Shout Outs:
Amane Mizu: A moneybag doesn't provide much of a cushion for a butt kicking. And well we have the start of the new-year so gotta try and get all the people in there.
Guardian Master: I try and make each chapter like an episode so yes it can go on a bit long at times.
Hoshi 1015: And now starts the introduction of Kemahs room mates lol.
Kaze-Kami-Ha: But Loraido, like any case of bad gas 'will return' lol.
Mavrik Zero: Thank you. Sorry on the delay of my update.
PaleHorse07: Bram winning with Momanga is based on a real duel. (In reply to chapter 1. EVERYONE roots for the ample breasted Hawaiian lol)
Phantom 1: Odessa is Kemahs new roommate. (In reply to chapter 5. Yes we do have quite a lot of characters, but some are main and some are minor.)
Psycho King: Dunamis is proving really popular lol.
Salazare: I'm flattered but really glad you enjoy it. I hope you'll be a regular reader and reviewer.
Thor: It was a political statement against upperdeck who made Victory Dragon pointless because of their rule on scooping, and I only plagiarized from the best lol.
Ttoad: I'm glad you love it. And be sure to give feed back on the other chapters.
Authors Notes: I apologize for the great delay in the delivery of this chapter. (3 MONTHS!!!) My best friend of 17 years was moving and all my free time was devoted to him. He left May 1st sigh Then a ton of other stuff fell on my plate, and to make it worse I wasn't inspired on this chapter. But on the up side we do have two new pieces of fan art in chapter 6 (A new Dunamis, and a picture of Billy.) And for all you readers this also means quicker chapter releases since the next 4 have all been worked on in the last 3 months.
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(Ring!)
"Ah-"
(THUD!!)
"Oww! Da…ng it."
Bram had held his tongue from letting out a curse word. He had awoken early, having set his alarm to get him up with ample time to wake up, shower, eat breakfast. Then he would be able to go wake Erebos so HE could wake up, shower and eat breakfast… Of coarse having forgotten that his was the bottom bunk, and after years of sleeping in a single bed one forgets not to sit up to quickly and Bram had 'as many do' hit his head. Getting up he dressed and immediately headed for one of the few bathrooms located in the male dormitory.
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(Buzz!)
"It morning Odessa!"
Kemah proclaimed as she hopped out of bed and stretched her arms high over her head and bending slightly backwards with a cat like stretch. She had a good night sleep and was more than eager for the first day of class. Odessa on the other hand just mumbled to her-self and rolled over in the bed but ever so gradually was sitting up.
"Odessa not a person in the morning?"
Kemah asked peering at her roommate who had to blink a few times to replay the sentence in her head. Being half awake was one thing, and Kemah's unique grasp of the language was another.
"No… I'm not a morning person."
Kemah had to pause to think about the reply before realizing how she had messed up the grammar of the sentence but decided not to worry about it right now. Today was far to exiting to waste worrying over small matters.
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The auditorium was full of clambering students. All talking about their plans for the new year, discussing deck ideas, classes, or just being cordial to one another.
Orin and Thor had taken up their usual seats for the year towards the middle right side of the auditorium. It may not have seemed important but it had a good strait shot towards one of the exits, and it was beneath the air conditioner, both enough reasons for them to stake a claim. Bram, Erebos, Aonghus, and Alice walked into the auditorium having seen one another in the halls.
"Hey there guys!"
Erebos yelled out while leading the group over to where the Obelisks were sitting. Alice was carrying a small long haired, champagne colored; Chihuahua in her arms which continued to look around at the other students curiously.
"Yo."
Thor responded in a lightly indifferent tone, clearly having not slept well the night before, while Orin tapped the eraser of his pencil against the top of the desk idly glancing to the small troupe of freshmen while yawning. In truth both looked like they could use a cup of coffee.
"Sorry we're not a little more chipper. Thor and I were up late last night, I hope the rest of you are all rested up for the first day of school."
"The bed was a little hard but I've slept on worse."
Bram said while rubbing his side for emphasis and cricking his neck. Aonghus was nodding with agreement while Erebos shook his head smiling.
