Chapter 31: I Can't Help Noticing

After Sakura left, Vanessa and Angel fell asleep and leaned on each other without even knowing. After a period of time, Vanessa slowly opened her eyes and moved her head away. Angel leaned her head even further and Vanessa had to prop Angel's head on her shoulder before looking at Luna.

Luna asked, "Is there anything you want to talk about?"

Vanessa had a thoughtful look then an idea came to her.

"Oh, Luna. Back in Inuyasha's world, I had to do was..." She blushed, remembering the kiss before she continued speaking "Make contact with Inuyasha and I could understand his language. Back in Cinderella's world, I tapped the prince's back, but I wasn't able to understand a word of his conversation."

Luna looked thoughtful before saying "Perhaps, you said the language spell a long time ago and it finally took effect when we reached Inuyasha's world?"

Vanessa thought about it then mentioned the dream she had this morning.

Luna replied "I believe you have the power of premonition as a minor power and you dreamt of the past. It's a supportive power."

"Wow."

"Magic will eventually take effect once a spell is spoken but it also has its limits. The spell finally activated when your powers awakened."

"I can show you how to do it…" The bubble began bouncing up and down. "But, perhaps, at a later time."

A ding came from Vanessa's phone and Angel finally opened her eyes.

The app notification said "Destination has been reached. Return home?"

Vanessa clicked "Yes", and both girls got sucked into the phone!

The phone floated in midair and floated down onto Angel's bed and spat the girls out. Vanessa and Angel were already sitting upright on the bed. They looked at each other with wide eyes then leaned back from each other.

After a few seconds, Angel looked back and forth then sighed "We're… Finally back."

Vanessa nodded then said, "Oh man, I gotta go to the bathroom."

She stood then walked towards the door before turning back "Um… Well, I guess you gotta go back to sleep now."

"I guess… But we already got a lot of sleep in the bubble."

"Then… Do you wanna hang out with me and Miranda and Agnes?"

Angel gave a soft "Sure."

"I hope you don't mind, I just gotta go to the bathroom first."

Angel waited for Vanessa then they both walked out to the bench where Miranda and Agnes were waiting.

Vanessa raised her hand "Hey guys, sorry for taking so long."

Miranda raised her right eyebrow and lowered her other eyebrow as she replied, "So, what took you so long anyways?"

Vanessa widened her eyes in shock before looking back at Angel then saying "I... Uh… Stopped by our room. Yeah, and I asked Angel if she wanted to come hang out with us."

Miranda nodded and said "I see. That's nice."

She turned her head towards Angel "Angel, girl~, nice of you to join us for once. I barely see you except in the morning and night. After all, you're always around B-"

Agnes pinched Miranda's left arm.

"Ach! What you do that for Agnes?"

Agnes ignored Miranda and said, "Anyways Angel, like Miranda said, it's nice of you to join us."

Vanessa and Angel soon sat down on the same bench. Vanessa, Miranda, Agnes, and Angel shared about their experiences during the power screening. Vanessa mentioned that there was a silver-haired Asian boy who was shaking, had ice breath, and said that the power screening was like a survival test.

"He was right. I mean, Queenie said it was a simulation and it is, but it felt so real… I couldn't help being scared so I prayed before going in there and the boy I mentioned, he laughed at me."

Miranda replied "Aw. Don't mind that guy Vanessa. That guy wasn't tough either so he ain't got no right laughing at you."

Vanessa awkwardly smiled "Yeah, thanks Miranda."

Miranda also smiled as she looked forward. "But the guy who went before me. Damn, he was probably tough stuff. He came out with his knuckles all bloody. He probably punched the sh*t outta the things that came at him."

When Miranda finished talking, the other girls had their mouths open wide. After a moment of silence, Agnes spoke up "But, how did he get that injured? Wasn't it all an illusion? Tricks?"

"I don't give a damn. He's probably a real fighter." Miranda shrugged. "Real man sh*t."

After sharing a bit more about their power screening experiences, the break ended, and the girls were instructed to go to the yard for their first class. The first class 'Power Control' started session.

Vanessa looked around at her classmates then she tapped Miranda's arm.

"What girl?"

"Miranda. It's the boy I was talking about. The silver-haired boy."

"Ok." She frowned. "Lemme have a talk with his punk ass."

Agnes grabbed Miranda's arm and Vanessa instantly held Miranda's other arm.

Agnes asked, "What are you doing?"

"Just gonna have a talk."

Agnes said "No. No talking. Class is going to start soon."

Vanessa nodded frantically.

They pulled her back into the circle.

From Miranda's field of vision, she could see her "real man".

"That's him."

Vanessa asked "Who?"

Miranda pointed to a guy standing in the neighboring circle.

"Oh."

While both girls had a view of his side, Vanessa internally admitted that the Asian guy was hot even though he had a goatee beard and his dreadlocks were tied back. He was tan and had three ring earrings on his right ear. Agnes noticed that Miranda's "real man" had his hands wrapped up in bandages.

A loud whistle blew then Elizabeth stepped in the center of the neighboring circle.

Miranda commented "Damn. Why he gotta be in the same class with that b*tch."

Angel was about to say something when another loud whistle blew indicating that everyone had to be part of the class circle.

The teacher said "Close your eyes… See the light within you... Feel your power flowing within you... Welling into your heart... Emerging from your hand..."

Angel held her hand over her heart while her eyes were closed, and she felt a familiar warmth from the palm of her hand. When she opened her eyes, she saw that the palm of her hand was glowing a bit.

Angel beamed when the teacher complimented her as she was the first one to release her power from the meditation exercise.

Elizabeth looked into the nearby circle and smiled when she saw that Angel was happy, but her expression quickly changed into a frown when she saw Miranda put her arm over Angel's shoulders and told Angel "Good job."

Elizabeth flared up. Literally. The warm feeling Elizabeth had been feeling until now suddenly felt hotter and spread throughout her entire body. Fire surrounded her and began to spread out, causing people in both circles to move back.