The first thing that Ritsuka felt once consciousness came back to him was incredible pain all over his body. His body felt like agony and was unable to move. He opens one of his eyes to see a somewhat dimmed light and a fuzzy image. He saw a group of silhouettes surrounding him. He closes his eyes again, taking a few moments before fully opening them up to see numerous amount of people surrounding him. They all started to cheer at the awakening at the boy.
Ritsuka was definitely confused by the sight that surrounded him as Shirou walks over and kneels down next to him. "Shirou… What's going on?"
"You've been passed out for more than an hour now. After the massive toss, you shot your blast and stunned Gilgamesh long enough for me to overpower him… Though. You took quite the fall. How are you feeling?"
"I'm in incredible pain. It hurts just trying to move my body." Ritsuka states with a small groan. "Mind taking me to see the nurse? I'd greatly appreciate it."
"Alright then," Shirou comments as he carries Ritsuka on his back. He stands up and heads on over to the Nurse's office. Meanwhile, their classmates were praising both of them for the spectacular victory with a few of them patting Ritsuka's back only for him to groan. Those that did pat him back immediately apologized as the boy made his way towards the Nurse's Office.
"HOLD UP! WHAT'S WITH THE FRICKING SAW?! WHY CAN'T YOU JUST USE YOUR NOBLE PHANTASM?!" Ritsuka exclaims harshly as Shirou and a few others are holding back Nightingale.
"She's going through one of her fits! Her Berserker signs are reacting to how badly you're looking." Shirou comments pushing Nightingale back.
"What are you all doing?" A figure walks into the room as everyone looks over. "Another crazy antic as per usual. Oh well. It does not matter. I will treat the patient."
"Who are you?" Ritsuka groans as the figure walk over to him and motions for him to open his mouth. The figure takes out a small bottle and pours the contents inside Ritsuka's mouth. The taste was bitter and tangy but he kept on drinking it regardless.
"He's Asclepius… The school's doctor. Honestly, he helps me out occasionally when School Nurse goes on one of her crazy fits." Cu comments as Nightingale finally stops rampaging with a massive migraine. She takes a step back. "Glad that's back to normal."
"I… apologize for my behavior. It's not the way that a nurse should react. Please forgive me." Nightingale apologizes while letting out a sigh. She looks over at Asclepius who pockets the bottle.
"The medicine shall take effect in a few minutes. During this time, you will be unconscious until six o'clock pm. There, you will be able to move. From then, Nurse Nightingale shall perform her Noble Phantasm, healing of you of any other injuries that were not covered." Asclepius states before looking at the clock. "Alright, one minute."
"Than-" Ritsuka passes out almost immediately.
"Right… His tolerance is not as strong as that of a servant. Though it matters not. The estimated time of awakening should still be the same." He looks over at the other servants. "As for the rest of you. Out. I need the room for the other servants. Go on and rest. Your little event is starting tomorrow."
"Alright. Excuse us." The group leaves the room.
Ritsuka opens his eyes slowly to see the sun slowly shining from the window. The sun was setting slowly. He slowly gets up and looks at Gilgamesh sitting on a chair across from his bed.
"Gilgamesh…" Ritsuka slowly sits up, not in as bad pain as before.
"I must admit… Your little trick annoyed the hell out of me. I would have won that clash." Gilgamesh folds his arms. A Gate of Babylon opens up behind him. "However. The bravery that you displayed today outweighed that trick."
Two more Gates opened up revealing two glasses cups and a bottle of sparkling cider appears out of it. The bottle was already opened as it poors the cider inside the cup as one of them floats over to Ritsuka. He looks over at Gilgamesh who simply nods before taking the cup. Gilgamesh takes his cup and swirls it while staring at each other.
"T-Thanks."
"I am a man of pride. However, my pride comes with accepting my loss. You have defeated me Ritsuka Fujimaru. I will keep my end of the bargain." Gilgamesh states raising his glass.
"Y-Yeah. And I hope that this starts of a good friendship." Ritsuka raises his glass.
Gilgamesh couldn't help but chuckle before laughing. "What you speak of… astounds me. After everything, you are truly idealistic. Yet. You are someone that can meet those goals."
The two look dead into each other's eyes before drinking their cider.
