Kinesis

Chapter 13: Questions and Answers

"I must still have snow in my ear," Mizu tilts then hits his head as if to remove something from his ear, "Can you repeat that please?" 

"We're not gonna help you." Lyn walks over to Mizu. "You hearing me dumbass?"

Mizu's hands produce a cold vapor. "I am. However I do not like what I am hearing." 

"Alright let's settle down." Vann interrupts. "We can't help you is what Lyn means to say."

"Maybe you do." Lyn whispers under her breath. 

"Can't or won't?" Beatrix questions.

"Can't. As grandmasters we can only watch and train. We're not allowed to interfere directly with the ones we train." Jord explains. "Its as frustrating as it sounds."

"Simply put; if we could help you, we would" Vann finishes.

"Then I think it's time you leave." Ciato steps forward. 

Vann nods. "Right." They all quietly group up and walk out the room. 

"So now what?" I ask.

"Now we train." Mizu takes out his twin swords. "Who would like to spar?"

"I'll take you up on that." Ciato grabs at the air in front of him and pulls out the long sword. 

"I think we should all rest first." I step between them. "We've all had a hell of a day and could use the rest." 

"He's right, we literally got our asses kicked yesterday." Beatrix shrugs, "It's a miracle we're even walking now." 

Both Ciato and Mizu put away their weapons. "You may need the rest but I will stay awake to study the weapons and to keep track of her." Mizu points at Beatrix, "Like you I find it quite unbelievable that you are even standing." He walks over to her and takes into the next room.

"How you feeling?" I ask Ciato.

"Fine. Great even." He smiles. "I do have something to tell you though." 

"Shoot." I stomp my foot and make two stone chairs for Ciato and I, "Take a seat." I plop myself down. 

Ciato takes a seat. "When I fought the titan he punched me into a wall," He pauses and looks at his hands. "He said he gave me something called the Phoenix Flame. He didn't give me much information but all I know is that it makes me stronger, as well as my flames." He snaps his fingers and makes a fire dance between his hands, this is new. The flame is changing colors.

"Thats new." I point to his hands. 

"Yeah... I didn't even know I could do that." Suddenly the fire jumps from his hand and starts flying around the room. It grows and eventually lands between us. 

"Thats because it wasn't you idiot!" A childs voice is coming from the fire. The fire quickly takes the shape of a young boy. He looks only about 12 and  he wears a yellow, red, and orange, stripped shirt. He wears tattered and burnt jeans with no shoes. His hair looks orange with a weird red around the tips. "It was me!"

"And who exactly are you?" I scoff.

"I am someone who can kick your ass earth eater!" He violently points at me.

"Yeah no." I make a fist, forcing the stone under him to grab his legs and pull him into the ground. "See?"

"Woah!"  Ciato jumps from his seat, "It's okay it's okay! He's the embodiment of the Phoenix Flame!"

The boy pulls himself out from the ground despite being waist deep in stone. "Yeah you idiot! Don't you know a god when you see one?!" 

"You're a god?" Ciato and I both say at the same time.

"Well... not exactly?" The boy shrugs. "No okay I'm not. But I am Pheoni, the 456 incarnation of the Phoenix Flame." He bows. 

"Am I supposed to be impressed?" I chuckle. 

"Well considering he's what helped me win against the titan I'd say so." Ciato shrugs. "But this is what I wanted to tell you, I now have this guy attached to me." He gestures to Pheoni.

"'This guy' is the only reason you beat that big boy." Pheoni dusts himself off. "But I wanted to talk to you." He faces Ciato.

"Do I have to leave?" I get ready to stand.

"No because this applies to you as well." He quickly points at me. 

"Right." I relax and place my right leg over my left.

"I did some digging in that noggin of yours and I saw the fight." Pheoni suddenly goes serious.

"We've been in a lot of fights your gonna need to specify." I lay my head in my hand.

"The one with those dudes with the weapons. The Rejects or whatever you call them." He responds.

"What about them?" Ciato crosses his arms 

"They're strong. But its the weapons that are making them so strong. They have some sort of link to the weapon that's keeping them connected to each other as well as enhancing their abilities." Pheoni paces around the room. "It would have to be some sort of material that not only acts an enhancer but also as psychic connecter of sorts."

"You got all that from a 5 second fight?" Ciato is clearly impressed.

"Seriously I could barely make out their faces." I uncross my legs and sit forward with my elbows on my knees.

"I have done some research and discovered that the material he is talking about also happens to be the same thing our weapons are made out of." Mizu chimes in from the door way holding one of his swords.

"He's right." Pheoni stops pacing. "They must be made out of titan bone." 

"What now?" Mizu begins walking over to Pheoni

"Titan weapons were made from the titans themselves," Pheoni turns to Mizu."Thats why they have such a strong connection to their element."

"But they weren't proper kinetics, they were sub types." Ciato points out.

"Maybe so but don't you think there are more titans than just four?" Pheoni questions.

"No." Mizu sternly answers.

"Then you're an idiot of a scientist. If a kinesis exists then there is a titan for it." Pheoni smirks.

"But that would mean they either did the exact thing we did or there are four other titans in our world." I point out.

"Not necessarily. With enough refining any titan's bone can become a weapon for another kinesis." Pheoni explains.

"So It could be an entirely different titan?" I ask

"Correct." He responds. 

"Whatever." A soft voice comes from doorway, it's Beatrix. "Well take em on. My sword seems to hold up well enough against them and now you guys have your titan weapons. We're better than them they simply got the upper hand."

"I agree. They ambushed us and we did not react quick enough." Mizu clenches his fist. "We will not make the same mistake twice."

"Yeah." Ciato stands. "What he said." 

Pheoni poses proudly next to Ciato, "Lets get those mouth breathers!"

I stand and stomp my foot. "Stomp." The stone chairs are sucked back into the ground, "Let's call em out then." I begin walking out of the room towards the bedrooms. "After a good nights sleep!" 

"They are going to sneak up on us again!" Mizu shouts. 

"Counting on it!" I yell back.