originally posted in:The New Dojo
Aki let out a yell as he fell to his knees. The electricity coursed through him and he stared at his brother in agony. Then, the smoke around him grew and suddenly another blast of aura shot out from him, which seemed to destroy the rune around him. Suddenly Aki dashed towards Zane, a knife in his left hand and his spinning blade in his right.
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Zane channeled his own dark aura and let out multiple blasts, sending them at his charging brother.
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The sent Aki back a a bit, but he then dissipated and reappeared in front of Zane and immediately cut across his brothers chest with the spinning blade with a diagonal swing of his hand.
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He staggered back as blood dripped from his chest, and he glared at Aki as he flicked his wrist which sent more knives out.
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Aki swung his arms in an attempt to block Zane's knives, however he could only deflect one as the second impaled itself in his shoulder which made the Master stagger back.
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He followed up by leaping forward and went to deliver a swift kick yo his brothers jaw.
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Aki however delivered his own kick with his left leg which swung into Zane's leg. This blocked the strike, in which Aki quickly spun around on his heel and jumped and kicked with his right leg with a powerful blow that went into Zane's side and sent him flying away and crashing into the mountain face he had fallen from.
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He groaned as he fell to the ground, his weapons beside him. He reached for them and got back up, blood trickling down his forehead.
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Before he could have any time to regain his footing however, he felt himself being bashed back into the mountain face. The Infinite blade left his hand and the back of his head smacked into the mountain. His vision was blurred and his ears ringed but as his mind cleared he saw Aki standing in front of him, his blade in hand and pointed at Zane's throat. Zane felt the cold steel of his little brothers blade touch his neck, and the trickling of blood that came from the broken skin at the tip. "This....is...over!" Aki told Zane with bated breath.
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He met his brothers eyes, and stared deep into them. "Do it then."
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Aki seemed to be avoiding eye contact with his brother. They darted away towards his blade rather then Zane's eyes. "You...do you have ANY idea what you put us through Zane?" He asked his brother.
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He let out a sigh, his arms fell to his side. "I truly did want to come back for you and sis, but I couldn't find away back home....I tried for years in my spare time to find a way back."
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"That doesn't answer my question!" Aki yelled at him. "Do you have ANY idea?! Can you even comprehend what it's like to have your own brother ABANDON YOU?!"
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"I'm know....I don't have any good reason for why I left." He placed his hand on his brothers blade, gripping it tightly.
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Blood drew from Zane's Hand as his brother held his blade at Zane's neck still. "Don't lie to yourself, Zane." Aki told him. "Don't lie to me. You left because you did have a reason. It was a girl. A girl who stole your heart. I suppose that is enough to make someone leave a child army." Aki said sombrely.
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"That's only a reason, it's not a good one. I shouldn't have left, I should have just completed the contract then came home."
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"Yes you should have. But we cannot fix the things we regret. Not once we have already taken action."
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"Then take your revenge, isn't that what you're here to do?"
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"YES!" Aki said as he looked at Zane. But Zane felt the twitching of his brothers hand on his blade. "I...I know I have to do this. I have to."
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"Why? Why do you have to kill me?"
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"Because you left! It doesn't matter if you could not come back! It is nightingale law!"
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"But you are now the master of the nightingales correct? You could change them, make them better!"
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"Do you ask the birds to change their flight paths? Or tell the wolves not to hunt their prey? Don't be naive Zane! What you are saying is..."
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"Insanity I know, but not impossible. You can finally make the nightingale name mean something good!"
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"Its name is already stained in too much blood." Aki told Zane in Denial.
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"Nonsense, you can fix this damn clan. You know you can Aki!"