Hello again. Yeah for me! I finally passed the effing algebra test and music theory test. –Insert multiple claps here.- So yeah! And schools finally out! Whooo! Also I finally got an idea! So I hope you enjoy.
Kash30032000- Well I hope this chapter answers your statement. If not there will be plenty others.
Overlord-flinx- thanks for the review. I always write faster with a good review. X3
I'm too lazy so Luke can say the disclaimer.
Luke: Why me.
Es: Do you know I have the power to send you to school with your pajamas on.
Luke: That doesn't scare me.
Es: Oh, okay. Well then. -Whisper whisper whisper.-
Luke: -gasp!- You wouldn't dare.
Es: -creepy smile- Wanna bet?
Luke: Emberstar doesn't own any of the tales of abyss characters. Namco does. Can I go now?
Es: Do you want to die?
Luke: Ahh! –runs away.-
Lunaday- Monday Ifritday- Tuesday Undineday- Wednesday Sylphday- Thursday Loreleiday- Friday Gnomeday- Saturday Remday- Sunday Loreleiday
Chapter 10:
Second day: Schedules and Teachers pets
Tear went home that night alone. A guard had come out after about twenty minutes and handed her a note saying Van wouldn't be home. Please go home and find something to eat.
Tear looked around at the unfamiliar streets of Baticul. The streets in Yulia city were pleasant and had flowers growing along the sides. Here the sides were covered in filth and garbage. She even saw a few large rats scurrying across the street.
After getting home, Tear fell into a dreamless sleep with only the sound of the monsters outside the city howling to accompany her.
The next day Tear woke up to the annoying sound of the alarm clock. She smacked the top and got out of bed. After doing all the morning stuff like brushing her teeth, etc. she headed out the door in a black t-shirt and cargo shorts. Her house was a normal one story house and not what you would expect a commandant and his dear sister to be sleeping in.
As she walked down the streets again in the new light, things seemed less shady and mysterious, as the night before hadn't exhibited.
She looked around and almost by fate, saw Luke, Anise, and Guy walking down the street.
"Luke, Guy, Anise! Wait up!" she yelled.
Guy heard her and flipped his head in her direction. He gave a small wave and stopped walking, bring Luke and Anise to a stop as well.
"Hi Tear." Luke said in a monotone voice. He was wearing his white coat again and black baggy pants…again.
"Can I walk with you guys to school?" Tear asked eagerly. One of the reasons she asked this was because Van showed her where it was before and she really wasn't paying attention.
"Sure!" Anise said in an energetic, go getting voice. Anise was wearing a spaghetti strapped shirt and white shorts. Tear noticed the tone and let an eyebrow raise slightly.
"Did something happen to you Anise?" she asked.
"She's like this every day. Go to sleep late wake up energetic. How she does it we just can't figure it out." Guy explained after yawning. He wore his same clothing as yesterday as well, the yellow jacket, white undershirt, and black pants and green collar. "Boys never take anytime picking out the new if not clean, clothes." Tear thought.
Tear nodded and they all started walking again. Tear thought she heard Anise whispering something like energy drink but passed it off as her imagination.
When they arrived at the school the doors were wide open as if welcoming them.
"Why hello there!" A pitchy voice rang out behind them. All four of them turned around to be met with the sunshine happy face of Natalia. Beside her was two royal knights who gave them all a salute and walked away.
"Hi Natalia." Luke said was a smile. Tear watched as Natalia, wearing her expensive blue shorts and white shirts, ran up and hugged Luke. She seemed almost a little too clingy to him this morning. But hey it was only her second day. She might have been this clingy to him all the time.
The five of them winced as a loud speaker screeched across the grounds.
"Hello Children! Please make sure to get to your classes on time and any ladies who have been a little too naughty please report to my office now." The announcement went off and Tear looked at the other four slightly confused.
"Who was that?" she asked in a calm voice all though she did have a tint of anger hidden away from how the announcement had said the word ladies and naughty.
"That's our principle, Peony." Guy explained once again.
Tear raised an eyebrow at the name and asked Guy another question. "I thought Peony was Malkuth's leader."
"Not any more. The nations both started to collapse due to war and lack of supply and so as a result they joined together. Peony has to leave the school grounds some times for important meetings though." Guy explained.
