>>5358052"But before you go, if you're not in a hurry; want to test this newfound power out?" you ask him with a smirk. "I'm curious just how powerful you really are, now that you've taken that dragon's power into yourself."
“If you want, I wouldn't be opposed.” he answers with a grin, betraying just how confident he's feeling now that he has that Abyssal dragon's power on top of his own. You remember back to when he'd shown you his power before, and while even back then you'd been stronger than Aku, his power was so much more vast than your own you could barely comprehend it. “But we'll need to take this outside. There is no way this tiny space could contain our might.”
“You're certainly right about that. But let me put these away first.” you say, again taking up the two swords before leading him out of the medbay. You walk to your own room, which is currently empty, and lay the newly-acquired sword flat on the bed. Then you take your Wolf Knight sword and sheathe it, leaning it back against the wall beside the door by your hammer. “Alright, let's go.”
“Will it be okay, just leaving such powerful artifacts laying around like this?” Aku asks, a note of worry in his voice.
“Its fine. Almost no one outside my own family ever come in here.” you say, walking back outside the room. As the door slides to a shut you reach out with your telekinesis, and throw the manual door lock shut on it. Just in case. “Alright, let's go.”
You lead your friend outside the ship, the two of you walking down the entrance ramp and exiting your home. After a dozen or so steps you turn, facing the Shogun of Sorrow. Who laces his fingers together and raises them above his head in a stretch. It sounds almost like wood creaking and groaning as he does so, which is odd, but once he's done he meets your gaze.
“So, how hard is this little practice match of ours?” he asks you, radiating confidence now that you're not holding the weapon, or maybe weapons that could actually kill him.
“Give me everything you've got.” you reply, clenching your fists and powering up immediately to one hundred percent. Your emerald aura flashes up violently around you, blasting the sand away as lightning crackles around you. “Don't hold back, show me everything. I want to see your REAL power!”
He looks you over a moment, muttering to himself too quietly for you to hear before he grins. Your instincts ping at this, telling you that such an expression from this being could be trouble as he continues.
“Yes, I think you could actually do it. I think you can handle my true power.” Aku says, then immediately turn and kicks off the sand. You watch as he soars through the air for a bit before falling down into the sea with a splash. And your instincts warn you that something big is about to happen.
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