Chapter 40———Field Trip to The Rescue Garden [SPREAD OFF]
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By father's beard——Why are there villains here?! Regis thought after he warped four-hundred feet from the entrance. Usually the young prince always planned ten steps ahead, but now cluelessness overtook him as villains raided the place and started to destroy everything in their path.
He couldn't perceive the ulterior motive of the empire, having a dreadful feeling in this stomach.
Regis threw a sword quickly and teleported to the hill where he could see anything.
Warping on the mountain gave him an advantage:
Hundreds of villains and more soldiers than usual.... Regis thought before teleporting back to his teacher to tell the wrong news.
"Sir, there's a lot of—"
"This isn't Somnus!" Sora yelled at his student by smacking him on the head. He was under extreme pressure as every second the hordes of evil creeped towards his class.
I appreciate it, though. Still.....I can't have any of you die on my watch, so apologies for the smack. Sora carefully thought before thinking of a good plan.
All he did was watching Sora Minami, his rational-thinking second teacher, performing one of his world-renowned techniques.
"PSYCHO CHAIN WARP!"
"What the fu—-"" Sanda was the first one to be teleported by a spilt-second followed by the students were sent to the entrance along with Bubble-Dive. He did this to protect the kids.
"Yami...You stupid idiot.."
Sora muttered under his breath, he took a good look at her accomplices.
The three accomplices whom Sora had heard about.
Her generals were three males and one girl.
The girl was Beowulf—the General of the Shinrai Empire.
She was slim-built with healthy thighs, silver hair and red eyes, he noticed that she actually had let her silky hair down for once instead of having it in her usual ponytail.
Her skin was still the same the last time he saw her two years ago; a beautiful beige like color where it was smooth to the touch.
Her attire consists of a full silver torso armor with a long skirt Black Metal gauntlets covered her arms while metal greaves and sabatons covered her legs and feet her armor.
She carried the Lupus Regina—a rapier that oozed with raw Aether and the hilt was black. She's a workaholic——taking her duties to the upmost care as a General. Beowulf has the most loyalty out of the four people with Shinra, Sora could tell it.
Not to mention: Beowulf used to date Brandon Lewis for four years before they broke up on how their political
Well.....I guess she handled pretty well....
The second one was a distinguished shinobi named Vaniguzu.
Was the man Japanese?
He gave his name and risen it to new heights simply due to boredom.
Nicknamed the "Hellfrostbitten", He could freely use fire and ice at his disposal without any repercussions.
The man was short; however as he stood at five foot and six inches while Sora and Brandon were much taller than him. His muscular build left an impression on them and the ink that came with it. His left arm having diamond-like tattoos on them and the other one bright red flames. An oni, a Daemon that lives in Japan skull rested on the left shoulder, his attire was a red ninja robe that was well kept and the sleeves were fairly trimmed with teal armored boots and gloves to go with.
The hood of teal was sharp at the tip and his silver mouthplate contained the kanji; Ice and Fire. His eyes was that of a deranged, dangerous lunatic—smaller than the average folk.
He had his arms folded, analyzing the scenery around them: Watching the chaos unfolding it as the third one was the one that spoke.
I heard about this....man from a friend on the Shinobi Force, that the victims he killed were left all decayed—blackened. Other than that, that's all the information I have about this villain.....
Lastly, there was a black child levitating while holding a pillow. While he was the same age as most of Class-C2, he was lanky and tall. The boy wore a red hoodie, some expensive pants and expensive Jordan's on.
His silver eyes were mischievous; curious of what mayhem he will wrought to the world.
Those four——those four are here for someone.... Sora realized on what they came here to do.
They're here to kill.
To kill Chief Apex. They're going to try and kill him. They really are gonna try.....
He dreaded the idea of a good man getting killed as
samurai themed soldiers came through the gate more and more, Beowulf reported back to Shinra by bowing down towards her superior.
"We have 900 soldiers warped across the Garden. Do you want me to send more soldiers?"
