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Windara.. For some reason Taufan felt his gut twist after hearing that name.
Windara.
a place where he's come from.. The first time where the power Sphere of the wind element was discovered..
And a beautiful place of freedom and wind, a place where everyone was living happily with endless freedom and fun.
Or At Least that's what the former windara is like.
Angin stares at the barren land that used to be windara, he.. He honestly doesn't expect this. Anything but this..
The former beautiful windara, full of carefree laughter of both children and adults, was turned into a barren land full of tyranny and scarce source of food for the dying children.
Decaying rot scent of the native planet habitants (his f̶o̶r̶m̶e̶r̶ people) piercing through his nose everywhere he goes to find a shelter for daun, api, and fang, angin sees how windara has badly fallen from its former grace and glory with his own eyes.
He saw how the children wept at their dying parents, weeping and crying for the comfort that never came.
Oh.. God.. He… He felt nauseous.
Yet somehow.. He can't feel anything for them.. Not even pity, which is strange because they are supposed to be his people (n̶o̶t̶ a̶n̶y̶m̶o̶r̶e̶)̶.
Ah! There he finds a civilization on this
dying planet!.
Angin quickly fly towards them. Ignoring everything, the pleas and his master words to help the dying parents or the cries of children that become louder when they realize their parents will no longer come back.
No he cannot risk his own master's safety only for others.. Never.
. . . . .
‘ yes he is useless!! we should definitely give him back to her majesty kuputeri!’ api words still ringing in his ears,and replayed by his mind.
Him?.. Giving him back?.
Somehow Angin doesn't like it. He doesn't like that simple joke.. Is it a joke?.. No. It is definitely a joke.. How else can api and daun laugh after uttering that?.. How else can they play at the paku-park with so much joy with him if they don't utter that as a joke?.
It's a joke right??
Taufan wants to laugh, it is his nature to feel happy and laugh. To ease the gloomy atmosphere yet all he can do is stare wide eyed. He can only stay silent and do nothing.
And it's all because of a joke. But a cruel one nonetheless.
“Quick your majesty kuputeri, you need to take the power of tempest back. “ his master's words rang loudly in his ears.
No.
Even you?..
Even you???..
No! No no no— nonononononononoNONONONONO!!!
Taufan feels his entire world crumble, his blue eyes Looking at his master back — at least of what he pressume his master back is— and wept.
His thoughts and emotions spiralled, Taufan can feel himself shaking. He was shaking and his heart and head was hurt.
Everything hurts
.
Maybe api was right. He is useless, maybe that is the reason why BoBoiBoy wanted to give him back.
No- no!
BoBoiBoy clearly stated that he needed to get back to kuputeri to save Windara, for the greater good. For greater good of the planet—
Maybe it's just his delusional mind that he uses for his own comfort, but BoBoiBoy clearly abandons him… giving him like a mere tool And not a sentient being..
‘Have he—, no ‘you’ ever shown him that you are a sentient being?... thousands of voices echoed in his head.
He doesn't know whose voice is that but Taufan was scared.
‘I—.. I… no??. ‘
‘Then there is nothing To be angry about, there is no use of crying or feeling betrayed when you are just a mere tool. ‘
No- no!!! Wait- wait! He can- .. He can tell BoBoiBoy that he is a sentient being, maybe- maybe he will reconsider his choice to give him back— maybe he will reconsider. Maybe he reconsidermaynehereconsidermaybeheteconsider Maybee… .
Maybe..
‘But what if he's not?... ‘A small tiny thought betrayed him.
And Taufan stand there wide eyeed, his eyes blank as he began to consider that thought.
The possibility that BoBoiBoy won't reconsider his choice, but further supporting the idea of giving him back because he is sentient is making him sick.
And Taufan..
Taufan screamed. Loud and painful, he screamed while clutching his head so painfully.
Everything looks so blurry and so… so wrong..
Everything looked so wrongs and it's hurt!!, he can't see, he can't think!, all he can do is cry and scream. W— why's everything's blue??
Why is it blue?!..
He dragged his body, he dragged it on his domain floor and took hold of whatever he could take and throw it.
The shattering impact of everything that he's destroyed doesn't stop him, it doesn't stop him and he yearns for more. More of the pain that distracts him.. More of it to snap him out of whatever Trance it is that he was feeling.
