Chapter 5
Abyss - The almost never ending red void with two large eyes(Eris) and burning hell - clashed with Genma's Perpetuity - the infinite void with multi coloured aurora tints and four eyes(Gemini) cornered it.
The red void combined with the infinite void space and had six eyes at its corners - Two were dark red and four were white to light green with translucent tiny diamond sparkles.
It was a clash of two domes.
The actual sparring ground was absent of Genma and Genya.
All but Masami knew what just happened.
"I guess he really did activate his dome."
"I feel bad about the new guy."
"It looks like Genya held back so long he got bored."
"Yeah for real. Activating his dome, Abyss, you sure are dead."
"Unless the new guy also has a dome. He might have a chance."
The students' chatters choked the silence of the sparring grounds.
Masami got curious about how Genma and Genya vanished . She asked a fellow student. She tapped a girl.
"Do you know what just happened right now?"
"Oh, you don't know. Genya just activated his dome, meaning he sent the new guy to his own area of dominance. Once you do that, you are sent to the person's dome and won't be visible at the battleground before."
"Thank you but may I ask, is a person's dome dangerous?"
"Yes. Like yes girl. Domes are built on an opponent's self and power. Everything in that dome favors them and works against enemies, making the owners almost invincible. So the boy who just went to Genya's dome is in real danger"
"Huhh!!" Masami panicked.
"Wassup Masami." Zenith appeared beside her with his hands pocketed.
She turned to him then staggered behind and blinked open. She got spooked.
"ZENITH! You spooked me sensei"
"Where's Genma?"
"Zenith sensei, Zenith sensei. They say Genma has been trapped in some of kind of dome called Abyss. He's in danger"
"Oh, is he?"
"Yes. They said Genya's dome is dangerous."
"Ok stay here."
Zenith vanished into thin air.
Genya stood at a far distance from Genma.
He looked at him thinking.
"So he also has a dome. I can feel that his dome doesn't have an end. And what's up with those four eyes."
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"Those eyes are not my Eris. Eris is red, these ones are light to green. And how did his dome activate? He didn't show any sign"
Genma also thought.
"Part of this dome looks like the one the core was explaining to me at. But it seems it merged with his technique. What is this?"
Genya gave off a proud smirk and clapped, the clap resonated in the merged dome.
"It doesn't matter. He doesn't even know that this is his dome. He has no idea what's happening. Then I win"
"I DON'T CARE WHETHER YOU ALSO HAVE A DOME. MY DOME IS MORE SUPERIOR, SO I HAVE THE UPPER HAND. HEHE!!!"
"Oh Oh. He's about to do something."
Genma reeled back in the gravity yet he remained chill. His heart still stable and staying confident.
"Time to use CONSUME to drain his pneuma."
Genma closed his eyes and opened it. The red eyes were replaced with the dark red eyes with a circle dash pattern.
"WHAT ARE YOUR LAST WORDS, PRETTY BOY!?"
"HHAA" Genma braced himself .
"Eris... CONS..."
"Wassup Genya"
Genya turned and saw Zenith.
He wavered.
"ZENITH SENSEI, I..."
"Keep your words, I already know. Now come with me."
Genma watched Zenith and thought.
"How did he get here?"
Zenith grabbed Genya's collar and dragged him toward Genma. They levitated to him as Genya was dangling behind exclaiming.
"ZENITH SENSEI, LET ME GO,LET ME..."
Then they reached Genma and Zenith took his hand from Genya's collar.
"Wassup Genma."
"Am...I mean how did you get here sensei."
"Simple. I already had a Nexus on this guy."
"A Nexus...?"
"A Nexus is a youjutsu technique of bonding. When you bond a pact with another person, it allows you to enter the person's dome at will or when the person is rather stuck in a dome."
"Speaking of dome, it seems you have one, it's classy, not bad Genma, what did your core call it"
"It said it's called ... Perpetuity."
"Not bad. Meaning your dome never ends."
"It doesn't?"
"I don't know... I was stating a fact dumbass."
"But I didn't call my dome. How did it appear."
"You're right. You are new here, a dome only activates from a person's soul influence, that could mean you leaked it, or maybe your dome is always on because of your soul influence being constant."
"Anyway. Give your ass a good congrats for being able to fight Genya without training."
