Chapter VI - Cloud Tower Fest – Part II
A.K.A.
Let the Games Begin
Will looked towards Phobos. He was looking towards the stage, as if learning the moves of D.E.A.T.H.
"Plan on dancing like them?" Will inquired giggling a little.
"Hn…" Phobos replied not taking his eyes off the girls.
"Fallen in love, then?" the girl asked yet again raising a brow.
"Maybe…Maybe not…It doesn't concern you. Go do silly, childish stuff." The male replied coldly, not even turning around. Will growled in anger and slapped him hard across the cheek.
"Screw you! I was just trying to be friendly!" she yelled in frustration.
"I didn't ask you to be my friend. Fuck off." Phobos said coldly, not looking upon the girl.
"I hope you die and go to Hell." Will said as she left, her eyes filled with tears. On her way out she bumped into...Hay Lin. Who was walking towards her.
"Will, what's wrong?" Hay Lin asked as she grabbed Will's hand.
"He's a jerk! Jerk! JERK!" Will screamed and burst into tears.
"Who?" Hay Lin inquired. Will wouldn't answer. She ran away followed by Axel.
"Leave me alone! I don't want to see you nor that jerk!" She growled running faster but, soon, she found herself crashing against a male's chest. Big, teary, green eyes looked up to see the male she had met earlier, Chris.
"Yo...What's wrong, kiddo?" Chris asked as he grabbed Will by the shoulders and shock her a little. Wrong move...
Will's eyes turned deep red as she hissed at Chris.
"Back off!" she said through clenched teeth but Chris wouldn't let go of her. "I TOLD YOU TO BACK OFF!" Will screamed in anger as Chris felt intense energy discard in his body. It was becoming hard for him to think...Not to mention that he found it hard to exhale. He tried to hold on to the girl but he felt as all his power left his body with the same speed at which Will discarded so much energy into him. He passed out in a matter of seconds due to the intense pain and lack of oxygen.
Axel looked upon his friend terrified and then to Will. Her eyes were still red and glowing.
"Lin...C'mon...You don't usually hurt people..." Axel said trying to reason with the girl, unfortunately for him, Will just smirked and walked off, her entire body radiating from the use of her new power. She had taken away Chris' power and she would do it again to anyone that dared approach her.
Soon she was gone. Axel remained for a few more seconds still, horrified by the girl's actions.
"Lin..." He said to no one in peculiar, twitching slightly. He kneeled down and checked for Chris' pulse. Happily for him, his friend still had a pulse. The only bad thing was that Icy came back...
"CHRIS!" the girl exclaimed, falling to her knees by the boy's limp body.
"It's not my fault! I swear, Icy! Lin went berserk on him! She discarded energy into him then took away all his power." Axel said truthfully, trying to escape the "Ice Queen's" wrath.
"Why. Did. She. Go. Berserk." Icy said glaring upon poor Axel.
"I dunno. I think Phobos insulted her or somethin'...She went berserk on Hay Lin then attacked Chris. I think she's in defense mode or somethin'...I really doubt that she has the slightest idea of what she's done..." Axel said looking towards the stage. To his surprise D.E.A.T.H. came in immediately.
A few older people came forward, 4 women and 1 man. One of the women looked rather serious, her green hair caught up neatly so it wouldn't get in her way. She wore a black kimono with the markings of her clan on it and held a black fan with the inscription "Death", in Japanese on it, over her mouth. Another woman that stood next to her looked just as serious but scary more than anything else. She had a kunai in her hand, between her third and fourth fingers and her hair was caught up in a low ponytail at the base of her skull. Her outfit was, probably the strangest of them all...It looked like an assassin's outfit with nothing let loose to get in the way. The two women looked coldly upon the three students.
"What has happened here?" the latter woman asked rising a brow slightly.
"Lin, Professor Yanagi...She...She g...got...m...mad..." Axel said, pausing between words.
"Speak clearly, Axel." The teacher replied, slightly angered by the boy.