Anything.
He thrashes in his domain whilst screaming, screaming and rampaging and wrong.. Everything is so wrong!! It's not him— he can't control it but it's not him!!.
It's not him— he wasn't destructive, he wasn't supposed to be destructive.
Tears started to flow down from his eyes out of anger, out of despair, out of.. Disappointment. And out of many others emotions that he can't describe—.
he felt so much.. He felt so much to the
point it hurts. It hurts so much.
Taufan felt his heartbeat quickened, his lungs felt suffocated, and Taufan's entire body felt wrong. He felt trapped inside a small room. He felt that he is bigger than this body.. He felt like a small vase that held too much water. And worst of all.. Everything is painful.
‘IT'S HURT IT'S HURT IT'S HURT IT'S HURT IT'S HURT IT'S HURT IT'S HURT IT'S HURT IT'S HURT IT'S HURT IT'S HURT IT'S HURT IT'S HURT. ‘ thousands of voices echoed through his mind—. M̤̮a̤̮k̤̮e̤̮s̤̮ i̤̮t̤̮ s̤̮t̤̮o̤̮p̤̮.̤̮
Taufan felt so many emotions swirling inside his head, so many hurtful emotions and all he could feel amidst so many spirallings emotions was the fact.. That He wanted to laugh.
He wanted to laugh at this ridiculous situation, he wanted to laugh and put back the same thin security of comfort that is always there when he need It.
Yet he can't.
His comfort zone no longer exists, what is there to comfort when you are unwanted??.
A small frame displaying an orange butterfly that was pinned inside a canvas caught his visions, with trembling hands he held those frames gently like holding something that's so.. So precious.
He looked at it Almost entranced..
Almost..
orange… those butterfly wings are Orange…
Like his master Bright orange hat.
Like his master's bright orange vest.
And orange like..
A Fire.
And Taufan was mad, he was furious that oranges have the colour that remind him of why he was feeling these tons of swirling emotions.
“AHHHHHH!!!!! “ So he broke that canvas with so much anger and power that he ever used it without his wind.
Shattered glasses scattered everywheres and some of the sharp glasses brush against his skin, creating bloody scratches that burn, but he doesn't care.
He welcomes the pain.
Anything to keep him getting a hold of this twisted reality.
And Taufan fell down, he fell and all he can see is the dead orange butterfly that's lost its wings because of the impact, those broken wings remind him of his situation.
A tool —toy— that can be traded and given away when their owner is bored. Or when he is rendered useless yet cannot escape because there isn't a way.
Yet— despite that… he can't… he can't get mad at BoBoiBoy, he can't get mad at blaze for uttering the truth either.
He can't get mad…
He can't ever be mad at both of them, Because they are so precious to him..
He hates it.
He hates it..
“Bo.. Boiboy. “ So taufan wept while calling his master names Akin to a believer who uttered prayer for a god that can save him, he clutched the floor tightly to the point that it made his fingernails bleed.
So.. So many red stains on these dark blue spaces.
“BoBoiBoy.. I'm sorry“
Taufan clutches his head, and he sobs, and his sobs begin to turn into a whimper. Hot tears won't stop falling down from his face.
“BoBoiBoy forgive me.. Forgive me for being dumb and useless.. “
“Forgive me for being mad at you… . For.. Give me… “
BoBoiBoy was falling.
At Least that is what he remembered, he was falling from the castle or windara because her majesty kuputeri pushed him.
But why is he in these dark blue spaces without nothing but white strings everywhere? His eyes darted around in confusion and a bit of fear.
What is this place?. .
Where is he?..
A white string that falls from above caught his attention.
‘Huh?’ BoBoiBoy saw a white thin string floating in front of him.
He raised his hands to get a hold of those strings.” this white thing is a.. Cocoon string? “
He muttered curiously while looking around to his surroundings more closely. a deep blue space with nothing but chrysalis everywhere.
BoBoiBoy swore that he saw some of those cocoons moving and it crept him out.
He doesn't know what this place is, is this one of the secret places on windara?, a secret place that is only accessible if He needs to fall into the wild rampaging winds that guard the castle?.
Is this a place where he can get Taufan third tier : tempest?.