"Mine felt pretty good."
The two Slifers stared at Erebos with looks that read rather simply. If better sleeping arrangements wasn't enough to wedge friends apart it was apparent that it could be a threat if it was mentioned a time to often.
"Aloha!"
The energetic voice could only belong to one person while everyone turned in synchronization to see Kemah. She was pulling another girl in a red duel blazer behind her by the arm as she came hopping down the last few steps and then turning down the isle to run over. A sight, which Erebos had enjoyed perhaps a little to much; and had made Bram and Aonghus blush.
"Hey there Kemah."
Bram gave a small wave at Kemah, and a nod of acknowledgment to the mystery girl. Erebos made a less stealthy inquiry.
"Morning Kemah. Whose your friend?"
"This is Odessa! She is my mate in rooming."
Kemah stepped to the side as much as the isle of desks would allow while letting the group open up more. Some of the guys turned a little more red in the face. Odessa just gave a small snicker as she shook her head.
"I'm Odessa Wilder."
Bram took a deep breath as he out stretched his arm towards each of the now small mob of comrades.
"I'm Bram, This is Erebos, Alice, Aonghus, Orin, and Thor."
Aonghus extended his arm and shook Odessa's hand in greeting while Alice looked down at the small lap dog that was sitting in her arms.
"And this is Pedeto."
She interjected as they heard a melody being whistled coming from up the steps. Approaching from the direction of the stage everyone turned as the whistle transformed into open lyrical song.
"C'mon baby tell me what's the word. Now word up. Everybody say; when you hear the call you got to get it under way. Word up. It's the code word. No matter where you say it, you know that you'll be heard."
Dunamis took his right arm out of his pocket and gave a wave to the group as he walked by and headed for his own desk towards the back. Less than a second later a small chime rang to signal for everyone to get into their seats.
"And Dunamis…"
They said at the same time.
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On the stage a middle aged figure stepped across to stand at the center podium. It was a man, or rather a man wearing a lot of heavy makeup to hide some stresses of age but it was enough to make the students take a long hard look. He had long blonde hair pulled into an almost whip like pony tail reaching his slim waist and his blazer was accented with pink lace around the neck, shoulders, and cuffs.
"Good morning students! I am Duel Academies appointed principle, or chancellor if you will. I am Dr Vellian Crowler."
He paused while half-heartedly waiting for an-applause. Which was returned to him by a few half hearted or confused students scattered about the room. He sighed but pressed on with the introductions.
"I want you to put your resolution in your hearts and to proceed through this next year without any regrets. So without further adieu I present to you, your resident advisors, or RA's if you pardon the pun."
Crowler let out a small snicker at his own joke as the lights came up on the rest of the stage. Most of the teachers appeared to be in their mid twenties. The first set clad in Obelisk Blue uniforms stepped forward. The man wore a black duel blazer with blue lining. It was quite similar to the one Orin was seen wearing. His hair was thick and black, while darting from his head in varied lengths and in random directions.
The female instructor sported dark blonde hair. Her Obelisk blue uniform clinging to her shapely figure while the skirt revealed a pair of elegant legs. She took each step as a dancer would, her toe first and then followed by her heel. She pushed a few strands of her bangs back and tucked them behind her ear as she stepped up beside her counter part.
"Presenting the head of the men's Obelisk dorm Mr. Princeton and head of the women's Obelisk dorm Ms Rhodes."
Both stepped up to the two appointed microphone stands for when they were to speak. The male dorm leader was first.
"Many of you already met me but for those of you who haven't; I'm The Chazz, head of the Obelisk Blue men's dormitory. I won't tolerate any slackers and if you wanna graduate you better buckle down and do your work. Now can I get a Chazz it up?!"
The Obelisk blue men were easily lead into the chant. All together letting out a resounding 'Chazz it up!' Minus Thor and Orin who just twirled their fingers in the air in a sarcastically 'exited' manner and spoke in monotone 'Chazz it up…' Dunamis on the other hand was to busy listening to his music to get into the pep rally spirit. Alexis was the next speaker and had a bit more compassionate tone.
