Rose steps forward as she wishes to challenge one of us.
I find myself almost kneeling down due to the fact that she is short.
I giggle to myself.
She stands almost a few inches shorter than Eriko maybe 5'3. As I examine her up and down.
I'll label her as the tsundere archetype for now but let's see how she progresses.
If she had the pigtails. Maybe she can adopt that hairstyle since she has long hair. I doze off a bit. Am trying to imagine it.
Eriko nudges at me with her shoulder. "Hey, are you going to respond?"
I shrug my shoulders. "Rose, are you saying you want to duel with one of us?" I ask.
"Sure I particularly want to challenge you" Rose points at Eriko.
"Me?"
"I saw how the other Twelve star got beat by Albeck so I wanna test you out"
"Alright sure, am going to see how well I trained up until now as well" Eriko responds by accepting her challenge.
ZIP
"Huh, what was that feeling? Something is off. Something is wrong" I look around the classroom. "Am just overthinking it. "
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In a classroom with a familiar set up of columns of rows made up of long tables, but smaller as its 3 rows 3 columns.
"Oh, it's Miss Luna"
A group of students fan over Luna Divine Solace. A commotion occurs as all the students begin to talk. Like if a celerity entered a room.
Luna enters the classroom as the students around her are in awe of her beauty and overall presence. "Oh am going to have class with the vice president?" "So she's pretty" "Her skin tone her complexion," Students say as she walks past. She finds a place to sit in the first row.
"Hmm, where is Faith? Isn't she supposed to be in the same class as me?" Luna looks around.
"Is anything wrong Ms.Solace?" a fellow student asks.
"Yes, have you seen Faith?"
"Oh, Miss Faith Alexander the last I saw of her she was heading towards the student council room."
"Oh alright thank you," Luna says.
"Anything for you Miss.Solace" as the student bows and leaves Luna.
DING DONG DING DONG
"Hmm, she should be fine right? Ugh, I'll go check on her after this."
She taps the desk in front of her as she impatiently taps her right foot as well.
"Actually."
She stands from her seat.
"May I please use the restroom"
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"Uhhh" Ezekiel lays in the infirmary again resting. "Ugh, I got sent to the nurse's office twice today."
"Ugh, this is so boring I rather watch the fights that may be going on" he sits up in the bed. " But I was told to rest" as he slowly lays back down and closes his eyes.
..sl...
..cla...
..swiish...
..swoosh...
"What the hell is that noise?" he thinks to himself. "It sounds like water running."
"Hey nurse dont you hear that noise?"
"What noise?" Aisaki asks.
"Water running or a stream?"
"Oh no, but I do have an underground passageway that was used during the earlier times when Aurora Saint Academy was being built."
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"I must be hearing things I think I got knocked out too many times. Am just so bored."
"If your fine you can head back to class" Aisaki says.
"I can?" he raises up from the bed.
"But no fighting today. You've exerted yourself and used too much mana." Aisaki warns.
"Alright," Ezekiel springs up from his bed.
As he walks towards the door. "But one question can I still fight without using mana?"
"I suggest you dont but only if it's a dire situation then you may but again dont use your mana meaning no Star Magic"
"Okay gotcha thanks again" Ezekiel exits the door.
"Time to head back"Ezekiel takes a right as he goes back to class. Then a left. Then a right again. Now that classroom was here... Oh. Where is it again?" Ezekiel asks himself. "Oh am lost crap."
SHINE
Something shiny catches his attention at the corner of his eye "Hmm what is that?"
STEP STEP STEP
Ezekiel heads over to the shiny object on the ground and realizes it's a hat.
"A hat? And pin? Where have I seen this? Ezekiel is dumbfounded and takes a couple of minutes to realize who this belongs to.
"Oh, that's right water girl. From this morning"
....cl....
....sw...
....swi.....
"Again!?" the faint noise appears again but this time a bit clearer.
Ezekiel crotches down and puts his ear on the floor.
.Clash..
..SWOOS.
..SWISH
"There it is must be down here."Ezekiel stands on his feet. "Missing hat, weird noises coming from the underground.
That must be one thing.
A monster runs a muck under this school and it's my job to defeat it."
He then proceeds to charge up for a fist to smash the floor like he did earlier.
"HEY! What are you doing?! a girl's voice calls out to him.
"Huh," Ezekiel turns and looks.
STEP STEP STEP STEP
Luna Divine Solace enters his sight as she marches towards him. "This isn't like earlier when we allowed you to destroy something. Were you about to destroy the ground-damaged school property? What are you thinking?!."
