I shot forward and grabbed Karma's neck and lifted her into the air. I was a sizeable guy, somewhere around six foot six which allowed me to easily tower over her. " I told you…" I said one last time. "Whether you believe me or not I did not murder them. And once I find the person who did, I'll bring you their head." I dropped her to the floor allowing her to catch her breath before tucking my hands into my pockets and walking way. " I apologize for my outburst. It may not seem like it but I still respect you Duchess. Though there are things I have to do to fulfill my promise" As I got to the door, someone had already pulled it open, revealing Irelia.

"Duchess? Are you in-" She was cut off as she made eye contact with me. Her face formed into a scowl as her gaze pierced past me and onto Karma. She violently pushed and ran to Karma. "Duchess! Are you alright?!" Karma offered a reassuring nod and Irelia snapped back towards me, her massive blade was in hand and was thirsty for blood. "Traitor! How dare you raise your hands at the Duchess. Raise your weapons…" She snarled.

I knew I couldn't fight her right now because of the stinging in my chest. "I would love to oblige you but I need to get settled in. There are some things I need to think about…" She started to pick herself up prompting me to throw a mine into the air. She covered her eyes as it exploded but by the time she looked I'm my direction I was already invisible and basically out the door. Once I made it outside I came face to face with a massive green blob. He looked down at me and smiled. Or at least I think it was smiling.

"Hi! You must be the recruit." I nodded and he stuck out his massive green hand. "My name is Zac! What's yours?"

"Awl. Most people just call me Blackbeard." He tilted his head and leaned down.

"Because your beard is black?" I chuckled to myself. Would save me some time on an explanation.

"Sure." We laughed, I liked this…thing.

"Well lets go get you settled in. I heard you were factionless so that's the dorms you're going to be sleeping in. Luckily it's your own room just with other people in the hallway. If you want to find me I'll be in the Zaun section." I followed him to my door. "This is your room, after you're picked in enough matches you will be able customize it." He smiled warmly before walking the other way. "I'm gonna head back to my room. Good luck." I waved towards him and walked into my room. It was pretty spacious, there was a queen sized bed a nice rug, and a large T.V in front of the bed. I turned it on to see a fight between 5 people and another 5 people. This is what a "match" must be. A 5 vs. 5 battle. I studied the match carefully, 3 lanes, a jungle as they called it, ect. I continued watching until I heard something brush against the wall. I turned with my weapon in hand and searched the room. Shadows vanished from side to side. "Where are you…." I rumbled to myself. Then a twinge of pain shot through my chest causing me to fall to one knee and lose the grip on my gun. Then three figures appeared in front of me. Shit. Of course they would appear after that.

I tried to reach inside my trench coat for another revolver as the figures intently watched me. Maybe there was a chance I could get the female of their group to leave. That would at least give me a chance to fight. "I don't which one of you is female but….could you do me a favor and leave?" I looked upwards slightly to the people above me who looked between each other, and eventually one nodded and the two beside him vanished. I took a deep breath and the pain subsided allowing me to sit flat and prop my back up against the bed. I let out a huge sigh relief as the pained vanished along with the two. When I looked back up a blade was pointed in my chest. "If you think I'll just let you kill me you have another thing coming." I moved through lingering pain and grabbed the revolver in coat. Before I could pull the revolver out he retracted his blade. I was confused but pulled my hand out of my coat.

"Your spirit seems….oddly pure for a man whose name has gone through so much bloodshed and muck. You were in pain…why was that?' I pulled my shirt down slightly to let him see the sigil.

"A little run in I had with a mage." He nodded. "Only activates around women. Can painfully be suppressed and seem to be slowed down when I'm in a intense situation. Anything else you need to know?" He shook his head side to side. "Then I have a question for you. Why were the three of you here?"

"We had come to judge you. When we learned a high priority criminal showed up we came to look, you however were not what we were expecting. By the way my name is Shen." I extended my hand out and grasped his.

"Awl. Most just call me Blackbeard. Well…they used to." He placed his hand on my shoulder.

"I may not know what happened that day but redemption is still attainable. Let's hope what I've heard about you was incorrect." He got up and walked towards the door. "I must go now. Also…there are two people on the way for you now." He vanished from sight, and left me only with his sentence. I was guessing the two were Duchess Karma and the captain of the guard Irelia . I heard a knock on the door followed by silence. I moved towards it while holding my revolver. Once I opened it revealed a yellow haired teenager. He waved to me and smiled.

