‡※‡Spar between siblings and an accident Part 1 ‡※‡

(This chapter cut in half)

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Shane looked towards her husband whose standing right next beside her.

With a worried look on her face, she asked, "James, Do you think our son has received a gift from heaven or a curse?"

Startled, James looked at his wife's face, showing her agitated, frantic emotions and looks are covering her face.

He shook his head then reached Shane's cheeks with his dominant hand then pinched it, "Stupid, how could it be a curse for our son if he receives powerful spirits and terrifying talent? I had a feeling that it was not a curse... But, we have to carefully analyze it and if it really is a curse then we can use 'that'." He said seriously, as he knit his brows. He also seems to be nervous.

"'That'? You mean..." Shane's eyes contracted when she heard what her husband had said.

I-if that is the case if we were forced to use 'that'... Then... Cyrus...

Then she could not help to give a pained look on her face before calming herself down.

"If that's the case, just for the safety of our son... even if by means using 'that'" Shane sighed, then continued, "For now, we have to wait what will happen to him as he grows up." She said to James.

As a mother, she was very worried about her kids. Moreover, no mother would want to see their children suffer and taint their future; they would protect them and see them grow wonderful to make them proud even until their death.

"Okay, for now, let's make our kids strong." James nodded as he smiled faintly, and then grabbing his wife's soft hand, they both return to their kids.

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With a smile on her face, Shane removed her worries for now and focused herself on the two children, trying to avert her thoughts away from the possibilities that come across to her mind.

"Are you ready for the spar?" Shane asked her two children, who are already prepared for their spar.

Cyrus is also very worried about his body and to what's happening, however, he chooses to set it aside for now as he focused himself in the upcoming match with his sister, and Clair who had no idea what's happening and confused, she completely forgot what her parents had staring on her brother's chest, but absorb herself on preparing the spar.

The two looked at their mother with a confident look in their eyes as they nod at her, this made both Shane and James smile.

"Yes, Mother!" 2x

The two shouted in unison.

"Jinx!" 2x

"Jinx again!" 2x

Both Cyrus and Clair laughed, this two are alike and both are playful.

"Hahaha, Okay kids, off the field!" Shane shouted in seriousness after laughing. This made the two quickly startled and quickly ran at the open field while followed by James and Shane.

"Your father will protect the two of you to avoid accidents... And Clair if you see that your brother is unable to compete you, you have to control your strength, okay?" Shane asked as she looked at Clair.

"Yes, Of course, mother." Clair nodded.

Then, Shane looked at James as he looked back at her. Both nodded before Shane returned to the hill and watching the spar away from the two, leaving James behind.

Leaving things to him is much safer... as he has more reflexes than I had... Shane silently thought to herself as she relaxed a bit.

James went to his two kids, "Like mother had told you guys, remember this is only a spar, not a deathmatch." he reminded, who would want to see their children killing each other?

The two nodded at their father.

Cyrus and Clair looked face to face with a smile on their faces, "Sis, show me what you've got!" Cyrus challenged, as he was very excited, oh man, I am so nervous! It will be my first match in this world and my sister is my partner on top of that!

"Mn! you too! Do your best to fight! No, let's try our best!" Clair exclaimed preparing herself while taking a stance as she held her sword tightly.

Even though, their parents had already warned them not to hurt each other too much and keep warning them. The two obviously doesn't want to hurt each other, their familial love to one another is strong to the point that they won't blame, hate, jealous, or do despicable means to attack the two of them to hurt each other.

However, before James could start the spar, he noticed something as he looked at his son, "Do you need a sword? Or you'll fight her barehanded?" He asked.

Well, this going to be unfair if I leave things the way it is right now... James thought to himself as he remembered how talented Clair is when it comes to sword arts.

"Yes please." Cyrus nodded.

Damn! I completely forgot I do not have a single weapon, fighting her barehanded is stupid; especially since she is very talented at the sword. Even losing an arm using that wooden sword that she wields can happen too... Cyrus nervously thought to himself.

However...

As a master of the sword, Cyrus can already fight Clair unarmed to win the battle even if she is talented on a sword. However, as he still had a small body, he still doesn't completely retain his skills in martial arts from his previous life.

Nevertheless, he does not want to shock his family if they saw his mastery of the sword by using only hands to fight, so he wants to fight her evenly.

