Celest Gold Resisdence It was morning. Everyone had just woken up. Drake, Akatsuki and Bernard were eating breakfast. Suddenly, Drake recieved a message from Karina.
Drake: He is alright...That's a relief...
Bernard: You're not allowed to go there and meet him.
Drake: ...No need to keep reminding me...
Akatsuki: ...
Suddenly, they heard a loud sound, as if someone had just took the gates down.
Drake: What?
Bernard: What is this madness?
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A04a Everyone went outside, and see Ralf with his arms crossed, stading on the gate he had just kicked down, and Sasha, who was smiling. The servants of the house all pointing spears at him.
Sasha: So, this is the family business you mentioned about. This is some fancy house.
Bernard: Fael Celest Duarte, what is the meaning of this?
Drake: Fael? He's here?
Bernard: Drake! Go to your room now!
Ralf pulled out his wooden sword, really tired of Bernard's treatment of Drake.
Ralf: Cousin Bern...i've had enough of your shit!!!
Ralf warps in front of Bernard, kicking him in the stomach, sending him flying violently to the living room.
Bernard: Gah..such strenght...And he wasn't even using the sword.
Ralf: I don't need...no...I don't deserve it anymore.
Bernard: So...you acquired this power some other way in order to assasinate me.
He gets grabbed by the colar. Ralf's angry gaze meeting with Bernard's angry grin.
Ralf: What gave you such idea?
Bernard: Of course, since you are the family's traitor, you're going to take everyone down, starting with me.
Bernard gets thrown to the ground.
Ralf: All of these family traditions made you insane.
Bernard: Then, hurry up and finish me off if you think i'm so obssesed with glory...
Ralf: I won't go that far...besides, as you said, i'm a traitor. I quit my family responsabilites a long time ago....Killing you is not what i'm here for...
Ralf then, summons the broken Excalibur and stabs it in the ground.
Drake: Fael...
Ralf: Drake, this is yours. Create your own path. Don't be like your brother. This sword will be part of your heart.
Drake: ... (Why? What's is the meaning of this? Why is he giving me the sword? But...it's his...it choose him? So why? I bet it won't choose me if i pull it...)
Drake pulls the sword. He feels a warmth in his heart. The familly sword was now rightfully his.
Drake: Colbrand...
Ralf: So, it changed names huh? (This means this is going to be her new life.)
Bernard: Heh...so what if someone from the branching family has the sword now? The responsability is still yours.
Ralf: You're still with that?
Drake: Let me take care of this.
Bernard: Going to rebel against me? You know you can't win!
Drake:
SHUT UP!Music:
Toki no mukou he ((
Lyrics))
They clash blades.
Drake: You should be happy we are doing something to protect the city... You're so obssesed with the family's reputation, that you just keep shoving responsability upon others.
Drake repels Bernard away.
Drake: Did you forget our purpose brother?
Bernard: Of course not! And exactly because of this purpose that we can't take the front.
Drake: A family needs to stay united...But you just kept...
Bernard: You being with him or not wouldn't change anything.
Drake: That's not what i'm talking about...It is because of you...that Fael and his mother lost their home...because you refused to support them...
Bernard: Heh...I got nothing to do with this....Now let's stop this non-sense, i have no obligation to justify my actions to you, STUPID BROTHER!!!
Drake blocks a slash enveloped in a strong wind magic, but the strenght of the attack pushed him away from the building.
Drake: Argh...
Bernard: Remember it was I who trained you..and i can very well put you in your place.
Drake: Yes...you're right...you trained me. You made me strong.
Drake quickly get close to his brother, then start a flurry of slashes.
Bernard: Urgh...
Drake: I didn't fight you until now...because i just can't simply harm my brother...but now...I need to have the courage to change you!
Bernard jumps back in order to avoid an explosive slash.
Drake: Which i find weird...why did you train me if you didn't want me to fight for the city?
Bernard: It would be a shame if you died out there. So i did this so that you could at least fend for yourself.
Drake: Heh...dumb question...I don't even know why i bothered asking that...
Bernard: That's right. HA!
Bernard jumped into the air and unleashed many tornadoes at Drake.
Bernard:
STORM ONSLAUGHT!!! Drake starts to get crushed in the torndadoes.
Bernard: What's wrong? Didn't you want to change me?
Drake: Urgh...I can't...lose now...
Bernard: It's no use for you.
Drake: There's still...a lot...i want to do...i want to stay more time...with my cousin...i want to...investigate more...about this city's misteries...Spend time...with my friends...and...
Music:
Earth Shaking Matter Drake then, starts powering up.
Bernard: Super Mode?
Ralf: There was never one in first place. That is just...the result of Drake's true strenght.
Drake: I want to know more about Lyna!
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!! With a slash, Drake tears the tornadoes apart, freeing himself from the Onslaught.
Bernard: You...But, after those tonadoes, you're incapacitated by your pain.
Drake: Wrong...
He slowly gets on his foot. Bernard attacked him with more slashes, Drake stayed on the defensive.
Bernard:
WHY! WHY DO YOU KEEP GOING AGAINST ME? I'M YOUR OLDER BROTHER! YOU KEEP DISREPECTING OUR FAMILY TIES!!!
Akatsuki: ...
Sasha: Do you really think he has a chance?
Ralf: Yes. I have no doubts about that.
Sasha: But...look at the fight...It's obvioulsy his opponent got the advantage in experience.
Ralf: That might be true. But...My decision won't change.
Sasha: You really trust him that much huh?