"I am the head of the women's Obelisk Blue dorm, Alexis Rhodes. I suggest that you all learn balance and synergy with not only your decks but with the other players as well. Every card, student, and teacher has a proper place."
She and Chazz then bowed and turned to walk back to their chairs.
"Next up, the head of the men Ra dorm Professor Misawa. And the heads of the women's Ra dorm respectably Ms Jasmine Makita."
Bastion approached the microphone and took a breath so as to speak more fluently.
"Good day students! I will make my introductions with the words of the great philosopher Confusious. By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest."
He finished and stepped back to give Jasmine her turn.
"Hi there everyone! I just wanted to let all of you know you can call me Jasmine. Ms Makita sounds way to formal. But I also wanted to tell you all that you should all have fun here and enjoy yourselves. You've got a good few years with us."
She let out a small giddy laugh as she and Bastion returned to their seats.
"And lastly the head of the men's Slifer Dorm; Mr. Syrus Truesdale, and head of the women's Slifer Dorm; Ms Blair Flannigan."
As the spotlight came up on the remaining portion of the stage there was no sign of the aforementioned dorm leaders. There was a moment of thick silence that was broken by a cough from one unknown audience member and Crowlers nervous chuckle.
"I am sure that they have a very good reason for being late. Probably were-"
There was the sound of metal doors being flung open from off stage as a voice called out to everyone within immediate ear shot.
"We're here! Sorry!"
The two final instructors rushed into the spotlight. One was a young woman wearing a red skirt with black thigh high stockings. Her hair was a deep shade of blue and hung down to past her waist.
The second instructor was of similar age but he was almost as short as she was. His posture was coy, if not a tiny bit nervous. His hair was a light sky blue. Styled much like a crab, in that it jutted out to the left and right, with long bangs in the front.
"Sorry Chancellor, we kind of slept through our alarm."
The man admitted with a hand behind his head with an embarrassed and nervous smile. The comment was enough to raise a confused eyebrow from Crowler.
"You both shared the same alarm clock?"
Blair and Syrus turned a bit red in the face while Alexis & Jasmine just giggled. Chazz meanwhile turned his head away with disgust.
"The Chazz really could have lived the rest of his life without knowing that."
Despite being short on breath and still panting a bit lightly from the unexpected jog both approached the microphones.
"Hello students. I'm Blair, remember that points and grades are important but you also need to duel for something you believe in and not just for prestige. The passion should come from in your heart."
Syrus approached the mic and cleared his throat.
"As you know, I am head of the Slifer boys dorm, Syrus Truesdale. I just want you to say that you can talk to me whenever you have a problem if you want. But know that you shouldn't set yourself up by other peoples standards. You should set a standard for yourself in what you want to be like and not to try and be what others want."
The audience clapped for the teachers but amongst the ambient noise, they were unable to tell that the microphones were still picking them up.
"Ya, cause everyone knows that Syrus couldn't live up to anyone's standards."
Blair gave an angry look at Chazz as she folded her arms across her chest in aggravation.
"And just what do you mean by that?! Syrus is just as important and as good a teacher as you are."
"Are you kidding me? Syrus couldn't teach his way out of a paper bag."
Chazz was more than ready to defend his statements while having gravitated towards Blair so that they were yelling in one another's faces. Soon Bastion had approached with Jasmine at his side.
"Everyone, remember the words of Thomas Hobbes. Such is the nature of men, that howsoever they may acknowledge many others to be more witty, or more eloquent, or more learned; yet they will hardly believe there be many so wise as themselves."
"Oh put a sock in it Misawa! Or is that the only way you can make yourself feel smart by spouting off words of other people?"
As the dorm overseers began to argue at the podium several of the students began to stand up as well. One young man clad in Obelisk blue stood up and slammed his hands palm down on the desk in outrage.
"You tell em Mr. Princeton!"
The Slifer who had been sitting to the boys immediate right stood up and shoved him with both arms at full force, knocking the unsuspecting 'prep' into a Ra student to his left.