Even though Cyrus has only limited time and flexibility to use his skills in martial arts as for he is still weak or his body is still fragile, he could still win this!

James took another wooden sword and gave it to Cyrus.

Taking the sword from his father, he then stance himself while standing in front of his sister a few feet away.

"Are you ready?" James stepped on the middle of the two then glanced between them.

"Yes!" 2x Cyrus and Clair shouted in unison. Then the two elementary grade auras suddenly leaked out into the air.

James sensed it that made him smile, as he was amused. Taking a step back as he lifts his hand up, and waved his hand downward, "Fight!" he shouted.

*Swish!*

The two leapt through the air at the same time with great speed. The two held their wooden swords tightly and waved towards each other.

*Clank*

The two swords clashed together and when it collided a great force was formed because of their elementary rank strength making the two wooden swords have splinters and dent on the bladed side of their swords.

Pushing each other, Clair suddenly smiled as she took a step back and quickly pushed forward knocking Cyrus with great force budging him as he took a couple of steps back making him lose his balance.

Clair took this opportunity and slashed her sword at Cyrus.

I can't let you do that! Cyrus smiled and quickly stabs his sword like a fast jab into the ground but because he lost his balance he used the sword to assist him to avoid from falling into the ground. His loss of balance made him want to curse in anger because of the limitation of his small body at the moment.

Before Clair could land a solid hit on Cyrus, he suddenly pushed his hands on the sword that impaled the ground avoiding Clair's slash propelling his body upwards and when that happened.

Cyrus quickly twisted his lower body and slashed his tiny legs at his sister and giving her a beautiful kick which hit her sword making Cyrus prevent Clair's attack. He knocked the sword away from him and because she was startled on Cyrus' movement he took this chance.

He immediately spins onto the air with the help of his sword that stabbed the ground, and when his feet landed, he quickly used his sword thrust his sword towards his sister as it pierced the air towards her!

Shocked by the sudden events, even the two adults who are watching them was surprised by Cyrus flexible body and attacks.

Clair seeing the sword approaching her at great speed, she quickly took a step back after balancing herself and focused at the incoming sword as she lowered her body forward trying to catching Cyrus' sword strike.

The sword flew past her face penetrating her silky brunette hair and she used this chance, she gritted her teeth tightly and gave Cyrus a palm strike on his chest!

*Bang!*

A muffled sound echoed as the two quickly separated away from each other.

The two stopped and leapt back as they stare at each other.

'To think my little brother is skilled in fighting, he's amazing. To think father had only taught him the basics yet he already fights crazily like this with amazing stunts like this.' Clair smiled as she thought to her self as a bead of sweat started to appear on her forehead.

Meanwhile, on the other hand, Cyrus was also stunned in place as he looked at his sister with a smile across his tiny face. 'My sister had actually reached a terrifying level on the way of the sword, she's really impressive, but, you're still far away to reach on with the sword!'

Cyrus quietly stanced himself on defensive position and controlled his breathing as he began to analyze Clair's fighting and movement patterns. He needs to analyze this first before he could make an another attack move.

While thinking, Clair suddenly leapt forward once again but right now she is even more aggressive than before. She gave Cyrus slash, whack, and thrust; its speed was no joke, as it is very fast and swift!

Cyrus tensed but remained quiet when he saw this, he focused his vision on the incoming sword and suddenly everything seemed to be slow; Clair's sword had only passed him without hitting him! As if, she was only hitting on the afterimages of his little brother!

"!!!"

This shocked James and Shane!

Cyrus leapt back easily after avoiding Clair's multiple attacks and growl in pain as his spines on his back seemed to be hurting and numb, even his head was beating like crazy but he decided to ignore the pain and quickly leapt towards Clair!

He was quick!

He suddenly arrived at Clair's right side in a blink of an eye!

This move startled her with her eyes wide opened, she turned to the side facing Cyrus and quickly tried to retreat but unfortunately, it was too late!

Cyrus clenched his sword tightly and quickly launched a diagonal slash!

It was as if her luck was on her side, Clair had avoided his attack by a milimeter. She forced her feet to jumped and leapt backwards and because of that, she lost her balance and fell on the grass but before that could happen, she backflipped and when she landed, she looked at Cyrus while panting and cold sweat appeared on her face.

"Little bro, you're really good!" Clair exclaimed.