"Hey! Names Ezreal, The Prodigal Explorer." He seemed real proud of his title. "You must be the new guy who wants to become a champion."

"News travels fast here." I said

"Only when it involves new blood. I'm just here to invite you to bar for a whole day of drinking for your first day." I raised an eyebrow. "Don't worry, I may have heard about you but I don't care about trying to bring me in. From the looks of it you could kill me if I tried. It's just a tradition for new champions I promise." I was still skeptical but finally gave in and nodded.

"Fine, but I'm bringing my revolvers just in case."

When we arrived inside the bar I was met with the sight of many men drinking, partying and having a great time. I did my best to stay away from the women as we walked towards the front of the bar. As we arrived the whole room went silent and all eyes turned to me. I was confused but was prepared for the worst situation. A large man turned around while cleaning the glasses. Once his eyes landed on me and Ezreal he smiled. "Ah looks like you arrived. The guest of honor is here boys!" The crowd erupted into cheers as they continued their partying and drinking. "I'm Gragas. Owner of this establishment. You must be that new champion Awl." I grunted to assure him that he was correct. "Well then! In honor of you, all drinks are free for today!" The crowd roared in excitement as free drinks were mentioned. Gragas slid a tall mug towards me. "Go on. Tell me what you think. I'd love to hear your opinion."

I looked down into the cup. "I may not be the best beer taster, I haven't drank in a few years." I said before bringing the mug to my lips. The entire room went silent once more, waiting for my opinion on the beer. After taking a few gulps my eyes widened. I was speechless to say the least. I quickly downed the rest of the drink before shouting "This is…the best beer I've ever had!" I raised the mug up allowing everyone to see it was empty which made the crowd cheer once more. "Gragas this is amazing. The alcohol back in Ionia doesn't even compare to this! I could drink this all day." He slid me another mug.

"Glad you enjoyed it! At this rate you may be able to drink this all day!" He gave a hearty laugh. "You're welcome to come in anytime but let's not worry about that. Instead lets worry about you getting settled in!" He brought a massive keg up to his mouth and began to drink, only letting tiny dribbles of alcohol escape his mouth. He slammed it on the counter before letting out a refreshed sigh.

Ezreal stood up and raised his mug. He yelled "To Awl!" Causing everyone to yell it as well. I tapped my mug against his before proceeding to drink the rest of its contents. After a bit I lost count of how much I had drank, and looked to Gragas. He looked just as drunk as I was. Though I'm pretty sure he was always like this.

"I'm surprised that your still awake. A lot of other people would have passed out by now." He pointed towards two men in their seats, completely unconscious. "We can always speed this up with a drinking contest." He smiled wildly, as if he was trying to force me into this challenge. I thought about it for a second. Ah what the hell, I've been aloof for so long, I might as well try to have some fun right?

"Game on then." He gave a hearty laugh before slamming a second barrel on to the table. I filled up my mug and downed it in a couple seconds before re filling it. Out of the corner of my eye I could see Gragas chugging straight from the barrel. I dropped my cup and lifted up the heavy barrel and bringing it to my lips. I could hear people cheering me and Gragas on so I assumed everyone was watching. We slammed our barrels on the floor and moved on to the next ones. And the next ones. And the ones after that. And a few after that.

My vision was blurry as all hell and I was rocking back in forth… I think. Maybe I was stationary, I couldn't tell. I tried to lean forward and fell out of chair and onto the floor. My eyelids grew heavy as I drifted into darkness. The last thing I heard was the crowd cheering Gragas' name.

I jolted awake, not by a nightmare this time but because I had actually got a goodnights rest. I looked around, my vision was hazy and the events from yesterday were extremely foggy. I only remembered what happened when I looked around the room. I was laying on a couch, in the back of Gragas' bar. A painful throbbing began in my head, almost as if someone had beat me over the head with a baseball bat. I stood to my feet, wobbled and then straightened up. I walked towards the counter where Gragas' was clearing the mess from yesterday. "Ah you're finally awake! Party went well after you passed out. Was a good contest though, did better than most other people could. I thought you were gonna die to be honest." That's reassuring. "Well, you should be requested for a physical later on today so be prepared for that. Then you training and exhibition matches should be in about a week." I can give you one last drink for free though" He slid another drink at me which I happily accepted. Before I could reply the doors of the bar flew open. I turned to see what it was, but my vision was still quite blurry though I could see it was a female figure. A sharp blade flew towards me, I barely dodged it causing it to embed itself in the mug and counter. I examined the blade, due to its detail I was able to figure out exactly who it was.