"You just think your teachers better than ours cause he's an Obelisk. Same as how you think all of you are better than us!"
"It's not an opinion- It's a FACT!"
The Obelisk punctuated his words by shoving the Slifer backwards with enough force to knock him to the ground. Soon the entire auditorium was full of enraged students fighting with one another.
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Billy was one of the first out of his seat and giving a loud, if not to shrill battle cry over the growing shouts of the auditorium.
"Oh ya! Time ta show these fellas who'se-"
Billy was so drawn into the moment he never had a chance to see, let alone respond to the direct punch from another near by Obelisk. It had sailed square in the middle of Billy's face leaving him with a black eye and a bloody nose.
"That didn't hurt..."
He said with a strained voice before falling flat onto his back unconscious.
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Thor and Orin remained in their seats. Orin giving a sigh of frustration at the animalistic behavior of all the other students, what did they think this was? It was the first day of school and what did they have to show for it but a riot. He looked over at Thor who was now fully awake and who was already popping his knuckles while grinning like a kid in a candy store.
"You aren't REALLY going to sink to their level are you?"
"Only if one of them starts something."
Thor tipped his head to the side and managed to release some built tension with an audible 'pop' before a voice spoke up from directly behind he and Orin.
"So you upper classmen think you're better than us huh?!"
It was a Ra student who had his hands placed in a commanding fashion on his hip and looked down his nose at the two, seated seniors. Apparently he was of the opinion that all Obelisk students were the same, and reasoning with him looked to be out of the question. It was with those words that Thors eyes took on a sparkle and turned his head with an almost crazy grin at Orin.
"Oh Orin… They started something."
Orin just kept his head in his hands, not even needing to see Thor to know what look he was giving. Using one hand to rub his temple he gave a dismissive wave with his free arm.
"I know I know. Just try not to do any permanent damage to anyone."
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"You call yourselves goons?!"
Loraido hollered as one thrown textbook nearly hit him in the head. The five alternate Obelisk students nearly getting bowled over by a small wave of Ra and Silfer students who thought they'd take the once in a life time opportunity to openly attack the conceded money handler. As the protective bubble of minions around him nearly caved in, Loraido dove down and crawled on hands and knees to stow himself safely beneath the desks.
Looking to his right he was met with the sight of Aonghus who despite his mass had managed to pull his knees up to his chest and had his arms wrapped around them. He had to lay on his side to keep from hitting his head on the underside of the desk. He seemed to be whispering something to himself.
"Hey you! Slifer!"
Aonghus slowly pulled his head up from his arms and looked over at Loraido with a nervous but inquisitive expression.
"Who? Me?"
"Ya you, what ever your name is. Look I'll pay you fifty bucks to get out there and protect me from that revolting mob of your incompetent class mates."
"Are you kidding? I'll be killed!"
Loraido couldn't help but falter. It'd figure it was his luck to get stuck with the mountain of a man, who was as yellow as a school and had as much back bone as a jellyfish
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Dunamis had his eyes closed as he rocked back and forth with an almost Ray Charles rhythm both hands resting in the pockets of his blazer.
"Work It. Make It. Do It. Makes Us."
His body tilted to the right to avoid a Slifer being pushed backwards over the desk.
"Harder. Better."
He then tilted back to the left and extended his foot, as the fist of an angry Ra student tried to connect with Dunamis inclined body. However due to gravity, the students own momentum and the leg trip the unfortunate young man went rolling down the isle.
"Faster. Stronger."
This time he stood up onto his chair and jumped onto the desk just in time to avoid two students in mid grapple falling directly into where he had been sitting. His eyes opened now as he walked length wise down the desks stopping and occasionally jumping from one row to another.
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Kemah had backed away from the fighting as much as she could but given that the entire surrounding area was mass chaos, she hadn't been able to back to far away before the fighting reached her. She backed into the wall as one of the wayward student was about to collide with her as another Slifer boy grabbed him and threw him to the side.
"I'll protect you Kemah!"
She was surprised for the assistance but she gave him a grateful smile.
"It is nice nice of you."
"No! I'll protect you!"
