Kurooba: Pshh, wazzup ladies and gentlemen, here I am back with a new chapter!
Ginga: Said that because she's having a very small free time
Kurooba: Mr. Ginga, should I remind you not to say things about that?
Ginga: I'm not sorry, and you don't need to
Kurooba: Well curse you
Ginga: Didn't you already curse me since the beginning of this story?
Kurooba: SSSHHHHHH SPOILERS YOU IDIOT!
Ginga: What spoiler? Everyone knows that when they read the summary
Kurooba: NEIN NEIN NEIN, DISCLAIMER IS THAT METAL FIGHT BEYBLADE BELONGS TO TAKAFUMI ADACHI
Ginga : *sigh* Warning includes wrong grammars and spelling because this is a beta-tester
Kurooba: Please stop calling it a beta tester
Kurooba: Anyway, enjoy~
-A-
"I expect you guys to know the very basics of all of these, okay?" Said a certain blond who stood at the front of the class who all look intimidated by his presence. Knowing that, Chris wanted to roll his eyes but can't due to keeping his image.
He stared at each student's faces in the class. He can safely assume that most students wear a poker face to not show their anxiety in front of him, well that doesn't mean that there are no students who just showed their expression crystal clear.
"Am I being clear?" He tried to get their attention.
"YES, SIR!"
Too loud.
He holds back the urge to sigh, so he instead closed his eyes in annoyance. Only to open them again (still in annoyance) and pointing his finger at a random student and shouted. "You! Stand up and tell your friends what do you know about spells!" He ordered.
The said student literally jumped out of his seat with a stiff body, making the other students laugh. "Y-yes sir! Spells are basic enchanting method that used to cast out our magic power! The scientist said that the original scroll has to be easily read or in the scale of one to five so it will not confuse our body!"
Chris approved the answer. "Good, now sit down." He said. Then he pointed at another student, a girl this time. "You! Tell your friends what do you know about runes!"
The girl is way more prepared than the boy from before it seems, as she immediately stood with a determined look. "Yes, sir! The runes are complicated spells that are needed to be written! One wrong move and the rune cannot be used! The scientists said that a rune is made by a scroll that is hard to read or from a scale six to ten!"
Chris nodded and told her to go back to sit. Now here comes the speech.
"Just like what your friends said, spells and rune are on an entirely different level. In order to activate a spell, you'll need to chant. Here's a brief example." The general took a deep breathe and begin to concentrate. "By the will of the heavens, I command the light to aid us! First Aid!" He chant.
His body glow in a warm glow. All students stared at him in awe, definitely looked like they still not able to do that. As soon as the light fade, Chris opened his mouth. "That's what other teachers are probably going to taught you, but I'm different." He said, making the students wonder.
He smirked as he said his next words. "Do you all know that spells doesn't require formal chanting?" Then all goes haywire, everyone stared at each other in questioning manner. This is the thing that always amuse the general when he was asked to taught new students.
"All right, calm down now!" He shouted. Gaining everyone's attention back. "Formal chanting in spells are actually came from the original scrolls, it was used as scientists test, whether they succeed or not." He explained. He snapped his finger and the projector lit up, showing a presentation.
"And the one that actually needs chanting is the rune, but you don't have to say it out loud. Also, it is told in your books that a rune HAVE to be written in order to be activated. I must say that that is a lie. Here's another example." He turned his back to face the students. Then he raised his hand.
"I'm going to show you a healing rune that doesn't require chanting," He said. Blue magic circles with symbols written at the edges of each circles begin to form as the general concentrating on writing the said rune. Projecting it in your mind, is what he want to say. Seconds later, the rune is finished. "Healing Circle!"
True as it said, a big magic circle appeared at the middle of the class. Then a projectile of a giant water lily appeared above it, one petal dropped from it. As soon as it touched the ground, the area within the circle radiated with warm and cozy feeling. The students stare at the live presentation of the said rune in awe.
"And I think that's enough for now. Theories are needed, true. But they won't be fully needed in the battlefield." Said the general. He stared at each students face once again, and he noticed in the change of expression. Before, it was full with fear and anxiety. Now, it's full with determination.
Good, the blond smirked at this. "We're going to start with First Aid. It's a healing spell, so we don't need to go to the training field."
And the long day is about to start.
-A-
Meanwhile, with the two general that's on their mission.