"So many? Then send more low-lives to deal with them. This incursion is to show that my empire, is not be trifled with. This, my dear friend, is a declaration of war."
She said coldly, her eyes were glued on Nevaeh——The primary teacher of Class-C2.
He wasn't backing out from this fight.
Yami Shinra wasn't, either.
She pulled out her sword——the menacing Murasame with extreme joy. It was eight-feet-long, weighed about two hundred pounds and forged out of pure Bucraycium. The burgundy handle felt good in her hands, she swung it like a weak stick of wood people used to play fetch with their dogs.
Wanting to know on why she, of all people was here, Brandon Lewis asked her in a diplomatic tone while maintaining his stance. "Why are you here? The faculty of Surwick did their very best in the location not being-"
"Leaked?" She started to burst out in laughter after interrupting him. Beowulf, Vaniguzu, the child didn't laugh but the beige monster did. It chilled the spine of the teachers. "It's funny——that Surwick lacks the ability to comprehend that you shouldn't insult an Empress so discreetly. I'm smarter than I look.
"Funny—that you lack the understanding of your ramifications of this ambush!" Sora insulted her intelligence with steam coming from his mask. So, in retaliation, she slung her blade at the speed of thunder but not too fast for Sora. The black two-handed sword and the katana clashed together with Nevaeh struggling, the Empress smiled arrogantly and threw him away from her.
Waiting for the perfect opportunity, the Psycho Ninja used this moment to throw some knives at her; to weaken her. As he did this, six knives soared gracefully towards her. It was only an inch away from her eye before vanishing into thin air.
What the hell….He started to fear of what was to come as he felt six sharp knives puncturing his arm.
It felt numb as he tried to move it around to no avail: his arm was paralyzed from the finger down. It was bloody—he used a small amount of Aether to transfer onto the knives.
Finally, the beige monster spoke again after scaring some children. "HE'S FINALLY RUNNING OUT OF STREAM." His voice was very distorted and abnormal, as if he was not from this world. That statement alone creeped out the teacher, followed by the child with the Empress asking him so. "Are you sure, Mr. Infusco? I'm pretty sure that knives didn't have any energy in them..." He was childish but special—something was wrong about the kid.
"OH, SWEET CHILD, HOW WRONG YOU ARE," Infusco sinisterly licked his mouth before continuing on, "HE USED APPROXIMATELY THIRTY-PERCENT OF HIS AETHER. THIRTY-PERCENT WERE TRANSFERRED INTO HIS KUNAI KNIVES. HE ONLY HAS FORTY PERCENT OF HIS AETHER LEFT IN THAT BODY. SUCH WEAK TECHNIQUES AT THE COST OF AETHER. PATHETIC."
"Sorry. I can't let you spill information like that! This isn't Dragon Ball Z!!" The light-using hero proudly declared, the general of the army came charging towards him while brandishing her Lupus Regina. Once two of their blades crossed paths, followed by the beige monster lunging at the black clad knight.
He dodged by the last second, and landed on his feet flawlessly while Beowulf lunged at her Ex.
Sheesh….I told you I was sorry about the breakup, Wulfie!!!!
He got into a swinging position, he had his sword above his head as it gleamed brightly. Here it comes....
Battles
///Akina///
At first I thought today was going to be
I'm actually surprised—that my nightmare came true.
How would we improve our powers?
Perfectly to the absolute limit?
I didn't really think about that mattered then; when I had no power. When I had the lowest grade possible on the practical but aced the writing exam, but I guess it didn't matter to them.
They let me because they felt pity. Scared of what I might do if I was loose and about.
Marcus, on the other hand, was accepted in the school due to him scoring high on both of the tests.
My brother is so nice to me!
He never raised his voice at me or hurt me severely. He never stitched on me, and I return the favor.
Mom's teenage days, from Marcus told me, she was a wild child. Then she met dad at college and the rest is history.
The only biological connection I got is my father, who left me at the doors of the Duncannon house.
