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Chapter Three

~Isa's pov~

"Elsword! Let's get going already!" I yell from the couch. Right now, I'm sitting and waiting on Elsword who's probably playing a game like usual. Today, I get no response. Just what is he doing now? I sigh as I stand up and walk over to his door, open it and walk in. To my surprise, Elsword isn't actually playing a game. Instead he's laying down… Sleep… I sigh once more as I walk over and shake his body. "Get up." He then slightly turns his head and I see his crimson eye glaring at me.

"Go away, I don't feel like it" he says before turn his head back.

"Too bad. Third day and you gotta go so get out of bed you lazy bum." He doesn't move. I grab the cover and pull, but I feel him pull back as well. "Oh, so that's how it is. Alright, I'll level to your playing field." I walk over to his consoles. I bend down and touch his PS4. "I suppose me and this PS4 shall get to know each other better." I then feel his hand grabbing my wrist.

"Don't. You. Dare." We both glare at each other.

"Get dressed little bro. I don't feel like missing the train for your sake." He sighs and then goes back to his bed.

"You do know if we miss this train, you won't be able to be slapped by Aisha like you were yesterday." I stay silent. "Unless… That's what you're going for. Are you a masochist bro?" I continue being silent and walk out. "Older bro confirmed masochist."

~Train station. Elsword's pov~

Isa and I make it to the station with five more minutes to spare. He seriously wanted to get here when we still have time left? Total masochist… I then feel him poke me and I turn, immediately giving him a murderous glare. "One would think after you sleep, you'd be well rested and not giving me this stare of yours" he says. Glare intensifies.

"Barely an hour of sleep won't save you from such a thing" I reply, looking away. "Now why'd we come so early even though we had time, Mr. Masochist?" I now feel him watching me like he always does when I call him out like so.

"I'm not a masochist! And it was to make sure we didn't miss it!" Even though we haven't missed it yet?

"That's a lie and you know it." I look back at him, the glare still there. "We've made it without being late so far, yet today you wanted to ensure we made it." I now look away. "You just wanna be touched by your master, Aisha, again. Admit it you sick masochist." (Due note that this isn't insulting anyone out there who is a masochist.) I now hear him growl.

"For the last time I'M NOT A MASOCHIST!" He then stays silent, noticing he caught the attention of the other people around us. I let out a sigh as the train arrives and we all get on. I take my usual spot next to the window and Isa sits next to me. "Besides, today is Friday, the end of the week. I needed to make sure we got there on time so I wouldn't miss any of the ladies that wanted something to do for the weekend." I roll my eyes as I take out some headphones.

"Wake me up once we get to school or when you get slapped." I then put on my headphones, immediately clicking on a random song before Isa can retort with something lame. I then close my eyes, trying to dream once again.

The avenger is roaming through the land
Ready for the clash, for the lasting gash
Mothers kissing sons with a staff in hands
The bride is shining when the groom is gold

The Spirit is over town, waiting for me to hit the floor
Blooming white sky for the voice of one calling tonight
Tonight fate is the red crown, the red crown around your door
Time is scattering the seeds of the mourning daylight

I then feel something shake me and open my eyes. "Let's go before we miss our stop" I hear Isa say. I wipe my eyes as I yawn, following him. That was too short a time for us to make it to the school. Even the song didn't finish. I then look at my phone, only to see that it's already midway through a different song… Today's already turning out to be weird...

I walk into homeroom and I'm greeted by seeing Lu in my seat, talking to Aisha and Chung. I then go over to them and sit in Eve's seat who isn't here yet. "Hey guys" I say as I sit down.

"Elsword!" Lu says first. "Sorry I'm in your seat, mine is over by the door and I wanted to talk to the others." I shake my head, signaling her that it's fine. She then smiles.

"You weren't online yesterday around 12ish. Fell asleep?" Chung asks as he passes me an unopened Demon. I smile before opening it up and drinking some.

"Kinda went to sleep. Isa's voice was getting annoying and he kept coming into my room" I reply and I see Aisha shake her head.

"Should've slapped him like I did. Stopped him for a bit" she says which makes me chuckle.

