Chapter 8: A Reason To Fight

The mountain starts cracking.

Micaela is a little hurt.

Micaela: “What was that?”

Alpha: “Hey Juno…there was no need for such thing…”

Juno stares at Micaela.

Micaela: “You aren’t a God…you’re the Human?!

No…that can’t be.

A Human has not such strength.”

Micaela smiles.

Micaela: “Anyway…

Human or not…”

The mountain debris start glowing pink and start floating.

Micaela: “I have direct orders to stop you here.”

Alpha: “Micaela … you don’t have to follow Garaam!

Let us show you-…”

A bunch of debris hit Alpha and knock him away.

Micaela: “You and me now, Human.”

Juno: “Why did you destroy your own home?”

Micaela: “Does it matter?!”

Juno: “Yes.”

Micaela laughs.

Micaela: “I was tired of it.

Simple as that.

Tired of that ArchGod too.”

The ground starts cracking and glowing pink.

The debris start floating around Juno.

Micaela: “I decided to follow Garaam because he isn’t a coward who is afraid of change.”

The debris start attacking Juno.

Juno tries to cover himself, defending himself with his arms but it’s pointless, there are too many debris.

Micaela: “I don’t hope a Human would understand it.

But this world sucks.”

Juno decides to change his tactic.

Instead of defending himself, he decides to try to dodge the debris.

Using his blessed boots, he is actually able to avoid every single successes debris attack with ease.

Micaela (surprised): “What?!

You’re fast too?!”

Juno: “You’re right.

I still don’t get it.”

Juno quickly dashes in front of Micaela leaving the floating debris behind.

Juno prepares to punch Micaela.

Juno: “But dishing your own home just for some annoyance…”

But before Juno punches her, his arm starts glowing pink.

Juno: “Uh?!”

Juno immediately is sending flying away.

Micaela: “Hmpf.”

Juno explodes in the air.

Micaela: “Like you know anything about us.”

Ghostly hands appear behind Micaela, grabbing her shoulders.

Micaela is taken by surprised.

“Oh my dear…your heart is filled with Guilt.” – says a sinister voice

Micaela (shocked): “Im-impossible!”

Micaela explodes the ghostly hands making them perish.

Micaela gets a bit away from it.

“You can’t escape me child.

None can escape Guilt.” – says the sinister voice

The ground above Micaela cracks a bit, ghostly hands come from it and start covering Micaela.

Micaela: “Damn it…!”

Micaela makes a huge explosion, destroying a large amount of the area as she lies flying on the air above a crater caused by that same explosion.

Another ghostly hand comes from the smoke generated by the explosion.

It grabs Micaela by her foot and tosses her back to the ground, but before Micaela hits the ground, she opens her arms and gets involved by a golden aura, destroying the ghostly hand.

Micaela is in anger, floating on the air.

Micaela: “Tch. Good think Garaam is going to take care of all of you!”

A ghostly being starts appearing coming from the ground.

That ghost turns out to be Fula, the ArchGodess of Guilt.

Fula: “What’s wrong?” *smiles*

Micaela aggressively snaps her finger, exploding Fula’s ghostly form.

Micaela rapidly snaps her fingers as Fula attempts to retake her ghostly again.

“She is the ArchGodess of Guilt.

She must know that feel more than anyone.” – says Juno from Micaela’s back

Micaela turns around in anger.

Micaela: “You…!”

Micaela quickly engages on a fight against Juno, using her Motion powers as a God she tries to hit Juno with her strong fists, however, Juno is able to go even with her speed, dodging every attack of her.

Juno eventually tries to counter attack her, but the same thing happens, it seams like they are both even in terms of speed.

Micaela: “Why can’t I hit you?!”

“You lack motivation.

You know this Human is right.” – says Fula laughing

Micaela (thinking): “Hell I am!”

Micaela increases her speed even further.

She finally hits a blow on Juno, who gets knocked a bit away.

Micaela smiles.

Micaela quickly engages on Juno again, this time however, Juno isn’t able to keep up with her speed anymore.

He takes some heavy blows form Micaela.

Micaela (in between blows): “This is for calling me a waist!

