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"The world shall be reborn!"
Jim gasped as he pulled out Bellroc's broken staff hilt out of his side. He knew he had to act fast, emotion and pain boiled in his stomach, and all of a sudden he felt something in his hands. He looked down and gasped as he saw... navy blue magic in his hands, not even from Excalibur.
The armoured hands changed to flesh, except there were sharp metal fingers, like Claire's, but a bit shorter. He knew he should think about this later; if there was a later, and act fast. He focused on the emotions he felt before and the magic got stronger, his eyes and a few streaks in his hair glowed the same navy blue, and he charged towards Bellroc.
The hand was almost at the Heartstone... and it stopped. Bellroc felt a pain in her chest and growled in pain. She looked down and saw a glowing hand piercing through her with a blast of magic coming out of it, the lava inside of her spilling out.
The hand pulled away as she turned around, and she saw him. Jim, with magic in his veins.
"No... no, no, NO!!! This cannot be! How can a foolish mortal boy like you have magic?!"
"Firstly, I'm not foolish, and second, I'm not just a boy. I'm the slayer of Bular, Angor Rot, Gunmar, and now you! I'm the protect of this Earth, and it will continue to be this way, and now, this is your DOOM! Accept it... you lost, Bellroc."
Bellroc screamed in fury and pain as she toppled backwards and off her titan, lava still pouring out from her. Jim felt the titan start to crumble, he knew he should get out of here.
So he grabbed Excalibur and leaped of the Titan, and quickly stuck it in the leg, scraping the molten rock. He landed on his feet and he ran away from the falling titan, but he looked up to see the arm falling above him.
He raised his hand over his head; as if that would help, but pulled away a few seconds later, as he didn't feel rock crumble over him. He saw a magical shield surround him, protecting him. He decided to wait until the titan completely crumbled.
And it did, along with the Heartstone, both shattering and breaking into pieces on the ground, and blinding magic of orange hue blasted throughout the scene.
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"JIM!"
"JIM!"
"JIMBO!"
"JIM!"
Douxie rushed through the smoke to find Jim, Blinky was following him on his right carrying Nari, and AAARRRGGHH!!! with Toby and Archie riding on him. Claire, Aja, Krel, & Varvatos were on his left.
"Master Jim..."
"Where is he?" Claire asked, panic in her voice.
Douxie didn't know how to respond, fear in his eyes as he scanned the rubble, looking for his crush. It felt like a mental slap to the face. He was trying to confess to Jim for the past 5 months when he got a crush on him 8 months ago after the whole Camelot incident.
The boy was so amazing, he deserved the world, even if it was a bit broken. And now... he could be gone.
A tear fell down Douxie cheek as he walked a bit closer, not wanting to accept that fact.
But then, they saw a shadowy figure with it's hand raised with a yellow glow. Douxie squinted his eyes, heart racing at his throat. The figure walked out of the smoke, revealing... Jim, with bruises covering his face, his new armour, and Excalibur on his back.
But the thing that really surprised everybody was one: Jim had deep blue streaks in his hair, and two, his raised hand had... magic.
Jim had a soft smile on his face as he walked forward. He lowered his palm and the magic faded. Douxie let out a soft strangled sob underneath his breath.
He ran forward; everyone following him a bit slower, and he wrapped his arms around the boy. Jim gladly returned the hug with the same amount of vigor.
"You're ok... I thought I lost you..." He whispered into Jim's ear.
"No you didn't, I'm here now... it's over right?" Douxie let out a strangled laugh, "Yeah, it's over..."
"Jimbo, that was awesome sauce!" Toby exclaimed excitedly.
"Definitely the most lively thing I've seen!" Aja agreed.
"Thanks guys." Jim sighed, glad it was over.
Suddenly a horn honked behind them and a white truck pulled over, Eli's head peeking out of the window, "I missed all the good stuff, didn’t I?" Aja gasped with worry, "Eli! Where’s Steve? Is he all right?"
"He’s fine. And so are Maja, Taja, and Eli Jr."
Steve came from around the truck, revealing 3 babies in a basket... and a slightly expanded stomach, "The Palchuk has some stretch marks."
Aja practically leaped with joy and rushed forward cheering. She picked up one of them and cooed at the tiny child, "You must be Eli, Jr. Hello."