"I would but he'd probably take that as an invitation to fight him, and I didn't feel like dealing with him." She shakes her head again which makes me give her a nervous smile. Ms. Ann then walks in, signaling us that class will be starting soon. Lu then stretches out her arms before standing up.

"Looks like I better get back to my seat before she begins" she says as she walks back to her seat. I then get up and sit in mine, watching some more students walk in.

Ms. Ann then clears her throat before walking to the center of the room. "Alright right class, today we have a newcomer to our class. Good thing for them too that the school year just started" she starts. New student already huh?

"I bet it's a hottie" Isa says with a poor attempt to disguise his voice.

"Yeah! She'll totally be cute" another student says, not knowing it was Isa's voice. More male than students begin talking about it.

"Settle down class" Ms. Ann says in a slightly louder voice than she usually uses. They quiet down and she walks over and opens the door. "You may now come in." She sits down at her desk and the new student walks in. A tall, light skinned male with neat straight black hair. His golden eyes seem to glow while his two scars seemed like they were just there for decoration. What really popped out about him was the metal arm that was covered with cloth that matched the uniform. The room stays silent until…

"He looks scary…" one of the girls in front of Eve whispers to her friend. More whispers then erupt between the students. Aisha then leans over to me.

"What's with his arm?" she asks. I shrug as I look back at him. He then writes his name, Raven, on the board.

"Hello everyone. As you can see on the board, my name is Raven. How are you all on this fine morning?" he says with a big smile that doesn't fit his image. …Huh? Strange, I imagined him going "What're you all looking at huh? I'll kill ya if you keep staring!" and such. The class remains silent.

"Hiya!" Lu says out loud as she lifts up her hand. Raven then turns to her and stares intensely at her.

~Raven's pov~

"My… God!" I shout as I spot a beautiful, petite lady with white hair with the style of twin tails. Everyone looks at me strangely as if I'm some sort of extraterrestrial being. I pay no mind to it and just prance over to the lovely little lady I spotted a second ago. "I'm here my little beauty~. And what might your name be, if you don't mind me asking?" I ask the white haired beauty that captured my eye.

"U-uh… Luciela, but call me Lu" she says before clearing her throat. "Nice to meet ya!"

"Luciela… Such a beautiful name! But I'll call you Lu if that's what you prefer. Please take care of me!" I say with a smile. She gives me an awkward smile before slowly looking away.

"Ciel! What in the world are you doing!? That's too dangerous!" I hear Ms. Ann shouting behind me along with a loud thud, making me turn towards the source of the sound and seeing a male with a pale complexion, blue eyes and white hair with a blue streak. He's wearing the school's uniform so he must be a student like us. But… Where did he come from? And why is he standing in the window?

"Big Brother!? What are you doing here?" Lu asks. Brother? Sooo… This guy is related to Lu?

"I sense a pervert" Ciel says.

"Pervert! Where!?" I shout as I look around for this pervert so he wouldn't scare my lovely Lu! I then feel a strong force hitting the side of my head and see that Ciel dropped kicked me. What!? I'm the pervert? "MEEEEEEEEEE-" I shout as I fly towards the classroom wall, hitting it and losing consciousness.

~Ciel's pov~

I stand back up and look at the one who I sensed trying to touch my sister, this so called Raven. That'll teach him to watch his hands! I then walk over to Lu. "Are you hurt, dear sister?" I ask. She then gives me a pouting face. "Is something the matter?"

"Aren't you suppose to be in your homeroom with the other second years?!" she shouts. I look at the window where I came from and then back at her.

"They're not as important as you. Besides, I have to make sure perverts like him don't touch you." I then shoot a glare at Raven before turning back to Lu with a calm look.

"If you want to protect her so much, you should stay in the same homeroom as well" I hear a random student call out. Same homeroom...

"You're right, random stranger." I then turn to their homeroom teacher. "Ms. Ann!" She jumps from the sudden calling of her name. "I demand you let me be in your homeroom, for I must protect my dear sister's morning beauty."

"B-b-but there are no more empty seats…" she says in a low tone. I immediately look at the student sitting next to Lu and pull him out of his seat.

"You're new classroom is 2-B. Go." He then nervously runs off, almost bumping into the wall. "Now, have a good day with your classes. I'll make sure this one here doesn't have any of the same classes anymore." I walk back over to Raven, grab one of his legs, and then begin dragging him out of the classroom.

