Chapter 232: "Oh Yea, You Kids And Your Group Haven’t Learned About This Yet."

"How often is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out?

That their calamity comes upon them?

That God distributes pains in his anger?

That they are like straw before the wind, and like chaff that the storm carries away,

You say, ’God stores up their iniquity for their children.’

Let him pay it out to them, that they may know it.

Let their own eyes see their destruction,

and let them drink of the wrath of the Almighty.

For what do they care for their houses after them, when the number of their months is cut off?

Will anyone teach God knowledge, seeing that he judges those who are on high?" -Jobs 21:17-22(ASV)

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[Sanpaku Entrance 10:45 P.M.]

The sounds of multiple failed match strikes to the red phosphorus strip on a box is heard in the dark.

Daisuki: "Come onnnn!"

It finally catches flame and it barely lights underneath the Head Hancho’s face. He throws it towards the ground and a separate fire pre-covered in dry kindle, appropriately brightens the surrounding area.

Sitting on the ground, looking at the fading embers flying out of the fire, Shelly is still clearly upset.

Her left eye is closed and slightly bruised.

The contusion slowly vanishes because her entire body is continuing to slightly pulse a light green healing aura due to the SeiõrSuppliment her trusted friend had given her earlier.

The half charred katana is stabbed into the ground to her left.

Itsuka is also sitting on the dirt to Shelly’s right.

Zoram is using both of her hands coated in healing Seiõr and giving a light massage to the sidelined soldiers shoulders. Trying to relax the tightness in the returning fighters muscles while also healing her.

The respectful blonde young lady has a look of regret and guilt all over her face.

The uninjured vice captain carefully pets her Lil Sis’ hair.

Itsuka: "It’ll be okay, Shelly.

I’m sure Katsu will figure something out to stop Saku’s Berserk mode."

Shelly suddenly gets a comedic look of confuzzlment on her tilted head.

Shelly: "His what-now?"

Quickly brushing off her own curiosity to the term, Shelly puts her head back down and stares at the dirt in silence.

Itsuka(thinking): *Would she still feel like this, if it wasn’t for me winning in our sparring match, and her making that promise to Katsu?

Is this actually all my fault that Shelly is this way?*

Shelly: "Um...M-Miss Zoram, I’m really sorry I hit your hand away earlier. I really hope I didn’t hurt you.

I-I wasn’t in my right mind, and I prom-"

She thinks about her crying promise to Katsu after her loss to Itsuka that is now hanging on the thread of being broken if Katsu loses for the both of them.

Shelly: "It- It will never happen again."

Zoram: "Please dear Tree of Skalmönd, there is truly no need to apologize.

I was just startled from your ability to quickly recover and move, but I was more worried about your condition."

A small, soft chuckle escapes the 800+ year old woman while she is helping aid the recovery of Takamagahara’s heavily damaged Ace.

Zoram: "Promises are scary, aren’t they?"

Shelly and Itsuka’s posture straighten up and they turn their necks with matching surprised looks at the healer putting slight pressure on Shelly’s back.

Zoram: "I completely understand your frustration and I too am worried about both the Vessels myself.

Without understanding the origins of their specific Anjell Eyes, the outcome of their fight alone could possibly affect the natural balance of the universe."

Itsuka: "Their fight alone could affect the universe?!"

As she is giving Shelly a deep tissue rub, the experienced Völva looks over at Scylia in the middle of a conversation with Daisuki.

Zoram: "If you want my full and honest truth, I completely admire your integrity, dedication, and tenacity towards your true love and commitment of your men.

Your mothering tree may have been a famous Völva, dear Itsuka, but the both of you truly do have the same personality as the original Valkyrie clan I’ve learned so much about in my free time.

There are some moments..."

The prepossessing Middle Eastern woman looks over at Laban DaeMon while still keeping her conversation with the "patient".

Zoram: "There are some times where I just wish I had that same mindset as you gifted women warriors.

The confidence to run into the face of death for what you want in life, for those you love, or..."

Itsuka, Zoram, and Shelly watch the Old Norse witch who surprisingly and successfully convinced her disgruntled Valkyrie rival to trust Katsu in getting the "W".

The ex-Don is petting Princess Rebekah’s black wavey hair, trying to lull the little girl back to sleep while watching what is happening with the battle between contemporary forces.

Zoram: "...Or the unrelenting confidence to confront what you know deep in your heart, is wrong.

When I was ’following’ Madame Laban for those centuries, I had time to do some research and learning of certain histories.