Akatsuki: I want to believe in him too.
Sasha: Tch...Whatever...
The brothers clashes blades once more.
Bernard: Give up, and i might reconsider how much i beat you up.
Drake: No...I won't let my path be decided by you anymore.
Drake repels Bernard away.
Drake: (I can repel his attacks...but i can't still hit him...if this keeps up...I'll lose...Fael...Is this the kind of battle that you go through huh? This is rough.)
Bernard: You keep giving me that look...very well...this attack will crimple you so much that you'll regret ever opposing me.
Bernard converges a tornado in his sword.
Bernard: It is for you own good that you leave the defense of this city in your cousin's hand.
Drake: He won't be alone in this. I'll also fight.
The area started to get windy, as if a powerful storm was coming. This was the power of Bernard of the Typhoon.
Bernard: THEN TAKE THIS!
SLASH CYCLONE ONSLAUGHT! A crater formed around Bernard as he fired the Wind Slash at Drake.
Drake: (The sword...will make me stronger...will amplify my powers if i...)
The cyclone slash closes in.
Drake: If i pour my power into it!
The sword starts to shine, creating a powerful surge of energy that shield Drake by the attack.
Bernard: He's resisting it?
Drake: Urgh...
The Cyclone starts dragging him for a few seconds. Then, he stabs the sword in the cyclone. Then, he lifts the sword, lifting the wind slash as well.
Bernard: Impossible!
He charges the sword with energy, which is converted into light magic, transforming the tornado into a large beam of energy.
Bernard: Hehehe...What are you planning to do with something of that size? I can easily dodge that.
Drake: Converge!
All of the energy was compressed into the sword, Drake held it in reverse grip, then took a stance. Then, he starts unleashing energy to propel himself at high speeds.
Drake: (It's all or nothing...)
HOLY STREAM SLASH!!! Using his increased speed, he slashed Bernard at diferent sides, finishing with a diagonal slash. Bernard gets thrown into a wall, then falls in the ground.
Drake: Huff....Huff...Huh?
Music:
Lonely Heart Drake feels his body giving up on him, he stabs his sword on the ground in order to stay on foot. During his attack, Bernard managed to find an opening and deal a sever slash on his back.
Drake: Argh...I can't...fall...
Ralf: ...
Bernard: Heh...
Sasha: It looks like he can still can fight. Guess the boy really didn't had it in him.
Ralf: No...Drake would never kill his brother...
Bernard: It seems...The sword really was made for you. Don't worry...i can't use any strong wind techinique without it risking my life.
Drake: ...
Bernard: I admit defeat. You are now the new head of the Celest Gold family.
Drake: Huh?
Bernard: But you must be aware what kind of hell awaits you from now on....Like you saw right now. But don't get me wrong, i still prefer that Ralf did this other than you.
Drake: So...i couldn't change you...
Then, Bernard started to get closer. Drake's body didn't respond, he could only stand and seeing his brother getting close.
Drake: (He did say his body was too weak for more wind attacks...but he can still slash me...I need to stay aware...)
However, all what Bernard did was a lightly push with his index finger, making Drake fall on the ground.
Bernard: You still have ways to go before you can surpass our father.
Drake: Eh?
Bernard: You see...I never inherited his immense magic power...that attack back there was literally my strongest attack. You on the other hand, was growing fast so quickly that...it made me jelaous...But worry not...this is not the reason i kept treating you like that...It would be a dumb reason right? Because you see...i really do respect...the main family....And would be really...preposterous...if ours was the strongest one...we were born to serve...not to be on the front...
Drake: But then...why didn't you...
Ralf: There wasn't really need to the branching to help with the income...the main family was only reduced to my mother and i. And besides, right now, we are living with a wonderful person which we adopted...but i guess..we have to leave her now.
Bernard: Don't tell me...you...
Ralf: Yes...I changed my name to Ralf Clay.
Bernard: So...you did the oath...
Ralf nods. There was a moment of silence. Only the sound of the breeze could be heard. Drake managed to get up, ignoring the pain of the slash wound in his back.
Bernard: But despite all of that, i was wrong...I'm interested to see how much my brother will grow from now on.
Drake: Brother...
Bernard: And now...i must take my leave from the stage. From now on, you need to learn things on your own. Or else, all that determination you got until now will go to waste. You can already walk by yourself, without my guidance. So you don't need me anymore.
Drake: But brother...
Bernard: Ralf...Mister Akatsuki, take good care of him. And sorry for all the trouble.
Ralf: Right.
Akatsuki: I have a debt with this boy. So i'll do what i can to repay it.
Bernard: Very well.
Music:
Embrace of Dreams Bernard starts walking at the direction of the gates, with his back turned at the group.
Drake: Brother...
Bernard: Don't come any closer. Right now...i don't deserve any forgiveness to what i have done to you. So just watch from there.
Drake: Then...let me at least say this.
Bernard: What?
Drake: No matter what happens...Even if we take diferent paths...you'll always be my beloved brother. I won't ever forget everything you taught to me..and what you meant in my life.
Bernard: ...
Drake: Thanks...I'm really thankful.
Bernard: ...
With a smile on his face, Bernard dissapears in the horizon.
Drake: ...
Ralf: And with this...both of us can move on.
Drake: Ralf...
Ralf: Good luck in your journey.
Drake: Yeah, let's help each other if we cross paths.
Ralf: Sure! I'll be glad to fight by your side.
They shake hands. Then Ralf leaves the place with Sasha.
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