Fallen Stars

Mystery Five

Draco vs Vega!

As the two run toward each other, they clash with their Shinais(wooden swords). A strong breeze blows past.

Caffua (stunned): (Whoa, they're like this after a week of training? Am I creating monsters…. again.)

Vega and Draco continue to clash wooden swords. All you hear is “Tak Tak Tak” all over the area. With Draco losing the advantage he once had. Vega tries to hit his body, but Draco blocks it with his sword. They keep clashing and then come close to each other.

Draco: You know I can't let you win, right?

Vega: It doesn't matter, I’m going to win.

Vega does a large thrust making Draco step back. Vega jumps back, getting ready to go back in. They run back towards each other, and clash, making the same wind blow again. Draco goes to trip Vega testing his footwork, Vega jumps up dodging it and raises his sword, and brings it down fast slamming on Draco’s head!!

Draco: Ow! What the hell?

Draco goes to hold his head, and Vega punches him square in the chest knocking him back, and onto the ground.

Caffua from a distance says…

Caffua: You’ll never win if you always pay attention to your injuries! Sometimes you have to ignore the pain and keep fighting!

Vega blitzes over to where Draco is and jumps in the air again to slam his sword onto Draco. Draco sees him in the air dodging by jumping backward while grabbing his wooden sword. Vega, unable to stop, slams his sword onto the desert, making a lot of sand fly up into the air. Caffua overseeing this...

Caffua: (He’s determined to win.)

Draco tries to regather himself with the sand in the air. As he’s huffing and puffing…

Draco: (He has the advantage in sword to sword. I have to make this hand to hand.)

But Vega also thinks to himself...

Vega: (I have to keep it like this, if we go hand to hand, he has the advantage.)

They look at each other with a game plan. Rushing in again, getting close, but before they clash, Draco drops to the ground trying to slide and kick Vega’s sword out of his hands. Vega, knowing Draco might want to get the sword out of his hand, dodges to the left and tries to do the same slash Caffua did. But nothing comes out and he fails to do it.

Caffua: (Hmm, so he still can’t do it. He needs more time.)

Draco confused, gathers, and puts his hand on the ground doing a handstand now, Vega is distracted looking at the sword cause nothing came out. Draco spins, kicking the sword out of Vega’s hand.

Draco (excited): (Yes! Ok, now it’s time.)

Vega, misplaced, tries to find his sword, but it's buried in the sand, and he can’t find it. Draco walks over to Vega throwing his sword away. Putting his fists up.

Draco: Let’s go, Vega.

Vega, not finding his sword, starts to concentrate, saying everything will be fine to himself. Then, he puts up one arm...!!

Vega: Bring it.

Vega ignites his arm and then swings it at Draco, releasing a stream of red fire!!

Vega: **Flamethrower**

Draco: Whoa whoa whoa!

Draco jumps out of the way, while rolling, Draco forms a star in the palm of his hand, it swirls, slowly forming, and he shoots it at Vega!!

Draco: **Protostar**

After tumbling around, Draco looks up and sees Vega has disappeared…

Draco: Where is he? Did he just easily dodge my star?

Draco looks around getting up, Vega surprises him by punching him in the stomach! Vega keeps his fist in his stomach.

Caffua: (Uh oh.)

Draco spits up, Vega raises his other fist punching Draco in the face! Dropping him to the ground!

Caffua: (Vega is very versatile, he isn't completely lost without his sword. Draco has to get better, he needs to know when to get a fight to his advantage, and use it.)

Wrath walks over to Caffua.

Wrath: You're not going to stop the fight?

Caffua: They’ll be fine, Vega won’t kill him. (Hopefully.) Plus, I feel Draco has some more in him.

Draco (coughing): (The star is pretty bad from a distance, I have to be more precise or get closer.)

Draco gets up, stepping back from Vega.

Vega: Let’s end this, Draco.

Vega starts to cover his fists and arms in red flames, blazing all over him. Draco smiles and covers his fists in starlight. Punching his fist together.

Draco: Alright, let’s go.

Vega sends out more fire, Draco trying his hardest to dodge while getting closer to Vega. Vega notices and sends out a ring of fire around himself. Draco jumps and dodges the fire, jumping into the ring, close to Vega. But he starts sweating profusely.

Vega: You sure you want to be here? With the fire plus the desert, you might just pass out from the heat. It doesn't affect me.

Draco: (I’ll be fine, I just have to end this.) C’mon, Vega.

Draco gets in this boxing stance, fists raised.

Vega: (He’s too close, no need for distance attacks. I’ll just draw him in and make a flame burst outwards, and with the ring’s help, it’ll lower his stamina.)

Vega raises his hands, ready to trade blows. They both run towards each other, fists glowing and clashing. They continue to throw blows, throwing punches back and forth. Draco and Vega both connect with a punch, hitting each other's face, Vega ramping up his fire, throwing a punch, he clashes with Draco's fist, as they stop for a short pause, then Vega notices...

Vega: What? The fire didn't even hurt you?

Draco titles his head.

Draco (arrogant): Did you think you could burn a star?

Throwing punches back and forth. Draco is dodging easily while Vega is getting hit a lot more. But Vega comes back in and throws punches knocking Draco back. Draco starts to get into his motion, throwing punches while dodging. Doing damage and taking none.

Caffua: (Vega isn’t terrible in hand to hand, Draco is just that much better.)

