The Next Morning ______________
Hakai explained the new terrain and the path to Indra and then they began to carefully move towards the apex of the mountain...
" I didn't asked this earlier but does this mountain has a name "...asked Indra looking towards Hakai and running at the same time...
" Ummm...it has a name but an infamous one...a lot of illegal activities happened here a long time ago .... at that time it was a town with a lot of people living here...but after a certain incident it turned out like this....this mountain is called SILENT PARADISE , a place where evil resides in silence...." said Hakai sadly looking straight...
Today the wind was fierce...the snowfall made it difficult to see...the trees were crying....a tall women emerged from the snow..she was Amora...
As soon as she saw Hakai, she without wasting time pierced his chest with her hands....then she cut Indra's throat who had covered his face with a piece of cloth...Amora removed the cloth piece only to find it was Hakai's clone which slowly disappeared...then...she took a look at Hakai whose chest she pierced..and..it was also Hakai's clone which disappeared....
"Tskk...still playing these tricks..." said Amora in anger...
Hakai and Indra were taking a long but different route to avoid Amora...
" My clones were destroyed immediately as soon as she got in contact with them....she is serious about killing us.." said Hakai in a serious tone....
" Did you mean she wasn't serious tomorrow..even though we almost died...?." asked Indra sarcastically...
" Of course...., it is a game for her which she has been enjoying for a week now...she was playing with us....she needs something to entertain herself in this lonely mountain but yesterday when I cut...not even cut...but scratched her hand...she understood she cannot afford to let us roam freely anymore..." replied Hakai with firmness...
" We need to reach the top without getting involved with her .." added Indra...
Both Hakai and Indra were carefully moving as fast as they could....while Amora... encountered Hakai's clone one after another...Hakai had carefully placed his clones at important places which he had carefully studied since he came here ..
As Hakai and Indra were getting nearer and nearer to the peak , the more steeper the terrain got...
Now they have started to feel difficulty in breathing....it was colder....the terrain was more challenging....
On the other hand Amora was destroying Hakai's clones one after another....But she had realised something was not right...she could sense their presence but everytime it was a clone...Where were the real ones ?...Which place had she not checked yet?..the questions remained in her mind....
She looked at the sky covered with dark clouds...she was smiling...for some reason she was enjoying..somewhere deep inside her she could feel joy...it has been lonely and no one who had entered this mountain had entertained her so far....
Hakai and Indra were almost there....but...the mountain was steeper...it was almost ninety degree....now they neeeded to climb with the help of their hands...so they began climbing holding the protruding stony part and the cracks on its surface....
Hakai finally reached the top....But....
"RUN!!! " exclaimed Hakai as Indra witnessed a hand piercing Hakai's shoulder muscles vertically, blood poured on the ground, the wound was deep..
Indra was still in the middle of climbing..witnessing the attack Indra climbed as fast as he could and reached the top....
" I told you to run..." sighed Hakai taking long breath through his mouth...
Seeing Indra, Amora made a little distance and took attacking stance...the top only had a radius of ten metres ...it was covered with snow making the surface slippery.....
Hakai had lost the last hope....with sadness filled in his eyes and with a pale face...he told Indra, " Indra...I will try to hold her here as long as I could...descend the mountains with your speed through the alternate path I told you and leave from here as soon as possible..now she is here...this is the last thing I could do for you..."
Indra took a calm breath...at the same time maintaining a defensive stance against Amora..he said," Hakai...you are a genius...you devised an outstanding plan...you were able to understand the pattern in which the terrain changes in such a short period of time...after doing this much...you are giving up?..really... You are forgetting you are not alone...now...continue with your plan I will handle her "
Hakai was surprised...he had gone in numerous missions...and one thing he knew clearly...when
Then Indra looked towards Amora maintaining eye to eye contact with her...his eyes were filled with determination...he said " Don't think you are the only one who has not shown your all cards..."
