Book 1: Magic
Chapter 4: Silvercross Town
Silvercross Town, is a community built by multiple races at the crossroad of three paths. Just as its name says, the main color used in building decoration is silver. Silvercross Town is in most part, a marketing place, with many inns and restaurants along with a diversity of shops. Because of this, the town is an economic boost to the united kingdoms fighting against the darkness.
The day started like most others, children played through the streets, parents worked in their stores, and militia went through their shifts. But in the midst of the afternoon, a militia spotted multiple black dots in the distance, soon, the black dots started to grow bigger until the shape of a small army was formed. The alarm rang throughout the town, to prepare for war.
Unfortunally, in just a few short hours, Silvercross Town found itself half taken over. The militia was no match for the forces of The Darkness, despite having a mix of races to fight them off.
Our four pre-teen heroes stepped out from the ruins. Looking through the trees onto the grassy plains, and the Town of Silvercross.
"Looks like we have a town to save." Gohan said.
"We have to help them!" Korra said with enthusiasm, ready to go.
Naruto yells "Alright, let's go!" Before charging straight toward the town.
Or at least he would have, if Jaina didn't grab him by the collar and stop the ninja in his tracks.
"Don't be a idiot, you charge in there and you'll die faster than a drop of rain can reach the ground." Jaina said in annoyance.
Naruto glared a bit at the Dragon Knight, "And what do you have in mind huh? Just let them all die!?" He said in sudden anger.
"Of course not!" Jaina retorted, "I'm just saying that we shouldn't have the brainless as the leader!"
Korra tried to stop the incoming arguement, "Isn't that going a bit too far-"
But Naruto turned around, his fist held high in an aggressive gesture. "Brainless!? I admit I'm not the smartest of persons, but at least I'm not a stuck up bitch!"
"Says the moron who can't keep to himself." Jaina replied, anger in her voice.
The jinchuuriki, Naruto, gritted his teeth, desperately trying to keep his anger within.
Gohan raised his hands partially, trying to ease the tension, saying, "Uh, guys, we shouldn't-"
But Jaina cut him off, her voice raising to a yell, a hand on the handle of her left blade, "I'm sure your bastard parents are proud of your idiocy!"
The remark on Naruto's parents seemed to have sparked something within the young ninja, his rage boiled up and his pupils shifted to a slit-like appearance. "My parents were not bastards... " He said coldly, his hand clenching into an fist.
But before the two arguing people could come to blows, the pieces of ground they stood on suddenly turned a one-eighty. Turning both of them away from each other, the two turned around to face each other once again and walked forward only to bash their noses at a solid wall of rock between them. They both looked at the direction of Korra, who's hand was outstretched to the ground and foot placed in a horizontal matter. Jaina glared angrily at Korra, ignoring the bruise on her nose. Naruto looked a bit pained, holding his own nose with his hand as his eyes changed back to their normal appearance.
"Arguing like this is getting us nowhere! We should work as a team, not fight against each other!" Korra yelled at both of them.
"Korra is right, we shouldn't be arguing. Can you two get along long enough to save the town?" Gohan questioned.
Naruto and Jaina nodded, agreeing to tolerate each other for the time being. Gohan sighed in relief, and Korra smiled at the agreement.
Gohan then said, "Okay, here's the plan... "
Naruto and Jaina silently entered the raided town, sneaking through the alley ways, Naruto turned to Jaina, having put aside his general dislike of her, and said. "Alright, if we go up and jump from roof to roof, nobody will catch us as easily."
"That sounds ridiculous, we'll be completely in their line of sight." Jaina replied.
The ninja shook his head, "No, nobody ever looks up, and the roofs have edges and walls that allow us to sneak under easily." Naruto said, he might not be the sneakiest of ninja, but even he knew basic stealth.
Jaina ignored his reasoning, "I say we continue through the alley ways toward the town hall like planned."
