Thirteen students suddenly saw themselves in a huge chamber with tall golden pillars holding up that mystical place. There were lots of men dressed in iron plates and some people dressed in long robes as they held some strange staff. What was very eye-catching was the man sitting on a large throne with some beautiful women by his side.
The man on the throne then stood
up and said with a loud voice, "Welcome Heroes, to my Kingdom."
The students all stood there in confusion, as they all thought "What is the meaning of this?"
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Thirteen students were in class having their normal everyday lessons.
"Kasuki iiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!" yelled a beautiful girl with light blue hair and bright blue eyes. She wore a lovely white top and blue school uniform skirt and was walking with quick steps to a handsome young man that sat beside the edge of the window of his class.
"What is the matter Mina??" he asked with a worried look. The boy stared at the beautiful girl with his bright red eyes which were quite unusual and paired with his nicely combed red hair, he could be surely called attractive. He also wore the white top for boys and blue trousers which was the uniform all the boys wore.
"Kasuki...," as she spoke, tears ran down her face which only made Kasuki worry more
"What happened?" He looked at her more seriously than ever. "One of those boys in glasses tried to touch me," She mumbled silently as she cried.
"Where's he?" he growled as his face darkened. A silent quell of rage flared in his eyes.
"He's currently at my locker," Mina said with her hands trembling...
"How dare he have the audacity to make a move on my sister!!" Kasuki roared as he got up from his chair and walked to his sister's locker along with her.
"Let's go," he said as he grabbed her hand as they moved to the locker room.
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As they reached the locker area an ugly-looking boy with glasses stood there with a smirk on his face.
"Mina!" he called out to her after seeing her.
Mina then looked at him with a scared look as she began to shake.
"Is this the guy who has been bothering you?" Kasuki asked with concern.
"Un," she answered as she nodded.
As that boy came walking to her, Kasuki came in front of him with an angry look.
"How dare you scare my sister?!!" his voice boomed through the hallway and everyone felt the seriousness of the moment.
He then grabbed the guy in glasses to have a better look at him. Once Kasuki got to see the boy's face, he then realized who he was holding, it was his best friend Cherub!!
Kasuki never expected him of all people to do this. Cherub may not be as handsome as Kasuki but he wasn't considered to be very ugly, and he's actually a nice person deep down. Kasuki was just a head taller than Cherub.
"This is none of your business Kasuki, it's between me and Mina," Cherub fumed as he looked at his tall friend and shook Kasuki's hand off him.
"Well sorry to break your moment but you would have to talk to me first before you talk to her," Kasuki declared with an angry look on his face.
"I'm sick and tired of such a life. And I'm sick and tired of your proud and arrogant behavior. You're handsome to the extent that most girls in our school have a secret crush on you and you barely date any girls," Cherub complained as he stumped his feet and the hatred could be seen in his black eyes.
People started to get her around the locker area, but they made sure not to get too close so that they didn't cause the wrath of the school hunk Kasuki. As handsome as he is, he is also terrible at dealing with people.
Cherub continued, "You're talented in sport but never join any clubs, and you just skip most of the PE practice to go and sleep. And you're also smart, yet you don't learn and pass with good grades. I hate you for all of this. Also, don't pretend that you don't know all of this. You show it like you know everything and everyone else is below you, do you know how much that pisses me off!"
"So what?" Kasuki retorted, giving a dark glare.
Cherub looked at him with rage in his eyes.
"Do you think I'm the kind of person who would be your friend to make fun of you?" Kasuki asked as he looked at Cherub who hung his face low.
"Oh isn't that boy Cherub? He used to be a quiet kid." Murmurs started across the room.
"Yeah, and there were times I heard he was bullied, but Kasuki always protected him." Said a voice from behind them.
"I'm wondering how a guy like Cherub could have a friend like Kasuki." Another voice.
"Got me, but I think it's probably because they were childhood friends that's why." Some students whispered amongst themselves as they saw the show unfolding before them.
