Mizu:...Konton is being lazy... this chapter is mostly from not Erik's point of view.


Chapter Three

I open my eyes and hear Aberto Snoring. Geez why is it that all my roommates snore? Well I guess I have to wake him up. Now how should I do it? Maybe I can splash him with water, kick him, punch him, or I could use my special acidic uh whatever it was again. Yes I should try it out to figure out the effects. Actually what's in it? It seems to be a liquid but wait is that bones.

-Aberto's Point of View-

Hmm I had a nice dream. Looking at Erik I see a horrible aura around. But all he's doing is looking at a jar? For some reason my instincts are telling me to run, probably me being paranoid.

"It's decided I'll try this out," Erik says. When he turns around I see an evil smile. What is he planning? I don't think I'm being paranoid here.

"Don't come anywhere near me with that ominous jar," I yell jumping out of my bed. Erik was a pretty awesome guy coming from the south and all but you have to be kidding me. Where does he get all of these random things?

"But I really wanna try this out" Erik says in his Eastern Vomain accent. Geez he is the best wake up call in this entire school no competition I swear.

"I don't care at all what it does or what it is but when you use that on me I suddenly begin to care." I say in rapid succession running out of the door.

I keep running down the halls, turning corners, going down the stairs until I get outside. I look towards the right at the announcement board. Great there is a crowd there today. I jump right into them. Well at least I am not the only one still in night gowns. I must say I was a bit sadden none of the girls were in such a rush they came out unprepared.

I look at what is on the announcement board. Teams for quests (this stays the same for the rest of your stay at this school), geez now I have to find my team. I finish reading it; the teams with the highest score will be at the top of the list. Guess that means less trouble?

I look at the list

Aberto, Erik, Izanami

Conner, Serena, Helena

Mizu, Konton, Wally

Irena, Lisa, Lia

Wait a minute me, Erik and that crazy girl are paired up together? Life is not going to be good; Erik probably isn't going to forgive her for the shoe in his face,

"Getting stuck with that crazy chick I see!" Erik says behind me. I tense up and look behind me. Erik is dressed up into the vomian noble clothes but oddly had an ulvian belt which held his katana sword.

[Not like you guys are my favorite group of people either.] A note book with those words suddenly is thrown into my view. Yes it's the schools most famous mute Izanami Bickerwood.

I turn around to see her dressed in a Virathian dress, she had one blade with a string attached to her belt wrappings, and I dare call it a karambit. Erik turns around and I swear I could see lightning.

"Why do ya have to be in the top three" he asks. For someone who has such a good score that sounds like a stupid question. Actually how could he be that smart he literally drinks red wine, parties, and sleeps during class? Not That Izanami is much better. I feel like I'd be third if they'd actually tried. Actually wait a second how come they end up at second and third if they do nothing at school?!

"Hope your team doesn't drag you down Aberto." My friend conner says patting me on the back. I turn to see him sporting a blue robe uniform.

"No sadly I think I would be the one dragging them down." I say in a tone that he knows something is up.

"Why is that?" Conner asks.

"look." I say gesturing to them. They are still glaring obviously people have started noticing the aura around them. Let's see Erik looks like he is gripping his katana while Izanami is bending with two Karambit in her hand. I have to question why she didn't use the one with the string around her waist but whatever; actually the better question is how they believe there is an I in team! They then dive in on each other.

"Now, now don't fight." says an adult with black hair and slightly tan skin, he could be Virathian but his eyes are blue. I just can't tell where he's from. With quick succession he grabs both Izanami and Erik. He then throws them at the end of the hallway. They quickly grab their weapons. Wait where did they go? I then look at the adult who's holding the Karambit and katana.

"Who is he?" Erik asks. The adult just smiles, I feel an ominous presence coming from him. My senses are telling me he's very dangerous.

"Quite the interesting choices for weapons, and I'm the new history teacher." He says. "My goal is to teach you the secrets of the past and the reason why peace is so much better than war." I notice he looks at Erik and Izanami when he says this. I didn't know someone could beat Erik and Izanami so badly. They grab their weapons and walk off. But before Erik can get away the teacher grabs him.