"Look at that. Guy is once again explaining." Jade said as he approached. Tear was almost positive that Guy was kicking him self mentally at the moment. "Well, get to class on time or I'm going to have a few people counted as tardy and writing extra math papers. Tear felt the uneasiness roll off of the people around her. Especially Natalia.
Anise bounced over to Tear and grabbed her arm. "Come on Tear! Let's put your stuff up so I can show you to 1st hour!"
Anise started dragging Tear away with a surprising about of strength and Tear followed behind slowly, stumbling every few steps because of Anise's persistence to keep moving. Tear looked back at Luke who gave a turn of his head as if saying 'get going.'
Tear huffed and looked forward with just enough time to see a pole in her path. She dodged it barely and continued to be dragged by Anise.
When they had gotten to her locker, Tear had to rub her arm a little because it was so sore and almost a light red color. It was a good thing that she had worn a pair of white gloves to cover it up.
"Hurry up! Ms. Nephrey doesn't take liking to tardiness." Anise hissed and kept glancing around nervously.
Tear put her books in the locker in the matter of 2 minutes and the locker was neatly organized. Anise looked inside with awe and studied the place of each book.
"I usually just throw my stuff into my locker. How did you make it so neat in so little time?" she asked messing with the books. Tear closed the locker shut slowly, avoiding Anises hand in that time.
"Lots of practice." Tear answered with a small smile. Inside she was doing a small dance to show that she was at least tidier than at least one person. The people at Yulia even took out dusters and brushed off every book and cried when the year ended because they had to leave there lockers. One con of Yulia's school but she grew up in it, blocking out the emotional wrecks, and learned to fight there. It was still first in her book of schools.
"Well, well, well, if it isn't the snobby new girl and Anise the greedy." A familiar boyish voice rang out behind them. Tear was the first to react, spinning around as fast as she could and coming face to face with that freakish mask. Anise turned around slowly clenching her fist and staring the boy strait in the eye. Well at least to the best she could. A smirk was plastered the boys face in mockery.
"Sync… Just the person I didn't want to see." Anise growled. Sync's smirk grew wider and Tear just turned back around in annoyance. Did he think she was snobby? She had just given him what he deserved.
Tear grabbed a pencil before she started walking away, slamming the locker shut with her elbow. Anise scowled and grabbed Tear's arm again. As she dragged Tear along, Sync couldn't help but snicker.
"Do I have to send a letter to Ion again, telling him how bad you've been Sync-y?" Anise dawdled over her shoulder. Sync stopped snickering and his smirk faded away. The warning bell sounded and Anise started waltzing away towards Nephrey's room while Sync turned around, fuming, and set off to Jade's room. The smirk replaced itself onto Anise's face as she led Tear into Ms. Nephrey's room. "Sucker." Anise murmured softly under her breathe, just enough for Tear to hear her.
Tear sighed and let a small smile slide onto her face. At least she knew she wasn't the only one who hated Sync.
Physics started in a few minutes after Tear had found a seat next to Anise. Ms. Nephrey kept talking about the third law of motions by someone she couldn't recognize and started throwing things at other things to make the point clear. Tear took in most of it and sorted it out later while Ms. Nephrey was scolding a boy across the room.
Second hour in the same class went by in a blur. She only had a few minutes to talk to Luke, Guy, and Anise before Nephrey started the lesson, picking back up on the Fon belt from yesterday.
The lesson ended and third hour came. Luke remained in class with her while Guy and Anise went off to geometry. Pre-calculus was confusing as ever and she had to ask Luke multiple questions to catch up, much to both of their annoyance. Nephrey paused a couple of times because a boy was raising his hand every five seconds. She ignored him most the time because the smartest thing he had said all day was if he could go to the bathroom.
Tear looked out a small single window as the teacher had to explain another thing to the boy. The small blue cheagle from ninth hour yesterday had its big, cute, bulgy eyes on her. She could help but blush and coo softly at it. Luke noticed the object she was looking at and scowled. He wadded up a large piece of paper and threw it at the cheagle. The paper hit the window with a thump and the cheagle loss support and tumbled into the bushes.
"Why would you do that." Tear hissed. Luke furrowed his brow slightly before getting out a piece of paper.
He scribbled something down then tossed it to her. Inside it said,
Don't trust it. It may look cute but it is actually a thief. He made off with my lunch the other day! :(
Tear folded the note and looked over at the window again. The cheagle was clamoring to the top of the window sill to the best of its ability. It slid down and couple of times and Tear couldn't help but wince.