"Oh wow. This has a massive kick. It burns into my throat… Though this is the best cider I have ever tasted." Ritsuka rubs his throat before drinking more of the cider.
"Of course. It is a brand that I approve of. Enkidu was the one that actually founds this one." Gilgamesh stands up, putting the glass into the box and walks towards the door. He whispers to himself. "Ritsuka… Quite the interesting man. Something that I would never say for a human."
Gilgamesh walks out leaving Ritsuka to sit by himself.
Chaldea Academy
By: NexusMHX
Chapter 12: Final Struggle
"Your scores are actually not too bad from the previous test." Edmond takes a look through some papers inside his dorm room with Ritsuka. "Just a little bit of work and you could make it to the middle… Maybe. If not. The lower half."
"Barely the upper half?! I studied my butt off for that one!" Ritsuka claims looking over, sitting on his top bunk. "How smart are everyone here?"
"You are competing with Heroic Spirits that are well known over their intellect. Surely you would understand the circumstances. Saying that you are close to average shows that you at least try in your studies." Edmond places the papers on the desk looking over at Ritsuka. "Though. The midterms are always difficult beyond belief. You didn't think much before Sport's Day… but I seriously doubt that you will do well at this rate."
Ritsuka chuckles a bit, scratching his cheek. "Then… How about we set up a study session? If the midterms are usually so difficult, this could be something that everyone needs. It couldn't hurt to ask, right?"
"If it proves beneficial to you, there should be no harm. Seeing as you have yet to make a stupid mistake." Edmond looks over, seeing Ritsuka messaging a few people. He walks over taking a look at the list of people that Ritsuka was messaging. 'Never mind. He just made a stupid ass mistake. There is no way in hell that this is going to lead to some incident with this guy's luck.'
"Huh? Is there something wrong? You're squinting at me so closely." Ritsuka shifts away from Edmond.
"Apologies. I just remembered something. You cannot have a study session here. There's something that I must do by myself." Edmond states rather blatantly.
"Huh. That's rather sudden. What do you have to do?" Ritsuka questions as Edmond just gives him an evil glare. "Alright alright. Fine. I'll ask if we can hose the study session somewhere else."
"Sure. That makes sense… BUT WHY MY ROOM?!" Jeanne Alter exclaims in irritation. She looks over to see Ritsuka, Artoria Alter, Ecchan, Nobbu, Okita, Okita Alter, and Melt.
"Your place was the only one that could fit everyone. We all don't have a table big enough for everyone." Okita Alter states rather blatantly.
"And why couldn't we do this at a library or a cafe?" Jeanne Alter asks. She looks over to see Artoria Alter examining the room with interest. "Hey… What the hell are you doing?"
"Just looking through something that interests you… like this!" Artoria Alter grabs a book from a small gap in the closet.
"H-Hold it! That's-" Jeanne Alter reaching for the book. Artoria Alter simply smirks as she moves away, running around the room with the dragon witch chasing her. The others couldn't do much but try to move away from the chase.
It was until Ritsuka made a mistake in moving away and Artoria Alter crashes straight into him, tripping Jeanne Alter as they topple over Okita and Melt, all falling down into a massive crash.
"What the hell are you all doing?" Ecchan states as she takes the book from Artoria Alter's hands and skimmed a bit through it.
"Owowow. My back hurts. Why were you even running around in a room like this?" Ritsuka comments trying to get up. He puts his hands down before opening his eyes to see where his hand was. On her chest area and he looks straight at Melt who looked hella pissed. Suddenly, Artoria Alter and Okita pull Ritsuka back as Melt uses her legs to slice, barely missing his next and slashes one of the figurines, sitting on a bookshelf. Ritsuka lets out a sigh of relief, looking over at Melt who had a pissed expression on her face. She then looked at Artoria Alter and Jeanne Alter before sighing.
"...Let's just get to work already. We wasted so much time already." Melt says taking a seat at the table in the middle of the room.
The rest of the people did the same as Okita looks over at Ecchan. "Eh. What are you reading?"
"A hentai manga. It's actually decently made." Ecchan was rather blunt about it with Okita suddenly turning red to the fact. Everyone looked at Jeanne Alter who just curls up into a ball, shaking in despair.
"Stop making a big deal about it. Everyone has something like that." Okita Alter says with everyone looking at her.