To be honest; he doesn't matter to me anymore.
Sure, I used to choke up when I think about him at night but he chose not to be in my life. I don't care about him anymore
I don't even now what the color of his hair is…..Maybe he caused the Dolle
I remember some parts of I remember when I first gazed upon the incident on live TV.
All those people that died from it...It was mostly Ravenskrieg fault.
Those mercenaries really did screw themselves that day.
Screw them.
I was powerless back then to stop them. While the past has been set in stone: The future still carries on.
But now, I could stop a few of them with proper training. If there's some of them left, that is.
Since I became Chief Apex's apprentice and having this power in me; I now belong with this crazy bunch. This power...I need to utilize it better before I kill myself with it.
No—-I NEED to. I got the whole world on my shoulders now figuratively.
I always wanted to be a Protector; instead they put me in as a Shinobi. In order for me to switch factions, I have to hone my skills even further.
A few broken bones?
I can handle more than a few.
We came to the Garden and of all a sudden, the Shinra Empire attacked us.
They're pretty bold: Ambushing us so suddenly is a new low for Yami, even Megatrom wouldn't be so foolish enough to lead a full frontal assault against Lino.
I get that is she's WAY younger than the Principal according to the Cosmopolitan and everything else that has actually good information.
It doesn't give her the right to lash out because she got her feelings hurt discreetly.
Acting like a spoiled princess; she probably has servants from every corner of that pagoda she lives in bathe when it's obvious she has hands.
We're unable to fight for our lives, Ryoji tried but Funka, being the overly protective friend she is and known I care for him, told him to back down from this fight.
And to make matters worse, Vaniguzu and Elijah are here to either kill us. While Beowulf is fighting with our teachers.
Or mutilate us into a bloody pile of guts.
So the Hellfrostbitten Vaniguzu?
That's a weird name, I know that my name is from Japanese origins.
But his? Either is Spanish or something completely made up in the last second.
I want to make a joke about his name, but I don't want him to freeze my face and smash it into a snow cone.
Also, I'll probably just ruin it by stuttering a lot.
Bubble-Dive told us to stay calm while getting ready, waiting to put his life on the line.
"This spell..." The boy said while he started to yawned.
"About what?" The ninja asked, they seem to be close with another.
"The spell. This will be too easy to break. There's no fun in removing it." The kid said in a condescending tone. I don't what was going on Jordyn's head, but even I knew not to mess with her. I couldn't understand why she hated me—what I ever did to her…..
Simply put, she laughed at the boy's face for doing so, she was always one to laugh at someone when they spoke irregular.
So, being the attention-seeker she was, she got the attention from them now. "Break it? Breaking a tenth-tier magic is absurd!! To deactivate is to bend reality!!"
Add in a British accent and she may be Hermione!
"Bend reality?" After the kid said what he said, many of us looked at him bewildered; even Regis was shocked of what he said. "Okay.":
To be honest, I'm scared.
When most people say that they can bend reality; they end it off with a laugh. Saying, "just kidding".
Him?
His eyes were serious.
No, he was serious overall. The goofy yet smug grin of his changed to a more focused, stern face. He stopped lying down on his pillow and had it stationed between his right arm. He opened his left hand as if he was holding out for the sun, and closed it faster than the eye could follow. It was followed by a bright light in the dome, shielding our eyes was the only that we wouldn't get blind.
Yet, I'm starting to get a migraine from the light. Ugh...
It felt two minutes since it stopped, so I decided to open my goldenrod eyes.
Then it showed upon the world——my fear.
"The Dome-e.... It's gone-ne." I gasped, covering my mouth with my gloved hands. I don't know a lot of magic, but even I know it takes some skill to break off a Weisse magic spell.
It'll probably take a lot of strength to destroy one.
To be honest, I am shocked at even Haral—who's the smartest girl in our class-her eyes show me all. She was as perplexed as I was.
A boy with the power to manipulate reality.