A Ra student mentioned while rushing in and getting to her opposite side, an action which infuriated her first 'savior' who turned to face him and pointed to himself with one finger.
"I said I would protect her. Get lost!"
"Both of you loosers should back off. Kemah needs a real man to protect her."
The 'private' feud had now become the attention of several near by male students, the newest to join in having been an Obelisk. Soon the 'private quarrel' had become an entire nother brawl.
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Orin had remained seated for as long as possible couldn't help but take notice of several students starting to converge on him. He wiped his eyes with the back of one hand to rub the sleep from them as he stood up. As the students jumped forward he brought his other hand over his head and thrust it downward, releasing a smoke bomb at his feet that rose up around his body. As the students collided with each other and landed on the floor, the smoke disappeared to reveal Orin had vanished.
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Bram looked around to gather his wits. Everything was happening so quickly, having begun with just a few insults on stage and now an open riot. He didn't have much time to think before a Ra student was staring him down.
"Hey Slifer! Show me what you've got!"
Bram made a close lipped 'nu uh' as he backed away and put his hands up in a surrendering gesture.
"No, I'm not really the fighting type."
"Oh I get it. You're just a cowardly wuss then?"
Bram nodded his head an affirmative yes. He really wasn't a coward but he was a pacifist and he wasn't going to get involved in this if he could help it. The yellow coated student was lifted off his feet and sent to the ground as Erebos grabbed him in a bear hug from behind and tossed him away.
"Hey Bram! It's cool! We can fight and they can't get mad at us for defending ourselves!"
Erebos gave a-thumbs up but was caught off guard as the thrown Ra had righted himself and charged so as to tackle Erebos to the ground.
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Odessa was standing near to Alice. With Pedeto yapping at anyone that came into the near vicinity though it really wasn't very effective. Both girls had gotten up close to the wall. Another Slifer went stumbling backwards. Blindly trying to support himself by grasping for the wall he mistakenly grabbed something else. As an end result his hand made contact with Odessa's butt cheek and had given it a firm squeeze.
"Pervert!"
The poor student didn't even know what hit him as Odessa made contact with his face with her fist. He was out like a light as Alice looked at Odessa, a tiny bit scared and backed away to give her a bit of room.
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"This is no way to behave!!!"
Crowler screamed indignantly with enough volume that it brought the microphone into a piercing level of feedback that drew everyone to a standstill. The gaze of infuriation from the chancellor lead the students to slowly releasing one another from their head locks, or removing their foot from the other persons side and returning to an 'orderly' manner.
"Now that I have all of your attention, perhaps we can maintain what little dignity we have left and continue with things as per our schedule. Allow me to introduce the representative of this years entering class. He is the student who was recorded with the highest combined grade on his written exam and his placement duel. Saber Ethelric will take the school oath on behalf of this-years students."
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Bram was trying to pop his shoulder back into place from an inadvertent tackle he was stuck in the middle of. Erebos was groaning and trying to realign his spine from the tumble he had taken down some of the stairs.
"Just think Bram that could have been you. You know… had things gone better."
Bram delivered a stiff but open palm to Erebos back- resulting in an audible 'SNAP' and making Erebos jump with a yelp of surprise and gripping the base of his back to the best of his ability.
"Yea yea, we went over that before."
Aonghus head peered up from around the top of the table when things had finally settled down.
"Is it safe to come out now?"
Erebos looked at Aonghus while situating himself into sitting down in a near by chair.
"Ya it is safe. When did you get down there though?"
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As if on cue, a large group of mixed students all fell to the ground around one young man. He had a sword drawn from its sheath that hung at his left hip. It was intimidating to say the least as he spun the blade between his fingers and re-holstered it. He had strawberry blonde hair and his build was tall and thin but still with lean muscles. He was a member of the Ra dorm as evident by his uniform. He stepped with almost military precision over the students who were lying on the floor around him. He looked to not have a scratch on him despite the large tussle.
"They are alright aren't they?"
Crowler had covered the receiver of the microphone so as to not be heard on the speakers. The young man just nodded his head as he stooped down to pick up another microphone from where it and its stand had been knocked to the floor.
