Day 58

Mood: Pained

“You’re the end of my story, once I beat you I’ll surpass the gods.” Astro announced, arm outstretched to his opponent Aeon.

“What a waste of time.” Aeon grumbled under his breath. “Fine then, I’ll play with you but don’t expect for me to go easy on you, this won’t take long.” Aeon drew his golden gun and pointed it at the pompous thief.

“You don’t have to go easy on me, even your hardest won’t hurt me because I’m just that perfect. A total victory that will surpass the gods!” Astro jumped off the cliff he was standing on and summoned his flag and held it tightly with both hands as he descended the mountain at high speeds. The turbulence cut his face and caused his eyes to go into the back of his head, but he swallowed the pain because if he could prove himself, he would be the best, he would be perfect. And that was all he needed. “Big wave!” Astro swung his flag over his head right in front of Aeon who guarded it with his gun. Astro released a large aura wave which made his flag glow. Sparks flew despite the two weapons not having edges. Magic fueled the sparks and magic that Astro couldn’t control before.

“I didn’t calculate this, what is this?” Aeon exclaimed and pulled the trigger of his gun which hit the pole of the flag. The shock made Astro jump backwards, his feet expertly landing on the cliff behind him. Astro then jumped again, somersaulting. Aeon saw the move and met Astro’s foot with his foot again but Astro didn’t persistlike the time before that and he backflipped and held his flag back and swung it. “Star Rain!” Astro released a series of light orbs which converged on Aeon.

“Time!” Aeon yelled compressing time around the orbs making them stop where they floated. From close inspection they looked like actual stars. Aeon waved his hand and time continued and the stars converged.

“Wrong move, I’m so perfect I saw this coming. Now take this!” The stars grew in size and then exploded. Aeon was in the vicinity and was hit by the blast. From under his golden spectacles he could not see, everything was white. “Now, Speed Star!” Astro rushed at Aeon and hit him in the stomach with his flag. Aeon gasped as he was launched into the air and Astro, at super human speeds ran through Aeon and continued an onslaught.

“Time, stop!” Aeon tightened his fist and time stopped around Astro and the young boy stopped moving. “Curses.” Aeon fell to the ground. His grieves landing on the  earth below him. “This is taking too long, now let’s end this.” Aeon said and he created twelve giant clock hands that jolted with electricity. “Now time.” Aeon snapped his fingers. Astro started to move again and when he saw that Aeon wasn’t caught within his attack Astro looked down and saw the giant bolts coming at him.

“I knew that was going to happen, you’re too slow. Shield Star!” Astro spun his flag rapidly and it created a large blue shield with a star pattern glowing in the middle. The bolts bounced off and fell to the ground around Aeon.

“No matter, this will end in a few seconds.” Aeon said as he shot multiple bullets from his gun. Astro continued spinning his flag which easily deflected the bullets. Astro felt something amiss and he turned around and saw Aeon behind him pointing a gun to his face.

“I knew you were going to do that too, now. Trap Star!” Astro plunged his flag into Aeon.

“The hell? He shouldn’t have seen that. Now this will end. Time, compress!” Aeon concentrated and time stopped and Astro stood frozen in time. “I pity you, now perish.” Aeon summoned multiple clock hands that surrounded Astro from every angle. “Time, continue.” Aeon snapped his fingers and the bolts flew at Astro but each of them were deflected and fell to the ground. “Impossible, I calculated that!” Aeon looked at Astro, unscathed. 

“New technique, Shell Star.” Astro smiled, his flag steaming from the quick actions on his part.

“It seems I must show you the power of a god.” Aeon said and lightning jolted from his fingertips.

“No, I’ll show you the power of a real god and then I’ll surpass every one of you.” Astro said and he jumped forward and attacked with a quick flag attack. He acrobatically turned around and deflected the attacks created when Aeon compressed time. He sent his foot and kicked Aeon in the stomach and turned around to his blind spot and deflected more bolts from compressed time. “Too slow, you can’t beat me like that!” Astro slammed his flag into Aeon’s chin sending him flying but Aeon disappeared. Astro checked his blind spot again and saw Aeon there and hit him with a back handed fist.

“0.03 seconds late.” Aeon whispered and pulled the trigger. The bullet escaped the barrel for some reason it was so slow as if it was crawling. Astro moved his head back and dodged the bullet which was a simple and overly easy job to accomplish for him. He heard Aeon curse but it came out too slowly.

“I see, I see it now. What it is like to be a god.” Astro said to himself and hit Aeon in the side which sent him flying. In Aeon’s point of view Astro was moving faster than possible, calculable. “Now for the final blow Aeon! Freedom Star!” Astro created a small orb of light in his hand and threw it into the air. Astro turned around and jumped up and kicked the orb of light which was then sent flying into Aeon. The orb pushed Aeon back and after a second it detonated in a large circular blast with blue clouds surrounding it like a nebula.

“Curse you human, I didn’t calculate that kind of strength.”

“Because you can’t calculate humans, we’re not machines, we are always changing you know, and I’m becoming more perfect and now I surpassed the gods.”

“Hell. This is how it ends huh?” Aeon said as he disappeared and all that was left was a large time piece. Astro dived down and grabbed it. The clock moved smoothly until it stopped. Astro put it to his ear and he heard it speak to him. “Thank you.” Astro pulled it back and stared at the magical item. It then vanished and Astro heard another voice, but not the clock’s it was a woman’s.

“What lies in your soul is pride.”