Everyone laughed softly. The Akaridions, Steve and Eli admired the newborns, while Claire secretly gave Jim a: 'could you just tell him?' look.
Jim mentioned for her to distract the rest, and she did. After that, he took off his his armour and pulled Douxie away, earning a soft gasp from the older wizard; considering Jim probably was one now, and not just a boy. When they were behind a giant molten piece of the titan, Jim sort of pinned Douxie there.
The wizard looked to the side blushing a bit, looking nervous. Jim decided to go softly; as he was always going to.
"So... could you tell me what you've been trying to tell me? You know, for the past 5 months I think."
Douxie turned to Jim a bit surprised, but saw he wasn't mad or annoyed, but he had a soft, encouraging smile on his face.
"And you can tell me how ever you want. Whether it's looking at me or not, or being shy, just say it, please. I won't get mad, I promise." He spoke in the softest tone Douxie heard while taking the wizard's hand in his own, rubbing soothing circles, just staring at it.
"Yeah it would be easier if you just... not look up so I don't get embarrassed immediately." Douxie said sheepishly, rubbing the back of his neck.
Jim's smile widened a bit, not that Douxie could see it since he could only see Jim's raven locks, now with deep blue highlights, not in an indigo kind of shade like his, but still quite deep. He was going to have to ask Jim about that and the magic later.
He took a deep breath and said it, "I like you. Like more than a friend, ever since Camelot. You were... so amazing. You sacrifice so much for everyone, you're an amazing warrior, and you look good while doing it all." He added the last part a bit jokingly, but still with truth.
Jim's blush grows a bit, but his smile never faded. It just gets bigger as this day gets better. He decided to make the move quickly before Douxie starts regretting things.
He quickly cupped Douxie's cheek and pressed his lips to the wizard's. Douxie gasped in surprise.
After a while though, he slowly wrapped his arm around Jim's hip, and cupping the other at the back of Jim's neck, gripping strands of his hair. Jim moaned softly wrapping his arms around Douxie's neck as they leaned against the tall rock.
Douxie decided to get really daring and let his hands travel down Jim's back. Since Jim's hasn't done anything but lean closer, he moved his hands to Jim's ass and squeezed it a bit.
That did something Douxie found adorable: Jim squeaked a bit and pulled away, hands to his face as he blushed deeply.
"Hey! Maybe g-go a bit slower with that."
"Aww, but you were so cute, spoiling you will be fun~" Douxie said teasingly, bringing Jim's chin up to face him. Jim's cheeks burned red, but he decided to just roll his eyes and press a quick kiss on the wizard's lips, "Do we go back?"
Douxie thought for a few seconds but just tugged Jim into a hug, looping his arms around the boy once more and pressed their foreheads together, "I think we can wait here for a while."
Jim softly smiled, but then remembered about the new-found magic in his veins.
"I don't know how this happened. You know, the magic and the color in my hair. All I did was get really mad and worried and it just happened. I let my emotions get stronger and I blasted Bellroc through her chest. I felt the magic glow in my eyes and hair too..."
Douxie hummed and stayed quiet for a bit, and then replied, "Well I think that when Excalibur chose you, it let it's magic course through you, I think it believes in the pureness in your soul and bonded with you in some sort of way."
"Arthur couldn't bond with Excalibur because his soul was way too corrupted, meaning Excalibur chose to keep the magic to itself. And it was made by the Lady of the Lake and just given to him."
"Yeah, you guys told me. And the fact that Merlin locked her away, but main point being Excalibur never chose Arthur.", Jim concluded.
"Exactly, and there is the fact that being exposed to so much magic in past battles made you gain magic yourself."
"So... I'm a wizard now?", Jim guessed.
"Also correct, meaning that I can teach you, meaning more time together.", Douxie spoke, feeling quite excited for teaching Jim about Exalibur and the history of it, plus some amazing spells. The fact this was all happening so quickly is exhilarating.
Jim softly giggled and pressed a slightly longer kiss to Douxie's lips again.
Douxie happily melted in the touch, if he wasn't leaning against the wall with Jim in his arms, he would have practically fell.
They pulled away and decided to wait here for a few more minutes before heading back to the rest, hand in hand to discuss their next move, which was probably heading back to Camelot where Barbara, Strickler, Nomura, & Stuart were.
But they knew one thing: It was over and they have never felt so happy for it.