Without waiting a second, the fight between the two brothers began, Mirei with his sword made a charge against Shiko, to which the boy responded by defending himself with his own, thus clashing both swords, both struggling to make their next move until Shiko jumped back to be able to attack his brother in another way. In the midst of the conflict, Meni yelled at both of them, trying to calm them down -Stop, it's a great fool to fight for that, you both are brothers!- while in battle Shiko and Mirei moved gracefully clashing their swords over and over again without either of them being able to break the other's defense, Asuka just watching the fight said to Meni –Meni, As silly as the situation is, it's the way they've decided to fix this, if they think it's the right thing to do, let them do it, I'm here to stop them in case it gets out of control- Meni worried, did not say another word and only turned around so as not to see the two young men fighting.
-This is the stupidest way to stop you but apparently it's the only thing I can do, if you cooperated it would be easier!- Shiko shouted at Mirei as they still continued to clash their swords consecutively -Despite being my brother, you never knew nothing about me!- Mirei replied by attacking him with more force and in that clash making Shiko struggle more, Mirei's attack was more powerful, when Shiko got rid of that attack Mirei used a new technique that he had acquired by defeating Gentile and taking the experience he took after Shiplion's death -¡Spear light bomb!- he exclaimed with great fury and then many spears of light surrounded Shiko "Damn it, it's really out of control!"- were Shiko's words before being hit by the whole attack, the power of the blow raised a large cloud of smoke in which nothing could be seen, Meni bent down and put her hands on her ears crying begging for the fight to stop, while Asuka with concern only watched the event.
As the layer of smoke disappeared, Shiko's silhouette could be seen little by little, who was unharmed thanks to the skill acquired by defeating Deaby –Blade shield, is the name of this technique, it allows me to use the sword as a shield every thirty minutes- he said to Mirei with an angry face, Asuka saw Shiko appear and yelled at her -Do you want me to stop the fight!?- Shiko refused before this, and decided to continue fighting.
The swordsman, being very upset by his brother's attack, used his "boost" to end the fight quickly, and charged with all his force into his rival, but he managed to dodge it narrowly, to which he saw that he could not fight against the boost of his brother he decided to use his ability to split in two to be able to easily dodge attacks until Shiko's extra power ran out, the boy confused by the technique decided to use "Spear sword" and attacked the ground, in order to break the combat area and prevent both parts of Mirei from being able to dodge, the great wave of the blow was able to split the ground making both Mirei have to jump so as not to be caught thus giving the other boy a chance to catch him, without wasting time he threw gusts of air towards both parts of Mirei forcing him to join in order to barely dodge the movement that his brother had made.
When Mirei touched the ground, he tried once again to throw himself at Shiko to cut him with the sword to which he was able to dodge, but unfortunately his boost ran out after having avoided such an attack. -Damn it, you've got to stop at once!- Shiko yelled at him as he began to worry that Mirei would make some dangerous maneuver, but he answered -If you want me to stop so much, you do it!- Following this, the young man attacked his brother with another new ability -¡Pillar light spear!- he exclaimed and a light began to come out of Shiko's feet, he moved quickly from the place and the instant he left the place, a large column of light appeared rising to the sky -What the heck are you thinking!? That attack could have hurt me badly! - Shiko said very angrily -You decided to solve this through combat! - replied his brother ready to make his next move.
Shiko while being in the air used once again "Spear sword" this time targeting his opponent, who tried to stop the impact of the skill with his sword, he spent a while resisting the attack had to dodge and at the moment, his sword failed to resist and broke causing it to fall to the ground and splitting in two, while Shiko moved quickly to pick up his sword after throwing it.
Mirei's sword was useless, so he was forced to take out his spear to continue the fight, he saw Shiko determined to defeat him and told him -I'm not going to give up just because of this!- Shiko continued to try to corner Mirei with her burst attack once again to force him to dodge, and then use another of his new abilities -Dashing!- he put his sword back, fixed his brother as a target and as if he had teleported, appeared on top of Mirei to make a strong thrust, he barely had time to see the movement to which he divided again to avoid being hurt by this, the blow It was so powerful that it made a big rupture in the part of the field it landed.
– Damn it, the sword is stuck in the ground, I must get it out soon! – were Shiko's words when he noticed that his sword could not get out of where it had been buried, Mirei seeing the opportunity began to turn his spear and from it many balls of magic began to spawn, these heading towards Shiko, being forced to dodge he left the sword stuck in the place and moved from place to place to avoid being hurt to which he used "Dashing" again, without his sword, just to have a chance to get close to Mirei, this time he fell to the ground and then kicked Mirei's stomach to hurt him and make him throw his weapon, both were disarmed.
-Shiko: Neither of us has their weapon, continuing to fight is idiotic.
-Mirei: Just because I don't have a weapon in my hand doesn't mean I'm disabled!
-Shiko: Stop your stubbornness once and for all!
-Mirei: I'm going to show you what I'm made of!
Mirei began to throw punches at Shiko, he was able to avoid them all, to which in the next blow, he took Mirei's arm with which he tried to hit and he counterattacked him with a hook on the chin, causing his brother to fall to the ground, then he took his brother's spear and used it to hit the entire field hardly, cracking everything so that his sword would break free, when he achieved this he threw the spear away and went to take his sword.
