Chapter 12: Confirmation And A Trip
A fight was occurring, in a separate dimension the air was torn, space was split and countless explosions occurred. As explosions were spreading, in the heavens or ground the three never stopped fighting. Marco was fighting and he was ecstatic, as massive a fan of fighting media he always wanted to fight like this. He had many frustrations in life where he had little control but now, he could control the flow of battle.
As he fought on with Ema, he slowly suffered fewer wounds, and when he felt confident, he convinced Diya to join the fun. The moment she joined in he was beaten almost immediately. Not letting the defeat affect him, he learned through combat what should be done and what to cut. Gradually his fighting style was refined and he incorporated some close combat techniques into his style. This result though simply solved one of his greatest issues, as a scythe was generally a mid-ranged weapon he had issues with infighting. Though they were not experts, years of fighting ensured that both Ema and Diya were no slouch.
Ema managed to devise tactics to get in close and beat down Marco while Diya threatened him with her whip from afar. The duo managed to force Marco into corners for months but he never gave up. After reviewing and his experience he learnt how to dodge with minimal movements. In the beginning, they were flukes but he slowly got the hang of it. As time passed, he managed to put up a better fight, until some of his memories came back to him.
He remembered how he used his scythe in the past, and using that as a reference he incorporated it into his style. The result was managing to fight off both Ema and Diya when he could not match them physically yet. As masters said in the past "Power is not everything, technique and experience triumph over power alone." As he managed to hold his own Diya cut their training short, much to Ema and Marco's disappointment. She reasoned that they still had responsibilities, hearing the valid argument the two could only sulk and reluctantly agree.
Soon the trio exited the dimension entering directly into the mansion's bath, the three without much thought went directly into the showers. As Marco was showering Diya sneaked up on him and hugged him. Glancing around them she confirmed that Ema was not close before she offered to wash his back.
Marco denied her to her great disappointment, Marco could only sigh when he saw Diya's reaction. "We have responsibilities right Diya? If you were to help me wash, and with myself returning the favour we probably would not leave for a long time, right?" Marco smiled at the end and he rinsed himself off. He splashed some water on Diya in hopes she would stop sulking and join Ema soon. Seeing her unhappy Marco thought about how to cheer her up.
Having no clue he asked her, "What can I do to cheer you up?". As if this was her goal Diya's expression immediately changed and like a fox, she sneaked up on Marco rinsing himself and whispered "Spend the night with me alone once we are free, you won't reject me, right? And don't you dare lie I can see little Marco ready and raring". She smiled provocatively.
Marco only stood up said yes and exited the shower. All the while his face was completely red as he blanked on what to do, he just robotically walked to the changing area. Diya laughed as she joined him. After the trio were dressed Diya and Ema sent Marco back to earth while they needed to tend to their responsibilities. The moment Marco reached back to earth he found that he was in the middle of a forest.
Sighing he just jumped to see where he was. When he was in the air, he saw that it was a massive sea of trees. Sighing again he just propelled himself in a random direction as his possessions were all destroyed when he initially awakened, he had no means of navigation, identification and funds. The plan now was to return home and possibly prepare his things to exit society. As this thought was making its course, he thought that it would not be bad to have a base on earth too. So, he made returning home his top priority for now.