After more and more punches, they start trading strong blows. The fistfight is so strong, that the wind from it blows the ring of fire away.

Vega: Damnit.

Draco: That’s another thing, I had powerful punches and great stamina.

Draco punches Vega in the stomach three times knocking him into the air. He coats his right leg in starlight and proceeds to quickly kick Vega mid-air in the face with his right leg.

Draco: **Light Kick**

Vega is kicked three feet away!!!

Thumbing through the sand. Vega starts to get up shaking his head, checking his jaw. Draco appears behind him with his fist coated, ready to strike down with a face full of anger.

Draco: Let’s end this.

Vega: **Fire Spread**

A burst of raging flames comes from Vega, pushing Draco away! Draco's shirt starts to burn away, but his headband isn’t burnt at all because Draco protected it.

Wrath: (Ferocious Draco is still here. That’s good.) You might want to end this before someone gets hurt.

Wrath looks to Caffua.

Caffua (deeply concerned): …

[The two stand towards each other,

staring the other down.

Until someone makes a move.]

Vega and Draco both yell out...

Vega and Draco (extremely serious): I CAN’T LET YOU WIN!

Draco: (I owe you guys after what I did in Gib Gnab.)

Vega: (I’m fighting because we have to get “him”.)

A silhouette is seen smiling, with gold teeth.

Caffua: (So Gib Gnab is where it happened. But who is “him?”)

Draco readies his fist, and Vega’s forehead starts twitching. Draco charges in for the last time, with Vega standing still waiting for him. Vega goes to fire off another blast, but nothing comes out.

Vega (shocked): (What, it’s been twelve minutes already?!)

Draco comes in and kicks Vega square in the chest.

Caffua laughs during the kick.

Caffua: You have to keep track of the time. It’s essential.

Vega gets back up ready to fight again, but he knows he can't win hand to hand.

Vega: (I have to think of a way.)

Caffua: So now that his power is gone, it won't be back for twelve minutes, huh. I doubt this fight lasts for another ten minutes.

Wrath: Hmph.

Wrath: (He knows about these powers.)

Caffua just chuckles.

Vega and Draco are still fighting both dodging and throwing punches. Draco starts doing sidekicks with Vega dodging them.

But Draco planned on doing a two feet alternate kick, faking out the first kick, but landing the next one on Vega’s face, knocking him to the ground!

Vega is delirious, and his head throbbing, Draco runs over to where Vega is on the ground and raises one foot in the air, and slams it into the ground next to Vega’s face!!

Causing the sand to rise high into the air and come onto Vega’s face. Vega starts to spit the sand out.

Wrath (focuses): (I need to work on my hand to hand, what if my power runs out.)

Caffua: Keeping a good balance is always great, especially with fights in the same tier.

Wrath turns to Caffua, surprised.

Wrath (anxious): How did you know….?

Caffua continues looking at the fight.

Draco: This is the end, Vega! Admit defeat!

Wrath looks back at the fight.

Vega is still coughing up sand.

Vega: Alright.... you win.

Draco happily turns his fist sideways and double taps his chest. Then puts his hands out to help Vega get up. With the sun behind his head shining while he smiles.

Vega is taken back to the day when Draco saved him. A younger version of Draco smiles standing over Vega, but his mind reverts to the current Draco standing over him. Vega reaches out his hand, and Draco grabs it and helps him up.

Draco: C’mon, you know I had to win! Hahaha!

Vega: You win this time, Draco. (I’ll be sure to burn a star one day.)

Caffua: Hmmm.

Wrath runs over with Caffua following him.

Wrath: Now that that’s over, our fight is next, Draco!

Draco (laughs): Win or lose against you, Wrath. We wouldn’t listen to you.

Vega: He’s right, you know.

Wrath (mad): Fuck off! What’s that supposed to mean? I would wash everyone here!

Caffua coughs.

Caffua: Well, this match is over. With Draco as the victor!

Vega balled up his fist. Walks off. Caffua reaches out his hand. Draco stops Caffua.

Draco: He’ll be fine, Old Man. You just gotta let Vega let off steam. He copes in his ways.

Caffua with a worrisome face.

Caffua: Why is he so severe?

Wrath: That’s Vega for you.

Caffua: I guess that's ok.

They all walk back into the city with training ending for the day. Getting into the Hot Spring, it's a silent six hours. After six hours of relaxation, everyone got up to leave. Caffua sees Vega staying extra time in the Hot Spring. He sees his egg jumping up and down inside. Caffua goes to talk to him.

Caffua: You have quite the character inside of there. It’s ready to get out.

Vega sitting in the water, bubbling it.

Vega: ….

Caffua: Still mad about the fight?

Vega just letting out an Mmmmm….

Vega: As you can see, I don’t take defeat well.

Caffua: Sometimes you have to get over things to keep going forward. Try forgetting them and make new and better memories.

Vega: Forget these things?

Vega laughs under his breath.

Vega: Our whole reasoning for Changing The World is because of our past. I’m not forgetting shit.

Caffua: Well, tell me about it. Why are you always so serious?

Vega: Why am I so serious? That’s just how I am. But, ah.… It goes back to when I first got to Tartarus.

**We are taken back to

the good ole days!**

A young Vega stands in front of the class with the teacher. A young Draco is looking out the window in the back of the class, not paying attention, chewing on a pen top.

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