"Oh Erik be careful with that scar on your face you never know when the hair can show secrets that you want to stay hidden" he says walking down the corridor. "Izanami let's have a talk about your old grand uncle, poor soul."

"Let's get out of here before he decides to come back" Erik says running in the opposite direction. I've never seen him get so worked up over someone. This is going to be an interesting year.

"Our first class is combat so let's head to that classroom" I say, turning to the right. This school is a maze and I've lived in this city my whole life. I think Erik and Izanami are sulking because they are walking behind me quietly without making a fuss. I don't think they enjoyed getting beaten up by the teacher. When we get to class I see the adult from earlier smiling, I didn't hear of us getting a new combat teacher. I put two and two together and I realize this is the new history teacher.

"What is he doing here?" Erik yells I normally would think that somebody was scared of the teacher, but no actually I think Erik is ready to murder the teacher. Izanami isn't much better, for how much they despised each other they had strangely similar responses.

"I'll be the assistant combat teacher as well" he says. Why do I have the feeling he's trying to take over the school. Next thing we'll know he's the principal. What next he'll be the first year advisor. "I'll also be the first year advisor and team 1 chaperone."

"I'll be assigning you to fight against other groups" the combat teacher says. He then scratches his head as he looks at the paper. "Si'as did you mess with the matching."

"I thought it'd be unfair for them to fight me" Si'as say smiling. "So I let them fight two groups." I believe at this point the teacher was just insulting Erik and Izanami.

"Alright Conner, Selena, Helena, Irena, Lisa, Lia you are up against Aberto, Erik and Izanami." Says the combat teacher, he then waves his hand to the field in front of us. "Just make sure not to hit anybody on the sideline."

Si'as hands Izanami and Erik their weapons back before they get to the field. Oh dear, I expect this to be a quick fight and all but I can't help but notice how mad Izanami or Erik are.

We stand across from our six opponents; they look ready to beat us up, three paladins, two mages and one archer. I think they are going to send one paladin against each one of us and maybe do mages versus me and Izanami, send the remaining archer against Erik.

"This will be an eliminations round, when one team has nobody remaining in battle condition the other team wins. Let the match begin!" the battle teacher announces. Erik takes the time to dive straight into battle, Izanami starts walking to the side of the battlefield swinging that knife of hers.

"Bsu pg uif gjsf" I stay and aim my staff at one of the paladins named Helena. Fire balls start heading her way. She raises her shield and pretty much ignores the fire balls. "Bsu pg uif fbsui."

The earth traps her feat and she is immobilized. Gusts of wind hit the earth wall I built to the side. This wind magician stupidly thinks she can fight me. "Bsu pg uif xjoe."

I summon two gust of wind one headed for the magician, the other for the defenseless paladin. The paladin raises her shield in a moment of fear but sadly missed the fact I was going to go down from the sky. It was over very quickly.

The wind magician, Lia I think, dodges using a wind technique transfering herself a few meters towards me. I take out my water sack, open it and throw it towards her. "Bsu pg uif xbufs."

The water sack explodes and Lia is hit trying her best to dodge the huge area of effected by the water bomb.

"So Erik, Izanami beat that!" I say Turing to see Erik and Izanami standing next to the battle teacher.

"One minute twenty-two seconds Aberto, not bad but Erik and Izanami both finished in Twenty-six seconds!" The battle master says enthusiastically.

"You two are impossible!" I yell if anybody thinks this is childish then they would be wrong. Come on Izanami doesn't talk and Erik hasn't used magic once since he came to this school!

"Now, now Aberto Erik and Izanami are impossible." Si'as says patting my shoulder. "I think I can only recall one person more impossible than them, well maybe five but that doesn't matter."

Just then the bell rings, thank god I was about to end up being the target to Si'as's pity. He's eccentric, I'll give him that. I walk next to Erik as he talks about something but I am out of it, five people more impossible than Erik and Izanami.

-Izanami's Point of View-

I turn the corner into our history class and take my seat. I hate our history teacher. Si'as takes all the qualities I hate and puts it into one being. I Hear Erik and Aberto walk into class, great another class with those players.

