Just You And Me: Chapter Three- Revelation.
By ShadowSilence.
The week, ever so swiftly, went on. It passed in the mere blink of the eye. The free time, games, and Gareas made me feel relaxed, as though becoming a candidate was possibly an okay thing. Although, in the back of my mind hung my worries about my EX ability I was still hiding from the entire academy.
Today is the last day of exams. I'm excited and frightened, both at the same time. The end of the tests is both good and bad, it has two sides, just like a coin. The good is that, well, there will be no more physical exams. The bad news is that we start the real training, something that I've been forgetting thanks to Gareas. Speaking of Garu, to say the least, we have become close. Garu and I just have a strong bond that was made in a short amount of time.
The last of the tests went by as usual and after Garu getting scolded, we were all free do as we pleased. Of course, we went to the mess hall for lunch. Gareas, Aya, Kenji, and I met up in the café at our regular table in the corner. Today's lunch was 'healthy surprise'; the surprise is that it tastes really bad.
As Gareas and I approached the table Aya and Kenji sat at, we both greeted them and took our seats at the round table. "Yo! And how'd the tests go?" Aya inquired energetically, while poking his fork into his food. My green haired friend frowned and glared at his food and finally stabbed his fork into it's heart. "Not as wonderful as you think. I really hate Azuma."
Aya's eyes widen slightly at Garu's rotten attitude, and his curious eyes landed on me. "What the hell exactly happen, Ern-kun?" I chuckled softly at Gareas, recalling what happen. I placed a supposedly comforting hand on his clothed shoulder. "Today we did the rhythm proficiency test and Gareas had a bit of trouble!" I started smiling at my friends. I really couldn't help but to smile, remembering how hilarious it was. "A little.Sure, what the hell ever." Garu muttered, sulking and seemingly trying to kill his food. I smirked and chuckled. "After a few falling a numerous times and kicking a few other candidates, Gareas was screamed at by an enraged Instructor.Then Gareas started screaming back. And to add to that, he cursed Azuma out. Instructor Azuma is making poor Garu-san write an essay because of it." I smirked at the scowling Gareas.He can be so cu-.funny sometimes. I don't think it was his fault though. Gareas as good rhythm, but he couldn't remember the steps and he would end up tripping on others feet because of it.
"Kenji, Aya, Gareas.Tsk Tsk Tsk. Did you guys know." All four of us curious as to who was speaking, we turned to the table behind us to see a group of second year candidates gathered around. The one speaking was in the front, he had strangely colored blue hair and eyes. ".you're hanging around the freak boy? What am I saying.Of course you knew, you also know that anyone that hangs around with a certain blond haired freak, is a freak." The candidate said smugly.I frowned, knowing all to well what he was talking about.
My EX.
My shoulders slumped forward in helplessness. I thought I had escaped my old life, I had actually started to let my guard down.And then this punk ruins it. I inwardly sighed. Must everything good in my life be lost? Does anyone really need to answer that for me, I think I know the answer. Yes.
I turned around, to find all my.friends eyes' on me. All except one pair of vivid emerald eyes. *That* I noticed. The one person I was turning to seek comfort from and they were already gone. Guess hanging around with the 'freak' was not the first thing on his 'to do' list.
"What the hell did you call him, Force!?!"
The sudden outburst from behind me, startled me for a second before my blue eyes bolted to see what was going on. I did a double take when I saw Gareas pulling the one called Force up by the collar of his shirt, pulling him out of the chair. I frowned again. Garu.Fighting is prohibited. I'm not worth losing five points.
Force snorted at my friend's words, brushing Gareas's hands off of his shirt.but Garu wasn't giving up his fight that easily, he held onto to that shirt like it was his life. "I called the blonde a freak. Got a problem with it, kid?"
The older teen stood up, revealing just how much taller he was than Gareas.
However, my green haired friend was very violent and had a short temper. "Shut the hell up! That blonde is my friend! Why do keep calling Ernest a freak?! The only freak I see is you, and I'm no kid!! You're only one year older than me, bakayaro!" Gareas shouted, seeming very ready to fight. Despite the situation, I unconsciously wondered what the word meant. Bakayaro.I'm not very sure, but I think it is Japanese and it loosely translates to stupid bastard.I doubt Force would know what that means.But, at the rate this is going a fight could break out any second.