"But know that I already told him to intentionally spar with new students I teach and he should hold back. He's way stronger than you right now."
"But I knew this bastard would push off his limits"
Zenith knocked Genya with a smile.
"OWW! SENSEI... !!"
"Genya, meet Genma, he's new here, his first day but I am adding him to your team. So you better get along."
"Uhh" Genma murmured.
"WHAAA!!!" Genya exclaimed.
"WHAT. I FIGHT ALONE SENSEI. AND YOU KNOW I AM THE BEST STUDENT IN ANIMA HIGH!!!"
"Stop yapping and SHUT UP!! I said both of you will be teammates, no comments."
Genya kept on arguing.
Genma looked and smiled as he thought.
"He's loud and is filled with dark energy. But he's got a good heart."
Genma stepped up in front of Genya.
"Huh? What do you want, pretty boy?"
"I am Genma. I admit, you are super strong. I realized when I gave you that kick to your head..."
Genya opened his mouth, "Wha!!!"
"You are durable and powerful. It's nice to meet you, and thank you for the spar."
Genma tilted his head and smiled.
Genya left his mouth open in surprise. Zenith looked down, closing his eyes and smiling.
He closed his mouth and smiled.
"You weren't bad yourself pretty boy. I am Genya. Let's be friends boy, what do you say?"
"Sure. That would be cool."
"Aww. I wanna cry seeing you guys bond, but actually that's enough. Now let's go, I have to train you, Genma."
The boys looked at their sensei with a smile.
"Ok sensei" the boys said in unison.
"OK!? You scumbag, do I have to tell you to deactivate ABYSS!!? DUMBASS!!"
"Oh my bad." Genya scratched the back of his head then clasped his hands.
"Wait, how do I deactivate my dome?"
"I will teach you that later, don't worry, a dome clash is a dome merge, when one deactivates, the whole dome deactivates."
Genya deactivated Abyss. The void and everything disappeared. The three were teleported back to the sparring grounds.
Now the grounds seemed to be empty but Masami sat down and saw them.
She got up with relief and enthusiasm then ran to her big brother.
"BIG BROTHER!!! YOU'RE SAFE!"
"MASAMI!!!"
She jumped into his arms and they hugged, smiling.
They then got off calmly.
"Both of you are staying here, Genya, get your ass to class."
"RIGHT! Sensei.."
Genya saluted Genma with a smile.
"SEE YA!!"
Then he rushed out the compound with fire.
Masami looked at him with confusion as she opened her mouth and twitched her hair with her finger.
"Huh. Wasn't he just fighting you? What's up?"
Genma turned to her and tilted his head and smiled,
"I am sorry I will explain. Later."
"THAT'S THE SPIRIT, NOW WE ARE GOING TO LEARN PNEUMA."
"PNEUMA? What's that" Masami said.
"It's the soul energy for making youjutsu attacks."
"Oh. Ok. What do we do then."
"Nothing. Just think in your mind and in your soul."
"HAAAAA." Zenith yawned.
"SOME PEOPLE USUALLY MEDITATE, BUT IF YOU ARE MY STUDENT YOU DONT DO THAT FUCK!!!"
"Zenithhh." A sweet voice played in their ears.
It was Selene.
"Selene, what do you want?"
She walked down the staircase, her footsteps played like a sweet drum.
She got down and smiled.
"Stop spooking the children. Come here little girl."
She walked to Masami. Masami blushed when Selene took her hand.
"I will be your teacher. Not this show off King of Youjutsu. Come with me."
She looked at Genma and Genma also looked at her.
"Oh hey there young man, nice to meet you. Whatever you do, survive his training. Zenith told me this is your sister, I will be taking her to train her. Good luck."
"Oh ok. Bye Masami."
"Bye Big brother." Masami waved as she went up the staircase with Selene.
Genma turned to Zenith and asked.
"So should I sit and cross my arms to meditate or..."
"Oh no. No student of mine caps his ass down to learn pneuma, we are going to learn pneuma in the best way."
"How?"
Zenith stretched his hand forward.
A small space bounded by four irregular strings and formed
a parallelogram opened.
"C'MON, FOLLOW ME."
Zenith entered the spatial teleportation door. Genma followed and entered.
The moment Genma entered, A beast with razor sharp teeth and fierce claws with no eyes, but a nose and mouth pounced into the air on top of Genma.