The Eternal War Kasarewang
Man vs Kasarewang (2)

“Sa, are you okay?” tanya Barasa as Harsa sets foot into the classroom. “Where are you going?” As if making sure that her friend was real, she held onto Harsa's shoulders and arms.

Not only Barasa, all of Harsa's classmates also swarmed Harsa. “You were really kidnapped, Sa?” ask Gina worried.

Right too, I've been missing for the past week.

“Eeh, it's okay genks, I'm fine.” Harsa said calming. He didn't feel comfortable telling formskitter to his friends.

“So you really ran away from home?” ask the others in surprise.

“Hah? Run away from home? No, kok!” Rumors circulating in the school turned out to be beyond Harsa's shadow. Added to the rumors that Harsa is ‘reliability’ because of beating the upperclassmen, Harsa's image at school is getting destroyed.

Fortunately this morning Darma came to the school to explain Harsa's disappearance. So, Harsa was not summoned to the teacher's room for this matter. Giving up on her friends' imaginations, Harsa dismisses all questions without explaining much. However, the worried gazes of Barasa and Elis could not be seen.

“You really are okay, Sa?” elis asked at the edge of his study table. “I'm really worried, when I heard the announcement at school to report you when I see you.”

Harsa's face flushed red imagining such a thing happening. “Yes, it's okay kok.”

“Where are you going anyway? Don't want a story?” tanya Barasa was curious.

Harsa smiled badly. “Later yes, I think first. Instead of saying that, I want to ask for a photocopy of dong's note. I must have missed a lot of lessons.”

Barasa held his thumb up high. “Ready! Ee..., but actually, Sa, ak also have a request..”.

“Iya? What?” Ask Harsa without much thought. He was busy opening his textbook.

“Hm, want to fight with my grandfather?”

Harsa looked directly at Barasa. “Hah?”

***

“So, after meeting that one day, want to fight with me because I ‘beda’?” ask Harsa doesn't understand. Back to school, Harsa hitchhiked a Barasa motorbike to his house. In the end, he agreed because the one who asked for this was his own best friend. However, Harsa still could not help but think, why did that grandfather want to fight against him?

“Ya..” Barasa nodded. “Come, Sa. Really deh. My grandfather will also be very entertained if there is anything with our college.”

“Well, what happened to your college? Not yesterday Aster so join studying there?”

“Yes, but he's stopped. Well, it's only natural that third-graders would want an exam. Besides Aster, there was one more child. Who came in because I saw me race. But, besides, we don't have any more students.”

When he arrived at the room for practice, the student was learning to feel the physis with Barasa's grandfather. As soon as Harsa entered the spacious room, Harsa immediately exchanged a glance with Barasa's grandfather. It was as if the grandfather, could tell that Harsa was going into the room. After a brief greeting, Barasa's grandfather asked everyone to come out of the training room.

“In this way, you can use your technique as well as possible, right?”

“Ready?” tanyakanya.

Harsa. “Yes, I guess. But, cake. I don't understand why Grandpa wants to fight with me.”

“Isn't it clear? Because you are different. People like me and Barasa can utilize the inner energy as much as possible, but you.

Without waiting for Harsa's reply, he charged forward with well-trained steps. Narrowing of gesti and unreadable by eye movements. Fortunately, with his aura, Harsa can still feel where and how the tonjokkon will land. Not that Harsa can retaliate against those attacks. He could only strengthen the body parts he attacked with his physis.

“Come, I know you can be more than this!” Shouted Grandpa Barasa.

Ugh. Inner Harsa. He doesn't really want me to wear elements, does he?

However, it seems that Barasa's grandfather did want Harsa to wear the element. What can I do. Think Harsa. He sensed every electromagnetic element in his aura, then ordered them to give a positive charge across the room, and a negative charge on him. In an instant, Harsa was drawn to the end wall that was a dozen meters across the room. Once there was some distance between them, Harsa began to send fire slashes to Barasa's grandfather.

At once, Harsa regretted her decision. He was afraid of burning down Barasa's house. However, Barasa's grandfather received the attack. His hands shook off the fire element with his explosive physis. It was then, that Harsa knew that he could not win.

Grandfather Barasa closed the distance between them. Harsa who was not motivated to fight, gave up just like that. He let his body be slammed and crushed. Thanks to physis, his body did not feel pain despite being stabbed and slammed. After a long while, Grandpa Barasa let go.

“Ah..” says Harsa holds her sore shoulder.

“Why are you holding back?”  tanyakanya.

Harsa's forehead is wrinkled. “I don't want to ruin your house or kill you.” Harsa said honestly. If he wanted to, he would have been able to fire a laser at Barasa's grandfather, but he certainly couldn't do such a thing.

Grandpa Barasa laughed. He seemed happy to hear that Harsa could destroy his house. “Yes geez. You're a good kid who thinks of others, yeah.” Reveal the grandfather while sitting cross-legged. Harsa. “Now I have the question. When you first came here, why didn't you confess?”

“I... I just feel like I'm a normal human being.” Harsa said honestly.

“Why do you feel that way?”

“Ehh, because I've lived to be a human being all my life.” Hansa was beginning to get confused.

“But, you're not? What I see from you, you are not comfortable with yourself.”

Harsa. “Not like that. But I don't see a place for me here, nor a place for me there.” When he tells stories, the memory of when he and Aster were talked about when they were waiting in line to register for an exam or when he was uncomfortable talking about this with his father. Unknowingly, Harsa continued to speak. “I have also been trying to get into the community there,” he said referring to the standardization exam he just took. “But I don't feel comfortable either. While with friends here..” Of course he can not criticize about himself as Kasarewang.

The conversation with Barasa's grandfather was absorbing deep within Harsa. He continued to ponder on her, until the realization that she was different appeared as if it was real before his eyes. Even though I feel born and big like a normal human being. I am not, right?