"Gareas, calm down! Fighting is prohibited!" I finally exclaimed, knowing I had my friends welfare in mind. I jumped from my seat taking a place behind him.
" Your *friend* didn't tell you his EX, did he? He didn't tell you anything. The blonde is a telepathic and empathic. He knows exactly what you think and feel, he can take advantage of you any time he wants. Now, if you don't remove your hands from my shirt, I'll be forced to kick your scrawny ass." Force smirked smugly at the last part, and I didn't doubt that he wouldn't fight Gareas..but I was worried about Gareas kicking my butt.
Gareas' emerald eyes widen and darted to look at me accusingly. I lowered my eyes to gaze at the ground, my head bowing in shame, and my blond locks falling to hide my face from him as I nodded a confirmation. "I'm sorry." I muttered dejectedly.Gareas and I were just friends, right?.But.Then.Why does it feel like my heart is breaking. I swear I can feel it.
My so called ice heart is melting.Yet, I can feel it being ripped to tiny shreds and I can hear the glass shards hitting the ground. So much for my heart.
I saw his feet turn more so back to Force, taking a fighting stance. After seeing that I raised my head just in time to see Gareas punch Force, and he punched Force with all his might.
In the blink of an eye, Force was retaliating with a strong kick that sent Gareas flying backwards.Right through the cafeteria glass window! Damn! That is the thickest window in the freakin' academy! What luck!
I winced at the sound of the glass breaking and pushing into Garu's thin flesh. The problem was.I could feel each shard of glass enter his flesh, as though it was being stabbed into me, which made me jerk back in a daze. {{Am I going to die?Someone help!!!The pain.ugh!.my shoulder.}}I heard Gareas think frantically, before I tuned him out. I glared at Force for a moment before my body reacted to my need of motion. The window lead to the hall way out side.
"Aya, Kenji, get the doctor!" I yelled before rushing to the window. I leaned out the window, looking down at Gareas shivering and bloody form. Oh Goddess. He needed help, now! Knowing how bad the situation was, I jumped through the window, landing at his side and hearing the crushing of glass under my shoes. This being an elite training academy, it wasn't just a normal window, no.It was one of those windows that are like walls, that go all around the cafeteria.
I scanned over his body, seeing the many cuts and the many pieces of glass still intact in his flesh. My eyes landed on two particularly large shards of glass in him. One stood jabbed in his shoulder and the other in his gut and both had blood gushing. His clothes were shredded and covered in blood. His face.it escaped any deep or scaring cuts, and only had scrapes of glass. As my eyes gazed at his face two very and oddly scared green eyes looked up at me, almost begging me to make the pain stop. I think.I could.Try what Erts showed me. "Gareas.calm down.I'm here."
I grabbed his hand with my own, wincing at the skin contact and the sudden bomb of intense pain. I could.Try to take that pain of Garu's and I could block it out.even though I would be the one to be stuck with the pain. I can bear it. So, I set out to do that. I sorted through his emotions and I swiftly came across it and just rerouted the wire, so it was coming to me.
Oh Goddess. I squeezed my eyes closed as it hit me.It was painful, but nothing I couldn't handle.I smiled weakly, I could keep this up for a few minutes. I opened my eyes, ignoring the crowd of people around me. I didn't bother to acknowledge the fact of how blurry and weird everything looked and sounded at the moment. With my other hand, which was somehow covered in blood be it his or mine, I brushed his emerald locks of his eyes noticing his beautiful hair was already covered in blood.
"Move it! Get him on a stretcher, now!" A woman with blond hair shouted, taking control of the situation. When did she get here. My world was kinda fuzzy.It was quiet one minute then loud.That's probably not a good thing.I glared as one of the nurses tried to pull me away from Gareas.and she finally pulled my hand away, before I could even get to my feet. "Candidate! Candidate!" She was yelling at me...I suddenly felt very dizzy and a wave of nausea hit me full force. My feet gave way and I became completely incoherent. I fell sideways, falling onto the glass covered floor.and my world started to go black.and then.it was black.
"Sorry.I can not do anything more for you..Gar.eas."
