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Sorry the first chapter wasn't so good. I'll try and make things better now.

Disclaimer: I don't own S4.

Chapter 2: After School Break!

"Alright, listen up. Today's gonna be theory lessons. First up, I'll teach you the basics of the Plasma sword-"

I don't think I can even pay attention to this class anymore. Good thing this is last period though. I SO cannot concentrate.

Damn this…

ARGGHHH!

"Katsuo?" the teacher turned to me, "is there a problem?"

"Probably crapping his pants cuz he's up against Taejo in three days," one of the boys in the front row snickered. This caused several of the class students to burst out laughing. A few other students at the side (the ones who kept talking rot about me and my sister) could only look in my direction with sympathy.

I thought I even saw Taejo hold a snicker there.

"In three days time, a 1-on-1 S4 league match will be held between these two fine men."

"Heh, a contest match huh? You gonna chicken out new kid?"

"Cut the crap, we'll see who's better. Or who's all talk and no game."

I hate this…and here I was just hoping for a fun time here in the school, I thought as the teacher told everyone to shut up and sit down.

Might as well try and take down some notes for class, I guess it might help me clear my mind.

"Let's see. The smash rifle has an additional ability to knock back an opponent…"

(After class)

*yawn*

Aw man, that was actually a pretty interesting first day. They taught us the basic theory of how some of the weapons worked. Lunch wasn't all that bad too. Cafeteria food is surprisingly high quality. Of course, then again, this is a PRESTIGIOUS school.

Then there was that challenge in three days time…

Shoot. How am I going to learn to fight within just three days? It's next to impossible. I don't even have a tutor for this thing.

Oh, wait.

I don't even know my way around the school.

SONUVA BI-

"Excuse me?"

It was a soft voice that came from behind me. Immediately, I stopped my rampage and turned around, face-to-face with…

Um…

"I'm sorry," I apologised, "I don't think I caught the names of everyone in class…"

The raven-haired girl brushed a few strands of hair from her face and smiled back, "It's alright. I'm Kisara Naito. Sensei asked me to show you around the school."

"Aaaannnddd, I guess I'll tag along!"

A tall male student walked out from my class, spinning a foldable ruler in his hands. His long brunette bangs made it hard for me to focus on his eyes. Judging from his tone of speech, he doesn't seem to be local.

His sudden appearance made Kisara let out a sigh, "Sensei told me to bring him around, and shouldn't you be in detention for coming late again for the…eighth time?"

"Stop it Kisara, I just wanna grab the new guy here," he grabbed and caught me under his arm, "Yo, new kid. I just got one thing to say, pretty dumb of you to pick a fight with Taejo on your first day. It's like calling for instant public humiliation."

"There he goes again…" Kisara sighed.

And who is he anyway?

"You're wondering who I am, aren't ya? Name's Leo Lai, Singapore's champion in the league three years back!"

…

Whoa. Champion!

"I know I'm not one of the most awesome players around, but I sure wouldn't mind helping out the new kid on his day one-ouch, ouch, ouch!" he exclaimed proudly, right before Kisara pulled on his ear.

"Leo, quit with the indirect gloating. If you want to come with us, its fine, but don't embarrass us at the very least."

Once again, whoa.

She's a natural mother: piss her off and I might just die.

Yet, I smiled at this. It was good to have made some friends quickly. Going to school without friend sucks.

"Now that all this is settled, let the amazing Leo give you a grand tour of our lovely school!"

"Who put you in charge, dammit!"

They told me that I had to go back to the counter first. Since I would be transferred to the dormitory like all other students at this special school, I had to get my room key.

"I'm sorry," Kayle bowed a little as I went to get my key, "we only had one room left, and it was a two-person room. So you might have to accommodate, the two of you."

"I see," I nodded as I spun the keys in my hands, "it's alright. Room 205 eh? Thanks a million."

I won't go into the full details of the tour, since me telling you everything would be rather boring. Instead I'll just skip to the more interesting part.

Was the schools idea of the battle arena.

Out in the open space was a floating image inducer, according to Kisara, above a massively huge enclosed space. The inducer could create a combat simulation arena of its own creations and liking. Of course, the arena has to be tested and recorded in beforehand.

I saw some students practicing in a big…large arena, with a dome in the middle with open ends for you to fall off.

Fall off?

"Wait!" I suddenly stopped Kisara mid-sentence, "what'll happen if you get 'die' mid-game?"

"Easy," the Singapore champion replied, "we have this thing, the 'respawn system' for some combat modes. If you get killed, or 'deleted', you will be sent to a point in the map after a few seconds to revive again. But the more you die, the worse your team score."

"Yeah, like hell I needed to know the last part," I snickered, "So, 'grand master' Leo, when would I be given some actual training?"

"Honestly, I don't think anyone is supposed to help with this, it's kind of your fault buddy."

I almost choked.

So I have to figure out the whole S4 thing on my own? I don't even know THEORY, much less fight in actual combat! I thought as Leo and Kisara walked over to the bunch of guys who finished practicing.

A few moments of being lost in thought, they came back.

"Hey, Katsuo, we cleaned the area for you," Leo gave me two thumbs up.

He what?

"I mean," Kisara sighed as she tugged at her uniform, "You obviously haven't done any of this before. From what I can tell, you're probably just compatible by luck."

Oh gee, thanks a bunch-

WAIT, WAIT, WAIT!