"But Gohan said-"
"I know what he said!" Jaina raised her voice just a bit. "But Gohan doesn't lead me, who elected him leader? Who told me I had to listen to your stupidity huh?" She finished in anger, not liking the group one bit.
"Fine then, go your way!" Naruto said in anger, jumping up toward the roofs of the buildings and leaving Jaina behind.
"Idiot." Jaina remarked, and continued silently toward the goal.
Jaina followed the edges of the buildings, staying in the shadows of the town's constructs. The Dragon Knight glanced to the side, and spotted a few figures of corrupted soldiers. Her mind raced to get names, two of them were those satyr creatures from beforehand in the forest, another appeared to be some sort of mythological gryphon, and the last... Is a pony?
Now, in Jaina's world, horses and ponies were an endangered species. What, as the animals are eaten by many races of her world, and are used as labor for humans. The poor species couldn't keep up with the hunting and poaching, and so now relied on farmers and pro-animal activist to keep them from going extinct.
Jaina shook her head of the thoughts, not the time to think about Rivellon's own problems.
The Dragon Knight looked for ways to get around them without alerting of her presence, however the Dragon Knight failed to realize that she was already spotted, or at least somewhat. One of the Darkness controlled satyrs walked toward her position, a blade in hand. Once he spotted her, he charged forward, yelling a battle cry which alerted the others.
Jaina cursed under her breath as she drew her own twin blades of Fjords from their sheaths. She parried the satyr's blade, and slashed at him with her own. The satyr jumped back, and seemed to charge magic into his weapon before slashing at her, she ducked, narrowly missing a line of magic energy that would've separated her head from her body. She thrust her left knee up, kicking the stomach region of the enemy and then spun around.
"Whirlwind!" She said, slashing cuts around the satyr's body and knocking him back, causing him to dissipate into black energy that vanished into the air.
Sliding her feet across the road, Jaina boosted her speed with a Charge spell, making her a blur of speed as she closed the gap between her and the enemy, and with the element of surprise in her favor, managed to dispatch the last satyr with ease. Quickly turning around, she blocked a blow of a massive axe from the gryphon, but the creature caused Jaina to fall to her knees.
Jaina cursed again, she totally forgot that she was eleven years old again! It was so degrading and embarrassing for her as a Dragon Knight and Warrior! If she was still grown, she could've easily won this battle in seconds, but nope, portal just had to be a b-
The Dragon Knight girl staggered back from the Gryphon hitting her with the butt of its axe. The gryphon raised its weapon again, and stroked downward to Jaina's skull. But the Dragon Knight rolled away, narrowing escaping decapitation, only to nearly have her shoulder blown off by magic if it wasn't for her timely reflexes. Jaina glanced toward the magic caster to found out that not only do ponies of this realm cast magic, but a horn stood on top of the pony's head.
"What in the name of the Divine... " Jaina muttered under her breath.
"Fall under the Darkness!" The horned pony said, shooting two black magic missiles at Jaina.
Jaina counted by firing her own, "Magic Missiles!" Two orbs of blue magic left her hand and she felt her magical reserves dwindle down to only a handful.
The two spells rammed into each other, causing a minor explosion, and using her remaining reserves, Jaina enhance herself with magic, charging toward the horned pony. Appearing in front of the pony, she brought her twin blades toward its neck. Only for its horn to lit up, and the pony disappeared in a flash of light. This action resulted in Jaina's attack to attack nothing and the momentum spin her body, revealing her backside vulnerable.
An axe came from nowhere, smashing against Jaina's back armor and sending her flying across the rock paved ground of the town road.
The pre-teen Dragon Knight stood back up, resuming her fighting position quickly. Jaina winced, her back bruised from the force of the axe, but she was thankful that her armor held, preventing any major injuries.
The gryphon's axe came down onto her once again, and the dragon-blessed human parried with her own swords. Swinging the weapon again, only to be parried once again. The gryphon growled in a malicious low tone, Jaina returned with her own growl, a deep draconic growl as her dragon side changed her vocal cords so slightly.