To Be Continued.
The week, ever so swiftly, went on. It passed in the mere blink of the eye. The free time, games, and Gareas made me feel relaxed, as though becoming a candidate was possibly an okay thing. Although, in the back of my mind hung my worries about my EX ability I was still hiding from the entire academy.
Today is the last day of exams. I'm excited and frightened, both at the same time. The end of the tests is both good and bad, it has two sides, just like a coin. The good is that, well, there will be no more physical exams. The bad news is that we start the real training, something that I've been forgetting thanks to Gareas. Speaking of Garu, to say the least, we have become close. Garu and I just have a strong bond that was made in a short amount of time.
The last of the tests went by as usual and after Garu getting scolded, we were all free do as we pleased. Of course, we went to the mess hall for lunch. Gareas, Aya, Kenji, and I met up in the café at our regular table in the corner. Today's lunch was 'healthy surprise'; the surprise is that it tastes really bad.
As Gareas and I approached the table Aya and Kenji sat at, we both greeted them and took our seats at the round table. "Yo! And how'd the tests go?" Aya inquired energetically, while poking his fork into his food. My green haired friend frowned and glared at his food and finally stabbed his fork into it's heart. "Not as wonderful as you think. I really hate Azuma."
Aya's eyes widen slightly at Garu's rotten attitude, and his curious eyes landed on me. "What the hell exactly happen, Ern-kun?" I chuckled softly at Gareas, recalling what happen. I placed a supposedly comforting hand on his clothed shoulder. "Today we did the rhythm proficiency test and Gareas had a bit of trouble!" I started smiling at my friends. I really couldn't help but to smile, remembering how hilarious it was. "A little.Sure, what the hell ever." Garu muttered, sulking and seemingly trying to kill his food. I smirked and chuckled. "After a few falling a numerous times and kicking a few other candidates, Gareas was screamed at by an enraged Instructor.Then Gareas started screaming back. And to add to that, he cursed Azuma out. Instructor Azuma is making poor Garu-san write an essay because of it." I smirked at the scowling Gareas.He can be so cu-.funny sometimes. I don't think it was his fault though. Gareas as good rhythm, but he couldn't remember the steps and he would end up tripping on others feet because of it.
"Kenji, Aya, Gareas.Tsk Tsk Tsk. Did you guys know." All four of us curious as to who was speaking, we turned to the table behind us to see a group of second year candidates gathered around. The one speaking was in the front, he had strangely colored blue hair and eyes. ".you're hanging around the freak boy? What am I saying.Of course you knew, you also know that anyone that hangs around with a certain blond haired freak, is a freak." The candidate said smugly.I frowned, knowing all to well what he was talking about.
My EX.
My shoulders slumped forward in helplessness. I thought I had escaped my old life, I had actually started to let my guard down.And then this punk ruins it. I inwardly sighed. Must everything good in my life be lost? Does anyone really need to answer that for me, I think I know the answer. Yes.
I turned around, to find all my.friends eyes' on me. All except one pair of vivid emerald eyes. *That* I noticed. The one person I was turning to seek comfort from and they were already gone. Guess hanging around with the 'freak' was not the first thing on his 'to do' list.
"What the hell did you call him, Force!?!"
The sudden outburst from behind me, startled me for a second before my blue eyes bolted to see what was going on. I did a double take when I saw Gareas pulling the one called Force up by the collar of his shirt, pulling him out of the chair. I frowned again. Garu.Fighting is prohibited. I'm not worth losing five points.
Force snorted at my friend's words, brushing Gareas's hands off of his shirt.but Garu wasn't giving up his fight that easily, he held onto to that shirt like it was his life. "I called the blonde a freak. Got a problem with it, kid?"
The older teen stood up, revealing just how much taller he was than Gareas.
However, my green haired friend was very violent and had a short temper. "Shut the hell up! That blonde is my friend! Why do keep calling Ernest a freak?! The only freak I see is you, and I'm no kid!! You're only one year older than me, bakayaro!" Gareas shouted, seeming very ready to fight. Despite the situation, I unconsciously wondered what the word meant. Bakayaro.I'm not very sure, but I think it is Japanese and it loosely translates to stupid bastard.I doubt Force would know what that means.But, at the rate this is going a fight could break out any second.
