I zoom to him and try to punch him, but, he simply dodges me. I try again and he dodges me again.
I continue trying, but still, I'm not able to touch him.
"Do you see how weak you are?!" Mr Mike asks with a hint of irritation in his voice.
"I am not weak!" I shout, feeling my anger and impatience fuel my hatred. "You haven't even touched me yet!" I laugh a bitter laugh.
He laughs and shouts, "Let's get started!," still laughing.
I rush forward, thinking he is confused and trying not to miss the opportunity.
He stops laughing and gives me a powerful blow on the guts, that shatters the ground and releases a sonic wave.
I find myself flying and landing hard on the ground, creating a little dust explosion.
"I won't give up!" I shout. "I won't give up! I won't give up! I won't give up! I won't give up! I won't give up...!" I continue chanting it like a vow as I stand up, tears streaming down my face.
"That's exactly what I want to hear." He looks at me, like I'm some sort of foolish child. "I never have failures for kids!"
"I am not a failure!" I shout and zoom to his front. I try to punch him, but he simply catches it, causing a little sonic wave.
"What is this?!" He punches me hard on my left cheek, shattering the ground and releasing a big sonic wave.
I cough out some blood and find myself flying and landing hard.
"I see you won't listen to me anymore! So I'll train you with all my strength!You must be strong enough to beat me and lots of others before going against him!"
He surprisingly appears beside me and gives me another powerful punch on my right cheek, shattering the ground below us, releasing more sonic wave and freeing more blood from my body.
I fly off and land hard on the ground. I stand up, not wanting to give up yet, but groaning in pain. My whole body is screaming, "give up!" but I don't want to.
Hot tears begin streaming down my face and I shout, "I will defeat all who hurt those I have and love! All who stands in my way! All that are cruel! All that are extremely powerful! I will keep on defeating people! Till I am able to pound him to the ground and crush him, I won't stop! I won't give up! I'll keep on leveling, till all, fear me and till he is beneath me!" I turn and face the hooded person. His face isn't showing, but his lips are, and they form a wide grin.
"That's it! That's what I have been craving for!" He says calmly and laughs. "Now, get to work!"
I feel a strong urge to get to him and kill him. But Mr Mike is right. I stand no chance now. I look back at Mr Mike and say, "You're my first step!"
"Good." He appears in front of me and lands a punch, much more powerful than the others on my stomach, sending me flying and causing me to vomit more blood. I receive another punch on my stomach, then another on my stomach, then another on my stomach. Each new one, stronger than the last and releasing more blood.
I land hard to the ground, creating a big explosion and releasing a huge dust dome around me. I cough out some more blood, gasping for air.
'How can ten punches be so extreme?!'
"Come on, is that all?!" He shouts with a hint of anger in his voice. "You can do better! After all you're a God blessed!"
"He is right! I need to try!"
I stand up and begin breathing in and breathing out.
'Hey, I'm back.' The voice in my head says while laughing.
'What's funny?! Me being beaten?! Or me being desperate?! Or maybe, me claiming to be tough, when I'm just a fragile being with a little boost?!'
'Well, that's because you are pathetic!' He says, with a sign of irritation in it's voice.
'If you're here to ridicule me, please go!'
He laughs and says, 'You can't force me.' It sighs. 'I am here to advice you. So be quiet!'
'Yeah. Sure. I will still end up quiet for sure, after listening to your advice.'
'Was that sarcasm?!' He asks in an irritated tone.
'Just go on.' I say, feeling impatient.
He sighs. 'Ok then. You see, God blesseds don't fight with desperation and they sure don't behave like baby shrimps with a little boost!'
'Are you insulting me?!'
'They fight in a calm and calculated manner. They are swift, agile, smart and so on. If you want to fight as a God blesseds. You'll have to concentrate and focus hard. Channeling all your energy and not being desperate and shouting and rambling all sort of nonsense from your stink hole!'
'Excuse me?!'
'Start breathing in and breathing out. Then focus calmly. Don't rush, don't be a desperate soul!' He laughs.
'You sure are the best advice giver ever!'
'Now go and stop spilling sarcasm, like it's your right!'
'Well....'
Something powerful hits my stomach, causing me to snap out and sending me flying.
The voice in my head laughs and says, 'Finally.'
I crash to the ground, dust surrounding me. I stand up, feeling insane pain in my stomach.
"Come on. Son! You can do this!" Mr Mike shouts.
'How can a father beat his son like a punching bag and still be advising him to keep at it, so he'll receive more punch!'
I decide to try the voice in my head advice. I close my eyes and begin breathing in and breathing out, focusing, channeling and.....well doing what he said.
I sense something and catch it immediately. It releases a powerful wave and shatters the ground below us.
"Woah! It works! It actually works!" I shout and open my eyes, enjoying the look of shock on his face, but it disappears instantly and is replaced with a smile.
I give him a powerful punch on his left cheek, that shatters the ground, releasing a powerful sonic wave and sending him flying.
He lands with his feet, dust covering him. He begins laughing. "Now that's what I'm talking about!" He shouts and zooms towards me.
I zoom towards him and we clash fists, shattering the ground, releasing a powerful sonic wave and enveloping us in dust. The powerful sonic wave sends me flying.
I manage to land with my feet, my leg digging into the ground as I slide backwards.
I look at the cloud of dust. Mr Mike emerges from it and smiles.
We zoom towards each other again and start throwing punches at each other, releasing waves and shattering the ground around us. Some of my punches lands on Mr Mike, giving me some advantage.
"I see you are on a whole different level." He says and gives me an insanely powerful punch on my stomach, that sends me flying. "I guess I'll have to top up my game."
I crash land with my legs, sliding, then stop, gasping for air. I cough out some blood, my stomach, feeling like it will explode.