I pick up my cup of tea and take a sip, I look out the window.

"Thinking about your parents?" A voice says besides me. I turn to see my granduncle. His translucent body makes it even more apparent he is a ghost.

My parents… well not like they did anything to deserve my love, only give me a title with lands. I concentrate my magic to create the words, for somebody who chooses not to talk this is useful, I am shocked nobody has discovered this tactic. Ok maybe that isn't true because all warders know this ability but they just haven't ever taken it as far as me.

[They are dead; I don't think much about the dead.]

"Wow a necromancer with no respect for the dead; we are a powerful force in this world." My granduncle warns me.

[Technically I am a warder at this school and the dead have a reason to not be on this earth, so as far as I am concerned I can disrespect the ones that are still here.] My notebooks reads, granduncle is really annoying me today. I flip my notebook.

"Hey Izanami!" I turn to see my roommate Lia come sit next to me. She is an alright person. Guess I might be biased since I have known her since that event.

[Hi.] I write down simply. Not really much to say to Lia when I think about it.

"That was a good battle there!" Lia says in her usual enthusiastic voice, I just shrug. I was battling Lisa, a paladin and Selena, an archer. They weren't that tough, Selena was annoying because she just shot arrows and ran away when I slashed my Kuuouznriyw at her. "By the way who was that cute blond on your side?"

[Which annoying blond are you talking about, the unbearable blond or the less annoying blond?] I flip my paper to reveal these words. Lia spending all this time has gotten use to this.

"I think he is the son of a duke, silly." Lia says. I was never good at Lia's girl talk as she calls it. Actually now that I look her over the mostly black and partially green suit suits her. Though I must ask why she puts her black hair into one long strand.

[Aberto, I wouldn't be too interested into this one because I think he is more than just being a son of a duke.] The paper says but as far as Lia is concerned it isn't going to be enough of a deterrent.

"Oh Izanami I didn't know you knew, err, Lia was it?" Aberto says with Erik following close behind. I glare at them, please don't invite them to sit next to us Lia! "Well then again, what do I know about you?"

"Oh you must be Izanami's teammates, please come sit next to us." Lia says inviting them. Erik quickly takes his seat next to my right while Lia sits next to my left with Aberto next to her. Lia, my good friend Lia, why must you be the kindest soul I know. Actually is she using me for her advantage?

"Whatcha thinking about?" Erik asks flashing one of those fake smiles of his. I am thinking about how my friend is using me to get what she wants. I guess she does have to put up with my silence.

"Maybe I can carry a conversation for you!" Erik says enthusiastically, not because he is but because that means he can try to embarrass me.

"It's him isn't it?" Granduncle says pointing at Erik. He really has no fear of if he might be found out or not.

[Yes I do believe so…] my notebook says. I will have to see how well I can hold a two way conversation.

"Wow she responds!" Erik half shouts, sarcasm dripping from his voice. I would feel sorry for everybody in class if I didn't think I needed to find a way to get the loud mouth next to me to shut up.

"Are you sure?" Granduncle asks, responses for these that come to mind…Oh, I know! Of course would work just fine.

[Of Course.] My notebook reads when I turn the page. Two points to zero and those two points are mine. They are going to have to try better.

"You would think that with how little you talk and how much you don't like me that you wouldn't talk to me." Erik retorts. He is probably from East Voma with that accent of his, that and his attitude makes it obvious that he isn't from the city.

"Then we must hurry up our plans we have little time." Granduncle says, now the curveballs start coming. Let's see… Yes it was quite a surprise I guess I will just have to wait to see how it continues. Yes that should work for both rather loosely.

[Yes it was quite a surprise I guess I will just have to wait to see how it continues.] My notebooks says. Geez I probably should quit the game sometime soon or else I will start to make things complicated. Actually now that I am thinking about it I must be bored right now if I am playing such a childish game and getting competitive about it.

"See you are playing those childish games again." Granduncle says I intensify my glare to go right through him but he seems to understand the message. "Ok maybe they aren't childish as they help sharpen mental skills but I think other games are better."