"Gareas, calm down! Fighting is prohibited!" I finally exclaimed, knowing I had my friends welfare in mind. I jumped from my seat taking a place behind him.
" Your *friend* didn't tell you his EX, did he? He didn't tell you anything. The blonde is a telepathic and empathic. He knows exactly what you think and feel, he can take advantage of you any time he wants. Now, if you don't remove your hands from my shirt, I'll be forced to kick your scrawny ass." Force smirked smugly at the last part, and I didn't doubt that he wouldn't fight Gareas..but I was worried about Gareas kicking my butt.
Gareas' emerald eyes widen and darted to look at me accusingly. I lowered my eyes to gaze at the ground, my head bowing in shame, and my blond locks falling to hide my face from him as I nodded a confirmation. "I'm sorry." I muttered dejectedly.Gareas and I were just friends, right?.But.Then.Why does it feel like my heart is breaking. I swear I can feel it.
My so called ice heart is melting.Yet, I can feel it being ripped to tiny shreds and I can hear the glass shards hitting the ground. So much for my heart.
I saw his feet turn more so back to Force, taking a fighting stance. After seeing that I raised my head just in time to see Gareas punch Force, and he punched Force with all his might.
In the blink of an eye, Force was retaliating with a strong kick that sent Gareas flying backwards.Right through the cafeteria glass window! Damn! That is the thickest window in the freakin' academy! What luck!
I winced at the sound of the glass breaking and pushing into Garu's thin flesh. The problem was.I could feel each shard of glass enter his flesh, as though it was being stabbed into me, which made me jerk back in a daze. {{Am I going to die?Someone help!!!The pain.ugh!.my shoulder.}}I heard Gareas think frantically, before I tuned him out. I glared at Force for a moment before my body reacted to my need of motion. The window lead to the hall way out side.
"Aya, Kenji, get the doctor!" I yelled before rushing to the window. I leaned out the window, looking down at Gareas shivering and bloody form. Oh Goddess. He needed help, now! Knowing how bad the situation was, I jumped through the window, landing at his side and hearing the crushing of glass under my shoes. This being an elite training academy, it wasn't just a normal window, no.It was one of those windows that are like walls, that go all around the cafeteria.
I scanned over his body, seeing the many cuts and the many pieces of glass still intact in his flesh. My eyes landed on two particularly large shards of glass in him. One stood jabbed in his shoulder and the other in his gut and both had blood gushing. His clothes were shredded and covered in blood. His face.it escaped any deep or scaring cuts, and only had scrapes of glass. As my eyes gazed at his face two very and oddly scared green eyes looked up at me, almost begging me to make the pain stop. I think.I could.Try what Erts showed me. "Gareas.calm down.I'm here."
I grabbed his hand with my own, wincing at the skin contact and the sudden bomb of intense pain. I could.Try to take that pain of Garu's and I could block it out.even though I would be the one to be stuck with the pain. I can bear it. So, I set out to do that. I sorted through his emotions and I swiftly came across it and just rerouted the wire, so it was coming to me.
Oh Goddess. I squeezed my eyes closed as it hit me.It was painful, but nothing I couldn't handle.I smiled weakly, I could keep this up for a few minutes. I opened my eyes, ignoring the crowd of people around me. I didn't bother to acknowledge the fact of how blurry and weird everything looked and sounded at the moment. With my other hand, which was somehow covered in blood be it his or mine, I brushed his emerald locks of his eyes noticing his beautiful hair was already covered in blood.
"Move it! Get him on a stretcher, now!" A woman with blond hair shouted, taking control of the situation. When did she get here. My world was kinda fuzzy.It was quiet one minute then loud.That's probably not a good thing.I glared as one of the nurses tried to pull me away from Gareas.and she finally pulled my hand away, before I could even get to my feet. "Candidate! Candidate!" She was yelling at me...I suddenly felt very dizzy and a wave of nausea hit me full force. My feet gave way and I became completely incoherent. I fell sideways, falling onto the glass covered floor.and my world started to go black.and then.it was black.
"Sorry.I can not do anything more for you..Gar.eas."
To Be Continued.