"Blackbeard!" How Irelia found me I'll never know. The blade quickly retracted and flew to her before position behind her head. "Face me!" She growled. I turned towards Gragas who just shrugged.

"Hey! If you win I can say the new guy was in a bar fight that resulted in this. You could get some street credit with the guys." He pointed to the cut in the table. I nodded. I took of my trench coat and laid it on the couch but not before grabbing two of my six revolvers. Couldn't have my favorite outfit being cut. I was left in just a wife beater and my pants. She stared at me like a hawk watching a mouse, her eyes were sizing me up, probably looking for any weak point in my body. I pulled my shirt slightly forward, enough to see the sigil had filled to about five percent. No matter what I'd have to finish this quickly. We went out into the back of the bar, it was a large concrete back that Gragas had allowed us to use.

"I will have your head for attacking the Duchess, traitor." She spat. He blade spun rapidly before stopping in her hand. "You should have taken your execution long ago."

"I'll have you know that I am an assassin. Fighting face to face is not really my forte." I joked. She charged me and swung her blade violently, I raised my dagger to block the weapon and smiled. "Forgot I had this?" She roared and pushed me back before swinging again and I blocked again though each one was getting harder to block due to her strength and my lust. My reactions slowed as I was starting to take slight glances at her body allowing her to take a swipe at my leg, cutting some of the fabric off along with some of my skin. She slashed forward once again, cutting my chest and tearing a huge hole in my shirt. I flipped my dagger around and slammed the butt of it into her forehead causing her to stumble back and allowing me to jump backwards to put some distance between us. I grabbed my shirt and tore it off my body, then wiped the blood off my chest before dropping it to the floor. Her eyes were locked on my chest, I assume she was reading the symbol. She mouthed the word lust before looking back to me. It was about 50 percent filled meaning my deadline was coming up. I lowered myself close to the ground before fully sprinting at her, she launched each blade at me, one after another. All of which I easily deflected. As I was in point blank range she swung the last one, I jumped over her, dodging the blade and landing behind her.

I placed my blade against her neck, though she was in a compromising position she continued to struggle. Being so close to her made the burning in my chest skyrocket, I could feel my erection starting to grow at a quick rate. "Just….give up!" I yelled and she continued to struggled, I could feel her butt rubbing up against my pelvis causing me to slightly lessen my grip before I immediately retightened. I had her in a position where I could have killed her easily but she continued to struggle for some odd reason. She leaned forward, nearly sandwiching my length between her massive cheeks, I let out a groan but silenced it halfway through. It did however giver her enough time to toss me over her shoulders onto the floor before jumping back.

"Y-y-y-you…..h-h-how dare….." She fumbled over her words, she had definitely realized what happened and felt it but didn't know why it had happened. The blades shook violently behind me before launching. I charged with them dodging them barely before slamming my shoulder into her stomach. She fell backwards and landed flat on her ass. I pulled my revolver from my pocket and hovered it above her forehead. She stared at me intently, unsure sure if I was going to fire or not. I pulled the revolver back and holstered it.

"Personally I'd rather not send you to the grave with no chance of redemption Captain Irelia." I quickly sprinted away, I was about to lose my mind and needed to get as far away as possible.

I sat quietly in my room, waiting for the sigil on my chest to finally drain out. I let out a sigh of relief when I saw it all had finally dissipated. At the same time the door rang, no chest pains and no light meant that it was indeed male. I opened the door only to find a card. I quickly opened it and pulled out a shard with a not attached to it. "Crush to be transported to physical. ASAP" I crushed it only to be surrounded by a flash of blue light and to look around in a whole new room. I sat on top of the bed, waiting for some to appear in the door. Luckily a man walked in not too long after that thought. The man looked familiar, though the mask he wore made it difficult to tell. Once his eyes locked with mine his expression softened.

"Glad to see you again Awl." He said in a monotone fashion as he penciled something into his clip board. So he's also the doctor here. How odd. "Glad you are here. I am doctor Shen.." He said as if we had never met before. "And I will be doing your physical. I'm going to need you to take off your shirt." He said bluntly and I obliged. He stared at the massive cut across my chest for a bit before looking up to me. "Did Irelia do this to you?" I nodded.

