powers sealed. After constantly questioning them, one of them finally spoke up: “Fine, we were both hired to destroy your alliance so our lord can steal the abilities of any strong outras he finds” Kaylah elbowed her acquaintance in the side replying: “Enough! We don’t need you revealing everything about our lord!”
The squad of heroes looked at each other than back at the pair that sad next to each other still bound. “Alright, looks like we’ll have to locate this “lord” of theirs before they can make themselves much stronger than we can handle” Aiden announced trying to plan a way to locate the next threat.
“You fools won’t locate him no matter how hard you search” The male commented with a serious expression on his face. Collen looked at Sumiko who was still gripping his broken arm. “Do it” He said back in a serious tone. Star summoned Dark key and placed his hand in the center of their foreheads. Everyone watched as a key symbol formed out of pink light on their heads.
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