[Focus class is about to start.] My notebook reads when I flip it.

-Later that day-

"Geez you have been in a sour mood since class, you aren't even responding to me!" Lia pretty much shouts in the library. I sigh as the librarian gives us a dirty look.

"Ok I know you even responding to somebody is rare but come on we rarely get such valuable time together." Lia says a little quieter, wait a second what valuable time; we spend all the time together.

[You are crazy.] My notebook says Lia frowns at me; my mood isn't exactly the best. Our teacher Si'as is not what he seems to be. [I am going back to our room, it will be locked so don't try entering.]

"Wait Izanami don't do this to me, I take back what I said I didn't really mean it!" Lia stumbles out of her mouth as I walk away. I walk towards our room and enter it when I get there.

I lock the door and get into my side of the room, Lia swears I do just about anything in this school so she doesn't understand why I am a warder but whatever.

"Puzw, Poazanw, Fawaoa, wyzna yz 'neai aiycywuwaai rii eaynaa nao'zn woyz uia nacyo'znuncyaoz cyueaea aiauwo w' ueaea'ui az w' rioauku wo'za ri'anaiuoi" I Chant and the visions come. Devine beings, destructions, secrets, magic, and a coming war.

I open my eyes with Lia banging on the door. Our Stupid teacher is in the middle of things, I am beginning to hate him more and more. Well better let Lia in before she makes a ruckus.

"Let me in!" she screams. I open the door so hell can come in. As soon as it swings halfway back she springs on me. What is she planning? Knowing this idiot it'd be tickling. She grabs hold of me and pushes me on the bed and starts tickling.

[Stop trying to tickle me.] My notebook reads. I don't know how long before I start laughing. Keep control. I can control myself. I feel my lips turn slightly upward. I will not be defeated. I start frowning.

"You're not very ticklish are you?" she asks in a disappointed voice. If she's given up why is she still tickling me? She then gets off of me.

[How did you guess] my notebook says. She walks to the door and locks it. I don't like the look of this. She boards up the window. Now the only light source is the candle.

"Now it's time for punishment" she says walking up to me. What does she think she can do to me? In fact why is she wasting energy on this petty thing, I just locked her out for an important matter.

[This will not end well] my notebook reads. She then jumps at me and steals my notebook as I say this. Curse her she did have a plan. I swing my arm in a straight line towards my notebook.

Lia uses he stupid wind magic to move a little back just so I barely miss, she smiles, that witch! I do a crescent kick trying to knock the book out of her hand. She uses he wind magic to move her hand a blinding speeds, I do the return crescent kick and hit her hand knocking the book towards her bed.

She uses her magic and is on top of the book before I can reach it but luckily this gives me enough time to slide and kick the book under into the bed where I pick it up. She uses her wind magic and is sending a furry of hands towards my book. One comes from the left; I slap it with my right hand, another from below, which I defend by kicking. Finally she catches me off guard with her foot kicking it out of my hands where she once again uses her wind magic to take a grasp on the book before it falls on the ground.

I charge at her which is a huge mistake because right at that moment she quickly traverses to the door and unlocks it before I could reach her. By the time I am out of the door she has disappeared. I have to quickly think of the places she would hide my notebook at before I lose it forever. In a teacher's room, no she knows I'd go there. The idiot's room, no she wouldn't dare go near that rake. Or would she? Damn it, I'll kill her after I find my notebook.

After a bit of walking around I spot Erik, that damn bastard better take me to my notebook. The trouble in this goal is that I can't grab his attention and he is actually a rather quick walker. The fact that the drunk can walk in a straight line is beyond me. I saw him drink ten glasses of red wine.

I throw my shoe at him but sadly he stumbles a few feet to the left where I can't see half of him due to the walls in this school, I really did hope that shoe hit him with a loud thud right on his face.

What did I do to deserve this! Okay maybe I could lower my arrogance, but I digress. I am usually really kind to Lia and my friends, not that I have many of those anyway.


Mizu: Yes Izanami can talk... We will get more into the dynamics of Virathia and Voma later.