"How'd you know?"

"She walked in a few minutes earlier than you to get some cuts and bruises checked out. Your fight must have been an intense one. Now before we get off track I do have all the information I need from the first time we met. However I still need to learn more about that Sigil on your chest. Maybe it's possible to remove it." Before I had any time to react a woman in a extremely revealing nurse outfit walked through the door. My eyes immediately glued to her sizeable chest and down to her large hips. I tried to rip my eyes away from her body but every time I was met with pain in my chest. Out of the corner of my eye I watched as Shen scribbled something into his clip board. "Very odd reaction the Sigil is creating. Akali can you see how the sigil reacts when you get closer?" She nodded and seductively walked closer. I tried to scoot to the farthest part of the bed but eventually ran out of space. This is gonna be rough. She pressed her chest against my arm, causing my member to immediately become erect. I tried to move my arm around only to collect with her squishy breast. I tried to move away only to have my hand stay there as if I wasn't trying to pull it back. I continued to play with it, eliciting soft purrs and moans from her.

After about 10 minutes of resisting my more powerful primal urges of just jumping on her Shen called it. The woman walked out like nothing, leaving the sweaty and mentally destroyed me laying on the bed, breathing heavily. "We…..done?" I said between breaths. He nodded.

"I've given you the O.K for you to participate in matches. Everyone in the institute shall be notified of this. You will receive a message from the Grand Summoner when your time to battle has come." He walked out of the door just leaving me on the bed. I hopped up and off the bed and began the trek to my room. Now…where the hell am I right now?

After about 25 minutes of searching I finally made it back to my room. I opened the door and collapsed on my bed. My eyes slowly closed as I drifted off…..until a loud bang slammed against my door. "Gah!" A yelled as I fell of my bed and slammed into the floor. I stood up from my bed only to have my ears bombarded by the noise again. I muttered to myself before walking to the door. I ripped it open to see a man….or tiger? Maybe he was a cat? I don't know what he was but he annoyed me. The large tiger opened it maw "So your Awl." His deep voice rumbled.

"Yeah that's me. Any reason you're seeking me right now?"

"Yes… I need your for a match. You're factionless right?"

I nodded. "Yes I am factionless and you should know I have never been in a match so I suggest asking someone else." I began to close the door only to have his arm block the door.

"I have asked other factionless. They have denied my request. Ionia is trying to take a major chunk out of the Kumungu Jungle, a lot of wildlife would lose their homes and die off. Please." I stopped trying to close the door when he said Ionia.

"What would Ionia need with part of the Jungles?" I questioned

"I do not know, however without 5 people on our team to settle this dispute they will get it."

I thought about it for second. This may be beneficial to me. "Fine. I'll help you but in return I can call on you for one favor at anytime." The cat thought about it for a second before nodding. "Good, let's roll. But first what is your name….tiger?"

"Rengar" I nodded. I followed him out of my room and down the hall. We took a right at the end of the hallway and looked face to face into a giant portal. He stepped in and disappeared, I followed soon after. Once I came through I saw 5 men in robes on each side, a taller man with a long beard , five Ionians and 3 others. I'm guessing the three on my side were on my team. A plant like woman covered in leaves, another woman covered in primal markings and a weird tree guy. Against us was Duchess Karma, Captain Irelia, the wanderer Yasuo, Sona the Maven of strings and Kennen, another ninja. They stared at me in disbelief, as if they didn't expect me to be here. "So you're going against your home once again. Of course you are." She stated flatly.

"To be fair Duchess, my country is the one who did not want to take me." Before they could say more the man in the middle spoke up.

"Enough!" The room fell silent. "Now that I've got your attention this is how this match will go. Ionia is battling for a part of the Kumungu Jungle while the Kumungu Jungle is fighting to keep it. Awl, since you have not one of these matches I will explain this to you. You will be assigned one of the summoners, they will help you by giving you advice, warnings and tactics. They will be able to communicate with other summoners to help as well." I nodded. "Alright then. Good luck to both sides!" he called. Blue lights surrounded both teams as we were lifted into the air. We appeared on a stone walkway in a massive new place.

WELCOME TO SUMMONERS RIFT.