Daray walked through the halls, his cloak tail dragging along behind him as he thought of the students, 'The month has passed, soon they should each be teleported back, hopefully they all survived,' as these thoughts filled his mind he entered the darkness schoolhouse.
Soon after he entered, almost every seat in the room filled with a dark aura, before the student that the seat belongs too appeared in it, Leo was the first in, "Whoa! head rush!"
Frost was next, she shook her head, "that's gonna take some getting used to."
as the remaining seats filled up, daray said, "Before we begin celebrating, a moment of silence for those who did not survive the test," as these words were uttered, everyone fell silent, after a few seconds had past, Daray said, "Ok, all those with wounds head straight for the infirmary, anyone else, you're free to go, celebrate, whatever you feel like doing, but remember, just because the remainder of the day is free doesnt mean you should slack off on your training."
On the opposite side of the field, Asher was half asleep, waiting for his students to return, as they came back each chair filled with light, only one chair remained filled with light when they finished, to this Asher said, "Gary, if you would please revert to human,"
"Aw man, you figured me out way too fast," Gary said as he reverted to normal.
"Good try anyways, Sparky," Some random student in the backround shouted, laughing out loud.
"Call me sparky again and i'll give you a spark the size of a blimp!"
"You wanna go?! come on! i'll send you straight to hell, you and your girlfr-" before the man could finish speaking he already had a blade against his throat, electricity coursing down the blade.
"You can threaten me, but the moment, you ever threaten Moonstone, or any of my friends? That's when im going to be just pissed enough to cut your limbs off..one...by...one!" Gary spat out, the venom in his words causing the electricity in his blade to spark, charring the man's throat, "So, do you still think you could win?"
Asher stood up, "Alright, that's enough, you are lucky that the majority of you surived, but i will not allow you to kill each other, at least not in my classroom, if you intend to fight, take it outside.
"Sorry, teach, guess i went a little out of control there, but you have to admit this jacka-" when gary looked back, the man was already gone, "...Well never mind then!"
The remainder of the class broke out in laughter before everyone shuffled off, exiting the room.
As Leo and Garry did their usual spar, Gary was the first to speak up, "So, how did you and Frost do on that assignment?"
Leo ducked under one of Gary's kicks before leading into his own attacks, a flurry of punches almost impossible for the untrained eye to detect, "Pretty good, but there were these tribals who could control plants, it was freakin wierd, and the plants survived most of my fire!"
"Damn, that's insane, I had to deal with a human trafficking ring," Gary said as he backflipped to dodge one of leo's punches
"Aw, man, you got the easy job," Leo laughed before palming one of Gary's kicks, only to be sent flying back a few feet
"Maybe, i dont know exactly what i did though, all i know is they were gonna sell Moonstone as a slave,"
"And you went ballistic?"
"Like a nuke"
"Same for me, except the guys who captured me and Frost were cannibals!"
"Damn, that's freaky...wait, speaking of the girls, where are they?"
"Frost said they were going on a shopping spree so i gave them an extra grand to spend down in town,"
"How much money do you make?!" Gary shouted as they both sat down and grabbed a couple sodas
"He gave us how much money?!" Moonstone shouted as Frost held up the 1000 dollar bill
"A grand, I'm not sure why though, we were only going for a shopping spree," Frost said, shrugging as she shoved the absurd amount of money into her pocket, before noticing moonstone was facepalming, "What?"
"Either Leo did that so you could have fun," at this Frost raised her eyebrow, "or he doesnt know how many clothes you can buy in a day."
"Oh shut up, i spend money wisely."
"The last time you had this much money you blew it all on a diamond necklace that turned out to be made with rhinestones!"
Frost rolled her eyes, "And I still rocked that damn thing for three weeks without anyone figuring out that they were rhinestones," She said before she stuck her tongue out
"And people think you'd be the mature one."
Unbeknownst to the girls, in the shadows lurked a figure, behind him crept up several more, all wore strange garb and looked prepared to attack, "On my mark, we pounce," one of them said before the others nodded in reply
A few hours later, Leo and Gary are sitting in their dorm, playing tekken, before the game shouts out, "Miguel wins!"
"Goddammit!" Gary shouted as he threw down his controller, leo throwing a pillow under it before it hit the ground
"Watch it, these things arent easy to get way out here, i had to have them shipped to the village below, and it aint easy to just exit town inconspicuously with a box when you go straight up a damn mountain," Leo said, "tell me again, though, why do we play this if you get pissed off every time you lose?"
"Cuz my rage is part of the fun."
"...I will never understand you, Gary."
"Me neither."
Just then, a knock came at the door, to which Leo answered, a small man stood outside the door, Leo recognized him, he often came to tell students when they were summoned, usually for punishment, "Leo, you have been summoned to the Grandmaster's court, the teachers and grandmaster wish to have a word with you."
At this point Leo is thinking, 'What the hell have i done recently,' to which he thought back to all of his recent transgressions, he accidentally killed several people during duels, but they knew the risk, he broke a wall by throwing Gary through it, and he did put Gary in the infirmary, 'I still have no damn idea, none of those have gotten me in trouble here before.'
As they walked, the man said, "Don't worry, you arent in trouble, at least, i dont think so."
"ok? Ironically, that makes me feel less calm."
"I hear ya, anyways, we're here, good luck, kid," The man patted Leo's back before walking away, Leo looked at the door, before walking in
"Ah, Leo, welcome, please, take a seat," Daray greeted Leo as he walked in
"Uhhh, ok? Thanks," Leo replied
After a few minutes, the grandmaster walked in, his hands behind his back, he then proceeded to take his seat, "Leo, we have some...troubling news."
"I'm not gonna like this, am i?"
Everyone shook their heads before the grandmaster said, "Frost and Moonstone have been...captured."
For those that are actually invested in this series, yes, i realize im a massive asshole for this cliffhanger, oh well, next time you'll be satisfied...or disappointed, who knows.