BoBoiBoy felt unsure, no- not that he ever doubted her majesty kuputeri. But this place feel… gloomy and somber. A place contrasting to the wind elemental nature which is supposed to be happy and free.
A small glimmer of movement caught his attention, as a bright blue butterfly emerged from its cocoon, its beautiful wings fluttering as it began to fly and passed him by.
BoBoiBoy feels himself being entranced, that bright blue is akin to a light on a dim room that attracts a moth who's searching for a light.
BoBoiBoy feels like that.
He felt like he was pulled to follow that source of light, to follow those bright lights and treat it akin to a Pandora box.
And then he stopped.
BoBoiBoy's eyes widened when he saw a cracked figure, he stopped and looked at that person in disbelief.
No.. It's not someone he doesn't know.. No.. It's far from that. The figure in front of him was someone he knew very well.
An identical face staring at each other. One cracked and the other was full of wounds.
And BoBoiBoy..
BoBoiBoy ran. BoBoiBoy ran towards that figure, he ran towards him who looked like he might disappear in an instant.
“TAUFAN!!. “ BoBoiBoy shouted, and he bring Taufan broken body towards his own.
“Taufan?! “ BoBoiBoy asked in panic, he hold Taufan cracked cheeks in his hands,
It's cold.. And BoBoiBoy didn't like it.
He looks into Taufan's empty eyes and he can feel his breath hitch. Taufan's eyes are so empty.. There are no longer any emotions inside it.
“BoBoiBoy?... “ Those unfocused blank eyes looked at BoBoiBoy, and BoBoiBoy flinched. He flinched but he didn't back down.
“Taufan! What's wrong?? No— let's not talk about it right now. Taufan! Tell me how I can help you! “
“BoBoiBoy… “
“Yes Taufan it's me!, please tell me how can I stop this— stop you from cracking?! “ he answered Taufan with so much urgency, his hazelnut eyes showing so much distress for his wind element.. For him.
And Taufan.. Taufan felt something twisted, he stared at his master's kind eyes and felt like he had sinned.
He has sinned because he made him worry, he has sinned because he makes his master check on him. And he has sinned because he assumed a bad thing about BoBoiBoy.
He wouldn't treat him like a toy.. BoBoiBoy wasn't someone who treated him like that. Yes he would never.
Yet despite that he still has his doubts.
“BoBoiBoy… Do you… hate me?. “ Taufan asked, the crack on his body became more huge. And that makes BoBoiBoy worry even more.
But BoBoiBoy cannot help but stare at Taufan with wide eyes.
But he stayed still without answering him.
Taufan asked once again, eyes trembling with tears that dropped down again on his face. He asked BoBoiBoy. “Do… you hate me?.. Am I useless? “
BoBoiBoy.. BoBoiBoy stay silent.
Taufan hates it. And he can't do anything about it… he can't force BoBoiBoy to answer the question that has a clear answer.
Api was right once again, he is useless and he can't do anything. That's why BoBoiBoy decided to give him back to kuputeri.
And worst of all..
Worst of all, BoBoiBoy hates him.
Taufan's can feels his face cracked even more like a broken porcelain doll, some of the shards fell down revealing thin strings underneath his skin.
BoBoiBoy panicked as he held the broken shards that fell down from him, because it was a part of Taufan. He tried to bring the fallen shards back to him.
BoBoiBoy knows it was futile like merging a broken doll back and praying that it'll get fix, but at least he tries to do something. Tries to fix Taufan back.
“Taufan!. “ BoBoiBoy called out again towards dying taufan-, no he can't accept that Taufan is dying, Taufan would not! And wasn't allowed To die!.
Taufan doesn't want to, he doesn't want to leave BoBoiBoy. He doesn't want to get returned to kuputeri. He doesn't want to.
Maybe…Maybe if he can prove that he was useful enough BoBoiBoy will change his mind.
If he can prove that the wind elemental is as good and as strong as the other element, BoBoiBoy will notice that giving him back to kuputeri was a huge loss.
Yes. If he can prove that— no he needs to prove themselves to BoBoiBoy.
He need to.
So Taufan cracks.
He was cracked open and BoBoiBoy stared at him in horror.
“TAUFAN! “
Taufan cracked, and all the cocoons on that place also did the same. They all cracked and hundreds if not thousands of butterflies emerged from their cocoons.
