THE LEGEND OF KIWAKAAZI

Kundu shouted, “You are going to be one difficult dwarf to kill! The white dwarf responded, “I will take that as a compliment from Srabala. Now, shall we begin?” They suddenly stood in a triangle and a force field was erected around the triangle — a field so strong that Kundu could not escape without draining almost every drop of energy in his body. So he remained within the field and the fighting finally begun.

First, Kuntunkunukun changed appearance. He grew tall. His white flowing hair changed to dreadlocks. He wore a tight sleeveless white shirt and tight shorts with white boots. The only thing that was not white about the white dwarf was his skin; everything was white. Everything else was a photocopy of Kundu. The white dwarf lifted his arm and summoned two iron swords.

Kundu was impressed. He shouted, “Hain panie mpem mpem (thousands of light needles).” This time, the light needles rained from the sky. The white dwarf raised his head. The sword in his right hand disappeared. He raised his right hand and all the light needles stopped. Kundu with a surprised look whispered, “Impossible.” But if that was impossible, wait till you see what the dwarf did next. He shouted, “Sain!” The light needles disappeared, appeared above Kundu and rained down on him instead. Kundu looked up and when he looked down, Kuntunkunukun was standing close to him. The sword in his left hand was moving; attacking with his left sword from right to left. Kundu knew he must act quickly.

Jamila was touched. Kundu was ready to die for his sister. She said, “If you really want to help her, you must summon the power within you. Close your eyes, Kundu and tell me — what do you see?” Kundu answered, “I see nothing.” Jamila asked, “Can’t you see your sister?!” Kundu saw his sister. His mind took him back to the time she saved him. She pushed him and burned herself. She was in pain. It must have been painful but she smiled. She swallowed it for her clumsy brother.

Kundu heard Jamila saying, “Can’t you hear her voice?!” Kundu heard her voice. Her favorite words were, “What will I do without my little brother?” She always used these words whenever Kundu did something bad. Jamila said, “She is dying Kundu! Can’t you see it? She needs your help!”

Kundu saw his sister dead. His two children orphaned like he was. He shook his head and shouted, “No! That will not happen!” Jamila shouted, “Stop!”

Back inside Nomposuro and before Kundu fought the white dwarf, he had to first overcome the nhutus. After telling them that their worst nightmare had come to town, he shouted, “Hain eduo sonson (seventy-seven rays of light).” Light shone blinding the nhutus. By the time, the light stopped shinning, all the nhutus were dead. He continued his journey. He slew the sabudu and stormed Adopedan.

Kundu noticed that his entire surroundings had changed. Almost all of the benches had disappeared. Jamila was hiding behind a single bench that survived Kundu’s power. She slowly got up looking terrified. “Did I do this?” questioned Kundu. “Yes!” answered Jamila. Kundu asked, “How?” She said, “Your power is light — consuming light.” Jamila was very excited. She said, “We have to tell father about this. Hurry, let’s go!” She dragged Kundu by an arm to report her discovery.

The forest of the dwarfs was particularly challenging. Kundu’s first opponent was Kun (first dwarf). Kun as usual snuck up on Kundu and bound his feet and arms with vines. The energy draining leaves and petals of flowers attached themselves to Kundu’s body and started sucking the very life out of his body. Kun laughed, “You are not as fearsome as your name suggests, Srabalala,” before he released the spears that would kill Kundu. But just before the spears perforated his body and killed him, they turned white. They became light and disappeared. “You have no idea what you are dealing with,” warned Kundu. The petals and leaves all turned to light and the vines too. They disappeared and Kun was forced to hide inside a tree trunk. Kundu simply touched one of trees and the one Kun was hiding in lit up. Kun screamed loudly and probably turned into a stone mummy while still inside the trunk.  

“Father… father! You won’t believe this. Kundu’s power is light — consuming light,” said Jamila excitedly. Jamila was so eager that she forgot that her father was not to be disturbed when he was meditating in his prayer chamber. The great sorcerer rose to his feet gingerly and turned. He smiled and said, “That sounds interesting. Show me.”

Kuntu (the second dwarf) in his circle of eternity, insects, and energy barrier felt he was invincible. Bees, ants and his acid spitting butterflies all attacked. Kundu touched one of all these insects and they exploded releasing many of their own kind whose body was made up of light. They were Kundu’s own insect army. They possessed abilities similar to the originals. Kundu had his own insect army which defended him. Kuntu did not even know when he was hit. He saw a tiny bee sitting on his shoulder. He suddenly felt the light spreading throughout his entire body. He exploded and turned to stone.

Kundu and Jamila exchanged glances. “I don’t think that is going to be possible,” answered Jamila. “Why?” questioned Hafiz Baba Musa. She answered, “He just found out. He has no control. He will need more training to find out exactly how it is activated and how it works.” Hafiz Baba Musa said, “Then you have failed my daughter.”

