Chapter 5: A return home
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Isaiah slowly arose after the final clash. His body was now aching in pain as the wounds Mugen dealt him started to restore themselves rapidly.
His flesh and bone mended themselves back together around his forearm, reaching up toward his shoulder blade, completely healing him. At the same time, Mugen, on the opposite side of the field, restored their body together from the continuous bolts of Isaiah's lightning strikes and silver staff raining down onto them constantly.
Mugen, floating in the vastness of space, looks toward their brother with a slight grin, then propels themselves using burst-flow as they make their way towards a broken piece of flying rubble from the planet's destroyed surface.
Isaiah stood at the edge of the broken piece, calm and resolute about the outcome of the battle, his silver-white hair static with remnants of electrical energy; he knew his siblings were always up for a challenge, a way to test each other's skills and maintain a sense of purpose.
This is most especially true with the two oldest of the originals and strongest of the seven visionaries, Isaiah's two siblings, Altier and Mugen, who possess the highest levels of output amongst them all; however, with the other visionaries, they all, despite being born after those two, share strong relativity, which allows for them to have a contest of strengths to grow stronger each battle they plunge into.
Isaiah turned to see Mugen land onto the broken platform he stood upon and smiled warmly at Mugen, desummoning his silver-staff Kirin back into his soul sanctuary as he walked over towards his sibling and gave them a big hug:
"Sister, that was a beautiful battle, and I am glad that we could share another one of those moments, but… I think I almost had you there that time. I mean, I was this close to getting you."
Isaiah's smile widened as he waved his arms around, showing off what moves he could've possibly pulled to catch Mugen off guard. Then he pointed upward at the starlit sky, showing that the storm clouds he summoned earlier in battle were still lingering after the sparring match.
" I think I could've caught you with a bolt or two."
Mugen smiled slightly, then patted her brother's head for a little bit:
"Listen, Isaiah, you still have much time to learn and grow as I do & with time comes more experience than before. Besides, I was only using one of my many practice blades to cut you." Mugen then pulled her hand back and summoned her true divine instrument, showing her brother a black blade with a seven-pointed golden hilt and a black-and-pink handle with a tassel hanging loosely from it.
Isaiah noticed the blade in her hand was as dark as the night sky above them, blending perfectly with the surroundings; shortly after, Mugen returned the blade to their soul sanctuary and looked to her brother.
"We should get moving now. Don't wanna keep the rest of our brothers & sisters waiting for us."
Isaiah shook his head in agreement and said in a clear tone of voice: "Our big brother Altier will probably go on some long talk about making sure we are wary of time management. Haha, he's always been like that, though, so I can't be too surprised."
Both Isaiah and Mugen quickly jump from the platform they were standing on, activating burst flow as they propel themselves instantly across vast light-years of space within a few seconds.
Within less than five minutes, they jumped from the location where they sparred. They crossed three neighboring galaxies, ending up back in the Milky Way—the home they watch over as its defenders.
Boosting past planets like Jupiter, Mars, and so forth, the two siblings Land back on Earth.
Deep inside one of the largest continents sits a large village of more than two thousand originals, all living safely from any outside threat that could harm them on Earth, as they are the greatest deterrent to any unknown extraterrestrial threat.
Isaiah and Mugen land inside the continent and run across hundreds of miles of ground in less than two minutes, maintaining their hollow energy output so they don't rip through Earth's atmosphere.
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The two come upon a large obsidian wall that wraps around in a circle, and up above them sits a massive island that floats high up in the sky alongside large volumes of water that pour out downwards into the land below them, forming
a giant lake that spreads out below.
"It's good to be back home, Mugen, wouldn't you agree?" Isaiah turned slightly to look at his sister.
Mugen nodded with a warm smile on her face.
" I'm sure everyone will be thrilled to see us again." A second later, both felt an immense, hollow energy presence pass through them.
The two look up and watch as someone jumps down from the edge of the massive island, landing in front of them.
Standing well over 7ft tall with a stocky build and a thick goatee & mustache, he slung a large gourd over his back, pulled it off, took a long sip, then set it down beside him. A moment later, the original stretches his arms and goes in for a big hug with both Isaiah & Mugen, shaking them in his arms as he yells loud enough for those on the island to hear him from down below.
" Mugen and Isaiah have returned to us!!!"
This man was another sibling and one of the strongest of the originals, known as Borg, who, like Isaiah and Mugen, were part of the seven visionaries who protect Earth and the originals.
After a few seconds of holding his siblings, he let the two of them go, patting both of them on the back with his hefty hands. Then he said in a joyful voice: "Brother Altier will be returning soon, and with it he'll be wanting to speak with the other visionaries of the new idea to help us manage our current situation on the island."
Isaiah looked at Borg, then asked, "Alright then, shall we go back up to home now?"
Borg stepped back, then nodded, looking up toward the island. A beam of hollow energy lifted the three instantly and transported them back home.