'God! He just increases everytime! I guess I'll have to focus and channel more!'
I close my eyes and begin focusing more, breathing in and out more. I begin feeling more energy moving through me.
Mr Mike zooms towards me and tries to punch me. I clash fist with him, causing another destruction around us and releasing more dust.
I begin focusing more, breathing in and breathing out with more concentration.
"I see you are tough now! I guess I'll now treat you like an equal!" He smiles and gives me another punch in the guts, releasing a wave and shattering some bones and the ground beneath us. I cough out more blood, before receiving five more powerful punches in the same place, causing me to cough out more blood and sending me flying.
'God! The torture! I'm losing blood!'
I land to the ground with immense force, increasing the pain and covering me in dust. I lie down still, gasping for air.
'Is that all you've got?' The usual voice in my head asks.
'Yup.' I say, feeling a sudden rush of pain and gasp.
'Like I said. You're pathetic.' He laughs an irritating laugh.
'Well, you aren't the one being pounded with punches!'
'Yeah. I would have been better!' It sighs. 'Have you try focusing and concentrating more?' It asks, it's voice surprisingly calm.
'Yeah.'
'You aren't trying well enough... Try harder!'
'But I'm in severe pain. My ribs and body hurts badly. My stomach is dead.' A sudden rush of pain makes me gasp. 'And besides, I think he broke some bones.'
It sighs. 'That will heal. You're regenerative.' Silence. 'But you'll have to focus more to enable regeneration and boost it.'
'But how....?'
'Just shut up and breathe! God! How hard can it possibly be!' He shouts. 'Look I really really need you to win all who stand in your way. I need you to prepare for the future. Ok?' His voice now surprisingly calm, feels like a soothing balm.
'Ok.'
'Good.' He laughs a little. 'Now breathe in, breathe out. Breathe in, breathe out. Slowly but stronger. Your breathing should be slow but strong. Focus! Focus! Focus!'
'Ok.'
I begin breathing slowly. Focusing on myself and my breathing. Hoping, I'll match up to Mr Mike and defeat him. Though, I don't want to fight him, I have no other choice. But I'm glad. I mean, look how far I've gotten.
I begin feeling better, the pains begins reducing, my strength begins increasing and I begin feeling moving of energy around my body again.
'I am doing it!'
'Good. Continue. Increase your breathing slowly, feel the changes occuring. And if you're lucky enough, you'll start sensing presences... Increase your breathing. You can do this. I know you can....' He keeps on encouraging.
Listening to him, is like listening to a great and wise teacher. I can feel my breathing intensify, slowly and calmly.
'Now go....! Go and win and no matter what.....! Don't shout the one thing you feel in the fight.'
'And what's that?'
'I won't say. Now go!'
'Why can't you say?!' I ask and get silence in return. After some seconds of waiting, I finally open my eyes and stand up.
Dust is still much around me.
'Dust?!'
I look around well and finally know it's thick fog.
'Fog?! How?!'
I feel something behind me. I turn quickly and receive a punch on my left cheek that clears the fog, shattering the ground and sending me flying.
I feel another presence beside me and receive another punch on my right cheek, before I could turn.
'He is fast!'
I begin feeling a rush of doubt.
'I can't win! I just can't!'
'You can do this! I know you can!' The voice says in my head, but it sounds like it's distant, like it's an echo.
'Are you there?!' Silence.
I feel another presence behind me and quickly turn, but I still receive another punch on my right cheek.
Watching blood come out of my nose and mouth and filling my mouth, feeling helpless, my doubt increases.
'You can do this! I know you can!' The voice repeats again, but it still sounds distant and in an echo form.
'How sure are you?!' I ask, hoping for an answer, but receive silence.
I feel another presence. But this time, it's in front of me. I look, only to see Mr Mike running in front of me, which looks creepy and cringey, because I'm flying backwards.
The look on his face, is one of dissapointment. "I expected more from you kid! How will you defeat him when you can't even match with me?!' His voice though harsh, is surprisingly calm. 'If you want to win...!' He gives me a powerful punch, hard on the face. 'You win!' He shouts.
I continue flying, wishing I can instantly upgrade or wake up and find out that everything is a dream.
I begin receiving punches from everywhere, left, right, front, back. My sense of feeling presence stops instantly, making me feel like a hopeless corpse amongst hungry piranhas.
The punching stops and I open my eyes, expecting the worst and more punches to my face. But surprisingly everything is still. Infact, everything is red and blue, environment; blue, Mr Mike and I; red. Although Mr Mike is in front of me, about to give me another punch, but he too is still and red.
"You truly are a remarkable...dissapointment!" A voice says, at my right side.
I turn to see the hooded person, whom I have forgotten for some time now, due to the punching game.
He is standing far off, but his voice is surprisingly loud and clear.
"You have a lot of potential.....but you're hiding it! Why?!" He appears in front of me and clicks his finger, releasing me.
I land hard to the ground and groan in pain, my whole body aching, but none like my cheek.
I look up at him and see he is looking down at me. I feel a rush of fear, not knowing what I'm afraid of, since he isn't touching me.
"Arise!" He commands, his voice deep and suppressing.
I find myself standing up immediately.
"Do you want to end all this?!" He asks, his voice deep and stern. "Do you want to change your fate and life into whatever you want?!"
"What do you mean?" I ask shakily.
"Do you want me to change your story and fate!" He sighs. "That is, I'll change everything about you, and all this will end!"
"Really?! But how?"
"Yeah. And how?! That's none of your business!" His gaze hardens. "So?!" He asks, his voice filled with intensity and a crushing aura. "Answer or I erase your pitiful existence!"
"Please, don't."
"Ok. Go on..... Would you like to change everything!"
I begin thinking, and after some while of brainstorming, I say, "I want to....."