"You know for so long so why do you act like this," Kasuki asked as he was quite confused about the twisted emotions surrounding Cherub. Kasuki had never tried to gain attention, he would only sleep, eat and watch TV just to go through life normally, however in the eyes of his best friend, he was being arrogant.
Kasuki: "You know that I'm overprotective of Mina, so why are you harassing her?"
"I like Mina okay, why do you get everything you want but I don't get what I want," Cherub said with a mocking tone.
"Let's go, Mina, I don't want to talk to him anymore," Kasuki lied as he started to walk away with his face down.
Mina looked back at Cherub who stood there still glaring at her brother.
"Cherub, I'm sorry I can't accept your confession since I'm not ready to be in a relationship with someone."
"It's because I'm ugly isn't it," Cherub snickered as he looked at the beautiful Mina.
"To be sincere you're not," Mina mumbled as she looked straight up at Cherub with her clear blue eyes.
Mina: "You have been the nicest person to Kasuki so I would hold you in my heart as a good friend, even Denki, one of the popular guys in school confessed but I rejected him."
"Right now Kasuki needs some space, so goodbye," Mina walked behind Kasuki as Cherub looked at the two siblings leave.
Lately, Kasuki suffered from boredom. He didn't partake in any of the school's recent matches and just slept all day. Probably because he was too lazy to do anything.
As Kasuki laid on his table and closed his eyes, an image of a woman drinking on the couch as she watched TV appeared in his head. Kasuki opened his eyes as he spoke silently, "I wonder if there's a way to help mum."
"Kasuki ," a young guy came over to Kasuki and shakes him furiously. "Kasuki you seriously have to be the partner for the Scientific Inventions contest," the dark-skinned guy with black hair and black eyes complained to Kasuki with pleading eyes.
Kasuki looked at the boy blankly as he could see the rays of sparkles hitting his face. Kasuki then turned his head and slept on the table again.
"I don't wanna," Kasuki said dully as he tried to go on full sleeping mode.
"Kasukiiii!!!" the boy cried as he looked at Kasuki who immediately ignored him.
"Stop worrying me Zekiel," Kasuki moaned as he tucked his head into his hands that were on the table.
"Is it related to Cherub?" Zekiel asked with a straight face as he looked at Kasuki.
Kasuki nodded mutely. He still was a little miffed from their earlier argument.
Ever since Zekiel had been together with Kasuki, he was able to read the subtle signs of body language and expressions on his friend's face or attitude. Though Kasuki wasn't as expressive as most, his body language never lied.
"I don't understand why Cherub is angry at me," Kasuki pouted with his head still away from Zekiel.
Zekiel chuckled a bit, catching Kasuki by surprise. He turned to watch as the lad tried to hold in his laughter, which made Kasuki frowned a bit. Was Zekiel laughing at him? He was being serious! However, when Zekiel looked at him, there was a tenderness in his eyes that said that he wasn't laughing at her, but rather at how things came to be like this.
"Do you know that Cherub has always been a trouble maker?"
"Zekiel I wouldn't tolerate any lies against my best friend," Kasuki said angrily as he frowned at Zekiel.
"I remember when we were all kids, Cherub would be the one to protect us, and you'll be the cry baby," Zekiel remembered as a soothing smile appeared on his face, "But now… there have been rumours circulating around him that he has been bullying other students and harassing the female students."
Kusuki gritted his teeth and tightened his fist.
"I actually didn't believe in these rumours myself, until I witnessed him hitting on my girlfriend, but got a straight-up rejection," Zekiel said with a serious face and he crossed his arms.
"You said what? He tried to get your girlfriend?" Kasuki asked to be sure he was not hearing things. That's what Cherub was trying to do to his sister Mina.
"Yes, do you think I would lie about anything related to Angela?" Zekiel gritted his teeth as he remembered when Angela came crying to him.
"That confession he made to Mina was probably fake," Zekiel snorted as he looked at Kasuki.
"I don't know why, but he hates us now."
"Let's just go for lunch, I'm hungry," Kasuki tried to dodge the topic but every single word Zekiel spoke was lingering in his head. That was not the Cherub he once knew and he refuses to believe that.