It wasn't her fault she had weakness for cute things. The bell screamed a second time and Nephrey gave a reluctant sigh. She handed out a slip of paper for homework before dismissing them.
Tear begrudgingly left the room. She wanted to watch the cheagle some more, not sit in a room with a sadistic professor.
As expected in the next few minutes, she was in front of Jade's door. She had this slight instinct that told her to duck when she opened the door. And just as instinct told her, she ducked. A small object whizzed past her head and hit a random person behind her.
"Hmph, so Legretta was right about the acuteness." Sync's voice rang. Tear was almost annoyed on how much he was trying to hurt her or annoy her, either way, he was just asking for a fortunes arc. Well if she ever would be able to master it.
"Sync, would you just sit down and shut up." Asch yelled putting a hand on his forehead. Sync smirked and took his seat while Tear gave Asch a relieved smile. He returned it after he had taken his hand away. Most of the girls in the room scowled when they saw this. Jade closed a book then looked from Tear to Sync.
"Ah, it seems you too are getting along so nicely." He said with a smile.
"And on top of sadistic-ness, he has twisted sense of humor as well." Tear thought.
"Please pull out your health papers I assigned you on Lunaday." He said his smile landing on Tear. Tear felt her eyebrow twitch slightly. She had come on Ifritday and it was now Undineday.
"Ah Tear; I see you don't have it. Please finish it before class is over." Jade said handing her a paper full of fonic language that she couldn't comprehend. She wanted to scream at the man but she didn't and just simply took the paper and started working on it.
Jade smiled curtly and walked around examining all the others papers to see if they were done. One kid didn't and Tear noted that his hands were shaking furiously under the table.
"Alexander? Where is your paper?" Jade asked.
The boy took a breath and opened his mouth but nothing came out. Jade lifted an eyebrow at this and the boy raised his hands to his face.
"Please don't hurt me. I had to go to my sister's wedding. I didn't get to get it done." He whimpered.
"Fine then. I guess you'll be doing all the problems on the back as well." Jade said in a serious tone.
The boy nodded quickly and started working on the next paper that was handed out to him.
Tear noted the fear the boy displayed as well. Was Jade really that scary?
Jade glanced back at Tear with a small smile and a gleam in his glasses. Yep, definitely scary. But she had to admire him.
And so while Tear worked on her paper, Anise kept calling out some pointers to Tear while Jade wasn't looking. Once a pencil flew backwards and Tear ducked out of its way. It hit one of the girls in the back of the room that had laughed at her before.
Sync turned his head around slightly and with a smirk said, "Opps my hand slipped."
This happened about 3 or 4 times and Jade didn't notice at all. On the fifth time he missed she waited and counted the seconds off in her head.
3…2…1…
At 0 she reached forward and jabbed Sync with her pencil.
"Ow!" He yowled quietly, which was nearly impossible. He turned around as fast as he could and Tear rewarded him with a small smile.
"Opps, my hand slipped." Was all she replied before she turned back to the nearly completed paper.
Tear finished the paper in no time and Sync didn't bother her for the rest of the hour. Thank Lorelei!
She walked out of the room just as Luke walked out of Nephrey's chanting Lunch, Lunch, Lunch. Guy followed him out and Anise appeared behind Tear. She bounced over to Luke and Tear followed silently.
"I have officially decided that 4th hour is my least favorite." Tear declared.
"Why? It's personally my favorite." Luke said.
"Hey you forgot your book." Someone yelled behind them. A girl who had seen Tear smile at Asch before threw it at Tear.
Tear tilted her head to the side and it went past her and hit Luke. She almost thanked Sync for the extra practice he had given her in Jade's room.
"Hey! Watch it!" Luke yelled. The girl looked like she was about to get on her knees and beg for forgiveness.
"I'm so sorry Master Luke! I didn't see you there!" She yelled then scampered off towards Dist's classroom.
"Jeez, you would think they would show a little more respect." Luke sniffed. He then turned his heel and started making his way down to the cafeteria, chanting his lunch song again.
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They sat there and ate the warm bread and icy cold water. They had a small side of mash potatoes too.
"So Tear. You never answered our question. Why do you dislike 4th hour?" Guy asked.
"Hey Guy? Are you going to eat your potatoes." Luke asked.
"Well #1 it has Sync and Asch in there." Tear explained. Luke, lacking an answer from Guy, decided to take everyone's potatoes.