Jaina broke from combat, dodging another magical blast of dark magic from the horned pony.
"Dang it, this is harder than I thought." Jaina said, dodging yet another magic blast and axe swing. "I have to think of something... "
"Shadow Clone Jutsu!" A voice rang out, following by the sound of multiple puffs of smoke.
"Wait, what!?"
"Fine then, go your way!"
'Why did I get angry at her, all that happen is a small argument.' Naruto thought over, having his arms crossed in a thinking pose. 'I'm sure she'll be fine... '
Pumping Chakra energy into his leg muscles, Naruto jumped roof to roof, ever closer toward the Town hall. Kneeling down behind a small porch wall, Naruto watched from the distance as some of the enemy troops patrolled down a pathway.
"No, go away!"
Naruto's head snapped toward the sound of a voice, an small horse-like creature that looked like a child, and behaved like one, scurried away from one of the dark figures. The little thing looked half starved, bruises and scratches covered its body head to hoof, how long exactly has this town been under sieged?
"Come here, once you've been converted to the Darkness, you won't feel anymore pain." The dark figure, some sort of bird creature with wings... Gryphon, he recalled, said.
This, this reminded him of something... This scene looked too familiar...
A six year old Naruto looked around the alleyway, ragged and torn clothes barely hanging onto his body. Starving and tired, the child cursed with a demon sealed within scavenged through a filthy trash can in search for a meal. Reaching down into the bin, he pulled out some mossy dango. He sighed and threw it back into the bin, there appeared to be nothing edible within.
He turned around, expecting to go back to his apartment. Yes, apartment, he lived alone having been kicked out of the orphanage just a few months ago. When suddenly, a man wearing black hardened leather armor and a strange mask covering his face appeared before him. To Naruto, the said figure looked like a ANBU ninja, the special forces of the Village Hidden in the Leaves.
"Naruto Uzumaki, come with me, the true forces of Kohona could use someone like you. You'll never have to be hungry or live alone again."
The orphaned Kyuubi jinchuuriki took a few steps back, he could feel the strange and cold feeling of the emotionless voice behind that mask. In defiance, Naruto yelled. "No!"
"Very well." He monotony said, drawing a kunai and walking closer... and closer...
Naruto shook his head, he wouldn't let that happen to anyone else. Forming a hand sign, a puff appeared next to him revealing a shadow clone. The clone charged in, flinging shuriken at the gryphon which cut through its feathers like paper. Apparently the gryphon had lied to the pony child, as it screamed out in pain as it felt the flying weaponry embed themselves within its skin.
"Who did that-" *SLICE*
The gryphon's head was sliced off, before it dissipated into black energy.
Having defeated the gryphon, the clone glanced toward the small filly, "Better get to a safe place kid." Before disappearing in a puff of smoke.
Naruto Uzumaki smiled, it felt good to rescue someone. The child scurried away safely as the Ninja made another clone to stalk the kid in case of further trouble. Still, Naruto couldn't help but think he was a bit rash to Jaina earlier, she seemed to have a lot on her mind. With way she acted, there must have been something that affected her in the past.
Every instinct told him to go help her, but his stubbornness- "Oh fine already!" He yelled out.
The young ninja leaped from roof to roof with great speed back toward Jaina's position. It didn't take long from Naruto to spot Jaina from the building tops. The Dragon Knight, Jaina, was currently engaging the enemy in combat. Seeing how she appeared to be in trouble, Naruto made a cross hand sign and yelled out his technique's name as his Chakra channeled within him.
"Shadow Clone Jutsu!"
With a loud *POOF* around twenty-five numbered clones, plus the original, stood tall and proud as they faced down the shocked enemy and one Jaina Draconis. Grinning with preordained victory, the shadow clones completely overtake the foes like a avalanche of innumerable boulders, bladed with sharp edges. The gryphon never had a chance as the Kunai tore through it, and the unicorn found its head removed from its shoulder's by Jaina due to the distraction.
"Naruto... " Jaina started.