Knowing now what I was able to piece together with the help of ’mythological records’ and with the knowledge of Seiõr’s true existence, the early values of the Yang following Valkyrie clan runs through the blood of the two of you."

Shelly and Itsuka look at each other.

Zoram: "Remember what I told you two when Master Daisuki had me explain Seiõr to you all?

’Not every Völva can be a Valkyrie, but every Valkyrie is a Völva’.

Meaning at some point, sproutling of Iôunn, your mother became worthy of the Valkyrie title."

Itsuka blushes while thinking about her beautiful mother.

Itsuka: "It was her incredible physical work ethic that inspired me to start working out myself.

I have absolutely no memories of my mother not having her robust abdominals.

By the time I was 13, I could lift more than football playing seniors from Hanabi High.

I would have never thought she was over 1,000 years old."

Shelly half smiles hearing about Itsuka’s mother for the first time.

Itsuka: "She died with my father on a plane during a terrorist attack.

Living all that time, just to be killed by hate..."

Shelly’s half smile fades now learning the unfortunate fate of her Big Sis’ parents.

Zoram: "However you, like Madame Laban and her sisters, follow Yin.

Since they were conceived in the unnatural convergence of women, it is instinctual and uncontrollable to lust over the darkness, but in the same way as natural reproduction, your truest ancestors are still somewhere in your blood."

Itsuka(blushes): "I-I-I don’t ’lust over him’! I..."

While trying to think of the right word to describe her love for the vessel for all things Yin, Shelly chimes in.

Shelly: "Miss Zoram, can’t you use that ’all-knowing’ ability the Völva once used and those DæMons use now?"

Zoram looks down in her own disappointment.

Zoram: "Unfortunately, no. I was never taught the technique to use Seiõr for Nye-omnipotency.

When I was living on Jomsborg, the last thing I was taught by Mama Embla before her and Papa Ask’s disappearance, was age regression.

Even though I was still in my original 20’s, one of the first 3 techniques all Völva must master is the ability to keep their vessel healthy and living for the information they would eventually pass on.

With the situation at hand, without anyone else in this world to protect me and because of the specific knowledge I was left with, Madame Laban spared my life that same day her own life was granted mercy by her gang of sisters."

Shelly now takes a peek over at the DaeMon with their identical left blue eyes closed but for different reasons.

Shelly doesn’t know her eyelid is healed and Laban DaeMon is only taking in the visual information of whatever her Eyelien ability is showing her.

Until...

Laban DaeMon: "Nahhhhhhhhh..."

Everyone looks over quickly at the DaeMon watching over Saku with her ability.

Itsuka: "What?! Are Katsu and Saku okay over there?"

Laban DaeMon: "Uhhh, define ’over there"..."

[Indian Ocean 5:47AM]

While he is standing on top of the female orca whale named Xaaydagaay, because of the "maxed potential" from Zoram’s ability to transmogrify into animals, Saku can understand the clicks, moans, and tail splashings of the killer whales as his 1st language.

Xaaydagaay: "Don’t call ’The Bridge’ an ’it’, Sganna!

They fell from the highest heavens and you heard their body touch the deepest darks down depths, then rise back up!

It’s my mission as pod leader to make sure of The Bridge’s protection. That way our currents continue their motions and the eggs of prey will be fertilized providing future meals for the grandchildren we’ll never see!

Just like Mom would have."

Saku looks back over at his rival’s vessel losing it’s freaking mind.

Saku: "Uhhh, are you hearing this?"

Katsu finally releases his hands and spit starts flying out of his mouth while he’s laughing so hard.

A few moments after he finally gets a chance to breath, Katsu’s Anjell Eye EyeEngages with Saku’s Anjell Eye.

The Yang’s tattooed left hand points towards the symbiote in control.

Berserkir Katsu: *giggle* "Uhh, duh, ’Communication Eye’.

God, you really are retarded, ain’tchya, Boy?"

Saku leers at his competitor because of the arrogant response.

Berserkir Katsu: *giggle* "Well, if you’re all set, I would like to beat your ass now..." *giggle*

Saku: "What?"

Chuckling Berserkir Katsu lifts his left hand, fingers bent, and from all five of his fingertips, lines of energy meet in front of his palm, gradually creating a ball of obviously dangerous and destructive power.

Saku(nervously): "Wh-What uhh, what is that?"

Berserkir Katsu: *giggle* "Oh yea, you kids and your group haven’t learned about this yet."