The kid's mouth curled and his eyes shined as if a fire had been lit deep within him. James was glad to see this. Maybe this person could have reached even high [C] rank normally, but he'll have to wait to fight people again after this ranking "tournament". As the kid dashed towards James he swung a Naginata towards James, As he blade came down onto James he stepped to the side dodging the curved blade. The spear was then horizontally slashed at him in attempt to catch him before he could regain his balance, James ducked down just in time for the blade to pass over his head before leaping back so that he could create some distance between the two of them.
The people in the stands were amazed by both of them. The kid was able to swing extremely fast with his Naginata, while James was able to move so fast that it was hard to keep their eyes on him. James pushed off the ground launching himself forward towards the kid grabbing him with one hand. "nice try," James slammed down shoving the kid into the ground subduing him for now and winning. Everyone in the stands was shocked, James hadn't even been Scratched once by the other student. As they all gossiped about what they had witnessed, James went back up to the stands sitting down once again.
More people fought for a while before James had gotten bored and went out to get food. As he was walking down the road he looked at a few places. He decided on TrainWay for now as he wanted some subs and maybe chips with a soda. Sitting down by the window he watched on his laptop what was happening back at the arena as it was being broadcasted.
Eventually it was his friends and bother's turns. Each one of them won their matches with relative ease. Their school would probably end up a decently ranked place based on what he saw. Although the majority couldn't fight them yet, they were still 90% [C] or higher. If he were to guess about 40% were [C] rank at the moment. Which is pretty good. Not ungodly but still, good. And about 3% was [F] rank, while the other 7% of the 10 was [D].
As he looked up he saw a woman in front of him from behind his laptop. She looked a lot like Jess from way back. Her long black hair draped down her back just below her hips, shined from the light of the window. As he looked at her he remembered what had happened way back then.
"hey,"
"um... h-hi?"
"do you remember me?"
"uh I don't think so, maybe?"
"Oh... that does make sense we're a lot older than back then, and I look a bit different *giggles*"
James stared at her for a moment, "Jess?"
"Mhm," James's eyes lit up. Jess was back! He got up and hugged her quickly without much thought involved. He couldn't help it. Jess hugged him back and smiled. It was like a puppy who hasn't seen its owner in a very long time.
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As they sat across from each other at the table they stared at one another while James had a few questions.
" How did you find us?"
"well for one, I saw your lil brother on view-tube. Then I did some research and found the city again."
"o... ok"
"Also, I saw your fight, good job."
"Thanks, I don't think it was all that great though, it wasn't much of a show."
"Maybe to you sure, but to a normal person who's not a genius or something that would be considered amazing. You should take some pride in yourself from time to time you know"
"Yea, maybe. But I still have a lot to grow before I can be near the top now."
"The top? like Number one at your school or in global school type?"
" For now I guess that would work,"
After their brake the two went outside, walking back towards James's place. while Jess sat on the couch with the TV on, James got the food cooking for them and when Isaiah got back. James decided to make a pesto pasta and chicken. After cutting up chicken and seasoning it, he laid it out to be cooked in a pan, while the pasta cooked in a pot. As this cooked he got out the plates followed by putting the food in each one.
The door open as Isaiah, Ben, Will, Austin walked into the house all smiling. Happy they all had won the qualifying round. Although will and Austin struggled a bit with their fights. As James thought about this he wondered how long they would all last in the ranking of things. They walked into the kitchen after smelling the food and found all the plates on the long counter still steaming hot and James standing there. Ben sat down without any hesitation and started to dig in, as did Will and Austin. Isaiah smiled at this before looking at his brother, "hey"
James laughed a bit, "well looks like they have no patience huh?"
" Yea, they had gotten pretty hungry." He scratched his head as he had a slight smile on his head and giggled slightly. He sat down afterward and started eating his food as did James. Although not before calling out for someone to come get their food.
Jess walked into the room and the boys all turned to see who had also come in. The moment they all saw her they all had mixed feelings. Two main, core feelings. Scared and confused. They had all remembered who this woman was, the girl who when they were younger would punish them and chase them around whenever they did bad things or acted poorly. Although she seemed to have a much calmer manner then back then, they couldn't help but still have a shiver when they remembered her.
James stared at the group, " I think you all remember Jess right? Well, she came back from overseas to see us again."
Jess sat down at her chair next to James and Isaiah, "Hey guys, how have you been?"
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