Mirei quickly got up and went to take his spear, but before he could make an attack he had to dodge other bursts that Shiko threw at him, this seeing that the fight was going nowhere he decided to end it instantly, he used the last skill acquired by his new levels, he closed in a magic shield and began to charge a kind of attack, His spear was filled with pure magic which was constantly changing color. Shiko began to fire more blasts to prevent the execution of the attack, but the magic shield protecting Mirei was too strong for them to break -Shit! I'm running out of magic and for some reason those mysterious abilities I used against Deaby are still blocked, I could only use them on that occasion... If I can't think of something soon, that attack can be very dangerous- Shiko thought as he worried more about the ability his brother was about to use, he once again used "Dashing" to pounce on his opponent, But just like his other attacks, the magic shield protected him from such a blow, once Mirei finished loading his sword it went to Shiko very quickly to hit him on the cheek, Shiko fell to the ground and so Mirei moved away to use his technique -¡Lightspeed Spear!- screamed with all his might, causing this whole attack to deplete his magic bar he threw a large burst of light at Shiko, which he was unable to dodge because he was on the ground, the blow impacted and was so powerful that he cut that part of the field in two, leaving a great abyss behind his target. A large layer of dust rose, and when it dissipated Mirei could see behind her, the one who had received the attack had been Asuka, who stood in the middle to avoid the critical attack. Shiko and Mirei, scared to see the girl in the middle of them, decided to give up and stop the fight -You weren't going to kill your brother, were you? - were the words of the wounded girl.
Meni saw what happened and quickly went to where they were -Do you see the things that your absurd fight caused? - said to both of them, Mirei forgot his anger and only felt ashamed for the absurd move he made.
-Mirei: … I... Excuse me... Asuka...
-Asuka: ¡Shut up! I said I was going to stop the fight if it went any further, and that's what I've done, I haven't been that hurt thanks to the magic shield I've developed so don't worry.
-Shiko: Look, you keep bringing consequences!
After these words, Mirei knelt down to apologize to which he cried and said:
-I... I haven't been able to protect myself before... I've always had to be protected... thanks to you... for the guardian who fought with me... and I'm always bringing consequences... if I were stronger Gentile would not have committed so many murders, if I were stronger, I would have avoided the death of Shiplion... If I were stronger, I would know how to take things and I wouldn't make foolish decisions...
Shiko, Asuka and Meni upon hearing her words could take it for granted that two more guardians had been defeated in the time Mirei was missing, but leaving this aside Shiko put his hand on his brother's shoulder and said:
-Mirei… If you wanted to prove to me how strong you are, you didn't need to fight…And trying to save the whole world won't make you show it too, the way to show that a person is strong is not by trying to solve their problems alone but the way they take every mistake, the way they deal with every problem that comes their way, we all make mistakes, but these are the ones that make us strong, Being strong does not mean physical strength, but knowing that you cannot do things alone, knowing that problems will always be present and being able to face them even if they hurt, making the right decisions in the worst moments... If you want to show me that you are strong, you just have to continue your path despite everything that is happening, continue to move forward despite your wounds and most importantly... that you accept that you are not alone and that part of your strength is the people who accompany you.
Mirei, with more and more tears in his eyes he only responded to these words – Yes... I... I'll get stronger!" then he stood up and hugged Meni.
-Meni: I... I... I was very worried about you...
-Mirei: Sorry for let you alone and showed you this part of me…Im so pathetic…
-Meni: No... none of those matters... if what you want is to be strong, I will be part of it, I will be with you always...
-Mirei: Thank you... you really are someone amazing...
Having said these words, Mirei saw Shiko and Asuka again and said:
– Under these conditions I cannot accompany you on your journey... I will only be delaying you in your mission, I will take my own path, do not worry I will walk prudently and I will become stronger and so, the next time we see each other I can be worthy to accompany you. –
Mirei took out a strange belt from his bag of items –Shiko…Take this, I have bought it in one of these towns, it serves so that it is not necessary for you to sheath and draw your weapons, you just call them to your hand and they appear, once you store it, it´s kept in the belt- he handed the object to his brother, and left without saying another word next to Meni.
-I hope Meni takes care of him... I'm still worried. - Shiko said to Asuka.
-Asuka: Hehehehe... I could see it...
-Shiko: What did you see?
-Asuka: How worried you were about me! Ha ha ha!
Shiko blushed at Asuka's words, to which he said, - Ah! Yes... of course... was the emotion of the moment - he turned and walked towards the town they came from.
On the night of that same day, on the high mountain nearby, Mirei and Meni were resting from their journey.
-Meni: Mirei... I don't like to see you like this.
-Mirei: So how? Shiko taught me a lesson…I'm just going to listen to him, that's just that... I wonder if those people who were murdered could rest in peace after Gentile died.
Meni hugged Mirei and with tears in her eyes she only said –It's the most likely thing, you can rest- Mirei hugged her too, and while these two were together, behind a tree a strange monster watched them from afar, a kind of skull with a hood on top of it to which he whispered to himself –He... is the one I´m looking for- then, he disappeared...
To be continued…