"I only struck with the broad part of my blade, they will be fine. Just a few welts."
Saber whispered so that he would not be overheard on the microphone. He then cleared his throat and took a breath. His voice immediately commanded the attention of the students and it was with enough firm conviction that it returned many of them to the nearest open seat.
"Professor our entering class pledges to observe the rules of Duel Academy!
To have pride in our selves as duelists
To carry the utmost respect for our opponents
and to remain diligent in these things day after day.
Entering class representative Ethelric Saber."
By the time the young man had finished the introduction speech, the other students had gathered to their feet and their silence gave way to a light though respectable applause. Crowler clapped especially loud while smiling broadly. He was happy the speech had gone so well, was said with such conviction, and more importantly had returned everyone to proper order.
"Well stated young scholar."
"That kid sure has a lot of potential."
Blair whispered behind her hand so that the R.A were able to hear her. Syrus was still shifting uncomfortably from one leg to another.
"He's still a little to stern for a kid if you ask me. Did you see the look in his eyes while he was talking? It was scary."
"Syrus you think that lawn gnomes are scary."
Chazz retorted while trying to keep himself from a slumping posture thinking about his disappointment over fellow associate's attitude. The idea of being scared of one of the students was virtually laughable.
"They are scary! They have those blank soulless eyes and those permanently wrinkled faces."
Syrus said to defend his own case but was interrupted by Bastion who was getting back to the topic at hand.
"I'm certainly glad he is in my dorm. I'll be able to teach him everything I know about love, life, and the universe."
Bastion whispered proudly as he continued to clap. The other teachers eyebrows lowered as they all gave a shared glare of jealousy at the Ra professor who would be getting to see just what Saber was capable of in being a protégé.
"Oh get over yourself Bastion."
Alexis murmured.
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Madeline had been watching from the very back, far enough that none of the fighting had even come remotely close to her. Despite her usually deadpan expression her lips turned up into a sweet smile at the thought of the coming year. She still was going to have to be careful but perhaps the new Ra student would be of some use to her. Very quietly she dismissed herself and started down the hallway to make for her first class of the day.
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Loraido stood and looked around at the fallen cohorts. He kicked one in the side as he fumed and sat down in a chair.
"Man you guys are so useless."
He grumbled as he took out a small palm pilot from his shirt pocket and started to make a few notes about the prospect of getting new lackeys.
"You shouldn't insult your pack. They did their best, it just wasn't… good enough."
Loraido glanced up to see Leigh standing before him. Her hands upon her hips in a commanding fashion while her eyes trailed down to look at the figures draped around the floor.
"What do you want Leigh? I'm kind of busy right now if you hadn't noticed."
His question was answered with an outstretched arm with the hand resting underneath his nose. It was open and with the palm facing upward with a typical 'give me' gesture.
"My shoes got scuffed in the brawl. I need money for new ones."
Loraido rolled his eyes and groaned as he placed his palm pilot on the desk and reached into his back pocket. Drawing out his wallet he opened it and handed her a twenty. She looked at it then back at him, never closing her fist yet.
"I need some NICE new shoes."
Loraido just shot her a displeased look but he said something intelligible under his breath and slapped another two twenties into her palm as she shrugged.
"I guess if it is the best you can do for now."She mentioned idly turning to walk away from him.
"Oh and see you later sweetie."
Her tone was dripping with sweetness that was far to thick to have been anything other than sarcastic. Loraido just sat watching her leave before reaching down to get his palm pilot and noticing it gone. His eyes rolled back in his head as he clenched his hands into fists.
"ARGH! She did it again!"
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As Saber walked back up the isle, Erebos, Bram, Aonghus, and the others were situated close to the end of the desks. Saber kept his eyes strait forward and didn't pause until Erebos leaned over a desk to talk to him.
"Hey that was a great speech. It was kind of short, sweet and to the point. Maybe you want to hang out some time? Watch some T.V? Eat some macaroni and cheese?"
Bram also gave a friendly smile.
"And thanks for getting everyone to quiet down."