*punch*

This is for calling me Guilty!

*punch*

This is for affronting me!”

*punch*

With each punch she throws, she is becoming faster and faster.

Micaela: “And this…

Is for messing with our affairs, Human!”

But right before Micaela can deal the final blow on Juno, she feels a soft touch on her left arm.

She immediately gets knocked down and falls on the ground.

“Alright.

Playground is over.” – says Toffee behind Micaela

Juno: “What did you do?”

Toffee: “You were dragging too much.

You definitely have no clue what you are doing.”

Toffee looks at Alpha who’s standing still on the ground, incapacitated.

Toffee: “Pff. What a pity…”

Fula immerges again.

Toffee: “So? You’re taking her?”

Fula: “Hmm no.

I don’t feel anything from her anymore.

Weird…”

Toffee noodles.

Toffee: “Whatever.”

Toffee walks next to Alpha.

Toffee touches him on his limbs.

Alpha immediately stands up again.

Alpha (confused): “Uh wha what?!

Euh?

What’s happening?”

Toffee: “Useless.”

Alpha: “Toffee…why are you here still?

And Fula?!

Oh Micaela was defeated…”

Toffee: “Not thanks to you.

You’re lucky I stood there watching over you.”

Juno: “So you were that presence…”

Toffee (surprised): “Euh?”

Alpha: “Juno you could feel Toffee’s energy?!”

Juno: “I guess…”

Toffee: “Non-sense.

No ArchGod has ever sensed my energy, let alone a Human!”

Juno: “I don’t know…

I just feel you right in front of me now.”

Toffee: “…

I just don’t get you.”

Juno: “Uh?”

Toffee: “You’re fighting sucks.

Even with those blessings you still as useless as ever!”

Juno looks down.

Alpha: “Toffee…”

Toffee: “And there I thought that you would finally stop being useless and do something.

But no. I had to intervein.

Pathetic.”

Alpha: “You do not have to be so rude Toffee!

He is trying to help after -…”

Juno: “It’s alright.”

Alpha: “Juno…”

Juno smiles.

Juno: “I don’t plan on fighting anyway.

Thank you for the blessings though.”

Toffee: “Hm?”

Juno stares at Micaela.

Juno: “You can do your fighting…

I’ll go directly to the main source of the problem.”

Toffee is confused.

Alpha: “What?”

Fula: “Garaam?”

Juno: “Yes.”

Everyone is shocked.

Juno: “I’ll talk to him.

I’ll make him free you all.”

Toffee starts laughing.

Toffee: “Excuse me!

Are you for real now?

How idiot!”

Alpha: “I’m…I’m afraid I have to agree with Toffee.

That’s a suicide plan Juno.”

Juno : “Why? He is after you after all…

Not me.”

Alpha: “Hmm..perhaps…”

Toffee: “Holy…you really are considering this Alpha?

You really were always up to the shittiest and retarded ideas.

Don’t you get it?

We lost.

The time to talk is over!”

Alpha sighs.

Alpha: “You’re right…

I just keep thinking that a ray of hope would come…”

Fula puts her arm on Alpha’s shoulder.

Fula: “We’re all sorry, Alpha.”

Juno: “Then train me.”

None replies.

Juno: “If the time to talk is over then just train me.

I’ll do it your way, Toffee.”

Toffee: “Now what?

You can’t even stand against a God, what do you think you can even do against an ArchGod Human?”

Juno: “I don’t have to beat him.

I just have to make him stop with his plan.”

Alpha: “That’s a fool argument!”

Toffee smiles.

Toffee: “I’m in.”

Alpha: “What?!”

Fula: “Well I’ve never thought I would ever see Toffee training someone…”

Alpha: “You…you can’t be serious…”

Toffee: “Why not?

If he wants it so bad, then I shall grant him his wish.”

Toffee places her right hand on the ground, the ground starts shaking.

Toffee: “I’ll teach you how to fight like an ArchGod.”

A big hole opens up behind Toffee.

Toffee: “This is the portal to my lair.

Let’s go, Human.”

As Toffee and Juno walk upon the portal...

Alpha: "I hope you don't come to regret this decision...Juno."

End of Chapter 8.