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Chapter 4 - Chapter 2.1 : Shadows Within School

Beep! Beep*

6:30 A.M.

"Akito~" as the voice faints into the distance. "Nobody will come to save you," as the voice seemed to come back from a different direction. "Monster! You deserve to die. That power you harbor will be ours!" as the voices faint in the other direction. "I'm coming for you!" Two giant evil red eyes came hurtling at him. As it consumed him into their rage and jealousy, he suddenly rose out of bed.

*7:00 A.M*

"Oh! Crap! I'm late!" He screams from the top of his lungs. He rushes down the stairs and runs into the bathroom. "Akito dear! Please don't slip this time. My love," says his mom as she puts her hand on the door out of worry for her child. "Yes, mom, you can count on me," he replied.

*Boom*

"Owww, owww, damn it, I slipped again!" He says to himself while feeling dumb. "Dear, have you fallen again? Haven't you? Are you okay?" His mom said behind the door. "No, mom, I'm fine, don't worry!" He assured his mother while saying, "ouch, my butt" underneath his breath. "Well, breakfast is ready, hurry up and get dressed, and oh yeah, wake your brother up dear, he seems to be knocked out of it for the first time today," she tells her child as she makes her way to the kitchen.

*muah*

"I'm off then, dear," said a distant voice. "Yes, take care, please," a distant voice replied. "Well, I guess dad's off, well now I got to wake up, long face. Hmm, I have an idea!" Akito thinks to himself. He jumps in the air and aims for his brother's stomach.

"Kahhh~ You pig, you're like 1000 Kgs, why would you jump on top of me!!! Ouch. I'm surprised the bed didn't snap in half," yells Satoshi at his younger brother. "Will you shut up, and to your information, I have lost 1 kg, so I'm sure it didn't hurt that much," he replies to his brother's mean comments he got off of him. "Anyways, we're so late, get up," Said Akito.

As the boys finished their breakfast and said their goodbyes, they set out on the same path. The path that Akito will continue to take for another three years to come.

"Okay, I wanted to ask if I could come and encourage you by running with you and Kazuto today. Is that alright.?" Said Satoshi before departing.

"Yeah, that's fine. It would help to have you there anyways. See you at home, brother!" Replied Akito before taking off to meet up with his friends.

"Wait, since when has he been this sincere with his feelings? Maybe ever since he decided he wanted to lose weight, this kid became more humble and even more open with his emotions, as if a total train had hit his personality and changed him completely. Still, I guess that is a part of growing up. Oh man, I will miss his old self, though!" Satoshi thought to himself with a shocked look

As he has caught up with his two friends, he explains his plans about establishing a new club within this school. "Since you guys haven't found a club, and I haven't either. What do you guys think about actually going through with establishing the magic club?" He nervously asks them. "First of all, I don't think that's going to work Akito, I mean, the name is just kind of cringe. How about something like The Ancient Magical Society? Sounds better, huh?" Says Yui. "Yeah, that would suit our club. Now we need another person willing to join in establishing the club," adds Kazuto. "Really! Wait! You guys are serious?" as he clenched his hands next to his waist, looking down and blushing. "Yes!" they both replied with a smile. "... Thank you," as he jumps towards them for a hug.

"Take care! And good luck," as Yui said after school while walking in the distance. "Yes, Bye," both the boys replied and waved back to her. "Okay, now, we have our form filled and ready, and we have our homeroom teacher on board to become our advisor and to also speak to the principal. Now, all that we need is a fourth member," explained Kazuto to Akito. "Yeah, I can't believe things are moving as smoothly as they are right now," Said Akito while wondering where his older brother might be. "Hey, have you spotted Satoshi by any chance?" he asks Kazuto. "No, I haven't, but anyway, I have to get going. Don't forget! 5:30! Park!" while he took off. "Yea… Welp, he is too far to reply to now. Anyway, I better get going," he said to himself with a lazy face. "Oui!!! Akito!!!" screams out satoshi as he is dashing towards his brother. "S… Slow down!" Akito barely made out the words when the two boys bumped heads, and both fell to the ground. "Ouch! What are you doing, Long face! I mean, I can't blame you since your eyes are so high up your face that you can barely see anything!" Yells Akito. "Shut up, pig, you were just narrower than usual, so muscle memory of my eyes didn't cooperate with my brain!" argued Kazuto. "That makes no sense!" said Akito to his already confused brother. "Okay… hear me out, where the hell is your magic nerdy buddy, Kabuto!" said Satoshi. "You mean Kazuto?" he corrects him. "Yes, him, with glasses, Kazuto," He stutters out. "He just left, and why are you looking for him?" He questions his brother. "I… umm you won't believe me, but I saw a shadow turn into this red thing with horns and wings. I'm scared of it, Akito, but I think Kazuto would know, right?" with a shivering voice, he tells his brother.

"Hey… hey, calm down! Are you sure that was what you saw? I mean, it could have been a cosplay or just a hallucination. Did you get enough sleep?" He tries to comfort his brother. "No. I'm fine. I need answers right now. Want to go and look for it?" He stares into his brother's eyes with seriousness. Out of caution for his brother's health, he stands up and picks up his brother and tells him: "yeah, why not, let me call Kazuto. How about we go and grab something to drink and maybe something to eat for now." Said Akito while dialing for Kazuto.