"I must apologize for Axel, professor Yanagi. Your presence terrifies him." Icy said getting up and looking the older woman in the eye.
"I respect the guts you have to look me in the eye, Icy, but you might have a shorter life than expected if you continue with this lack of respect." Yanagi growled slightly.
Another woman, probably the most innocent of them all, sighed softly looking to Chris' limp body. She looked like a child, no older than 17, and her clothes didn't seem to say anything else but, despite the impression she gave off, she was actually a teacher. Hoshi was her name and she was the adopted daughter of Yanagi. Everyone liked her because she was the nicest teacher in Cloud Tower.
"Hoshi." Yanagi said looking to the girl. "Take care of the boy. He should be regaining his composure any moment now." She added coldly, her voice even colder than Icy's. It gave Axel the creeps.
"Yes, Yanagi." The girl replied innocently as she took a small metallic recipient and opened it in front of Chris. "Time to wake up, sleepy head." She said softly smiling a bit. Immediately, the boy started choking and pushed the recipient away. Hoshi closed it smiling softly.
"Yanagi...I sense that we have a far greater problem on our hands right now." The last woman said. She was rather mysterious. Her blue hair was loose and seemed to cover her eyes. What her hair didn't cover, the cloak she wore did. Her voice was soft and, somewhat, understanding.
"Daiyu, I understand your concern and I, too, believe that we ought the find miss Setsuyo before she does any more harm." The first woman finally said, crossing her arms, under her breasts. The blue-haired woman nodded slightly, hiding her hands in the opposite sleeve.
Chris looked to the people surrounding him and finally realized who they were. "Principal Tao Jun, vice principal Daiyu, professor Yanagi, professor Hoshi, professor Hayate!" the boy said in a rush bowing to the older people.
"Calm down, Christian." The last teacher, professor Hayate said coolly looking to the poor boy.
"Hayate...You make him feel so small compared to you..." Daiyu said in a soft chuckle, receiving the same reply from the male.
"Professors…I find this discussion extremely amusing and interesting but I believe that we have a crazy girl in the crowd that is able to use our powers against us and it should be out main concern." The young one, Hoshi, said softly.
"Indeed..." Hayate and Yanagi said at the same time. "The princess knows little of her powers and she might get seriously hurt during this little event we have here." Yanagi added looking away and gripping her kunai.
"I might be ale to stop her..." Professor Daiyu said holding her hand over her mouth as she then yawned.
"Bored, Daiyu?" Yanagi inquired looking upon her friend.
"No...Simply tired...I feel like my power is drained more and more every single second..." Daiyu replied.
"Excuse me, professors, yet you are not the only ones drained of power..." Darcy said respectfully. Hoshi looked to her and nodded.
"Bring him to me." The young teacher said looking at Axel and Chris.
"Whom?" Hayate asked looking upon his friend.
"The boy...Lin always acts like that when it is about a boy...Every woman acts like that when it's about a boy..."she replied softly looking to the stage. "And hurry up...Some students won't manage to keep up more…She's draining away all our energy." She added with a soft sigh.
Axel and Chris left immediately. They went to the only one they knew Lin would listen to. Julian.
"Jules, bro, do you feel it?" Chris asked looking at Julian, unfortunately destroying his moment in which he was just about to kiss Elyon.
"Feel...what...Christian...?" Julian asked angered as he turned to look at the two boys with reddish eyes.
"Lin's draining our powers and the bloody moron wants to make out with his girlfriend..." Emma said from behind Axel.
"Emilia, if you would explain yourself, then, maybe I would pay more attention to your childish remarks." Julian replied looking blankly to Axel for he couldn't see Emma.
"Can't you feel it?" Hay Lin asked weakly coming from the stage.
"Feel what, people?" Elyon asked looking strangely to everyone surrounding her and Julian.
"The...p..ower..." Hay Lin finally said as she collapsed to the ground, helplessly. Axel picked her up gently and held her in his arms for it was the only thing he could do.
