"Who are you?" Mr. Sato asked.
"It doesn't matter who we are, only that we are here to capture Ben," one of the bandits replied.
Then Aerin looked at Ben and Said…
Well then, after my team beats you guys, Ben, Mr. Sato and I will have a little chat.
Then Lio, Lyra, and Aelira all charged at the bandits…
The battle went on for several hours, with no side really overpowered the other, but then…
Hey, guys, you want to borrow some of my power?
Aerin then ran to his team and gave them a small amount of his Aru…
Now go beat those bandits, we can't stay here all day. We have places to be.
"Alright," Lio said as he ran towards the bandits once again.
Then Lio, Lyra, and Aelira began overpowering the bandits…
"What the hell, how did they get this much of a power boost just by gaining some Aru from that other kid?" one bandit asked.
"That other kid must be incredibly strong, at least ten times as strong as all three of these kids combined to pull that off," the other bandit said.
"You have no idea how strong Aerin is," Lio replied.
Then the bandits began to act weird…
"That's alright, we can just power up too," the bandits said as they began to walk towards each other.
Then something no one expected happened, the bandits had combined into one…
"Well that was gross to watch," Lyra said holding her food in.
Then the bandits began to run towards Lyra…
"Don't let your guard down," one of the bandits said as they hit Lyra and sent her into a tree.
"Lyra!" Lio said with concern.
"Damn you!" Lio yelled as he charged towards the bandits that had now become one.
Lio then hit the bandit, but nothing happened…
"He's like a concrete wall," Lio said under his breath, surprised.
"Hahaha, when we combine into one we quadruple our power," the bandits said as they smacked Lio to the side.
They began walking towards Aelira, and just when their fist was moving toward Aelira…
THUNK!
"Ouch!" the bandits screamed.
Their punch had been stopped by Aerin…
Ok, that's enough.
"What the hell are you, kid? You tanked my punch," the bandits asked.
"It felt like punching a mountain," the bandits said wile kissing their fist.
First, tell me y'all's name.
"Fine kid, I'll do you the favor of telling you our names since you're so strong, my name is Zephar and my other parts name is Zero," the bandits replied.
Alright, I'm Aerin. So here is the deal, either you can leave or you can die where you stand. Which one is it going to be?
"Haha, you're funny kid," the bandits said laughing.
Do I look like I'm joking?
Then the bandits looked at Aerin and saw something frightening, they saw something neither human nor monster, neither divine nor dark, they saw something that resembled divinity but not fully…
"All right we'll leave," the bandits said as they turned around, but then they realized.
"What, when did that happen?" the bandits said as they saw a gaping hole in their chest.
But then they gathered just enough energy to look over at Aerin, and what they saw was horrific…
You looking for your heart yeah I grabbed it out of your chest.
Aerin then squeezed his hand and crushed the heart that head once belonged to the bandits…as the bandits fell dead where they stood, just as he promised…
Then Aerin left to go check on his team, but when he turned around he saw his team scared…
Hey guys, what's the matter?
No response…
Hey, are you guys okay?
Aerin then walked forward, but then he noticed his team would take a step backwards each time he walked forward…
Oh, so that's how it is. I thought yall knew me better than that, well I guess not.
I'll keep walking towards our destination, yall can do whatever.
Then Aerin began to walk to the north once again…
To be continued…