"Yeah?" Naruto said with a big grin.
Jaina sputtered over what she said.
"Can't you speak louder Jaina?" Naruto asked.
"Thanks." She said.
"Alright, your welcome! Now how about we get to the Town Hall?" Naruto dispelled his clones and said, "Let's get going, I'm sure Gohan and Korra have been waiting forever!"
Jaina sheathed her blades... Perhaps, Naruto wasn't so bad. He's still an idiot through!
Two human preteens, well... One and a half really, with another half being a alien species called saiyans. Anyhow, Korra and Gohan, Avatar and Z-fighter, quietly sneaked around the buildings within the shadow overcasts. Gohan glanced across the building edge, and spotted a group of civilians imprisoned in chains being surrounded by shadowy figures.
Korra looked over Gohan's shoulder, "We have to help them."
"I know," Gohan replied. "But there doesn't look like any way to help with the exception of a straight forward assault."
Korra smacked her fist together, "Just the way I like it."
The hybrid saiyan nodded, and the two charged forward without stop. Surprising the darkness troops in a split second of inaction which allowed Korra to earth bend two miniature pillars below them and smash into their chins, knocking them out.
"Get them you fools!" a dark unicorn lieutenant said.
The troops of darkness gave a battle cry before charging forward. They attacked with sword, spear, magic, and a giant battle axe. The lieutenant had the large battle axe, lifted by his magical powers. He swung the weapon at breakneck speeds toward Gohan, but the half saiyan martial artist leaped out of the way gracefully.
Gohan channeled his Ki to his right hand, a Ki ball formed and he blasted it toward the dark lieutenant. He expected it to defeat the unicorn no problem, but the dark lieutenant slashed through the Ki blast with his battle axe.
"Might've held a bit too much back." Gohan commented.
"Don't underestimate the darkness human!" the unicorn yelled with rage.
"How do you know that we're human?"
"The dark one knows everything, his mind reaches all his blessed followers!" the dark unicorn replied.
The unicorn slashed at him again, Gohan channeled a larger amount of Ki to his arms and parried the axe with his left wrist. The dark lieutenant eyes widened in surprise at his battle axe being halted by only a bare wrist. Suddenly, Gohan sensed another three behind him, and quickly he kicked the right side of the lieutenant and followed up with a Ki blast which caused him to dissipate into dark energy that vanished into the air.
'One down, many more to go.' Gohan thought to himself as he tilted to the left, avoiding a magical blast from a satyr warlock. The hybrid Z-fighter gifted the warlock and the other two swordsmen with their very own Masenko Technique.
Gohan brought his hands to his forehead, forming them one on top of the other. "Masenko... "
A yellow ball of energy formed in front of his palms, it spiked out in multiple directions within it's compressed area. Before Gohan thrust his hands forward, releasing a destructive wave of Ki energy.
"Ha!" Gohan shouted, the wave utterly engulfed the three enemies which all dissipated into dark smoke soon after.
Taking a deep breath and releasing it, Gohan glanced toward Korra to see how she was doing.
Only to watch in amazement as the Avatar herself controlled the elements with such fluid movements it seemed natural to her. Earth, Fire, and Water elemental techniques crumbled, burnt, and crushed the opposing darkness soldiers. A dark regular pony tried to strike her, only to get whipped back by a water bending technique. Her body turned around, flowing the water across the air and smashing into a gryphon's side, these attacks made the two dark soldiers dissipate into energy that faded away.
"This is too easy!" Korra shouted, water circled around her before striking another dark soldier. "Alright, who's next- Oh... I guess that's all of them." She smiled, letting the water fall to the floor as she eased her tension.
One of the captives, a small reptile-like child screamed out, "That was so awesome!"
"Thanks! Now let's get all of you out of those chains." Korra walked up to the iron chained captives, and kneeled down. She pointed her finger toward the base of the chain before bursting forth a bended flame that burnt through the chain and shattered it.
