Me: Hello. Welcome back. Hello.
Malefic: And we have with us Roxas, Axel, and Xion! Give them a round of applause!
Axel: What's with the intro?
Me: We were bored.
Xion: Can you tell us what's going to happen in this chapter?
Me: Oh, yes...in this chapter...MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Roxas: Holy crap! We're done for, Xion!
Axel: Boy, am I glad that I'm not in that academy!
Malefic: Relax, guys. Blade gets like this everytime he talks about his stories. He says, and I quote, "My stories are so awesome! They give me chills."
Me: I did not say that!
Malefic: You said something like it.
Xion: So what happens?
Me: You get a hint...of someone's past. And it ain't pleasant! MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I AM SO EVIL!
Axel: I'm glad you're finally admitting that, buddy.
Me: Oh, since I'm in such a good mood, I don't own Kingdom Hearts...at least...not yet...
Thursday's Talent
"Hello, today we're starting on the obstacle course," Hydro paused to let a round of groans pass by. "Would you like to complain to the Headmaster?" the groans stopped immediately.
"This is how we're going to do this. Each student would be given an obstacle to clear. Each obstacle requires a different ability to clear it. For example, the high wall, you would normally scale it. I would like to see you try that. And you would fail. The only way you'll be able to clear it is to use the ability glide. Monitors would record if you cleared the course or not. And remember, no cheating."
After the directions, Roxas found himself facing flying daggers. He started to lurch awkwardly, trying to avoid the daggers.
"You're not going to clear it like that, Roxas," Hydro said over his cup of coffee. How did he know? He wasn't looking!
"Dodge roll, Roxas!" Sonya advised, mermaid-kicking in the fast-moving pool.
"Right!" Roxas said. He quickly rolled out of the way of the knives. He found that it was easy now to dodge the sharp weapons. The knives stopped shooting and a small ding was heard.
"Good job," Hydro glanced up quickly. Roxas gave a small smile. A loud chime was sounded. "Switch!" the teacher yelled.
Xion found herself trapped inside a box. She tapped against the sides to find no way out. She thought carefully about an ability she had to use. Then a lightbulb sounded, though the Nobody wasn't sure if it was a real one or her imagination.
She set her feet apart, making sure to relax. Xion took a deep breath. Then she pointed her Keyblade to the front wall and imagined it exploding in her mind.
Four white orbs surrounded her, hitting the box with maximum power. The result was a huge explosion and bricks flying everywhere. Xion coughed a bit from the dusty cloud of the bricks. As she rubbed her eyes, she noticed that everyone was staring at her. Xion's face went beet red with embarrassment. The small ding didn't help her predicament at all.
"Hey, feminine one. I heard someone use Explosion," a girl with aurora hair popped into the room.
"I told you guys to stop calling me that!" the teacher glared. She just shrugged.
"Anyways, we're having an assembly."
"What? Why?"
"I have no idea, but you better get your class over to the MPR or else Claw's going to lose a fuse."
"Yeah, we're coming, Aurora," Hydro grumbled. He slammed his coffee cup down on the table, splashing some of the hot liquid on the ground. Aurora raised an eyebrow at the mess. She pointed at the dark stain and mouthed a spell. The coffee magically gathered itself up and flew back into the cup.
"Better finish that or else Blade's going to kill you. You know how much he hates to waste food."
"Believe me, I do," Hydro gritted his teeth. He caught his class staring at him. "What are you guys still doing standing there? Go to the MPR! Unless you want to get punished by Claw!" that galvanized the students into running all the way to the MPR.
"Why are we running?" Sonya panted.
"Because!" Roxas shouted. "if I'm late, Blade will have an excuse to kill me!"
"Don't be so dramatic!" Xion said. They continued to run until the reached their destination. Sonya pointed to their other friends, who were waving to them. The three sat down next to the four.
"Any idea what this is about?" David asked, yawning hugely. His friends shook their heads. He yawned again, slumping in his chair.
Everyone stopped buzzing when they caught Claw on the pedestal. His icy eyes were enough to send chills down everyone's spine.
"I know you're all wondering why we brought you here. It's a little matter, really. (seriously, why did Blade make such a big deal out of it?) You all know that October's coming up. Also, October is the time to scare and be scared. And the Headmaster decided to have a little costume contest/party." The students started to talk. One sweep of Claw's gaze and the room quieted. He continued, "Win any of the three contests and you get enough extra credit—."
"A WHOLE LOT OF EXTRA CREDIT!" Flash yelled. The green-haired teacher waved his hands in the air for emphasize.
"-to bring your grade a letter up." That set the whole room buzzing again. Claw waited this time until the students decided to be silent. "The three contests are best-made, most accurate, and best-acted. You can only enter the contests with a group. Each group must have a theme," he paused and looked over to the teachers sitting behind him. "Did I get all what you wanted, Blade?"
"Watashi!" he laughed.
"Watashi!" Raenx replied.