Bram felt startled as Saber snapped his neck around to look at them both with eyes that seemed cold as steel. It was enough to make Bram rest his back against the desk behind him and Erebos to blink in stark confusion.
"The speech was assigned. Any kindergartener would be able to recite it, and before you get any ideas I'm not the kind of guy to go slumming."
Erebos jaw dropped open as Bram winced for his friend. Talk about one let down after another. There hadn't even been a joking tone to Sabers voice. It held the same edge that his name had already suggested. Erebos was finally able to get his wits about him and glanced back to Bram and Aonghus then turned to face Saber once more.
"Hey what about that whole 'to carry the utmost respect for our opponents' part of your speech?"
"I also said 'to have pride in our selves as duelists.' When you show me a real duelist I will respect him as my opponent."
With a slow and calculating manner his eyes trailed over each of the duelists as he spoke his next sentence.
"Until then I refuse to tolerate slackers."
His eyes passed over Bram.
"Misfits."
He scanned over Aonghus.
"And degenerates."
His eyes bored into Erebos who could have sworn the room had gotten a few degrees colder just in listening to what Saber said. While everyone was still to shocked or stunned to make much of a reply Saber took his leave, walking back up the stairs and heading out of the auditorium towards his first class. Despite the fact everyone had regained their composure before he had left, they waited well until he was out of earshot before speaking. If this was how he responded to polite invites, one could only imagine what may happen if he heard you insult him.
"Sheesh what crawled up his butt and died?"
Erebos glanced at his two friends who just shook their heads.
"Maybe he's just having a bad day."
Bram tried to at-least reason on what would warrant such a fierce response. Aonghus was just getting his knees to stop shaking together as he let out a breath he had been holding for what felt an eternity.
"He was still scary."
"Who was scary still?"
The three 'misfits' looked over as Kemah and Odessa had been approaching them and caught only the last part of the conversation. Aonghus face flushed red while Erebos got kind of a goofy smile on his face which promptly caused Bram to sigh and put his palm against his head.
"Hey Kemah! We were just talking about that Saber kid."
Erebos said while trying to make himself sound as 'mature' about the matter as he could. Kemah gave a small dreamy smile as she looked off in the distance at Saber who was being flocked by a small group of girls from varied dorms. Odessa was also getting a kind of giddy smile on her face thinking about him.
"He is kû mai nô, he pali."
She then realized everyone was staring at her for an explanation.
"He is like beautiful cliff that attracts attention."
"Ya, and a big jerk to boot."
Erebos stated while Aonghus and Bram nodded a little hesitantly. Not wanting to burst the girls bubbles but also thinking it best to warn them now.
"You can't judge everyone by their appearances."
Dunamis said with his usual 'appearance' from the most unusual places. This time having walked down the rows of desks and now sitting down atop one desk in the immediate vicinity. He let his legs swing to and fro beneath him before resting his heels on the back of a chair.
"Dunamis has a point. Just because he's handsome, doesn't mean he is a good guy."
Bram mentioned sagely.
"I wasn't talking just to the women."
Dunamis smiled from ear to ear which earned him looks of confusion from the entire group.
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Crowler was glad to see that everyone had made up, or at the very least weren't trying to kill one another now. He gave another fierce look at his former students on the stage, who had all begrudgingly accepted being friends once more and then looked back out at the audience.
"Now thanks to all of this barbarian behavior we have run over our intended time limit so all of you who are not in need of immediate medical attention, report to your assigned classes immediately."
The entire auditorium moaned in unison with disappointment as they began to file out of the room. There was another pillar of smoke that materialized from thin air as Orin stepped out of it to be beside Thor, who was only a little scuffed up but dusting himself off.
"So how many did you get to 'teach a lesson' to?"
"Twenty Five."
Thor proclaimed with a proud smile as he rest his hands on his hips. Glancing back to Orin his body posture carried a confident air, knowing full well Orin couldn't ever K.O. that many students in such a short time span. Orin just smiled back acceptingly and looked around at the still disheveled classroom.
"Four more than last year, all walls are still standing, and no ambulance. Good job."
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