"What's so bad about them?" Luke asked, showing a spoonful of mashed potatoes into his mouth.
"Oh, I don't know. Sync throws things at me every 5minutes and if I even look at Asch the whole class hates me." Tear answered flicking the bread with her finger.
"Why else." Anise pressed.
"Reason #2, It's Jade's class so he's always ignoring us and acting…" Tear paused looking for the right word.
"Weird?" Guy suggested.
"Malicious?" Luke added.
"Sadistic?" Anise inquired.
"Possibly all of them." Tear put in a monotone voice. "I wish I didn't have to endure that class."
"Luke and I have Mythology with Nephrey so I personally like 4th hour." Guy said.
Tear glanced over at all the tables. Some had the dorks, geeks, etc. Others had the popular kids who were staring them down and whispering new founded rumors to each other, and they were in the middle of it all.
Tear looked at one of the tables full of the popular boys and saw that they were looking straight at her. One of them, probably the leader, waved a hand at her and beckoned her to come over to them.
"I'll be right back." Tear told the little group. They nodded and went back to there eating of mashed potatoes and bread. Tear got up and walked towards the table.
"Hey, we hear you're the new girl." The boy said with a growing smirk.
"Save it. What do you want?" Tear said in her ever cold voice.
"We also heard that you beat Sync on your first day." He said ignoring her previous statement. They all looked to their left and Tear followed their gaze.
Asch and Sync were at a table accompanied by a girl with hot pink hair and Tear's three teachers Dist, Legretta, and Largo. They had a map laid out in front of them and were pointing out locations.
Tear looked back at the boys who had summoned her. "It was a tie. Nothing more, nothing less." They were all smiling at her with wide grins. She looked away in annoyance. If they wanted her to say something more they would have to try harder than a small smirk.
"You don't deserve to be with them, why don't you hang out with us."
They said. Tear kept her far away look but thought about it.
Did she want a life of popularity and no adventure. Or did she want to be average and adventurous with people she was already acquainted with. Hmmm…. Average, definitely average.
"No thanks, I already have found some… unique people." Tear expressed. She wasn't one who cared about position in life, but what was the point if she was popular where she would squeal at a speck of mud and pick the gaudiest weapons. That is no life of the soldier that was pounded into her at Yulia City.
"You mean those misfits?" Their 'leader' clarified pointing to Luke, Guy, and Anise. "They're nothing compared to us, sweetie."
Tear didn't flinch at the word, but instead calmly pounded her fist on his tray, causing the mashed potatoes to fly up and hit his face without a blink of her uncaring eyes.
"I don't really like people like you, who judge others." Was all she said before turning her back to them and making her way back to the table of 'misfits'. If they were misfits then she was now one too.
"If you change your mind, come talk to me." The boy shouted. Tear ignore him and the bowels of laughter and sat back down at the table.
"What was that all about?" Luke asked. The bell rang and Tear stood up.
"I'll tell you in Science." She replied. The others stood up and filed out of the crowded room.
Science went quickly and at the end Tear explained the whole scene.
"Oh, them? I don't like those guys. They spread rumors about people who try to talk to us. I guess they're just mad because I kicked their leaders ass during eighth hour." Luke said. He wrinkled up his nose in disgust and walked to 7th hour.
Tear was going to ask a question about the girls who swoon over Luke and Guy but decided against it and followed him out. When she got to 7th hour, she was surprised. She had just noticed that Sync and Asch were gone and a sub teacher was Dist room instead of the crazy man himself.
The sub reteached the lesson from Ifritday and Tear got nothing new out of the lesson. The bell rang and Tear gave a sigh of relief. Her back was sore from sitting so still. The sub was so strict, that she had even yelled at Guy for bending over to pick up her fallen pencil. Tear had to do it while her back was turned.
As Tear and Guy made it out of the room, they came across a scene that they would soon classify as usual.
Anise was stomping down the hall, fury clear in her eyes. In her hand, a small slip of paper with neat black writing was clenched and wrinkled.
"I'm going to kill that stupid Gloomietta!" she yelled.
"Didn't you say that yesterday?" Guy asked looking up at the ceiling.
"Yes, but this time I'm going to really kill her!" she screamed. Tear winced at the high pitched words and she swore that the light above her head flickered.
"Why?" Tear asked.
"Because she's going to… She's going to….. She's going to go see Ion alone!" Anise yelled.
"Ion?" Tear once again asked. She instantly regretted it because Anise was in her face waving a finger at her.