"Watashi! Watashi! Watashi! Watashi! Watahsi!"
"Shut up!" Flash yelled, covering his ears. Blade just elbowed Raenx, both of them laughing.
"Sorry 'bout that, Flash. We forgot that you didn't like that word. ~Dun dun dun. Dun dun dun. Dun dun dun. Dun nun nun~…"
"SHUT UP!" he yelled. He glanced pleadingly at the Headmaster. "Please…just…shut up."
"Blade, you're going to hurt Flash even more, you know," Aurora shot him a warning look.
"…all right," Blade gave a small smile, looking strangely peaceful. "We don't want Flash to remember…we had our fun, Raenx." The teacher nodded. The students were surprised, especially Xion and Roxas. Never had they seen this side of Blade before…kind and understanding (heh, I laugh at this…).
"Well…that's it, kids. If I were the failing students, I'll give this contest thing some thought," Quas said, tapping the side of her nose in that familiar gesture. "Now shoo!"
"I want to do it!" Liam said when they walked out of the MPR. Class was called off due to the assembly.
"You're failing?" David asked. "Dude! You study like no tomorrow!"
"I'm not failing! It just sounds like fun!"
"I agree. Maybe we can do some kind of anime theme! That would be so kawii!" Sonya squealed.
"Why not? My parents always wanted me to act like a princess. Maybe if I show them a video of me acting, this would get them off my back," Zelda thought.
"It would be fun! How about it, Roxas?" Xion asked.
"I guess it'll be good for my Magic C class," Roxas sighed.
"All we need now is a theme," Zelda said.
"Hell no! I'm not doing it!" David yelled.
"Hey, look," Wyren pointed back into the MPR. The group of friends turned. They saw Flash asleep on Blade's back. Claw, Aurora, Quas, and Malix followed him. The group of teachers passed them.
"Blade, I told you to stop fooling around with Flash's past," Aurora scolded.
"You're not my mom, I couldn't help it, and I know it's all my fault. Sometimes, I wondered if I did the right thing in taking him in…especially when they're still after my hide," Blade said bitterly. "Sure, risk my life to save his. And how does he repay me? 'Blade! Stop it! I don't want to know about my past anymore! I want to run away forever! I'll hide with you!'" he mocked.
"Shut up, Blade. If you were in that damn circus with him, you would have been begging to get out," Claw growled.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know. But we all also know that Flash can never hide or run away from the truth that he is, in fact, a mutant. Watashi still wonder if it was the right thing!" Blade spat. That was all the friends heard from the teachers.
"What…was that all about?" Liam asked.
"Flash…was from the circus?" Sonya questioned.
"And who's after Blade?" Xion wondered. They stiffened when they noticed that Quas and Malix were glaring at them.
"We hope you guys aren't going to spread this piece of gossip around. It's hard enough to find a home for Flash," Quas warned. Malix gathered some saliva and spat at their feet. A smell of something burning came adrift.
"I suggest that you all forget what we said," Malix said. They turned and caught up to the others.
"…I'm scared," Wyren said.
"You should be. Malix can't talk! He's a mute!" Zelda said. They glanced at each other, fear and uncertainty exchanged.
Malefic: Hey...Zelda's right. What did you do to Malix?
Me: Umm...surgery?
Malefic: WHAT DID YOU DO?
Me: It's call drugs, man! Calm down!
Malefic: YOU FEED MY OC DRUGS?
Me: And they're pretty effective too...
Malefic: GRANTED, THEY'RE IN YOUR STORY! BUT YOU CAN'T HAVE THEM TAKE DRUGS!
Me: HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY! ROXAS, XION, AND AXEL ARE IN MY STORY! THEY'RE IN A LOT OF STORIES! AND THOSE AUTHORS DID THINGS WORST TO THEM THAN MAKING THEM TAKE DRUGS!
Axel: Holy crap! There are more authors like you, Blade?
Me: No. Not like me.
The Nobodies: (sigh in relief)
Me: They do things much worst. Let me see if I can remember...I think one of them, Axel rapes Roxas.
Roxas: Holy sh*t!
Xion: Whoa, wait. How do you know?
Malefic: What do you mean?
Xion: Blade made it pretty clear that he wasn't into that yaoi stuff.
Me: I did? Huh...
Roxas: SO YOU ARE INTO IT!
Me: What? HELL NO! I was just...browsing around.
Axel: Denial.
Me: Hey, my friend told me to read it, alright! And she made me promise to finish it. Look, Malefic, Malix can talk because I need him to talk for a future event. Besides, the drugs are only temporary.
Malefic: They better be.
Me: They are. Don't worry. I'm taking them in the story as well.
Malefic: That's what I'm worried about.
Xion: What's 'watashi'?
Me: It means 'I'.
Axel: So, Blade, tell me, how did I rape Roxas?
Roxas: Axel! :(
Axel: What? I'm curious! :(