I shouted immediately as Kisara started to pull of her uniform, blushing, "HOLD IT! What do you think you're doing?" I wanted to tell Leo to stop her, only to see he was doing the same thing. I caught sight of a flashy orange jacket he wore inside.

"These clothes are specially made for wearing into the combat arenas," Kisara, now clad in a yellow tank top and short pants declared, "Some are easily fitted under regular uniforms, but Leo has a weird idea about his…style sense."

"I resent that!"

Walking over to a control pad at the side (where did that come from?), she hit a few buttons, causing the arena to morph. Me and Leo were now standing in an area that was identified as "Neden-1" by Kisara.

"Wouldn't the rest who want to use this facility find that you're hogging?"

"Dude, the domes are KILOMETRES wide, it'll only take up as much space as it needs for an arena."

KILOMETRES?

"Alright!" the only female among us yelled loud enough for both of us to hear, "don't talk so much now, boys. Remember, Leo."

"Right! Katsuo! Since you're gonna be up against Taejo, one of the obviously better players at this. Whereas you, on the other hand, are probably just a noob, and have no experience prior to this…"

Way to go and make me feel better, Leo. Now you just crushed what remaining ego I had, damn you.

"It's time to start our 'Super-awesome-mega impromptu S4 crash course!"

"WHAT! You didn't tell me about a crash course! I just got here and…"

"Dude, its IMPROMPTU!"

I hate you guys…

(after a long…LONG period of time)

It was torture.

…

No actually um…it was just really, really intense.

"DAMN IT!"

"Katsuo, you gotta learn to wall jump! It's the most basic skill, for pete's sake!"

"I'm not championship material like you!"

"Aw, quit whining and get your ass back up! Wall jump is the most basic thing, you can't be SCARED of doing it. " Leo grabbed me from the floor and set me into a standing position.

See, thing is that Leo, despite his usual attitude, is actually quite serious in training. And he just CONVENIENTLY forgot to tell me that my usual school attire would work in combat too, but it hurts much more.

"Are you crazy!" I yelled at him once more, "I can't BOUNCE against the wall! What if I fall? And you said something about stamina draining too, didn't you?"

"Damn it Katsuo! This is the ONLY THING we need to work on for you! Your shooting and what not are pretty decent, just get the wall jump right and we'll give you a break."

"It's 7 PM AT NIGHT ALREADY!" Kisara shouted from the top, "Leo! I think that's enough for today, we can still drill him tomorrow."

"Eh?" the brunette stared at her, "but all he need is to do a wall ju-"

"Leo," Kisara smiled at him from above the rooftop of the warehouse. Suddenly, in a flash, she appeared right in front of him, a huge pistol like weapon in her hands, "don't worry, Leo. This is just a plus five. One shot and this'll…"

Apparently, Leo seemed to have had somewhat of a trauma recurrence after that.

"Ye…yes, ma'am. T…take a break for today, Katsuo," he stuttered, "I…I'll get back to my room now, good night…"

"Ah wait…"

And he left, just like that. I mean, what the heck? It seemed only…well maybe not ONLY, but it seemed like a few hours ago Leo was trying to whip my ass and to tip top shape. Now, he looked like one of those computer gaming kids whose mom banned him from the computer from all eternity. Plus, did he forget about dinner

I guess he was something close to a zombie.

"That wraps up todays lesson," Kisara said as she pulled out a remote from her hand, clicking a button and returning all of the surrounding space back to normal, "we'll practice your sword abilities and make sure you master the wall jump. I doubt without any decent combat abilities would you be able to fight Taejo."

"Still, for a rookie, you did pretty well today."

Wow, she complimented me. I mean, no one, much less a girl, really gives me much compliments.

"But as I think we mentioned halfway during training. It's how you work during an actual combat round, that's when we can see if you're good, or you need to train a bit harder."

I've had this weird feeling she tried hard to say "newbie" but its fine. We walked out of the training grounds together.

Man, I'm getting pretty…

*GURGLE*

…

…

Super awkward moment of silence and grumbling stomach for the lose. Beside me, I could hear Kisara stifling a small giggle.

"Not funny!" I groaned, "You and Leo made me skip lunch, I wanna die now."

"Oh don't be like that," she slaped me on the shoulder, "men like you have to toughen up! But well, I suppose they get hungry too."

"Why are you referring to 'men' like we're so totally different from you?"

"Oh quit being a dork!"

Hah…

That was one hell of a dinner. I don't think I ever ate so much cafeteria food in my life. And after tasting food from this place, I don't think I ever need anyone to cook for me ever again.

So now, I'm on my way to my room. The dorm was on a separate part of the school area. It was a huge, large white structure.

"Hmm, let's see. The co-ed section is on the higher few levels…" I mumbled to myself as the lift doors opened up to the twentieth floor (yes, it's HUGE). I walked down the seemingly endless hallway. You know, I'm really starting to think that all the places in this school require me to walk a lot.

"Let's see…Room 205…ah-hah!"

Inserting the key into the lock, I twisted it and opened the door.

Wow…

It was actually much more simple than I thought. Two desks, one for each of us. Two separate single-man beds.

And was the shower running. Only for a moment though, before it turned off.

"Oh, are you the new room mate?" the muffled voice came through the shower doors, "let me get out first."

"It's alright!" I called back.

"No, I might as well introduce myself," the door slid open, "my name's Kisa-"

Standing right in front of me was a…GIRL! She was clad only in a bath towel and her black hair straightened by the water.

"K-KISARA!"

"Katsuo?"

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE!"

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