~Seminar. Elsword's pov~

I sit down in my seat in front of a computer, replaying the events that happened in homeroom today. Strange transfer student announces his love to Lu, Lu's brother comes in with a flying kick and now demands to be in the classroom. "Sit down and do whatever unless you have homework" my seminar teacher, Mr. Adams, tells us before sitting back down at his desk. "I'm always here if you need any extra help." I look back at the computer and sign in.

"So, what's your thoughts on the new guy" Chung asks as he sits down in the seat next to me. "To me, he seems friendly with a misleading face."

"Gotta agree on that one, but the whole thing with Lu was pretty weird" I reply, now seeing Aisha walk into the class and towards us. "What do you think of the new guy Aisha?"

"He's… different" she says as she takes the other seat beside me. "Better than Isa, that's for sure. But also strange. I wonder more about that arm of his though."

"Maybe we can learn more about it during lunch" Chung suggests which makes us look at him. "Think about it. He's very interested in Lu and most likely wants to be near her during lunch. Since Lu sits at our table, he might as well." True, but there's the chance that he wants to be alone with her or doesn't have lunch at the same time as us.

"It's worth a shot. We should go on it." Chung and I then nod.

~Lunch~

I make to to the table with Aisha and Chung with me. This time though, Isa isn't the first to make it. "Oh good, that bonehead isn't here yet" Aisha says as her and Chung take the seats across from me."Well then, guess we wait till Lu shows up."

"Hiya guys!" I hear Lu say as her, Raven and Ciel show up with their lunches. Well, that was fast… The three of them then take their seats: Lu and Ciel on my side while Raven on the other. "Ciel and Raven wanted to tag along and sit with me so I had to wait for them." I look at Raven, specifically his arm, and thoughts about how he got that arm immediately rush into my mind. Maybe he was in some type of climactic sword fight and his enemy cut off his arm in the process. Or maybe he gave his arm away because his sibling or someone close lost theirs. I shake my head. Nah, both those reasons are stupid.

"Curious about how I got this arm?" I hear Raven ask. Our eyes meet and I see him smiling.

"What? Uh… no.. yes" I say on instinct. He chuckles then clears his throat.

"It's a very dark story, one of epic proportions, that happened…. in my kitchen." ….What? I, along with the rest of the table, give him a dumbstruck look. "Yes. It was on a sunny day too if I recall correctly."

~Flashback. Raven's kitchen in his pov~

I finish cutting up the steak that I'm cooking for dinner and put it in the pan to fry. Seeing it sizzle in the frying pan brings a smile to my face. Once I finish putting the rest of the pieces I cut into the pan, I grab an onion and lay it on the chopping board. "This will give it some good flavor" I say as I nod. I start cutting into the onion, feeling rivers stream down my cheeks. "Oh yeah, onions do that don't they?" I then laugh at myself for forgetting a little detail. After blindly chopping it a few times, I feel the knife slip outta my hand followed by clanging and thudding sounds. I quickly rub my eyes out and see the knife flying everywhere around the kitchen. How does that even work? I ask in my thoughts. I then see the knife heading towards me, feeling a tingling sensation in my left shoulder and a loud thud. I look over to my left shoulder only to see my left arm gone and blood spurting out where my arm was. I look down and see my dismembered arm. "Ah" I say out loud. "I think I over sharpened the knife a bit." I then fall on my back, my eyes getting heavy and feeling a bit chilly.

~Blehhh end of flashback. Elsword's pov~

I stare at Raven, completely bewildered by his story. "...Why do I feel as though I just got punched by Touma from Toaru Majutsu no Index" I say as I close my eyes, seeing Touma with his fist aiming for me while saying 'I'll break that illusion!' I then let out a sigh.

"Wait… If you lost a lot of blood and almost lost conscious, how're you still alive?" Chung asks Raven out of nowhere, making everyone turn towards Raven while staring intensely.

"Ha ha. My childhood friend who lives with me came home just in the nick of time! I heard her scream my name before I lost consciousness and once I woke up, I already had this taking my arm's place!" Raven replies with a discomforting smile on his face.

