Chapter 2
The League of Losers huh? A myth, nothing but playable characters that make me angry every time I log on. Three lanes, a jungle, and five champions on each team. The goal of this game is to destroy the other teams nexus but at the same time protecting yours. Seems like your average online game right?
Wrong.
I hate this damn game. I really, really do. Why I hate it? People really believe these losers actually existed. I can never enjoy one game without Ekko, Taliyah, or anyone bringing up how these people in this game actually existed. It drives me up the wall. No matter how many times I tell them over and over that these people don't exist and it's just a game.
But it gets worse. My name is Yasumi, I don't know my last name but that doesn't matter. Yasumi… Yasuo. See? For some reason my make believe parents played this game as well. Why would you name your child a name that closely resembles a pointless line of code? One day I played the champion Yasuo and he didn't seem all special to me that I had to be named after him. Yeah he can make tornadoes and what not, but still doesn't change the fact that my parents are nerds.
This game has made people go on adventures through Piltover, trying to figure out where the champion Vi and her gauntlets are located. Or if the imaginary Caitlyn and her junkyard rifle actually is hidden in the police force of Piltover. It's obvious the makers of this game, Riot, based this game on where we live. The nerds up in that headquarters had a vivid imagination.
OH MAN! The best myth was from this game is that the champions Irelia and Master Yi were actually my grandparents! The police stormed in my house, while I was in a ranked game, and invaded my room. The police asked me question after question about my old folks like I actually cared.
"Make sure you guys study for tomorrow's test. See you tomorrow." The bell rung as first period ended. I closed all of my books, put my pencils in my pocket, picked up my books, and left the class room. Ekko was beside me with his white tennis shoes, black jeans, white shirt and his black Piltover snap back on his head.
"Class was boooooooooring." He said as we made a left entering a huge crowd of students.
"Is something going on?" asked Taliyah. I scratched my head and looked around.
"Maybe a traffic jam?" I said. The crowd started to move slow and eventually made a stop. "Come on people!" I yelled. Taliyah and Ekko both laughed at my anger. I took matters into my own hands and started to move people out the way so I could see for myself what was making everyone stand so still at a time like this. Moving through the crowd of students took some work but I finally made it through… and then I crossed my arms.
"LOOK HERE FOOL! I WILL DUST YO KNEE CAPS BREH!" The pink haired woman said.
"OH YEAH!? BRING IT WITH YOUR HORRIBLE GRAMMAR!" The tall guy with a nice shave and slick black hair. Vi and Jayce started fighting yet again, but why did they have to do it on my time! I could be in class…. What am I saying?! PLEASE FIGHT!
"I need someone to the west wing, second floor please." This guy… with a ponytail as long as mine said. He was wearing a brown shirt with black sweatpants. I could see a brown stick behind him so I am guessing if I use common sense he must be the janitor, but what bothered me is that… we don't have a janitor, since I was a freshman here. Was he always here? Or did I never notice him. While Vi and Jayce were still trying to argue about nothing important, I stared at the man's face. He looked old, his hair color was white, and boy did he have some wrinkles haha. The blue door opened on the left side of Vi and your friendly neighborhood fat man, Gragas, came to save the day.
"What's the problem here?" he asked, burping.
"These kids are fighting about a dispute that happened last period." The janitor answered. Gragas rolled his eyes as he reached for Vi's free arm. He grabbed it and Vi quickly tugged it away.
"Yo fat boy, don't touch me." She said, which made some people in the crowd I was standing in to snicker. Vi looked at Jayce with a cold stare and walked away through the blue door Gragas came out of. The janitor sighed and so did Jayce.
"I am going to class. See yah." Jayce said. Soon everyone started moving again and I was finally heading to my class. I looked back to see that janitors face again. Why… does he look so familiar? Have I seen him from somewhere? I turned my head around and headed to class.
"IT'S LUNCH TIME!" Ekko yelled. I laughed as we walked to the cafeteria. I finally get a break from English class. With a few turns we finally made it to the huge cafeteria. All of our classmates were here as usual, sitting down at different tables. I turned my head to look straight ahead and walked up to the first cafeteria lady. I cleared my throat.
