Chapter 10

Trials for the Battle

Hey people. So I realized that my last update was a bit delayed, so to make it up to you guys I thought I'd start of your weekends smoothly by updating today. Any who from this point on in the message I'm going to be typing in caps lock which signfies screaming.

I WAS READING ANOTHER FANFIC AND THEN I DECIDED TO VISIT TAKUMI USUI WIKI TO CHECK HIS RELATIVES SECTION ADN THEN WHAT DO I SEE...SARA AND RUI USUI. CHILDREN OF MISAKI AND TAKUMI. AND THEN MISSKIREIUCHIHA WAS ALL LIKE GO ON HIRO FUJIWARAS FACEBOOK PAGE AND AS SOON AS I'M THERE TEARS FORMED. THEY FINALLY HAD KIDS. MY FROST THOUGHT WAS NEW FANFIC SO GUYS DO ME A FAVOR AND KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THAT AROUND MONDAY JANUARY 16TH BECAUSE I ONLY WRITE ONE SHOTS DURING NON-SCHOOL DAYS. BTW WEEKEND DOES NOT COUNT. IN CASE YOU WERE CONFUSED.

Here is the new chapter of A Fantasy world. It's about the trials of the Academy Wars and in this trial the schools that will compete in the Wars will be decided. Thanks and enjoy.

"Now the only question is," Master Jest leaned forwards. "Who's going?" His eyes met Misa's and and she knew he wanted her in the war. At the end of the table Takumi locked eyes with Tora's pleading he didn't have to do this.

At the student council office of Yumesaki Seika

"Well," both Lord Hokichi and Master Jest waited patiently.

When Master Jest's eyes skipped completely she wondered of she had been wrong about him wanting her to take part in the game.

"I have my selections," Lord Hokichi declared at last.

Takumi inwardly groaned. What was the point of asking if he was going to decide it himself.

"I'm going to choose five of my elite group," he added. Oh. Takumi thought to himself. There were eight members in the elite group. Only five could participate. So who would they be? They got to decide it for themselves that for sure. But that was when Takumi realized he was wrong.

Because Lord Hokichi began to list they participants. "Tora Igarashi," Tora stood at that. It was common sense for the students in the school to do so. "Chiyo Sakurai," Chiyo stood. While it was true that she was one of the top ranked students in the school no one but Tor had actually ever seen her powers. She was a sorceress that was the only thing they knew. But she was capable of was the mystery. "Tomo Umekoji," was next. He was a summoner of wind and fought with real ease. Next was "Yi Hua Lin," she was also a sorceress and if he remembered correctly it had to do with enchantment. That was four people which meant there was one more person left. Takumi crossed his fingers under the table. Begging to the gods that he wouldn't be one of the players. But sadly the gods hadn't been fond of him since he was born. "Last but not least," Lord Hokichi announced with high pride as if he wanted to start a fight with Master Jest. "The ace of our school," Takumi rolled his eyes at the nickname. "Takumi Usui Walker." Takumi stood. He was about to glower to himself when he caught a smile on the other end of the table.

What he saw then lightened up his mood to the max. Misaki was chuckling at his antics. He didn't care about how his cheeks turned red, but her smile was probably the most prettiest thing he had ever seen.

Tora cleared his throat to grab his attention. Takumi faced the audience as he stood up straight.

"These will be my five players. What about yours?" Hokichi crossed his hands behind his had it that Jest and Hokichi were once very good friends. They still were. But for some reason they had a rivalry of their own going on. If Takumi had to guess it was due to Yumesaki Seika's destructive habits.

Master Jest exchanged glances with Misaki and the red headed girl across from her. They were the only two people present in the room who were part of the council. Why that was Misaki didn't know.

"I have my five players," Jest announced. Misaki and the girl across from her exchanged looks. Both girls held a nervous expression. "Aoi Hydou, Kuga Sakura, Sakura Hanazono, Sotaro Kanou, and Shizuko Kaga." When he was done announcing he eyed the two girls in front of him. He turned his head side to side. Seeking for his approval. Sadly he was unlikely to get it.

Misaki examined the girl in front of her as she sat back on her chair and crossed her arms over her chest. The red haired girl locked eyes with her. They held a sight of rejection. Misaki thought for a moment and then nodded when she understood.

"No," she told the elf man in front of her. He cocked his head to the side.

"No?" he asked.

"All the players are fine except for two," it was the red head girl who had spoken.

"And why is that Erika?"

Erika was about to speak but Misaki held up a hand to stop her. "While Shizuko and Kanou are formidable warriors they like the boldness needed in the entertainemnt field. They might be able to overcome that if this was a serious thing. But sadly it's not.." She said the last part with sarcasm.

"Then who do you propose instead?" Master Jest inquired.

"First one is Shoichiro Yukimura," Misaki said confidently. But the headmaster of the opposite school had to burst her bubbles. He burst out laughing and so did some of his students. Misaki rolled her eyes as she glared at them.

Takumi knew she was clearly unamused.

"The boy who's always greeting us," Hokichi said through his laughter. "He's a mockery to all 's a weak women."

With that Misaki lost it. Seven swords appeared in mid-air as she summoned them. All of the circling Lord Hokichi. She hated men who degraded women.