Luna continues to lecture him but a familiar object catches her attention.
"What is that," she asks.
"Oh, this pin and hat -"
Luna goes up to Ezekiel and grabs his collar.
"There's only one person that I know that wears this imperial army hat. What did you do to Faith?!"
"What I didn't do anything-"
"What did you do?" Luna's voice begins to rise and her eyes become fierce.
"Hey, I didn't do anything just listen to what I have to say!"
Luna loosens her grip and her eyes return to normal/
"My apologies, let me hear your plea."
"I don't know what happened to your friend but I believe that a monster or beast is down there and am going to slay it."
Silence fills the air.
Luna squints her eyes at Ezekiel and then smiles.
GRAB
She grabs his hand with a tight squeeze and pulls him towards her direction.
"Alright your coming with me."
"Wow your strong but what there's a beast to slay."
She turns her head as they continue to walk.
"Ugh, enough you'll have to explain yourself to the head-"
Rumble
"What was that?" Luna asks.
Rumble
The tree and environment begin to lightly shake as they feel a tiny rumble beneath them.
"See what did I tell you? There is something beneath us."
Luna takes some time to think.
"Alright, I believe you. I'll have someone repair the damages later. Do as you were about to do." Luna says.
"Smash the ground."
She hesitates for a moment "Please do" she says with a face of regret. "Hopefully it wouldn't be too much trouble to fix" she says under her breath.
"With pleasure," Ezekiel says with a smile on his face.
SMASH
"That was easy to break"
"Ugh, this better be worth it how am going to explain it to Axel? Hmph no matter if this is an issue I gotta see what it is. Especially if it involves Faith. I'll just send him a little something just in case things get out of hand."
The two make their way down to the Underground Pathway.
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Moments before in the underground pathway.
BASH
The shadow turns into a whip-like object. Faith dodges and evades the strikes thrown by the mysterious figure. The water that she creates from her magic circles is pressurized water as it destroys the area around as well.
VRMMM VRMMM
The shadow figure dodges.
"HAA" with her two hands uses the 4 pronged harpoon spear to pierce the Phantom Order member.
SWOOSH
The shadows protect the figure as goes through as if she attacked nothing.
"Is this thing's body not solid? I can't land any direct hits."
A fury of attacks is made from Faith as does an assault of moves.
"Hmm," the figure evades the attack by warping its body to dodge the harpoon.
"If physical attacks aren't the way then how about."
Faith points her harpoon in the air as it starts to generate water.
WATER CREATION MAGIC: WATER CELL
She points the harpoon at her opponent as a water square begins to encapsulate and trap the Phantom Order member.
VOOSH
The shadow figure begins to shoot sharp like objects made from shadows.
WATER CREATION MAGIC: WHIRLPOOL
The harpoon once again generates water as it creates a whirlpool that sends the objects back and pushes them forward.
SWOOSH
The Water Cell has trapped the Phantom Order member. Faith rushes on over as she again has the Abyssal Harpoon in her hands.
VOOOSH
Within a second and inches of connecting with the harpoon spear. The figure dematerializes and escapes through the shadows.
"Damn"
The shadows once again begin to engulf the area.
SWIISH
Faith dematerializes as well and uses the water to escape. "This water must begin and end somewhere I hope I can find one"
Suddenly the shadows of the underground passage turn into thorn-like objects that pierce the stream in all directions. From the front and the back, the thorn objects begin to go closer and closer to Faith.
"If I dont get outta here."
SPLASH
Faith reemerges from the nearby water. The figure swiftly appears right beside Faith as she materializes back into a physical form.
SPIKE SPIKE SPIKE
Faith puts up a water shield to absorb the attack but-
"SHIT"
SLAM
The figure appears on the side of her as it slams Faith against a wall.
Faith attempts to attack with the water but the shadows cast over her and prevent her water from reaching the foe.
SMASH
SMASH
Suddenly the area above them gets destroyed.
"We made it no where is this beast?"
"We should've just used the stairwells but this was faster"
The Luna and Ezekiel arrive just in time.
"Faith!" Luna yells.
"Luna," says with a weak voice.
"Oh water girl and. GASP. The shadow beast" Ezekiel says.
"Under the Aurora Saint Academy student council, I Vice President Luna Divine Solace will see your end." Luna then summons a katana out of thin air. With a white scabbard case with a full moon on it. She sheaths the sword. The blade is of a normal katana with the hilt of the katana being attached to a moon pendant that dangles from it.
The stance she takes is a high stance as she holds the katana's blade in her left hand with the sword in her right.