"Oh thank you! Thank Celestia!" a pony, mare, shouted.
Gohan pulled on the chains with ease, breaking them in two and freeing some of the civilians near him. He looked toward the mare and said, "Can you explain what happened here?"
"The Darkness, that's what happened, they attacked us a few hours ago. We never stood a chance as our militia was quickly dealt with and we were captured. The army's leader went to the Town Hall. If it wasn't for you, we would've all been enslaved by the Darkness' will!"
"Thanks, we'll take care of this." Gohan said, and looked to Korra.
Korra nodded and said, "Time to finish this."
Just as the two started to head toward the Town hall, they were interrupted by the sound of a male... Reptile man creature? "Wait!"
Korra and Gohan turned around, both saying at the exact same time, "Yeah?"
"What are you two exactly?" The reptile man asked.
"Human, and you?" Gohan replied.
"I'm a y-young d-dragon... " the dragon man replied in shock that there were humans, Humans! In front of him. The newly freed crowd behind him started to mumble about strange legends and something about books.
"Um... We got to beat up the bad guy, so off we go!" Korra replied, grasping onto Gohan's hand before he could reply and they both left toward the Town Hall.
The creaking of the door echoed down the hallway entrance of the Town Hall. Entering the building, Gohan and Korra were cautious as they walked down the hall way before coming up to a large door. They went through, revealing a excessively large dome room. The walls were painted dull gray, and the top of the dome had paintings of familiar images that they had seen in those strange ruins before. Looking back down, they spotted doors at each ninety degree angle of the room.
The two heroes walked across the dome room to the doors just ahead of them, upon reaching said doors they heard mumbling on the other side. Leaning on the door, they listened to the talk beyond the door.
"No! The Element will never work for one as evil as you!" An female voice yelled out.
A male, authoritive, and somewhat dark voice replied, "I think otherwise, every tool can be used for something other than its created purpose."
"Don't you dare, don't you bucking dare!"
"Oh I bucking dare alright," He replied. The voice of the male became unintelliable and the sound of energy filled the air like electricity. "Give your soul to me, for eternity, release your life to begin another time; end your grief with me. For Kindness has a new home in darkness."
A dark pink light filled the air, Gohan immediately yelled, "Get back!"
Korra and Gohan both leaped away from the door in a split second, the door was blown off its hinges as dark purple magical energy burst outward. Smoke rose from the room's entrance before a clear figure of a black scaled humanoid dragon stepped through, one much older than the one before as he had spikes coming off his elbows, head, and shoulders. He took a glance at Gohan and Korra, confusion clear in his face before a spark of understanding gave way and the Dark General began laughing.
"Hahaha, humans! Looks like the third commander failed in stopping the summoning spell. Oh well, I'll just fix this problem myself. You may believe with your recent victories that our Lord Darkness is weak, that your strength surpasses his own! Foolish thoughts, suicidal beliefs, but I won’t judge you for wanting to die.” The general said, dark pink lightning coursed around his arms.
“Even an Element of Harmony falls before his will! Its energies course forcefully through my body! Human or not, you stand no chance.” He finished.
With a flick of his scale wrist, a current of magical electrical energy shot forward from his claws. Arcs of energy smashing into the ground as it neared the two heroes, Avatar and Z-fighter.
Gohan leaped back, dodging the wild arc of electrical magic. The energy that he sensed from the draconic dark general was ever increasing from the origin point of that butterfly shaped gem hanging around his neck. If he and Korra could defeat him, remove the necklace quickly, then it’ll be all over for the darkness forces within the town.
Gohan rushed forward, using his Ki energy to enhance his speed greatly. The Hybrid warrior turned sharply left, avoiding another dangerous energy arc as he closed the gap between himself and the enemy.
Son Gohan thrust his right fist toward the Dark General, but the corrupted humanoid dragon grasped it and tried to claw at Gohan’s face with his free claw. Gohan grabbed the General’s free claw, and both of them pushed against each other in a effort to gain control. Their hands and claws locked bursting out small pockets of colliding magic and Ki energies.