If there was an ounce of good in him——he would've dominated the world of superheroes.
I wanted to imagine on what he could do with it as a hero, but I need to look at him as a villain.
Marcus got close to me, whispering in my ear:
"I'm scared, sis."
My brother—the most courageous guy I know—frightened by a mentally unstable kid. I never seen him like this....
"I'm also scared." I told him.
But I have to be strong for him.
Without a doubt, I need to do something!
To see my brother like this—to see even Ryoji—one of the strongest people I know— froze up. The flames that acted as his scarf that normally jittered around now stayed in one place.
To hold his hand to comfort him, it's asking to die an explosive way by Funka.
She seems perfectly fine from the fact that our lives were in danger here.
She's acting weird....I should ask her on why she stood there with Tsurugi. A little recap of Tsurugi Testukoa; the nicest, supportive guy I ever met in my life.
Never judge people based on their appearance, only by their actions and Tsurugi might seem to be the shoujo Terminator, but he's extremely sweet.
It's really easy to be civil with him.
Funka stared at me deeply—as she wanted to tell me something but couldn't because of that "Kid". Tsurugi was with her too, they must've had a plan in the making.
Of course, they did.
Out of all of us, those two were being the most reckless of us.
Whatever those two had in plan, I'll help.
After all—we will get out of this alive.
So, in return, I walked towards her sneakily while the villainous duo weren't looking. The ninja, monologuing excessively had a blind eye and not looking at us kids.
"What's the plan?" I whispered quickly, waiting for one of the two to reply.
"It's a risky plan, has a 27% chance of succession rate and we could die. But if we—" Tsurugi whispered before he got interrupted by Funka, her gauntlets were off.
"Tsurugi; if I were you: stop beating around the bush and give her the details."
"Anyway," Funka cleared her throat before poking him in the back. "the scheme you brewed up."
He blinked before speaking. "We'll do a three-way assault—I'll go first and try to give them an epilepsy, then Funka gives them the distraction with her explosions and then you come in last and deliver the blow. Can you do that?"
I nodded discretely without no questions asked, and the plan had proceed. That was a easy plan to follow.
I got this. Just need to get him to notice me while the two do their own thing.
Wait.
I know how.
Flying up from the sky with the help of my leg muscles awkwardly, I'm almost close to the kid. Guess I put too much power into my legs; I feel it; the numbness in my limbs as I flew behind Funka.
Man. This is what Chief Apex feels when he glides in the air, keeping a faux smile.
The thrill—the adrenaline is making me do this! I hope no one see me.
"Akina Willoby." The kid said with his back turned at me, I started to freeze up when he said my name. My identity. The coldness in his voice; only murderers would have the icy tone in their voice. "My name is Elijah. A pleasure to meet you."
His eyes grew colder as he held his hand out, the whole class looked at me, stunned to the fact I flew in the air and disobeyed orders. "AKI!!!" My brother yelled, his head was barely noticeable from the heights I'm flying at. My other friends looked at me, scared for my life.
Jordyn, on the other hand, was probably judging my actions. I could never perceive on why she exhibits so much hostility towards me, I could never decipher it.
Okay, let's fire a Bloody Mary at him. I analyzed as I grip my wrist tightly as possible, waiting for the magic happening.
The Bloody Mary, the name for my energy beams of death, was bigger than last time I fired it.
Only for it to manifest into floating bubbles, much to my dismay. Hold up—why am I stuck in the air and him getting closer to me?
His eyes were glued on to me. Now with him being an inch away from me, he smiled at me sadistically as Funka caught me and yelled. "DON'T WORRY, AKI!!! I GOT——"
"You're annoying and I like you to leave me alone!" Elijah yelled before I didn't see my best friend anymore and I couldn't move anymore. He started by tilting his head a dog would when it listened to its precious owner. "I see so much potential in you. You're A Mario in the making. But in order for you to become a legend; You must defeat your Donkey Kong." He finished by forcing me to close my eyes with his reality-bending powers and...