Cyrus was surprised before shaking his head in disagreement, "I-it's nothing, actually my body hurts a lot doing those stunts I did." Cyrus laughed with an embarrassed look on his face.

Clair changed her pattern to a defensive stance because Cyrus had now begun to be aggressive.

With a leap, Cyrus once again arrived on her front and with a smile on his face, he thrust his sword forward two times but Clair had quickly deflected these two thrusts by her sword.

Gritting her teeth, Clair lifted her legs and kicked Cyrus instantly. This startled Cyrus and it was too late to avoid it and received the solid kick on his abdomen.

*Swoosh*

Cyrus flew back as he rolled to the ground before coughing.

He kneeled on the ground and looked to his sister then spat a mouthful of saliva on the ground.

"Sis... that was good." Cyrus smiled, standing up again he wipes his mouth."However, try to defend against this!" He shouted as he leapt to the ground. Using the speed to apply to his force on his slash, Cyrus slams his sword on Clair.

Clair was shocked because it was too fast! She used her sword to defend against this sword attack but, her hands quickly went numb and was knocked backward losing her balance before falling to the ground.

When Cyrus was about to run towards her, Clair had suddenly thrown her wooden sword on Cyrus making him lose his focus on Clair and went to slash the incoming sword of her.

This time, Clair leapt towards Cyrus and by the time he had already deflected the incoming sword, Clair had already launched her fist on Cyrus' stomach making him to grown in pain again losing his grip on the sword on his hands.

This is not sparring anymore; it is more like a brawl instead!

Clair grabbed his wooden sword and disarmed it. She was hesitating to kick Cyrus away but then she chooses to leap backward after taking Cyrus' sword away.

Her little brother had received enough kick on the stomach, any more kick further in that place he'd probably coughing blood later.

Holding his stomach with his hand, Cyrus went limp before kneeling.

He was already exhausted! His body is numb and even hurting! His attacks were not designed or not appropriate for his small fragile body!

"Hah~ hah~" She is pretty good, she's really powerful and her calculation is really terrifying. Cyrus exclaimed on his thoughts as he bitterly smiled.

"Son, you can give up. This is only a spar it's only natural or even normal to lose." James' voice resounded.

"Yes, Little brother don't push yourself too much. There is still a future you know? And I'm already satisfied with this spar." Clair said in a soft voice as she smiled.

"..." Cyrus did not respond as she looked at his sister. 'She was really amazing, even if I had trained my body to the fullest, with that attack I can't really defend against that.' He thought.

"No, I can still fight... Father, sis..." Cyrus slowly stood up and went to take the sword on the ground that he had deflected earlier.

"So let's continue!" He shouted as he takes another stance, but this time it was a sword stance different from earlier.

Seeing this, Clair smiled with a sigh before leaping once again with a serious look on her face.

'This stance has a special domain on it, once you enter; you'll never have a chance to attack me.' Cyrus smiled as he focused on his incoming sister.

Clair arrived and sends a straight slash but it went missed when Cyrus suddenly took a side step. When it missed, Clair cannot control herself from stopping and ran forward before attacking him once again.

Then, it missed again!

Miss!

Miss!

Miss!

Five consecutive misses!

This not only shocked Clair, but even Shane and James was also shocked!

'W-what is this? Why I can't hit him?' Clair thought in bewilderment, every time she tried to attack her with different attacks, it never hits him! It was as if he has controlled the space around him!

"Sis, this is my domain. You can't hit me if you can't see my opening." Cyrus said seriously, as he looked at his sister.

Gulping down her saliva down to her throat, she again went forward as she leapt to try to attack him again!

The sword seemed to slow down and with a single side step and turn of his head, the sword went miss again!

When her attack had once again missed, Cyrus using the hilt of the sword he knocked Clair on her back making her fall to the ground.

This stance never exhausted him, the only weakness of it is to break this stance, or a group attacking at the same time, as this domain is created to attack one on one.

Cyrus slowly walked towards his sister who is laying on the ground. He pointed his sword at the neck of his sister then smiled, "You lose sis," he said.

However...

"No, it's a draw." She said coolly.

Her hands were holding a sword and without even being noticed by Cyrus, the sword had already pointed at his neck too!

With only a slight movement, and if it was a real sword this could pierce him!

Cyrus was amazed when he noticed it.

What a monster...