"Enough with your babbling " replied Amora
Amora started chanting ," FIRST LOVE : ..... "...But Indra quickly pushed Amora with all his force...and... interrupted her attack...
Indra had realised if he gave Amora a chance to attack it would be all over for both of them....
Indra was taking long and deep breaths, with each step his speed increased drastically...by now even Amora had lost his track....Indra tried various attacks from various positions maintaining his speed....but again Amora could counter them easily...she grabbed his hands and smashed him two metres deep in the ground....
Indra's body was aching painfully...his eyes were covered in blood...he was bleeding from his nose and mouth...dense light smoky fumes from his sweat came out of his body.... this all had happened within five seconds...a high amount of anaerobic respiration in a very short time had damaged Indra's muscles at various parts of his body...
Now Amora looked towards Hakai who still had to grasp what really happened..but...Indra came in front of her covering Hakai....
"You haven't learnt your lesson boy.. " said Amora in irritation while getting ready to attack..
Hakai realised that he didn't had much time... everything could end in seconds..he needed to hurry...
Hakai murmured , " TWENTY SHADOWS GAME "...and in a blink twenty clones of Hakai appeared before them...
Meanwhile Indra closed his eyes...he started breathing calmly and slowly..in a firm and raging voice he fumed..." BLAZING SUN "...
The fumes coming out of Indra's body got dense...he started breathing from mouth...the air around them got hotter...the snow started melting....light yellowish orange flame emerged from Indra's hand...
Hakai's clones penetrated their swords deep into the surface...
Amora understood she cannot engage with Indra right now, she needed to stop Hakai...so she rushed towards Hakai...but Indra grabbed her hand and threw her in the air...Amora felt burning sensation over her hand where had grabbed her...
Amora still pointed her finger towards Hakai..in an attempt to unleash her attack....But...Indra hit her guts with his fist fuming with flames...a large amount of flames covered Amora's whole body...Amora felt it difficult to breathe...which delayed her attack..
" SHADOWS GAME X LIGHTNING SWORD GAME " Hakai said loudly and all the swords penetrated on the ground started glowing releasing light blue sparks...
Hakai quickly grabbed Indra and his fifteen clones formed a protective layer around both of them....Amora again tried to attack them as her wounds started to heal on their own at a rapid rate...but..this time Hakai's clones grabbed her from behind...and it was enough...enough for to execute Hakai's plan...
The twenty swords released a high magnitude of energy into the ground...light blue sparks filled the surrounding..and then...BOOOOOM!! .....the blast erased the conical peak of the mountain... destroying three kilometres of mountain length as measured from top....
The pressure from the blast threw Hakai and Indra up into the air with a high speed but Hakai's ten clones were destroyed in an instant because of the blast...
Amora was also up in the air but she was in bad shape...her body was burnt badly...her bones were broken...the five clones were successful in diverting her trajectory after the blast and she was falling away in the opposite direction from them towards the mountain...as she was falling she looked towards them in anger...
" It is not the end..I am not running..I will be back being stronger and definitely defeat you next time..and avenge my friends..." shouted Hakai in a firm and motivated tone.. as they separated in the air...
The speed they gained from the blast was enough to cover a range of eight kilometres horizontally which allowed them to exit the mountain region completely...as they were above ten kilometres from the ground and four kilometres away from the mountain in the air...they finally saw snow disappearing...they could see the plain land filled with flowers and life...this was refreshing....
But...a new fear arose in their heart...they were about to fall soon...and the speed by which they were falling...they will die...
Hakai was almost out of his stamina...he could only bring five more clones of him...so he created five more clones and spread them around them....and then aognalled Indra...
Indra understood his task...he too was at his limits...but they had to survive no matter what...Indra grabbed Hakai tightly then he landed on Hakai's clone and kicked them to reduce their momentum...but the kick destroyed Hakai's clone....now only five more clones left ..they were successful in reducing most of their momentum but they still need to survive the fall....
The remaining five clones created a cushion around them and shifted their posture towards a tree to gain minimum damage possible ....
They collided with the tree...