"W-What on earth are you talking about all of a sudden?!" Ritsuka yells out.
"Am I wrong?" Okita Alter questions.
"YES, YOU ARE!" Everyone yells, with their face extremely red.
It took a whole half hour, calming everyone down before everyone could finally start on their studies. Melt and Okita were the only two that actually knew everything and was helping everyone out, prepare for the midterms.
"Huh… The kanji for both bird and crow is the same… That's a little weird." Ritsuka states looking through his Japanese textbook. "I don't get it."
"I-I'll hwel-hwelp yo…" Okita fumbles a bit before taking out a bottle and drinks all of the contents instantly before letting out a deep breath. "I'll help you out."
'She saved it…' All of the others state.
Okita takes a look at the textbook examining the contents. "Oh. It's because the two kanji are the same, but crow is missing the line that represents the eye."
"Wait… what. How does that make sense?" Ritsuka asks scratching his head with the back of his lead pencil.
"That's because a crow's eyes are the same color as its feathers, so you can't see them at a glance." Okita explains. Ritsuka had a look of fascination as he thought about it.
"I knew that origins had some relation to how it's written but that's a bit weird."
"There are multiple origins for kanji. It makes it really complex when you think about it." Okita states.
"Yeah. Thank Okita. You've been a big help." Ritsuka says with a small smile.
"Y-Yeah. No problem." Okita says before helping another person.
After a small while, everyone took a break from all of the studying as Ritsuka stretches looking over at Ecchan. "You've been reading that this whole time. Shouldn't you be studying?"
"I don't need to. Plus the story in this manga is actually pretty good. I'd say it's even better than some of the normal manga that I read." Ecchan says putting it down before looking at Jeanne Alter. "When are you making the next one?"
"Wait… Jeanne made it? I thought it was just something that she bought at Comiket. You actually write manga?" Melt says looking over at the manga title. She saw the name of the author on it before chuckling. She then looks at the cover as well. "Huh. It looks interesting. This is volume 4? How many volumes are there?"
"...12. I had help from Oui for the first few books." Jeanne Alter comments looking away. "Now it's more of a solo thing."
"Wow! That's so cool! Do you mind if I could get the first copy? I'll pay." Ritsuka says looking rather interested at the manga.
"..." Jeanne Alter was speechless before rubbing the bridge of her nose. "I swear to the nonexistent god that I'm getting a massive headache from all of this. None of you were even supposed to know of this. This is because you looked through my stuff without asking."
"Yeah sure. But we've bonded over it. So it's fine." Artoria Alter says taking out a Pocky Stick from a box and eats it.
"Can we… just stop talking about it? This is stuff you guys should be interested in!" Jeanne Alter exclaims. Everyone just looked over at each other before looking at the eromanga. "DON'T JUST IGNORE ME DAMN IT!"
And they learned all a valuable lesson that day. Never go deep into someone's personal belongings like that ever again. Especially when she's a fire dragon witch that has the ability to control fire. But in the end, at least they all learned enough from this study session for the midterms.
"Well? Was I wrong, Merlin?" Edmond asks looking at a long-haired mage, 3rd year.
"You were right. If the study session happened in your dorm, your whole room would be destroyed." The man named Merlin says with a chuckle. "Quite the insight. Almost sad."
"I just figured when it came to him," Edmond says looking at his watch before walking away. "That boy is going to have a problem after the midterms…"
Wassup my homies! This is NexusMHX here with another episode of Chaldea Academy! AND I KNOW THAT THIS FANFIC HASN'T BEEN UPDATED FOR TWO MONTHS, I'M SORRY. I was busy with so much work that I couldn't work on this fanfiction properly. I'm very sorry. This won't happen again next time. However, I have something planned for next time so I hope that it can make up for the missing time. Meanwhile, I'm planning on reviving my old Fate fanfiction after some insight and thought came to light over time. So while I haven't been writing, I've been thinking and making my noggin work. But I decide to have som introductions and all that stuff since the new LB came out last month. I would add Artemis and Super Orion, and others. But they would be 3rd years which is out of place here so maybe later. With that being said, thank you for reading. If you enjoyed, I hope that you follow/favorite/comment for more content. With that being said, STAY CLASSY!