Akin to a butterfly shell, a hand tore out of Taufan's body right in front of BoBoiBoy. A blue hair peeked out and a figure emerged from Taufan's body.
The figure's hands held BoBoiBoy's chin and smiled, BoBoiBoy can't help but feel fear.
“ꪑꪖకᡶꫀꪹ ꪗꪮꪊ ᨶꪖꪑꫀ ᡶꪮ ꪑꫀ ꪉꫀᨶꪖꪊకꫀ ꪗꪮꪊ ᭢ꫀꫀᦔ ꪑꫀ.. ꪹƙᦋ᧒ᡶ?! “
A thousand voices spoke up and talked to him and BoBoiBoy felt overwhelmed, the figure held him and smiled even wider (almost like an obsessed person—) and held his shoulder tightly.
The figure came closer to his face and at him lovingly. “ꪗꪮꪊ ᭢ꫀꫀᦔ ꪑꫀ ꪹỉᦋꫝᡶ?! “
The figure —beliung (his mind registered)— laughed loudly and uncontrollable, the hundreds of butterflies swirling around them whilst tempest laughing.
This situation makes BoBoiBoy feel pressured.
Receiving no answer from BoBoiBoy makes beliung pissed, and mind become chaotic.
Why is he not thrilled to see him?, why is he not thrilled to have a more powerful power?..
Oh… Beliung is mad and disappointed, BoBoiBoy is not coming for him, and Boboiboy doesn't want him..he doesn't want him and simply came here because he was retrieving him so he can give him back to kuputeri.
As if sensing beliung rapid change of mood BoBoiBoy quickly said to beliung.
“Beliung!, please help me fight reramos! “
Beliung eyes widened before they crinkled, BoBoiBoy watched as beliung smile became wider and the air pressure on that place became suffocating. The swirling butterfly becomes more blurry to the point it's mimicking the rampaging cyclones he sees on windara.
Beliung holds BoBoiBoy's face with both of his hands. “ꪮᠻ ᨶꪮꪊꪹకꫀ.. ꪮᠻ ᨶꪮꪊꪹకꫀ ꪖ᭢ꪗᡶꫝỉ᭢ᦋ ꪗꪮꪊ ᭙ꪖ᭢ꪹ ꪖ᭢ᦔ ꪗꪮꪊ కꫝꪖꪶꪶ ꪹꫀᨶꫀỉꪜꫀ ỉᡶ. “
They answered, voices sweet like a sweet thickly coated with honey. Beliung put their distance closer bringing their heads together and then.. And then they merge with him.
Reramos watches that brat surrounded by thousands of butterflies and transforms differently, he watches as that brat acquires the tempest power.
But Reramos doesn't expect that tempest would be this strong.
Yes he is aware of how powerful the elemental tempest is, he already saw it 100 years ago When kuputeri wield it.
That is why he wants to take the wind elemental power just for himself.
But…
But kuputeri wield it with more control and restraint, not uncontrollably like that brat.
Honestly reramos doesn't know if kuputeri ever fights with so freely and chaotic.
Truly. The wind elemental is so powerful That he can't help but want that powerful power for himself even more.
But he doesn't expect it to be this powerful..
With just one command reramos was defeated. With just one command the wind becomes so deadly that it's destroying everything on their way, with just one command it instills fear in others.
And yet.. That Terrifying thing laughed in joy. That thing finds joy in destruction and That's so unsettling and can make anyone's gut twist.
The wind was rampant while the laughter grew louders, thousands of blue butterflies were flying everywhere akin to a bad omen.
Beliung was laughing, he was laughing to no end because he found all these situations and destruction humorous and entertaining.
It's because how weak reramos is compared to him.
It's because he has become so strong that BoBoiBoy can— no, WILL acknowledge him.
Beliung was laughing in joy yet he also found that his emotions did not ease yet, there was no relief.
There are no relief even though reramos is dead, there are no reliefs even though he acquire his third tier and prove to BoBoiBoy that even the wind elemental is as powerful as others.
He… he feels the need to stop this ache, he needs to stop this aching feeling in his gut.
Suddenly a voice called out to him, —no, BoBoiBoy—.
And Beliung turned his attention to the person who called him, and only to find out it was kuputeri.
It was kuputeri..