PYRO'S POV
In a world where there is predator and prey, what would you choose to be? A predator who lives by killing others or a prey who hides in its cave to survive and protect itself?
People encounter different degrees of suffering, it depends on how you deal with it, but in my world, there is no other choice, except to fight. Be a warrior on your own. If not… you will face death.
"Faster!" Hali was dodging Colden's attack. He had a smirk on his lips while Colden was trembling in every strike he did.
"Faster, strengthen your hit! You are so weak! How would you be a king if you were shaking!" Hali used his index finger, pointing at Colden while moving it into 'come here' gesture.
I was just sitting on the above-level tree while watching them. Those are my brothers, taking their training for today.
"Pyro!" Hali put down his arnis, stomped on the soil heavily while moving closer to my location. He looked up. "Get down! I do not want to take training with Colden! It was no thrill at all! I didn't even sweat!"
I prepared myself to jump into the height. When I was in mid-air, I twisted my body so that I could fall straight on my feet, without any injury.
I stared at Hali with my cold eyes. "What fight do you want? An excessive sweat training or a bloody one?"
A smirk formed on his lips. "A bloody one."
I did not respond to his words, I grabbed the arnis instead, stuck my feet on the ground while moving it into a slightly angled side. The knees were facing the same direction as my feet. The feet and knees alignment is one of the powerful defenses, it can lessen the leakage of force and ensure a comfortable attacking position.
When my head moved aside, I viewed Colden, looking down. When his head went up, he was a spark of disappointment. "I'm sorry, Pyro."
I kept my mouth shut. When I gazed at Hali, he did an expected attack, the arnis were flying in a straight direction. It was about to hit my head, but I moved in my side, resulting in it falling into the soil. Without me hurting.
"A cheater." The voice of mine was soft, emotion did not change.
"A cheater always wins, Pyro. If you are kind in terms of the battle. They might betray you without you knowing." After his lines, he immediately ran towards me, hitting me with his arnis into a left slant movement.
I jumped three times backward. He continued to strike me with his arnis, but for me, it was a weak defense. He was doing the same rhythm of hitting. Left and right. Left and right. It was repeating all over, the opponent might memorize his tactic.
He hit me again on my right, I held his arnis. He was forcing it to pull back, but I was just holding it slightly, with no effort, no applying strength at all. He was having difficulty.
In an instant, I threw my arnis in the side and gave him a strong punch on his stomach. He groaned as the result of my strike.
"A cheater can be cheated by others, too." I watched him twisting his body.
It was not allowed to use the punch, kick, and other physical defenses during arnis rehearsal. It was like I felt more comfortable using my bare hands than the arnis. Hence, not all the time, I have a tool to use when there is a fight. I rather use the portion of my body to protect myself.
I turned my back at Hali, walking towards Colden when I heard his shout.
"You think we are done!"
When I turned around to face him again, I got a hit on my chest, resulting in me stepping backward. I touched my chest while looking at the grinning Hali.
"Good job. I am enjoying the fight." Raiden was standing beside the tree, leaning his shoulder on it while having a big smile. "Continue. Don't stare at me, Brothers."
Suddenly, Hali used his arnis again, striking me into my shoulder. I dodged immediately, jumped to move, going to his back. He did not notice my moves. In an instant, I was located on his back. I slowly stepped forward. Then, when he was about to look at me, I cornered his neck with my arms.
"Ugh!" He was gritting his teeth while pulling himself out of my arms. "You are so annoying, Fire!"
"Same as you, Water," I whispered in his ears.
"1, 2, 3…" Zephyrus was counting, raising his finger.
I never let go of Hali when Zephyrus was still counting. Hali was giving all his strength to fight back, but he could not ruin my attack that made him drown in my arms. Cornered.
"The winner is… Pyro!" Zephyrus' laugh echoed in the whole area. "Another day lost for Hali." He was shaking his head when he tapped Hali's shoulder. "Use your brain sometimes for strategies, fighting is not always attacking, it uses head. That is why we can think." He passed us by.