I felt nothing..
I see nothing but white...
Am I dead?
I swung my entire body in the non-gravity space, scared of no one to ask; "Where am I?"
Wow.
I am truly dead. That SOB erased me from existence... I wanted to cry, I wanted to cry with snot coming out of my nose. There was nothing coming out: I wanted to show the world of who I am.
There is many things I want to have…..
I need to become something greater than....
"To give the world your greatness, is to start at your weakest. A friend told me that when I helped them out at his….weakest." A female voice ringed through my ears, surprising me. I turned and saw it was the Guiding Spirit again. She's here.
It felt good when she spoke momentarily. It was good to hear that voice again.
I looked around to see who it was that spoke to me, I got scared.
I wanted to hear it again.
It made me feel safe from the evil and the possibility of me being dead.
"Right behind you." She said, I turned around to see and it was a body of red mist huddled together. I assumed she was a female, judging from the body shape of it. "Where...Am-"
"Where? You are in the mind's eye again, Akina Willoby."
"My mind? Last time it was a black void."
"That was before you activated your power, now—the blood of the Ultimen now course through your veins. After you met with Enapay Walker, another Ultiman, you have gained the ability to now achieve full power…" The spirit answered briefly yet I didn't understand her, I still needed to ask her more.
"Why are you helping me?"
"I'm here to show you the way of heroism."
"I'm going to school for it…..I am going to a school where I can learn to protect others…Right?"
"…Yes and no."
Now I could feel my patience running out. All want this ghost was riddling like the other one I met during the Reaper attack. "Can you tell me what's going on? I don't need your riddles."
I felt my throat heating from the anger. She simply tilted her head—mimicking the kid who possibly killed me. "I need the truth." I told her what I wanted.
"You'll get the truth your mind can comprehend,"
the Guiding Spirit clarified with an annoyed sigh, "but not now. The bold favors the slow and steady over the hasty and arrogant. Do you wish to be victorious? Or feeble?"
I let out a meek "victorious ", she seem to be motherly: She got close to me and embraced me.
The Guiding Spirit felt nice——It felt smoother than cotton candy and smelt ice.
Her scent was that of a fragrance of a rose, which was odd; because he dead aren't really supposed to smell like roses or feel like cotton candy. She caressed my hair, measuring it and made a bittersweet comment.
"Your hair is soft to the touch; even gods would tremble before it. But do not wash your hair everyday; It's not good for the roots." I wanted to hug her longer, but looked at me and put the tip of her finger on my forehead.
"Now then little dusky rose; wake up."
"Are you my mother?"
She was quiet for a second before nodding no. "No. I apologize: I'm not your mother as the woman who raised you is your mother. Now: Wake up."
..…..
"Gah!!"
I gasped for air.
Oh, the relief of my life not being cut from those two psychos. I am not cut, I am not bleeding, oh what a relief it is to be alive.... I thought while my eyes were blinking furiously,
Only to meet with the angry, frigid air. My body…..was weaken from it, I felt slow.
I only realized that I was in a blizzard like environment, with the trees being cut down from a force I did not know of.
The setting of the snowy village...had a hint of intensity that carried with each dropping snowflake.
I am...In a cave with a fire that hasn't be doused yet
I groaned in agony, clutching my shoulder on my left. It was bruised up; bloody from something.
I guess I'm in one of the Gardens. No mistake about it. I need to find somebody from Surwick, to see if one of the teachers are there.
Maybe Bubble-Dive is here! Makes sense, but then....
Could Ryoji be here? I hope so. He is the strongest and most experienced out of us, Funka could be there as well. She'll assist him with her lithium denotation powers. Then I realized: she'll never work with him.
She would rather choose death over working with Ryoji.
I just try to understand her and him at the same time.
They're so confusing!
Stop thinking about those two idiots!
"YOU'RE AWAKE!?!" Yelled a voice, my head sprang faster than eye can follow.
Oh, thank god for you.
———Track 40 Ended———