Kali Yuga: War of Worlds

It was dark and only a candle flickered on the table. The little light that the candle cast, showed that it stood on a marble table top and a hooded figure loomed behind it.

"Lord Romra has ordered us to move." the manly voice came from the figure.

"It's been long enough already." another voice sounded. It was from the one sitting across the table. His attire was also the same.

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"It must really hurt." the academy healer said, pressing her thumb lightly on Arya's forehead.

"Aarogya danam!!" she whispered. "Phoooo!" she blew air on Arya's face.

"The world's become cruel." she said, pulling her hand away. "It's not easy for people with no blessing to survive in this day and age. Be careful."

"Haha..." Arya laughed uncomfortably.

"The academy is nothing different from the outside world." The nurse continued. "Reputed academy, my foot! Its teeming with corruption and they say it's reputed. Sometimes it makes me wonder if this is the real academy that has existed for more than 2000 years."

At this point she was simply rambling on to herself.

Arya went out of the infirmary after thanking her and someone called out to him.

"Arya!!"

It was a girl's voice and one that was quite familiar.

"Raya!" Arya turned around. His voice, light and happy for the first time in the day. He brightened up and he waited as the girl walked towards him.

"It's a surprise that you can tell who I am from my voice alone Haha!" Raya laughed.

"Haha...its nothing like that." Arya smiled, trying to control his happiness.

Raya was the only source of light and joy is this bullying filled academy life of his. She was the reason Arya could not quit going to academy.

Arya has had a crush on this girl for the longest time. She was also an ability wielder. However her ability was not something that was offensive.

She was an artist. She could sing and play a variety of instruments. She was planning on entering the entertainment industry.

Arya had known her from his childhood days and would always feel a little envious of her for getting Blessed at a very young age but then again he loved her more than anything.

Raya was also fond of Arya's company and they would spend a lot of time together.

"What's up? Why were you in the nurse's office?" Raya asked. She was on her way to her special musical training that the academy had organised for her.

"Haha…it's nothing. Just a small scratch." Arya replied shyly.

"Oh! Right. It's been a while since we headed home together. Do you wanna go home together today?"

"Ohohoho…our bitch has a side bitch bitch of his own now, huh?" a voice came

Arya swung his head in the direction of the voice so swiftly that it could have detached from his neck had it been any faster.

Pratim was standing with his goons.

"What a glare!!! Oooh!!! I am soooo scared." Pratim mocked.

The others started laughing behind him.

"Well I guess even a dog requires to fuck someone." Pratim declared loudly before laughing.

Arya could not stop his blood from boiling. He could take on any insult but how could he stand Raya get insulted for his shortcomings?

"Take that back." Arya said through his clenched teeth.

"...huh?"

"I said take that back you fucker." Arya rushed in with his fists clenched.

"You dare…!" Pratim clenched his own fist and flames covered them.

As soon as Arya approached, Pratim brought down his fist, hitting Arya from above on his back, making him hit the floor with a tremendous force such that the tiles cracked and the ground rumbled.

Blood spurted out of Arya's mouth and nose as he hit the floor with his body and lost his senses, but the rumbling did not stop.

For some time Pratim and his companions thought that maybe it was his power that caused the trembles but they soon realized that they were mistaken. The academy was visibly shaking and the rumbling sound was growing louder.

Pratim and his companions realised something was wrong and tried making their way out of the place.

The titles cracked and the ground broke and a demon rose from it. And shrieked, "KIEEEEK!!!!"

His body was made from lava and he was over ten feet tall. His body emitted tremendous heat and that alone was enough to melt the surroundings. Pratim and the others had gotten stuck without being able to escape.

"Fuck its hot!!" a boy screamed.

The intense heat had started waking Arya up. He saw with his blurred vision the terrifying demon that had extended its lava arms and started devouring everything in its reach.

The first thing that came to his mind was "Raya!! Raya, she should be safe right?"

He painfully strained his neck, turning it back to look in her direction.

The demon reached out for Pratim but he ducked. The lava struck not him, but Raya who was standing not too far away, trembling and frozen in fear.

"NOOO!!! RAYAAAA!!!!!"

"KYAAAAHKKK…HIEEEEEEKKK…..IT BURNS….AAAAAHHAHAHAAAA!!! IT BURNS…AAARYAAA IT BURNS….SAVE MEEEEEE!!" Raya started screaming and crying but not for long.

The lava did not take long to burn through her flesh, blood, revealing the skeleton beneath and it spread quickly through her entire body reducing her to a pile of charred bones in no time.

Arya could not utter a single word. His eyes were filled with tears and he could not see ahead. He did not attempt to stop them from flowing and they did. They fell mixing with the blood on his face.

He did not know what to do.