Kuntunku (the third dwarf or red dwarf) almost killed Kundu. Kundu screamed, “Hain eduo sonson (seventy-seven rays of light)!” and blinded the dwarf and his pets. But the dwarf probably figured out Kundu’s plan was to blind and attack while he and his pets had been blinded. His pets were slain and he too was killed. Kundu stabbed him in the chest with his staff which was literally light. Kundu’s light staff was still in the dwarf’s chest when the dwarf smiled. The red light around him shone but instead of resurrecting his reptile pets, Kundu inhaled some unusual gas. He coughed up blood. He cried blood and he bled through his nose. He felt the gas was rapidly destroying his internal organs. He felt weak and went on his knees and yelled, “Hain ayare sa (healing through light)!” His entire body started to glow but and started a race between death and life. Kundu was dying. He whispered, “Aniwa hain (light eyes) and studied the walanuntso (lake of cleansing). He crawled on his knees and later on his stomach. He continued to bleed from his eyes, nose, mouth and ears. He continued to try healing himself with his unusual manipulation of light until he arrived at the lake and let go of his body. He fell into the lake and disappeared. He submerged completely. Bubbles rose to the surface and after a while, stopped.

Kundu jumped in, “How did she fail? Didn’t you hear her?” Hafiz drew his sword. “I was going to banish you tomorrow but not only did you fail but you interrupted my prayers. Now, you must pay the price.” Kundu shielded Jamila. He stood in front of her and next thing he knew, he was flying across the room and slamming into a wall. And this happened after Hafiz Baba Musa simply used his eyeballs to move from one direction to the next. Jamila was next. Her father, Hafiz Baba Musa, showed her his left palm and she was lifted and thrown away.

Jamila broke through the wooden wall of her father’s prayer chamber. She quickly drew her sword but Baba Musa was too quick and too powerful. He lifted his left arm and pulled Jamila towards her. While she was being pulled, she dropped her sword. His sword was ready. Kundu shouted, “Stop! Please stop! She is your daughter!” Hafiz shouted, “If you care so much about her, then stop me!” Kundu closed his eyes and screamed again, “Stop!”

Kundu pushed his head to the surface of the water. He gasped for air. He looked well. The walanuntso had saved him. He quickly climbed out of the water and matched to the edge of the pyramid inside Adopedan where he must fight Kuntunkunu (the fourth dwarf). This time he planned on being more careful.

Hafiz threw his daughter over his head, dropped his sword and stretched both arms. Bright rectangular shaped light that had consumed everything in its path was moving towards him. This time, Kundu saw it happen. He opened his eyes and moved his arms towards Hafiz. He was angry and not in control. Hafiz Baba Musa fought back with all his might. He was pushing the rectangular light away with both palms and failing miserably. Kundu only stopped after Jamila commanded him to stop. Hafiz Baba Musa was now convinced — Kundu is the real deal. He is the man who will bring Nomposuro down on its knees.

Kundu was coming close to achieving what the world expected of him — bringing down Nomposuro on its knees. His next opponent, Kuntunkunu (fourth dwarf), did not make it easy. Kundu’s aniwa hain (light eyes) helps him to assess the energy level of his opponent and calculate an equivalent quantity of light energy that can be used to transform the opponent into a kafushii (stone mummy). Turning into a stone mummy occurs when a dwarf nears death. The only problem was that when the fourth dwarf nears death, it only multiplies, that is if the “near death experience” is the result of an opponent other than his pets or himself.

Before the dwarf summoned his pets, the felines, Kundu used the aniwa hain (light eyes), disappeared, and drove his light staff vertically through the neck of the dwarf. He watched the fourth dwarf fall and instead of turning into a stone mummy, he doubled. Kundu’s mouth was opened in shock of what had happened. The two identical and grey dwarfs slapped the ground hard and each one summoned a tiger and lion. The two felines shook their bodies and roared at Kundu. They attacked Kundu. He pointed his left at the tiger and shouted, “Hain kokrowa (light ball)!”

The light ball struck the tiger and doubled it also. Kundu was once again in shock and almost got himself bitten by the lion if not for his speed. Kundu decided to use a highly risky technique — the single light eye (hain aniwa kro). The single light eye is activated when Kundu concentrates for a long time on his forehead. His third eye which is believed to be on the forehead is opened and his two external eyes are closed temporarily. The hain aniwa kro assesses both the energy requirement of the opponent and exactly how to cancel out that energy without necessarily using light energy.

Kundu shouted, “Hain aniwa kro (single light eye)” and a closed eye appeared on his forehead. He continued to fight the lion and tigers and tried not to kill them. He used his light staff as a bat. He turned to his right and struck an attacking tiger. He quickly went on his knees so that a lion can jump over his head and avoid being bitten and he quickly turned right again; this time holding his light staff horizontally in line with his chest. The staff killed the second attacking tiger and the number of tigers increased to three. Kundu shouted, “Hain panie oha (a hundred light needles)!”