The said Lord shrieked as the Master tried to hold in his own laugh. Misaki locked eyes with Hokichi. "On the contrary my good sir," she said while resting her jaw on her hand. Takumi thought it looked rather sassy and pretty at the same time. "Us weak women can easily beat you pathetic men in a battle any day."

"All we have to do is trigger those hormones of yours," Erika added as she threw a wink at him. She had a high sex appeal that increased when she was cruel like that."

Hokichi sat back down. His legs wobbling. "You've raised demons," he told Jest.

"Better than what you've raised," Erika mumbled. Thankfully only Misaki heard her. She kicked her under the table. "Ow." She sneered at her friend. Misaki mouthed an apology while making a teasing face.

"So," the master asked. "Who's the fifth man?"

Misaki smiled proudly and said. "Hinata Shintani."

"Are you kidding me," the man asked with a bemused face. "He's never here."

"True, but I can convince him to maintain a constant presence for this occasion." Misaki replied.

"Will he listen to you?"

"Of course he will," Erika cut in. "He loves her." She then made a pucker face and Miskai kicked her again. "Ow."

"So," Misaki began. "If we're not in the game," she gestured to herself and Erika. Why are we here then?"

The man merely smiled as he said, "I have other plans for you."

Three Weeks Later

Takumi stood outside the arena with his teammates from Miyabigaoka and Yumesaki Seika. Tora had pointed out several times that he had a sulking face that could surely scare away the other competitors. And he had been right. Two teams had already left. Since two schools were involved in each team that meant he had scared away twenty people.

Could you blame him. He had desperately hoped Misaki would be here. But no. She wasn't playing. Not to mention he didn't even care about this idiotic game in the first place.

He sighed inwardly since it couldn't be helped.

He turned his attention back to the arena. Three weeks ago the teams had been decided. Three weeks ago the teams had started to train together. Three weeks since he started to see Misaki more often. But not once did he a actually end up making a conversation with her. Every time they spoke it was regarding training and combat. But it didn't even count since she would just drop by to see how everything was going. Not to mention his new obnoxious rival. Who was it again? Oh yeah. Hinata Shintani. He hadn't met him since he never showed up at the training sessions but Misaki had promised he would show up at the event.

"STOP THAT."

"YOU FIRST ASSWHOLE."

A sudden outburst had caught Takumi's attention. It was the two boys Aoi and Kuuga. They were fighting agin and Sakura and Yukimura was trying to stop them.

"That's enough," It was Tora who had spoken. "Let's all do our best shall we." Everyone cheered. Aoi and Kuuga did too until Kuuga said something that made them both grunt at each other.

Here it goes. Takumi told himself. But before he entered he noticed a group of people watching them. They all wore dark cloaks around them so he couldn't exactly see their faces. But for some reason one of the individuals reminded him of her. No. He was letting his thoughts get the best of him.

So he walked inside the arena completely unaware of the familiar amber eyes piercing his back.

In the Arena

The rules were simple. The first six teams to make it to the finish life won. As soon as the trial round was over the schools would go back to playing as individuals. This was just to decrease the competetion a bit. But the trial itself wasn't easy. Among the way teams were supposed to face holographic demons that were supposed to create an obstacle for them. Not to mention schools were also allowed to attack each other. But luckily for Takumi Seika's demons were on his team. Skaura and Yukimura were indeed powerful warriors. But Yukimura still struggled to take charge. But he was much better than Chiyo who hadn't even used her powers yet. What was that girl hiding?

"FOUND YOU," Just then one of the other teams appeared. One of the members shot a flame sphere at them but luckily Kuga manged to blow it off. Tora used his summoning powers to summon one of his wolf spirits. The creature howled and threw icicles at them.

The opposing team yelped as they retreated back.

They continued to run when…

An explosion had taken place behind them. The next thing they knew about forty people were on the ground. No one had seen how they were defeated so easily.

"How were they…" Someone in the group began. But their answer was soon answered.

"It was me," they all looked up to see a boy with brown hair floating in the air. He had a slight scar on his cheek. "HINATA," Kuuga and Aoi yelled at the same time.

"Sorry for being late," He said as he floated down. So this was Takumi's rival. The boy introduced himself to the group. Takumi hesitated slightly before shaking his hand. But the boy didn't notice.

"Well let's finish this shall we," he said and ran forward. His school mates following behind him. The elite group shrugged and did the same.

When they arrived at the finish line they expected to be first but sadly that wasn't the case. Two schools meaning one team had already arrived. One of them Takumi recognized as one of the minor schools in the land. They had a bit of hissing all the time like snakes which was how Takumi new them. The snake part was practically in their name. Nagha Academy. But the other team he did recognize slightly. They were the group of cloaked people he had seen outside. They were awfully mysterious. Even the referee didn't know their names.

"Who are they," Sakura asked.

"No idea," Aoi answered. "But their is something familiar about them."

"As much as much as I hate to agree with the whimpy idiot he's right. Their magic feels familiar."Kuga added.

"Yeah...wait. HEY."

Takumi examined them carefully. Was it really Misaki under that cloak. He didn't know. But he would soon find out anyway.

After all the was began at sunset.

So what did you guys think. Pretty good right. The cloaked soldiers are a odd combination of people from the anime. People who you probably never expected to see work together. But I'm sure you would like them. It's unique. Oh yeah in the previous chapters I made Takumi say he loves Misaki. Ignore it because I really meant like. True love takes longer.

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