*Brrr*

"Hello?" Answered Kazuto. "Hey Kazuto, can you meet me back at school? I will explain everything later." Now back at school grounds, he explains the situation to Kazuto and the three boys to hunt this "thing" as they searched the school. Searching class by class and only getting to search in seven classes, they realized that one hour had already passed and nothing had been spotted. The two boys tried to comfort the confused Satoshi, who couldn't keep this "thing" he saw off his mind. He kept refusing to make sense of it until he had seen it with his own two eyes. For a moment, he thought that he might have gone mad and started to see stuff that didn't exist until the boys made it to the school's backyard for a break. "I promise you, Akito and Kazuto, this thing was not a human, nor did it belong to this world," he said as they all sat down.

*A Distanced voice getting closer*

Now face to face with the thing he says: "Yes, you are right, human, I am not of this world, but another of a godly presence." Said a mysterious figure as the world around seemed to faint and condensed into a cubic space. "Ha. Ha. Do you like this? This is my magical power."

"Cubic interior"

"It forms a cube around the object I want, and it projects a special object from the inside, yet from the outside, everything looks normal, except the three of you missing from the bench," he says with an evil smirk "genius isn't!! So fear me, humans."

"What the hell is this thing!" Screamed Kazuto while pointing towards the figure. "That's it, the thing I saw today, it's him!" As he pointed at the "thing" and told both of the boys.

"What is he, who is he, why is he here, and why am I not scared?" Thinks Akito to himself. "I feel like running, I feel like screaming, I'm scared, I'm confused, yet I'm not moving, this presence is intense, like the thing that has been following me since Monday!"

"Hey, you! Were you after me this whole time? Who the hell are you, and why are you here?" Akito questions him in an angry voice. "Hey, what are you doing, Akito? Calm down, man; he'll kill us!" Said Kazuto with tears running down his face.

"My name is Fujel. I'm a Shadow Devil from the Hell realm that belongs to the Satanic god. I am here to kill you, Master of the Blue Flame Akito! Now prepare to meet your judgment at my hand! But first, I will get rid of these bugs so that we can have a fair tug!"

Shadow Devil: enhanced with fear

Magic: 500 ~ 520

Intelligence Class: 190

Combat Class: 590 ~ 610

Physical Class: 290 ~ 310

Reaction Class: 100 ~ 120

Defense Class: 140

Total magical power: 1890

Sacred weapons: Low tier-Blade Of Sinar

Sacred Treasures: N/A

{Shadow Devils are a clan in the kingdom of hell created and controlled by Satan. Their main objective is to obey Satan. They specialize in the arts of intelligence gathering. Amongst all the clans of hell, they rank the lowest and have the lowest physical class. Their physical appearance is that of a shadow that makes spying easier, hence why they were named the clan of intelligence gathering. For that sole reason, they never amounted to anything in rank in hell nor physical class. Their second physical and spiritual appearance is a red-horned man or woman with one pair of small-sized featherless wings. The "Cubic Interior" was created and is an inheritance from the first "Shadow Devil" and a magical spell that has been used by the clan ever since.}

"Devil? Satan? And Blue Flame Master? Hell should I care, and if you dare to hurt my friends, I will never forgive you." So he boldly says to the Shadow Devil.

"Fu Fu… exciting… anyways" before he could even finish his sentence, he vanished from the spot he was standing at and popped up next to Akito, strangling his older brother from the neck. "so, I heard that humans have power level from 0 at minimum, to 1200 at maximum. Weaklings! Scumbags like you shall never possess the strength of that greatness, beings born of no magic, yet harbor power enough to go head to head with me! Though I'm a beginner, I have trained all my life to master my magical powers!"

*Blow*

"Kaaa~ please stop! I have nothing to do with you!" Screams Satoshi in pain as he has a blown landed on his stomach.

He then releases some energy waves to knock them on the ground. They all fall, and the two brothers fall unconscious due to the heavy blow to the head. Fujel then walks over to Kazuto. As Kazuto starts to cover his face with his arms, he can't shield it against the severe impacts of this monster. Now laying there, beaten half to death, Kazuto tries to make it out of the cube, he crawls over to the edge and tries to break it open with his fist, and he yells for help. "Somebody, I beg of you, help us!"

"Nobody can help you now, boy! I didn't want this either, but I will do anything for his High Darkness!"

"Ahh~" as finally, Akito started to regain his consciousness. As he opens his eyes slowly, he sees Kazuto screaming in agony, he cries for help, and no one responds. Akito then sees glimpses of himself from what seemed to be from a past life or an alternate world. First, he sees himself young and covered in blood, screaming for help, begging to be forgiven. Then, he sees himself ignored and laughed at. He then musters the strength to get back up on both his feet.

The Shadow Devil Fujel makes his way towards the unconscious Satoshi.

"STAY AWAY FROM THEM!" Screamed Akito

But to no response, the shadow Devil still made his way to him. First, he stands over Satoshi, and then with his fingers, he makes a sign and starts a magical incantation "For a life, I exchanged the evil sword Sinar, the elvish sword of the kingdom of hell, unleash from the depth of my soul." Then a tiny magical circle appeared next to his right hip, and where the ring was, a small portal gate started to open. He reaches his arm in and grabs "The Blade of Sinar," a low-tier blade that could be obtained in the devil realm by exchanging one's life.

He then points the tip of the sword at Satoshi's heart and throbs it against his chest, and he pierced through about an inch. Then he suddenly started to feel anxious, as if something horrible was about to happen. He nervously and slowly turns towards Akito, only to see him engulfed in a significant mana release.

Akito:

Magic: 820

Intelligence Class: 90

Combat Class: 650

Physical Class: 700

Reaction Class: 200

Defense Class: 125

Total Magical Powers: 2585