"Where's Will?" Elyon inquired yet again looking around concerned.
"Somewhere in the crowd." Amelia replied coldly.
"Why? What happened?" Julian asked suspiciously.
"Err...Well...It seems that some wise guy, namely Phobos, insulted her so badly that she went berserk." Emma replied softly.
"And now she's draining away our powers." Chris added with a growl.
"WHAT?!" Both Julian and Elyon said in unison.
"What you heard." Darcy replied.
"I suggest we catch the nut job before we all pass out like the kid over there." Helena said, rather arrogantly.
"That kid over there happens to be one of my best friends bitch! So watch your mouth!" Elyon growled.
"Watch yours, kid." Helena replied coldly.
"Look! Let's just concentrate on Lin and then fight among ourselves. There are more than 5000 students here wanting to get out of this shit!" Chris said out of a sudden, breaking the trance between the two.
"Right..." D.E.A.T.H. said looking away. Hay Lin tugged on Axel's shirt for a bit of stability, trying to look to her friends.
Yet, in a blink of an eye, no one except Axel and Hay Lin was there. Everyone was searching for Will throughout the park.
Will stood under a big oak, near the one of the lakes in the park and looked at her hands in contempt.
"It feels so good..." She said with a soft smirk feeling as she drained away the powers of everyone within the park.
"Soon...Soon I will have all the powers I need to kill everyone that may dare to stay in my way." The girl added as her smirk grew wider. She touched the water and watched in contempt as the water turned dark blue then pink and finally red, a shade of red as deep as her hair.
"Heh...Finally" Will said watching the crimson water. She picked up a small stone and threw it in the water and watched in contempt as is sank under the thick layer of what used to be water, now, something similar to blood.
She disappeared with a puff and some smoke while Phobos, who was also searching for her, was just arrived. Indeed, he saw the lake that had turned into blood but he had also heard the puff that Will made when she disappeared.
"You want to play, huh?" The man asked no one in peculiar. "Let the games begin, then." He added clenching his fists and walked away. He knew exactly where to find his little spoiled princess. And he would teach her where her place was.
Hoshi sat in the oak tree watching both Will and Phobos. It felt interesting to watch the two heir's developing relationship and rather hard to hold back a giggle as she saw Phobos' supposedly angered expression. Yeah…She could have interfered, caught Will and brought her to her mother's friend, Daiyu but...Where would the fun be?
She did as her demonic instincts told her. Watch as everything unfolds then...When everything is most passionate and emotional, cut in and destroy it all. She was Yanagi's daughter. What could you expect?
"Hehe...Oh, my dear, dear friends...I'm afraid that, despite the fact that you think you're in control, you've both fallen in my trap...All I have to do, now, is to watch as the events unfold." The woman said putting her hand on a branch for better stability. Soon she felt something resembling an earth quick and looked down. It was Hayate.
"I thought we all came to an accord that we were to catch Lin if we saw her, Hoshi." The man said tapping his foot on the ground lightly.
"Hn...Why ruin their fun? I want to see how good she is nowadays." Hoshi said turning around then jumping off her branch. After doing a flip-back in the air she landed in front of Hayate on her feet, safe and unharmed.
"Would you stop showing off? Yanagi would have killed me should you have been harmed during your little jump." Hayate said glaring at Hoshi.
"Would you stop it already?! I can do a Golden Phoenix with no problem yet you have a problem with me jumping out of a tree? C'mon Hayate! This is why I'd hate you as my father." Hoshi said with a pout.
Hayate sighed and took her away by the arm.
"Your mom will kill me...And Jun and Daiyu are going to scold you so much..." he said sadly
"Yes...But I won't tell them what I know." Hoshi said with a smirk and walked ahead.
"WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?! WHAT DO YOU KNOW HOSHI?!" Hayate yelled running after her, yet it was useless.
Sorry for waiting so long guys...This chap is kinda crappy...Sorry again...