“Hehe, is this all?” The darkness embraced dragon said; The General applied more force, pushing Gohan back as the hybrid’s feet skid across the flooring in a attempt to hold ground. Gohan didn’t look him in the eye, his head down low as he stared toward the ground.
“What’s the matter? We just started and you’re giving up already?” The Dark General mocked.
“No… I’m… Excited.” Gohan answered strangely.
“Excited?” The dark general questioned.
Gohan’s grip tightened, a blue aura of powerful, raw energy burst into existence, its force causing the ground underneath to crack and crumble. Gohan looked up, his black colored eyes piercing through the General’s tainted soul. Son Gohan brought the Dark General closer all the sudden, before the General screamed in pain as Gohan planted his left knee into the dragon’s stomach.
Gohan cupped his hands together in front of him, a ball of blue Ki forming within which then blasted forward and sent the dark one flying. But not for long as a wall of earth came forth from the ground, causing the General to crash into it. He fell forward when then another smaller pillar of earth came up and uppercuts his chin.
The dark corrupted dragon grew agitated, and clenched his claw into a fist before slamming it into the ground. Magical energy coursed into the floor shaking the surrounding area which disrupted our earth bending Avatar, Korra.
“Annoying, I’ll deal with you now.” he said, shooting himself upright and charged at Korra.
Korra saw him coming, she burst forth flames from her fist at him, a sort of fireball after fireball. The dragon humanoid smirked as he easily passed through Korra’s bended flames with little damage.
It was apparent that those scales of his were resistant to fire.
The dark dragon shot a fist toward Korra which hit her abdomen, Korra retaliated by kicking the dragon's side. Only to wince in pain at the hard scales, the dragon grasped her leg, lifted her up, and threw her across the floor. Korra landed on her feet, and slammed her fist forward into the air causing a line of earth to erupt from the ground closing in on the dragon quickly.
"Wish I had some water," Korra commented, she bended the earth around her. Nature flowing to her call for power as the ground heaved upward, large boulders of rock suspended in mid air before she kicked them toward the general.
The humanoid dragon dodged the line of earth, only to be hit by the two earth bended boulders. The boulders slammed on to him, their speed and weight causing the dark General to crash to the stone tile ground forcefully.
The dark General got up, his face full of rage.
"Play time is over, I may be one of the lowest ranking generals, but I am no PUSHOVER!" He grasped the Element of Harmony on his neck, "By the Lord Darkness' will, kindness will fall, leaving only hatred. Discord does not match up to the power of his control or strength." He clenched the Element harder, the pink tendrils of energy turning into a darker shade.
The ground shook, the tendrils of energy from the Element scattering throughout the room destroying windows, flooring, decorations, and releasing a massive amount of energy around the General.
"I am General Quencher, of the 25th ranked power. And you and this town, will fail."
General Quencher slammed his back three-toed reptile foot to the ground, before rushing forward with great speed toward Korra. The surprised Avatar summoned forth a great wall of earth, which the General smashed through, the General was at her face within a instant.
"Korra!" Gohan yelled, a blue aura surrounding him as he vanished into the thin air, and reappeared in front of General Quencher. He took the blow intended for Korra, the half saiyan yelling in pain before he blasted the General back with a Ki blast to the face.
"Gohan are you okay!?" Korra yelled in concern.
"I'm fine, watch yourself here he comes!" Gohan warned.
"Haze Sphere!" The dark dragon general yelled, a ball of black greenish haze-like energy appearing in his claw before it flew out toward the two heroes.
"Move!" Gohan yelled, as they both dodged the strange energy ball that exploded the wall behind them, and the building behind that, and the one after that. The Town hall started to shake unevenly as it's support started to falter.
"Gohan, I'll distract him while you try to get up close!" Korra said.
"Alright, but be careful. That attack of his is not something to be hit by."
Korra bit her lip, 'I wish that airbending would've clicked in already!' She thought to herself.