"So, uhh... Can we even repair this?" Asked Ginga as he deadpanned at the already-blown device tracking in his hands. Kyoya sigh in frustration as he leaned at one of the giant standing rock of Stonehenge.
Ginga looked very troubled. Because he didn't really feel like finding a scroll anymore. This already happened to him. Thrice. And he doesn't look happy about it.
"Then it's up to us to find it," Kyoya said while stretching his arms. Ginga groan in agony as he stand up. "Alright, I'll go east, you west. We'll meet at the center, sounds good?" Asked the redhead. Kyoya nodded his head, anything will do just to get this job done.
While Kyoya took off with a more calm manner, Ginga is walking while cursing one of their scientist, namely Douji who loves to experimenting on the nine generals. Thought that the device was made by him and the scientist isn't so-accidently made it so it will blow up.
Two hours has passed since they start searching. Now, they stood in front of each other at the center of the monuments. Each hoping for the other to find something. So, Ginga decided to speak first. "Find anything?"
He isn't surprised when Kyoya shook his head tiredly. The redhead threw his hands in the air with frustration. "Agh! This isn't fair! I rather work on teaching new students like Chris rather dealing with this pain in the ass situation!"
"Tell me about it,"
"Please Kyoya, tell me. Lie to me even! That you found at least something!" He said as he shook the shoulder of his subordinate. The greenhead was about to shout at his smaller friend when the said person suddenly stopped his action.
Ginga let go his hands from Kyoya. His expression changed into a serious one, he's in for a very deep thought. Kyoya decided to scold at him later, for now he'll just have to hear what the other thought so suddenly.
"Say Kyoya,"
"Hmm?"
Ginga raised his head, as he stared at the blue orbs determinedly. "For the past hours, we're checking the environment around here, aren't we?" He asked. Kyoya nodded his head, feeling that he knew where this is going on. "And that we found nothingwrong with it, correct?" The greenhead nodded again at this.
"But the actually weird thing is not the environment... The actually weird thing is the Stonehenge itself, isn't it?"
Kyoya's eyes widen in realization. Then he slapped his forehead, realizing their stupidity for hours. Ginga himself clasped his hands together in front of him, really frustrated. But wait, something is really odd about this.
"Hey Ginga, there's one thing I want to ask." The said redhead raised his head, frustrated look still plastered on his face. "After all the years, decades even, why did they just found an old scroll in Stonehenge now? Any one of the seven wonders even?" He asked.
That caught the air slash light elemental general attention. It really sounds weird. First of all, Stonehenge depicted itself as one of the seven wonders of the world. Secondly, they haven't found any scrolls located at one of the seven wonders until now, at least that's what Yuki said. Maybe there's really something else as to why they call them the seven wonders of the world?
"I really want to know too, but I think we shouls focus on getting the scroll first. That can wait until after we finish this." Decide the redhead. Kyoya nodded his head in agreement. That wondering can wait, for now, they'll focus on the task at hand.
After some hours again, the sun begin to set. Kyoya turned his head when he heard his companion called for his name. "Kyoya! Come here! I think I found something!"
The earth elemental general hurriedly picking up his pace and ran towards the redhead who looked over-excited.
"What is it?" He asked as soon as he get beside Ginga. The redhead pointing at a small crack on the surface of the laying stone. This made the greenhead general's eyebrows furrowed. "What about the crack?" He decided to ask.
"Place your hand above it," Instruct the redhead. Kyoya follow it and place his hand above the crack, when he felt nothing he closened the gap. Then he felt something.
Air?
He stared at his companion in question. Ginga nodded his head, affirmating his suspicions. "Yeah, something must be behind this stone." He declared. The two then worked around the stone, trying to figure out where the air was coming from until Kyoya found a mound centimeters away from the said stone.
He tried to dig it with his hand but to no avail. Then he instruct the redhead to come to his place.
"A mound? What about it?" Ginga asked. Soon after that, Kyoya create a small explosive rune on top of the mound.
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BOOM
A hole was made by the explosion. Ginga place his hand above the hole, feeling an air rushing on his palm. Kyoya nodded at this.
This time, Ginga was the one who made the explosion. After making a hole of that's about the size of them, they take turns on getting in.
They landed on a concrete floor, the long hall are walled with iron. Never ever have they thought that a place like this exist beyond the surface. Some people just really loves to surprise them.