"Yes, Ion! You know, Sync's nicer brother!" She yowled.
"Brother?" she asked. Then she remembered what Sync was murmuring in the infirmary and why he was so mean. It also reminded her of Luke and Asch.
Tear stared off into space with her hand under her chin. Why did they hate each other? Rank, popularity, favorites? It didn't make since.
"Tear, Tear? We're going now."
Tear looked up and saw Luke waving his hand at her. They were already a little ways down the hall.
"Coming!" she yelled and ran to catch up with them.
It was only a little ways until they reached the gym with all the weapons. Tear walked around and found the staff and knives she had used the day before stacked up against the wall. She also noticed that her name was scribbled on the staff and the knife pouch.
"What's this?" she asked and ran her fingers along the grooved out line of her name. Guy peaked his head over a rack of armor to see what her fascination was all about.
"Oh, your name is on it." He asked and walked over. He was careful to keep his distance but he studied it for some time. "That just means that a teacher recommends that you use that weapon. No one else can have it unless they ask for it. By the handwriting, I would say that Legretta gave it to you." He said. He whirled around and picked up the sword he was eyeing before heading out the door.
Tear balanced the weapons in her hands, gave them a light twirl, before setting them in the right places and following Guy out the door.
Luke and Anise came out next followed by the boys at lunch before. Luke and Anise walked over and seated themselves in between Tear and Guy. Tear looked around and noticed all the god generals were back as well.
Asch, giving out a malicious, angry aura, Legretta, appeared calm and collected along with Largo, Dist, grinning like an idiot, the pink haired girl, hiding her face in her doll, and Sync, being the emotionless, masked freak he was. Yep they were all accounted for.
More and more students filled up the area and eighth hour soon started. It was a bunch of random people today and Tear was assigned a weakling at the end of the class, where all she had to do was blink before he surrendered.
So….Booorrring…. She was actually a little disappointed in her for saying it, but she really wanted to try her fortunes arc on someone. Sync or Jade preferably but she wanted to do something destructive.
T-wars followed soon after and Dist was called out again and Largo was his opponent. It didn't take long before Dist chair went flying and Largo walking back to the barracks.
Tear let the rest of the day roll by after that like water on a ducks back. Ninth hour was almost the same thing in Algebra except it had graphs this time. She figured it out within three minutes and completed the worksheet within 5 minutes. She spent the rest of the time casting first aid on the berry bush outside the window, hoping that something would happen.
The only thing that happened though was Natalia gave her delightful, dirty looks. It depended who was watching.
By the end of ninth hour, Tear had wished that blue cheagle had appeared.
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Tear walked home with Luke, Anise, and Guy that day. They discussed each others battles they had. When they got to Tear she told them that if you even blinked at the person, he would run screaming like a massacre was going on. They stopped at a stand and bought tacos.
After that they sat out and watched the sun go down from the edge of the hill. And all seemed good and cheerful and Tear felt like she belonged for once. But little did they all know, that fate wouldn't allow this peace to reign for long.
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Tear watched as Anise walked into the cathedral. Guy and Luke had already departed and Tear was left to walk alone. She got to her house and opened up the door. A wave of cookies hit her nose. She followed the scent into the kitchen, where Van was baking. In a pink apron. Tear had to admit that it was mildly creepy.
"Ahh Tear, your home." He said as he flipped a cookie off the tray pancake style. "How was your day?"
She smiled brightly and started explaining her day. She was half way between Sync and hers rivalry when a loud nock sounded on the door.
Tear walked over to the door and opened it. A soldier dress in purple was panting and looking around frantically.
"Is commandant Van here?" he asked. Van appeared beside Tear and looked at the soldier in a serious way, snapping out of the content one before.
"What is it?" he asked.
"You must come to the castle this instant!" he practically screamed. Then he noticed the pink apron. "Ummmm…."
"I'll be there at once." Van declared and striped off the apron. He rushed out the door and Tear was close behind until he put a hand up.
"Stay here Tear. I don't want you to get hurt." Tear stayed behind and watched him go. She sat inside before standing up. If he thought that she was going to stay behind, then he was damn wrong.
Done!
So now there is a little plot starting. Finally. Anyways I have nothing better to do and I can't reveal anything else right now so bye! I'll do another skit some other time. ^^ Also, extra long chapter so enjoy it while you can. 13 freaking pages people. ^^;