"Hey, scale butt! Would you like some rocks in your diet?!" Korra taunted as she bended the earth underneath. Korra's figure moved with the force of a bodybuilder as multitudes of bended rock pelted the General Quencher.
Quencher gathered the magical energy around him, pulling it into a clear shimmering shield in front of him that deflected the pelleting rocks. Gohan suddenly appeared behind him, punching the General into his own shield which shattered from Quencher's lapse of concentration.
Quencher summoned forth two more Haze spheres and shot them at Gohan. The hybrid Z-fighter crossed his arms protectively and was blasted back, crashing into the ground.
Gohan's attack toward Quencher beforehand, gave Korra enough time for her to gather water from the surrounding air. The Avatar's fingers flicking across the air like invisible knives gathered water particles, allowing her access to an water source for bending.
'I'll have to remember to thank Katara for teaching me this when I get back.' Korra thought as she flicked forward a lashing water whip technique toward the dark dragon humanoid.
The technique smashed into Quencher’s chest, the force of the water causing him to stagger backward. Seeing the water drop to the ground below him, Korra brought her hands behind her before fluidly moving them in front of her, the water freezing over into ice that struck the General in place.
This provided the perfect moment for another person, one Son Gohan.
Gohan cupped his hands in front of him, aiming them toward the General’s direction. Slowly he brought his palms to his side as he chanted the technique’s wording.
“Ka… Me… Ha… Me… “
A blue light shined brightly from Gohan’s hands, a ball of condensed Ki energy forming within. The half saiyan’s legs spread apart, firm and unyielding as he gathered his inner energy and channeled it to his technique. The blue light seemed to make the area around him darker in appearance, before Gohan thrust his arms forward at General Quencher’s direction.
“Ha!” Gohan yelled.
A sizable wave of blue Ki energy came bursting out of the small condensed ball, heading directly toward the dark dragon with no intent of slowing down at the slightest. The sheer power of the wave caused craters underneath as it soared over toward the General.
“No, no!” The General screamed, cracking through the ice that held him back. But he was too late. His eyes widened in fear as the wave closed in on him, in a futile effort to protect himself he threw his hands in front of him. The entirety of the wave engulfed him, burning away at his scales before the Ki technique dissipated in nothingness.
The sound of a body crashing to the ground echoed through the room.
“We did it,” Gohan said, walking next to Korra.
“That… Was the hardest fight I was ever in.” Korra commented.
*WASLAM!*
“Don’t worry! We’re here to kick ass and help!” One Naruto Uzumaki screamed after kicking the door down.
Jaina walked in, sheathing the blades she had out. “Ugh, the fight is already over.”
“What! Oh come on guys! You couldn’t wait for us?!” Naruto complained.
Gohan scratched the back of his head, giving Naruto and Jaina a sheepish grin. “Sorry, but he attacked us first!”
“Yeah, so even if we tried too, I’m not sure he would’ve agreed.” Korra defended sarcastically.
Gohan’s head snapped up, “Almost forgot! That gem!” He turned around, running up to the body… An alive, burnt, and ragged breathing body; Gohan tore the butterfly gem necklace right off his neck.
Gohan walked back to his fellow heroes, Naruto and Jaina both staring quizzically at the gem he held. Naruto asked, “What’s that?”
“I don’t know, but I think it’s related to that Kindness symbol we saw at the ruins before,” Gohan said.
“Didn’t Quencher say a few things about Kindness randomly during his ‘Power Speeches’?” Korra questioned.
Jaina spoke up, “It appears to be some sort of enchanted object that’s for sure, I can sense an immense quantity of magical energy radiating off of it.”
“What… Huh… Kindness… Gem? Hey is it me, or is it glowing?” Naruto asked.
Naruto was right, the gem glowed on top Gohan’s hand before it floated toward the midpoint of the four heroes. Gohan, Korra, Jaina, and Naruto stared at the Element suspending in the air before a bright pink light engulfed them all.