"Ahem I would like french-fries and wings please." I requested. The lady looked at me funny… then… started to melt. I froze as she melted more and more… "Lady?" I asked.
"WATCH OUT YASUMI!" I heard. I looked forward and all I could here was that laugh…
No… HIS laugh.
HIS laugh from… the game…
I stood there… watching a sharp circular blade hurling at my neck.
"DAMN IT! MOVE YASUMI!" I heard again. I felt my body lunge to the left and I landed on the floor. My body moved to a sit up position as Ekko stared in my eyes. "Yasumi? Hello?" he said. I was still shaken up from whatever just happened. I felt a hand slap me across my face and I sure woke up from that.
"WHY WOULD YOU SLAP ME BRO?" I yelled slapping Ekko back. Ekko rolled his eyes but he pulled up his sleeves. There was a watch on his arm and with one click his entire outfit morphed into….
YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME RIGHT NOW. SOMEONE TELL ME I AM DREAMING MAN.
"Zed! Where are you! Come out!" He yelled.
"HAHAHAHAHA, COME FIND ME TIME BOY!" Zed said. Ekko ran away as I finally took a look at my surroundings. The students were running out of the cafeteria, spilling their lunch trays on the checkered floor. I watched Ekko fight shadow after shadow trying to find the real zed. I felt someone tap my shoulder from behind.
"We need to go Yasumi!" I heard Taliyah say to me. I sat up very slowly, still dizzy from before. Taliyah grabbed my arms and pulled me up which caused everything to spin. "Let's go!" I heard her scream. I felt my body being pushed up into the air. I looked down and I was on top of a floating rock.
"Take her to hide out! The invasion has begun!" Ekko screamed as we stormed out of the cafeteria. "ZED! NOO! ARGGGGGHHH!" I heard from behind me.
"No... no... NO! I WILL NOT LET YOU KILL HIM ZED!" Taliyah yelled. We made it to the back of the school as Zed's shadow army were chasing us down.
"What I-" I was cut off from a sudden stop from the rock I was flying on.
"GO YASUMI!" Taliyah yelled. She grabbed my arm and flung me outside of the school backdoor entrance. "I AM COMING EKKO!" She yelled as she dashed away on her rock.
"I feel like I am being pranked man." I said. I got up and patted my pants down and as I lifted my head a figure was in front of me.
"Target acquired." The red haired woman said, talking to her wrist. She smiled and pulled to knife things out of her back pockets.
"Look... please take it easy. You guys got me alright? You can stop with the cosplay of LoL alright?" I said with my hands up. The woman looked at me and shook her head. With one motion she quickly threw her knife and it sunk in my arm. "WHY! OUCH! THAT HURT YO!" I said as I took a knee. ""What is wrong with you?!" I asked, tears on my eyes as my arm was bleeding.
"Die." I heard as a knife was heading towards my forehead. In slow motion a gust of wind pushed the knife away from my forehead. I started to lose consciousness as the blood flowed off of my hand and dripped on the ground.
"Well I haven't seen you in a long time, Ionian trash." Someone said as I blacked out. "Bring it."
Some Time Later
I slowly opened my eyes and all I blurriness was all I could see. "She's waking up!" I heard. Footsteps coming closer to my body. A woman with crimson eyes that kind of gave me the chills was looking directly into my eyes. "Hello Yasumi." She said. I was too busy staring into her fierce but yet calming eyes I didn't even notice she was talking.
"Uh... hi?" I responded. She smiled as she put her hand under my back to push me up.
"I am pretty sure you have questions of your own?" She asked. "For example, those weren't cosplays." I had a puzzled look on my face as my vision started to clear up. I rubbed my eyes but I quickly scanned the woman in front of me. White hair, green shoulder plate, white wraps, brown shoes, green shorts? NO.
NOOO.
"I am dreaming right? You can't be real! You are-"
"Riven?" She said, smiling. "Yes I am real, oh and the guy or ahem, janitor? Yeah his name is Yasuo. We are real people. League of legends is real my dear." She said. I couldn't even believe what she said. "Oh and guess what?" She asked.
"What?" I answered? She smiled and gave me a surprise but the warmest hug I ever got from someone. "My name is Riven, I am your mother Yasumi and I missed you dearly."