They walk through the hall in silence, each being occupied by their thoughts. Turns after turns they take and they still haven't seen an end to the endless looking hall. Just after they thought about that, they could see a two turns. Without the need to talk, they trust each other to be safe on each side. And to their relief,2 they found a staircase leading to a same room at the end of the turns.
What surprised them is that, a giant beast is waiting at the center of the room.
-A-
Chris sighed as he get out from the class. He was just thinking about taking a coffee back at his office but then stopped at his track when he saw Ryuuga talking Yuki at the empty side of the corner of the hall.
He knows he'll feel bad about this, but to hell with that. It's rare enough for Ryuuga to speak to anyone, let alone Yuki. And it's not even a coincidence that both of them are inside the list of people who knows about the face of the boss, or he's other codename, wizard.
"It progressed even when we don't battle?"
That's the first line that are caught by his ears. Progressed? What progress?
"Yes, although the percentage only goes to zero point zero one percent. And that takes a twelve hours to actually work."
"So you're basically saying, that no matter what, we can't be saved?"
"...Sorry, mister Ryuuga. We will do our best to cure it! Although it will be look like we rebel against the organization."
Then there's silence. Thinking that the conversation has ended, Chris turned on his heels and walk away from the corner of the hall. The gears inside his head start to work.
Can't be cured? What to be cured? A disease probably? But Ryuuga said 'we', so it must be a someone inside the organization including him. But Ryuuga is a general, why would curing a disease be rebelling against the organization anyway? He's a general damn it, the organization needs him. Also, he's one of the main four.
The thought hit the blond almost immediately. Wait the minute...
Why they were called 'the main four'? There's nine generals scattered around the globe, but the organization insisted that the main four shouldn't be sent to the other headquaters unless they're on a job. From what he knew, the main four is a name for four generals that had a supreme ability. And the name has been passed down from generations to generations. Maybe he should really take a proud of that.
"Mister Chris?"
The sound made him flinch. He turned his head to the source of the sound and found the head of the scientist standing behind him. Looking confused. "What are you doing mister Chris? You just stand in the middle of the hallway alone." He said. Chris tried to calm his rapidly beating heart, and took a deep breath to relax.
"You scared me for a second there,"
"Oh, sorry..."
"Nah, nevermind. Anyway, what do you need from me?"
Then the scientist remembered as to why he was there in the first place. "Oh yes, your weekly checking is going to be held later today, at around..." He take a look at his wristwatch for a while. "Seventeen, so I'll see you at the lab."
After nodding on agreement. Yuki dismissed himself. Now there's that to add up the mystery.
Now the thought of having an incurable disease isn't too far-fetched. But then it strike him, does that mean he had that disease too? An incurable disease? What disease? These thoughts made the blond's brain goes haywire.
Wait wait wait, the only one who had these check ups were... Generals, all of them. Then he suddenly calmed down.
If it's true he had an incurable disease, then that means that the other had it too. But that sounds weird. Yuki said that this is another one of the tradition, a check up was made weekly just to make sure every generals were on their top-notch condition. I mean, Ginga and Kyoya had their check-up already yesterday before take off to their mission.
Also, if it's a generation after generation. Why wouldn't they have found an antidote yet? That sounds prepostrous. Then he remembered on other word at the conversation.
Progressed.
And does that mean that this disease are actually building itself up every twelve hours or so?
His eyes widen is realization.
Zero point zero one percent? They know it progressed but doesn't have an antidote?
No, more importantly.
Is it even a disease in the first place?
To Be Continued...
Kurooba : Eyy, what was that?
Ginga : What do you mean by 'what was that'? Isn't this your story?
Kurooba : No, I don't talk to you. I'm talking to the readers. What do you guys think? Was it a disease? Was it not? Also, what will happend to Ginga and Kyoya? They do found themselves in a lair of some kind of a beast.
Ginga : Yes, so please go easy on us
Kurooba : Nah, where's the fun in that?
Ginga : Dear god why does this fanfic even exist in the first place?
Kurooba : Hey, no need to be like that. Anyways, here is a the reply the review section!
Anonymous : Hey there! Thank you for reading this story! Yes, I'll keep writing! Thank you again also yeah, it's too bad that there aren't many active mfb fans these days, which quite saddens me but oh well, I'll do something about it. Hope you enjoy this chapter too!
Kurooba : Well, that's about it. So I'll see you guys on the next chapter! Bye bye!
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