Chapter no.286 Sparing a Life

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( ~ Boom ~ )
( ~ Boom ~ )
The sounds of flesh hitting echoed throughout the old dojo causing Trodaire to stire as he opened his eyes.
" I'll get ya a glass." Paulie said while Trodaire looking at his brothers.
" You awake .... Trodaire."
" Huh, what happened?"
" Go get yourself a popcorn."
The Old Master performed a 360° tornado kick but Austin was quick enough to catch it.
" Is he fighting dad right now ?"
" What ? Did that guy's beating cause some damage to your eyes ?," Hideki asked before saying," That guy is going toe to toe with master, what a beast ?"
Hideki's words caused everyone to nod.
" But how is that possible? Dad's boy has been trained by an Alpha Machomp, even most pokemon can't even hurt him yet..." Trodaire's words were cut off as the Old Master's fist embedded itself into Austin who was quick enough to defend by crossing his arms.
'He is fucking strong.'
Austin thought while flinching as he could feel the pain in his bones.
" You know, it really helps to know cliches of anime." Austin said causing the Old Master to frown as clenched his core while tanking kick to his solar plexus.
" Don't even think that I will go easy on you." The Old Master exclaimed as he lashed out with a straight.
" Oh, really..." Austin said as he intercepted the sole of his foot," right back at you."
Austin said while turning with his foot as a pivot to twist and lash out with a kick directly to the Old man's face but before any of it could happen, Austin's body was slammed into the ground.
Using the bounce of his body slamming into the ground to turn into a headbutt.
Jumping back, the Old Master frowned.
This boy's physical prowess was just like a Pokemon's.
This little moment of distraction was all that Austin had needed as his shin dug into the Old Man's stomach.
Austin's knee kick caused the Old Man to spit out before he was thrown back.
" Don't worry, I held back my punch." Austin said causing an eyebrow raise from Lucario.
Why is he stalling this out ?
Lucario's thoughts were interrupted as the Old Man stood up with little to no signs of damage.
Austin's tattoos glowed as he jumped up and landed a devastating heel drop towards the Old Man who dodged in time.
" Looks like you are starting to take this seriously." The Old Man's words were followed by shock that went throughout the room as Austin pulled his leg out from shattered floor and torn floor matt.
Austin didn't even bother replying as he channeled aura throughout his body.
The Old Man lunged forward with an overhand hook before Austin seemingly disappeared and reappeared to the side while an attack had grazed past the old man's cheek.
( ~ Drip ~ )
Blood flowed down from the laceration on the old man's face as Austin said," Still planning on not taking me seriously."
" I don't kill." The Old Man replied back with Austin answering," Then don't think of seeing the end of this day."
Austin's words ended with an extremely high pressure oppressing everyone down.
The Old Man truly felt that Austin's words weren't a bluff.
With his life on the line, the old man didn't think of the money, or the dojo or his students. In the face of Austin's monstrous aura, the Old Man only thought of survival.
Suddenly steam began to emerge from the Old Man's body causing Austin to sigh.
Of course, why did I expect anything less from this world ?
Suddenly the sound of a drum began to beat causing everyone to look around.
Where was that coming from ?!
" First Kata : Flame !"
A red streak flashed infront of Austin as the old man appeared infront of him with veins popping out all over his redden body.
The Old Man bulldozed Austin with his shoulder only for him to go through as Austin appeared above the old man while holding onto the top of his head.
" That's dangerous." Austin said before smashing a heel drop onto the old man's back.
The Old Man kipped up as he was confronted with one inch punch to his face and at that moment, the old man felt death's hand clamp around his neck.
The sounds of drums increased as the old man's heart contracted alongside every muscle fiber in his body that countered Austin's one inch punched.
In the back, Lucario immediately erated a barrier that protected everyone as the Old Man's all out attack created a column of wind that moved from Austin's back destroying his shirt entirely while embedding a fist mark onto Luacrio's barrier.
" Did he win ?" Trodaire asked as Austin laid on the floor seemingly unconscious.
" Ash !" Yellow screamed out as her eyes glowed cyan before Luacrio knocked her out.
( ~ Arggh ~ )
Austin kipped up with a grunt before a red streak went through all of his tattoos that were out for everyone to see.
Suddenly a sound of drums began to play in the dojo as the Old man looked at Austin in shock.
He was performing the secret kata after seeing it only once. It took him 50 years just to make his body capable of performing the technique yet this kid was doing it after seeing it once.
In his mind, the old master thought that if his most hated student who had once tried to steal this kata through the ancient scrolls from him, Bruno ever met this monster, who would win ?
With the sound of a gunshot being fired,the roof of the dojo was blasted by a column of air as everyone stood in shock and awe as Austin's attack missed.
No; No, the old man was spared.
The Old man fell onto the floor as Austin said," Thanks, it was fun."
With those words Austin turned back.
The Old Master looked at the floor in disbelief before a wad of cash was thrown to his feet.
Looking up, the Old Master saw the boy leaving with Lucario beside him carrying Yellow meanwhile Pikachu carried the two prized pokemon that the dojo had offered for wining.
An absolute silence enveloped the Dojo as Paulie walked in," Did I miss something?"
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[ Omake Paragraph ]
One of the greatest mysteries of the pokemon world is the question of what, precisely, is at the center of every Tangela. With the naked eye, only blackness and a pair of unnerving, floating white eyes can be seen, staring back as though to tell people not to look closer. Examination of live Tangela is literally impossible, as the vines will block any attempts to view it. Examination of dead Tangela is no more possible, for the body disappears at death, leaving only a pile of vines; this bizarre trait has led many to speculate that Tangela are controlled by a sort of visible soul.
The modern age has brought new ways of viewing and understanding, but for Tangela it has created more questions than answers. Attempts to view them by X-ray have or other techniques have resulted in a series of mechanical errors too common to be reasonably seen as coincidence. Some have theorized that Tangela themselves do not exist, and that they are a myth masquerading as a real pokemon, for many of the errors found with mythical pokemon such as Missingno are also found when attempting to view Tangela. Those who claim to have found the nature of Tangela universally differ on their accounts, and no experiment alleging to show their true nature has ever been successfully reproduced.
Whether they are the spawn of hell wrapped in vines or the cousin of the pokemon on Cinnabar Island's coast, or merely a black ball similar to a Shellder or Gastly, the mystery of Tangela's core will likely remain a subject of speculation for generations to come.