Chapter 16 - Realisation
Y'ato mumbled something to himself, the full scale of traveling through time had finally hit him. When he first arrived, it had all seemed very natural. He took a drink, he admired the forest, he got abducted.
He gave a quiet sob at the mess he had got himself into.
Karaneena village, which he now realised he was being held captive was one of the most active market villages in the Southern land. Before the dark morphers arose, Y'ato would spend many a happy day here showing off his skills with his friends, entering tournaments or simply relaxing by the great fountain.
"HEY YOU!" Shouted the man that Y'ato had learned was named Bronan, "You're wanted in the arena again. The audience like you... Can't think why though, you piece of trash."
Y'ato had been in this time for four days now. Each day he would be dragged out and held in front of an audience of thousands. They would decide whether he was to fight... Or die.
Not surprisingly, after the first fight, the audience loved him...
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Yato had stumbled at the mention of crocodiles, the other criminal that he was intended to fight looked just as scared but given the choices, Y'ato knew he must kill this man. And to be honest, when he entered tournaments when he actually belonged in this time, he had no problem killing his opponents... It just felt different now... After the war.
The croud were on their feet. Stamping and clapping and urging us on.
The other man was the first to act; he morphed into a salamander at a very mediocre evolutionary stage - the sort of thing they tought 12 year olds at school.
I pitied the man as i changed into my fully evolved pantherosis - a normal panther with metal for skin and tritanium claws. The fight was fast and brutal.
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The second fight on the second day had been similar - the opposing criminal changing into a jaglet which is honestly no more than a housecat with sharper claws and teeth.
The third day had been harder - but still easy with Y'ato fighting a Skeletor. Very hard to kill but appaulingly slow.
With no fear, Y'ato climbed the steps that he had climbed three times before. He lowered the cheap bronze face mask that they provided to crowd favourites and awaited his gate to open.
He heard a cheer as the other man walked on. Thsi was rare - it must mean he would be fighting another crowd favourite.
the gate opened and there he saw Nemmerle. A distinctly younger Nemmerle but the same man no doubt.
they eyed each other and Y'ato couldnt help notice a glint of understanding in Nemmerle's eyes. He knew who Y'ato was and he knew why he was back in time...
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