I pulled out my arms on Hali and threw him into the soil. "Practice to teach Colden how to fight, not how to belittle himself."
We heard the loud sound of a clap. We looked in the direction where it came from. It was our father, King Oswald with our mothers on his side. The various five ladies came from different elemental packs of werewolves.
A broad smile grew into King Oswald's lips. "I am glad to see that you, my five sons, are helping each other to be strong."
"They are not. They just love to tease each other about their weaknesses." Raiden spoke while staring at the tree where I was sitting before. "The tree is estimated to be about 63 meters." Raiden hit my abdomen with his backhand. "You are a great jumper."
I just looked at him. I did not respond to his words. It might consume my saliva with nonsense conversation.
"I want to see how my sons fight with each other." King Oswald commanded.
We had no choice, but to get our exclusive arnis. It had a trademark of Fire, Water, Ice, Lightning, and Wind.
PYRO'S POV"Get ready to die!" Hali immediately attacked me. All of our brothers, his target was me. Just because I always win over him. I dodged in the side, climbed up the tree, and sat there comfortably. "Hali, the battle is not yet starting." "Abide the rules," Raiden said while looking at his arnis, examining the strokes of the trademark. The written letter was Lightning. "Get down! I will kill you!" Hali was gritting his teeth, looking up at me on the tree. We heard the loud sound of laughter from our father. "Pyro, get down. The battle will begin."I kept my mouth shut, prepared myself, and jumped at Hali's neck."The battle begins!" One of the Betas opened the war. Exactly, I was on Hali's neck so what I did was crossed my thighs between his chest and used my arnis, hitting his back. I still had pity for my brother. I could kill him with this position. "Ugh!" Hali did the overthrow, making me fall to the ground. He struck me with his arnis in a forceful way. I rolled to
FIRA'S POVThe Alpha King of Fire did not answer my question, he walked away from me instead. He left me hanging, questioning what happened to me and him after the death of my mother. Why do I have this symbol of Fire in my wrist? I badly need an answer. I was staring at my wrist for so long. I was the weak Omega who had no longer time in this world because if I made a mistake, they were no mercy. They can kill me or worse, it includes my family. If they knew that I had this kind of symbol, the Betas would suffer me to death. Everyone in this kingdom would treat me like an animal until this symbol gradually erases. I held tight my skirt, hiding the symbol. I immediately walked towards the hallway and followed King Fire. I was not allowed to call him by his name because it was not yet a full moon. Their real names were hidden under the elemental power they had. "Where have you been!" Saza grabbed my arms in full force. Saza is the Leader of the Omega who has been assigned to the Al
My body was shaking as I walked in the huge porcelain golden hallway of the Elemental Kingdom. Every step was drumming my chest, it was loud and reckless. I felt like my heart was going out of my body. When they were bathing me, I was hiding my wrist. I put bandages on it and said that I had a wound. If they saw the symbol I was in big trouble, my family would suffer to death. I was biting my lips, my tears were condensing in my eyes as the guards opened the huge tribal door of King Wind's door. It was blue in color, there was also a symbol of wind. When I got inside the room, I stared at the man facing the table, sitting while looking at the scroll."Good evening, King Wind." I bowed my head in respect for him. I was seeing the ground and never looked up when he never told me. The fear was crawling all over my body. What if he takes my body tonight? I can't allow him because I don't want that to happen. Will he sentence me to death?"Good evening." His voice was excited. When I l