The needles which were longer than your average needle pierced various parts of the bodies of the large cats and bound them to the ground. While the cats healed; while they tried to overpower the needles, Kundu concentrated and succeeded in opening his third eye — his single eye. It opened for just about fifteen seconds and shut once again. The third eye disappeared and Kundu’s external eyes opened. The tigers and the lions were free. They were growling and circling Kundu. Kundu simply whispered, “Hain adwen sakra (light mind control)!” Kundu’s eyes glowed and the tigers and lions also had the same glowing eyes. The felines turned away from Kundu and attacked the fourth dwarf and his double. The dwarfs transformed into little beasts and fought back until they both fell at the hands of their own creation.

News reached Kundu that his sister’s condition was deteriorating. Hafiz Baba Musa wanted to teach Kundu how to deal with someone with magnetic-like abilities but Kundu disappeared. He left the Asratifo (purifying swordsmen) base and appeared outside Nomposuro. He used his light eyes to examine the energy barrier around the forest and was able to pass through it by changing himself into light. It was a technique that weakens him tremendously. So now, we know everything about Kundu. Only one thing remains unknown; how exactly he died.

Papa dwarfs sword met and ran through light. Kundu’s body reassembled again and like before he was weak. Kundu was not sure what to do anymore. He used invisible light energy. He hoped it can skip Papa Dwarfs impenetrable shield but the dwarf sensed that also and erected a field twice as strong as the first. So Kundu used basics. He was a trained Asratifo. He changed his light staff into a sword and fought back. He attacked. He swung his sword from left to right and then from right to left and attacked the abdomen of the dwarf. The first two attacks, the dwarf blocked but did nothing against the third. However, Kundu was blown away by a force — a very powerful force. The dwarf was already in his face while he was flying backwards. The white dwarf swung one of his swords and Kundu shouted, “Hain bain (light wall)!” His body glowed and although he was cut, it was not very deep and it healed fast.

Kundu was already exhausted but he attacked again and again; swinging his sword to the best of his knowledge. Some part of him regretted being so hasty. Hafiz was going to teach him how to fight someone with his kind of powers. If he had only been a little bit patient, this fight would have turned out differently. And why did he not go for the kafunde, its powers might have also helped him. He jumped backwards leaving enough space between himself and the dwarf. Kuntunkunukun wondered, “What is he going to do now?”

Kundu went on his knees, stretched out both arms and shouted, “Hain bain kese (great light wall)!” a thick rectangular wall of light appeared and moved towards the white dwarf. Papa dwarf, brimming with confidence, stood sideways such that only his left body faced the incoming light wall. He stretched out his left hand and stopped the light wall in its tracks. Kundu screamed and pushed harder. The dwarf was now feeling uncomfortable and had to readjust his body and use both arms. Kundu pushed even harder and the dwarf went on his knees.

Now, both Kundu and Papa dwarf were on their knees, screaming and pushing the light wall away from their bodies. Kundu lost his sense of reasoning and pushed very hard even when he was bleeding through his nostrils, mouth, ears and eyes. He continued to push with all his strength and Papa dwarf pushed back.

Suddenly, a light explosion occurred inside the triangle filling the entire triangle with light. Slowly, the force field was lowered and Papa dwarf turned to stone. Kundu was lying on his back and looking up at the rather bright sky inside Adopedan. His life was slipping away. He had run out of light energy. He knew he was dying. He closed his eyes. Tears were flowing down from the corners of his eyes. He was truly and deeply sorry. All he wanted at the very moment in Nomposuro inside the triangle of light was to hear his sister say it one more time… “What will I do without my little brother?” He continued to cry when he whispered, “I am sorry sister. I am sorry I could not save you. I am sorry I did not say goodbye.”

Back in the world his sister was also lying on her back on her death bed. She had been motionless and speechless for a long time. But she suddenly spoke. She said, “It’s okay. You are here now. Please forgive me if I ever wronged you.” In Nomposuro, Kundu said, “You never wronged me to begin with. I love you my dearest sister.” “I love you too, my dearest brother. What will I do in this world without you?” she asked. Kundu answered, “You would have been very unhappy.” Wunam smiled and the two siblings died together. Kundu died inside Nomposuro and his sister died on her death bed in Zuruanga. However, the love between brother and sister was so strong that they were able to communicate.

Kundu could have truly brought Nomposuro down on its knees but he was hasty. He was running out of time but he had a little patience, he would have learned how to overcome the white dwarf. He would probably have used the kafunde (demon mummifier) as well. A little patience is all I ask for… please.