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*BANG BAAAMM PUFRH*
Ace's body sprang out of bed as the loud gunshots and explosions were fired.
"W-what was that?" Ace barely managed to walk as he was a little dazed. He ran up to the door and was about to open it until he heard some voices that are unbeknownst to him.
"You think we wouldn't get ya? You thought wrong!" - ???
Ace could hear metal clanking. 'It seemed it hit something soft, like a pillow.. wait.' Ace opened the door fast as his breath was rapid and he thought of something horrible happening to his brother. When he opened the door his eyes widened, in his living room, his brother was getting beat up by a bunch of random thugs he had seen once before.
'It's those damn loan sharks!' Ace thought completely oblivious to his brother.
After a couple of seconds at staring at the loan sharks he quickly looked at his brother and tears started forming in his eyes. "You damn bastards!" Ace screamed as he went ahead a threw a his right hand in form of a punch at one of them.
"Ace, no!" Yelled Azai back.
Before the punch could connect with the thug, one other thug on his left took his metal bat and smacked him across his chest with it.
"Blarghh!" Ace threw up on the floor as he flew to the wall from the force of the metal bat. His vomit was mixed with the soup he ate yesterday and some blood.
"Ace no! Don't hurt my brother!" Azai begged for the thugs to stop.
"Hmph, because of this little inconvenience we will take more than usual." Said the thug carrying the metal bat in an arrogant tone.
"Please, take what you want, just don't hurt my brother.." Said Azai, almost losing hope.
"We won't hurt your brother, but you never said anything 'bout yourself! HAHA" The thugs laughed as they punched Azai.
Ace stayed on the ground looking at them, not being able to do anything, feeling powerless. His brother was about to die, he couldn't let someone he loved die again, it was his mother, then father, now his brother?
No, he won't let them do harm to his brother, he will protect him, even if he has to give his life for him. Ace got madder and madder, until he eventually burst.
"You won't take my brother from me!" Ace yelled as his hair stood up and his pupils turning red. He was able to get up, it seems his injuries were getting healed.
"No one told us this kid could use magic! Boys we are getting out of here!" Yelled one of the thugs, surprised the kid could use magic.
"Ace.." Azai looked at his brother in surprise, he had hope that Ace would cripple these thugs and they wouldn't be chased by these loan sharks anymore.
"No! Kill the damn kid, it seems he only just awakened his magic!" Screamed another thug.
The thugs looked at each other and nodded in agreement and charged at Ace.
The thug with the metal bat went ahead and swung his bat at the Ace. As soon as his bat was connected with his body, the bat bended, Aces body was so sturdy not even a metal bat could hurt him.
The thug had an expression of fear written all over his face.
Ace used hand motions to pick up the metal bat, like telekinesis, but it was no telekinesis, Ace could control Metal. His magic was Metal Manipulation! He could control Metal with a single thought, and by the looks of it, it seemed he awakened a high level Metal Manipulation!
The other thugs stopped in their tracks and while feeling fear and confusion, they all wondered 'How could this kid's body already be so sturdy? He just awakened his magic, didn't he?'.
Ace blinded by his own rage picked up all of the metal that was available in the house and charged it at them. The metal pierced through all of the thugs skin and bones, just like butter, very smooth, and no resistance was met.
There was no blood, because the metal stopped the blood from coming out of their bodies, it looked, gruesome, but not quite.
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Ace snapped out of his rage mode and finally calmed down, he looked at the thugs with shock 'Did I awaken my magic?' He thought, He quickly searched for his brother, but couldn't find him anywhere.
"Brother?" Ace yelled across the room.
*Cough*
Ace quickly went to the origin of the cough thinking he missed one of the thugs, but was instead met with his brother.
Why was a metal rod pierced trough his brothers chest? He couldn't understand how. It should have been the thugs, the bad guys, but why his brother?
"It-it's okay Ace, I don't have much time... but live your life normally like you would as if I never existed." Said Azai coughing up more blood struggling to say a single word.
"But how can I do that? You're my only family left, brother?" His face turned ugly from crying.
"Listen, I don't want you to feel guilt or sadness over my death, that will slow you down. My only wish is that.. you do well.. in the academy." He looked at Ace and gave a big smile
"Come here." Azai gave a gesture for a hug.
As the 2 brothers hugged Ace could feel Azai's body growing colder and colder.
"Azai!" Ace yelled pulling back from the hug.
No response was given from Azai. He's dead.
Ace broke down and cried his eyes out, and later fainted from shock.
(A/N thanks for reading the chapter, if you have any suggestions, feel free to tell me, if I think they're good I'll add them.)