FIRA'S POVHere we were again, my chest was drumming so reckless and loud. I was trembling as we walked to the room of the Alpha King of Fire. This day was beautiful for me by stomping into the dine in area of the royals, but knowing who my mate was, the knowledge of almost getting a slash or calling by the King Wind, it made my heart rumble. It felt like I was always in danger."Wait for the King Fire to come." The guard walked away from the door. I wanted to grab his arms and said, 'Please, don't leave me with the scary king.' But I had no strength to do that. King Fire was the coldest and scariest among them. I admitted that every time he looked at me, I felt the weakening of my body due to trembling.What does he need from me? Why did he order the guard to bring me here?Ugh! I could pee in my skirt by just waiting for him. I stomped on the ground and my hands were in the middle of my thighs. The fear was crawling all over my body.When I looked at my back, I almost fell my jaw o
FIRA'S POV"I'm cold. Can you warm me?"My eyes widened. I stared at his perfectly formed face. He blinked three times before he fell on my shoulder. "Crap!" I had no idea what to do. If I touched him without permission, I would be punished.My heart was drumming loud. I could not think carefully. He made me shake like an earthquake. He was Alpha King of Fire and according to Cass, his punishment always came out from his mouth. What to do? The tears condensed on the corner of my eyes. I was prevented from touching myself. I peek on his face to know what he was doing. His eyes were closed and he had a deep breathing. My forehead wrinkled like a wave in the ocean. Crap. What am I saying? In this kind of situation, really? I gulped my saliva and peeped again on him. He was peacefully sleeping. Suddenly, I felt that the air coming from his nose was hot. "King Fire?""Pyro." He said with a command. "That's my name when we were alone like this."I thought he was sleeping. I was wrong.
FIRA'S POVI was smiling like a crazy person when the door in his room closed. If I was just alone. I jumped so high. He said thank you to me! I had no idea why I had this feeling of happiness inside my chest. No matter what it was, I did not mind. At least I was happy with the simple gesture of King Fire. I did not believe that his heart would not soften. I remembered how he saved me even though he did not know me. If he did not come, I might die like my mother. His heart was pure and genuine. I was looking forward to that. I would do anything to help him and even sacrifice my own life. That was how I committed myself to him. By giving back his kindness. "Fira!" Zephyris circled his arms on my shoulder. I had an awkwards feeling about that. "Imagine. Puro does not want another person in his room, he doesn't want another person to be close to him, but you break the boundary! You are a lucky woman." A fake smile formed on my lips. What is he saying? I did not do anything. I just to
PYRO'S POVAfter Fira nursed me, I felt good. I was sick for two days and I did not want them to know that. I hated people, their hands were repulsing my body, except the hands of my mother. I just did not want people near me. I looked around. The air touched my body. I was sitting on my favorite tree. I could see the peaceful view of nature, but it was ruined when someone shook the tree. The leaves fell and other branches cracked. When I looked down, it was Hali. "Hi, Pyro the snobber."I did not make an effort to open my mouth. I just heaved a sigh and ignored him. He was disturbing my silence. "Get down! What happened to you and Fira? Did you already give your virginity to that girl?" Hali quake the tree so hard, that was why I held the strong branch beside me. He was annoying me. "Yeah? Or else I will take other omega to go with your be—""They are human. Not an animal. Treat them right." Those were the longest words I had said for a past hours. "You are not going to take adv
PYRO'S POVI peeked at Fira, I saw her passing the hallway. My back was leaning on the wall and my body was a bit twisted enough to view her. When she was finally out of my sight, I was about to move forward when…"Boo!" My expression was shocked, but I managed to expose the calm emotion. It was Zephyrus playing a fool again. He laughed out loud while holding his belly, the mouth was opened and I could see his full teeth. "Who are you hiding for?" He peeped into the hallway and looked around. "There's nothing except for the busy Omegas who was dragging the tray, going to the kitchen of the dining royal…"While he was peeking on the side of the wall and talking about so many nonsense things, I left him. I left him like he was a crazy person speaking to himself. Zephyrus always had plenty of things to say and I hated his noise. I walked to the shortcut tunnel of the kingdom and then went directly to my room. Much better if I was here. No irritating sounds. Only silence that was sooth