"What happened to your human arm?" Aisha asks.

"Oh that, I donated it!" he replies with that smile still on his face. Everyone, including myself, give him a dumbstruck look, not knowing how to act in this type of random situation. "I don't regret it though. I mean, I can do this!" aHe then pounds his artificial arm into the table, causing it to shatter to pieces. "Ta-da!~ Amazing right?" A proud smile then goes across his face. I see everyone still dumbstruck, not even blinking. I guess they were hit a bit too hard… "Oh! It can also do this!" Raven clicks a button on his arm and I see a laser pointer coming from the palm of his hand, aiming it at Chung who is still dumbstruck. Seriously guys? How long are you all gonna stay like that?

"You shouldn't point that at people Raven!" I hear an unfamiliar voice shout at Raven and he turns his laser off. We all then turn to the one who called him; a girl with long hair with considerable amount of split ends, a bit wild at the top, pale green eyes and big… I feel my nose bleed, making me immediately cover it. "Honestly, you should try and be a little more civil." She takes the seat next to Raven while he chuckles. She then looks at all of us before giving us a nervous smile. "Sorry if he caused any trouble. He can be quite the handful sometimes" she adds and laughs nervously.

"Ah, don't worry. He was just explaining the epic story on how he got that artificial arm of his" I say, pointing at Raven's artificial arm. She smiles, making me blush a bit. She's cute...

"Are you all Raven's friends?" she asks us and we all look at each other.

"We're just in the same class. Lu and Ciel seem to be friends with him though" Chung answers as I pick up the napkin that was on my tray and clean my hand. "When did you two become friends anyway, Ciel?"

"We cleared things up while I was dragging him to the infirmary" he says as he cuts an apple into little rabbits for Lu. Hm, I wonder what they talked about.

"Oh, I should introduce myself. My name is Rena. Raven and I have been friends since we were kids so we always take care of each other." She then grabs Raven's arm and he just nods in agreement. Raven you… you… lucky dog!

"It's nice to meet you Rena. I'm Elsword and the others setting with us is Aisha, Chung, Luciela but we call her Lu, and her older brother Ciel" I tell her. Everyone just waves at Rena and she returns it by waving back as well.

"Oh! Raven, we should start heading to class." Why so early?

"But we got a few minutes before it finishes" Raven replies which makes Rena shakes her head.

"Yeah but I have a few things that I need to tell you." She then pulls Raven off his seat and drags him towards the exit of the cafeteria. "It was nice meeting you all! I hope we get another chance to get together!"

"Goodbye friends!" Raven shouts as Rena drags him away. Huh. Guess we're friends now.

~Blehh… Later again~

I leave the school with still no signs of Isa anywhere. Where'd that idiot go? He should know I won't hesitate to leave him if the train shows. I then turn right and see a girl handing him something before walking off. He then notices me and runs over, a giant smile on his face. "Bro! I got a hot chick's number!" he says before shoving it into my face with me swatting his hand away.

"Not interested. Where were you all day?" I ask as he puts the number away.

"Nowhere special. I just ditched class to hang out with her is all." ...All for a girl. Way too much effort. Before I'm able to reply, I'm cut off by the sudden calling of my name.

"Elsword!" I hear a familiar, yet unfamiliar, voice call out. I turn around and see a girl with long black hair that has a white streak going to the right and a bow poking out from the back, a red eye as well as a golden eye, and a school uniform on. It can't be…

"A-ara..?" I ask. She then smiles. It's really her?!

"You remember me!" She runs toward me, her arms out and her big… Hold it in Elsword! I resist the urge to nosebleed as she comes closer, tripping once she gets a few feet away from me.

…

Silence then passes as I stare at her with dumbstruck look. She lifts her head up with a nervous smile before standing up and dusting herself off. She then clears her throat and hugs me. "You remembered me! It's been so long yet your face still looks the same." I smile as I hug her back.

"Eight years to be exact. Your face also hasn't changed." We let go and Isa walks up to us.

"It's you again! Uh… Lame older brother guy!" Isa frowns before walking over to the train station which makes Ara giggle.

"C'mon, we can talk more once we get back to my place." She smiles and we follow Isa to the train station.

Finished. Wheeeeeeeew~