CHAPTER FOUR: STUPID!
NORMAL POV/ POINT OF VIEW
After about an hour or so, Zachary sat up from the bed and yawned. "Well, I need to train." She said to herself, then finally noticing herself in the mirror. "Where's…my mask?" She said to herself, while Horo enter the room. "Ahhhhh! Don't look! Don't look!" Zachary panicked, facing her back to Horo. "Why? What's the matter?" He asked. "MY MASK? Did you see my mask anywhere?" She asked Horo. "I dunno, Lyserg brought you here without any masks on your face." "Huh? Awww…" She frowned. "Don't worry, you look good without a mask anyway." "But…it's special! I'll try to remember." "That's the best way." Horo smiled. Few minutes later…
"Awww…I left my mask at the dorm this morning! Damn it! Damn it! Why do I have a short term memory loss?" She slammed her fists at the wall. "What's so special about the mask anyway? I mean, you look good and all that stuff anyway, and your partners didn't have any masks on." Horo sat at the bed. "It's very special." "How special is it anyway?" Horo looked through her eyes.
"It used to be the material I used to hide from my relatives, my brother and I were 'outcasts' as they say, but they were the ones 'exiling' us. We have never done anything bad, but they would always torture us, my mother didn't do anything, just gamble all day with her favorite cigar. My father would always be at home drinking…because he's drunk, he would always tease, taunt and torture my brother."
"From that day on, cruel things were on my mind…so I had come to kill my 'rents…my relatives knew about it, and were about to kill us too, but we escaped and ran way…from that day on, we were lost…and Colonel Dan was the person who got us into assassin academy. We were so grateful that he found us. Now my relatives won't be able to do anything. Because I'm stronger now. Not the weak person I was. But I never had a weak will, I was strongly hoping for this day to be free."
"So I'm warning you, please don't be too close to me…I might do something bad if you may betray me…I don't want to hurt myself." Zachary set her hand at her chest. "But we can be friends? Right?" Horo asked. "Yes…" Zachary said. "That's great!" Horo exclaimed. "But I still need my mask you know. As I said, I don't want to be seen without it." She raised an eyebrow. "Jeez…Oh well. You look better without it." "But I want to go back to the academy and get it!" "Never mind about the mask, at least, you don't have to use it anymore, and its job is done. You're free from your family now." Horo said concerned.
Zachary just stared at Horo and touched her face. Then she stood up and told Horo. "I'm going to train. But I need to change first." "But you might end up in a bad shape." Horo said concerned. "Horo, this is MY body. I'll get used to the handicap. So please give me some privacy, I don't like changing in front of boys. It's a bad habit you know?" She glared. "Okay! Okay! I'm going!" He stood up leaving the room. Zachary slowly stood up and positioned herself. She chanted some words then her outfit appeared. "I'm glad that this mysterious technique is handy in some ways." She said, changing to the outfit she just had at her arms.
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"Zachary? Are you finish---HEY WAIT!" Horo panicked, then busted at the door. "Your clothes are with---" "Lyserg? Oh, I have them." Zachary smiled, showing the clothes she was wearing. "How did you---" "I really don't know." Zachary sat back on her bed. "Well, that's pretty cool." Horo smiled. "Thanks. I have powers that I really don't understand you know. Once I used some other kind of power to be able to copy some other people's supremacy and it worked." Zachary stared at her palm. "So, are you a shaman?" Horo asked.
"No…but I can see spirits…I never became a shaman before…though I tried to be one. It was a failure, I had thought I called out a pleasant spirit, but it was an evil one, I was possessed…they had to call a spiritualist or the shaman I wanted to be, to banish the one that was possessing me…it was a bad experience…I was sooo scared…I was hearing the evil chuckles of the devil…I don't want to hear it again…"
"Oh…so you don't have the capabilities?" "Yeah…" "Don't worry, you still are strong." Horo patted her back. "Thanks again Horo. Well I should be training. My chief just came here." "What? Someone appeared? I didn't see anyone." "Yes, she came, she said that if I don't heal fast, something might happen to my comrades, and if there is, they're going to execute me." "What? That's not fair! It's not your fault." Horo exclaimed. "Don't worry. It's going to be my punishment for slaying innocent people…I wonder how it would feel to be killed." "Hey, don't talk like that!" Horo said.
"Oh well. I have to go." Zachary stared at Horo with her bright blue orbs. "Be careful with Ren." "You told me that already." Zachary rolled her eyes. "I'm just reminding you." "Well, thanks for caring…" Zachary disappeared from the room.
"Hey! Zachary! Where are you?" Horo looked around the area, only discovering that she was just at the backyard. "Sheesh…she makes me panic sooo much…if she leaves the household, no wonder could happen to her. Those injuries are quite deep though. I know she'll manage it. She's a strong lass."
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"Ugh…where am I?" Schneider groaned. His see green hair was in a mess, not in the usual state it was found. His hair tied into a long plait. He opened his blue green orbs to eye the place he was just in. The place was quite dark. It was a damp place; his arms were in chains too. He looked infront of him; it was Akira.
"OMG! Akira! Akira!" He called out. "No use, he's totally unconscious. Where's the captain? Where am I?" He asked himself. Then Akira suddenly shifted his head. "Akira! He's waking up---Ugh…what's wrong with my ribs…? It pains too death!" He said staring down to his lower abdomen. "Jeez…so this is what it feels like to get stabbed in the place you really hate to be battered at…" he sighed. "Sche…neider? Is that you?" Akira spoke softly. "Don't you know? How pathetic! I was waking you up since…since…a while ago!" Schneider rolled his eyes.
"Where are we?" Akira asked. "And where are my glasses?" "How would I know?" Schneider continued to roll his eyes at Akira. "And…it stinks in here…" "I know. It's killing me! Actually, this injury here kills me too." Schneider looked at his fellow assassin who has his jet-black hair disordered.
"My friend, your hair is in a total disarray." "What? OMG! I have to fix this fast!" Akira panicked, trying to get the chains from his arms. "You won't be able to get that off you know." "But…I'll look ugly." "Actually, you look quite good without your hair in a braid." "What? Really?" Akira exclaimed. "Yes. And me? Even if it's not in a plait, I still look good am I? Of course! I'm Captain's right side!" "You're boasting too much…" Akira sighed.
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"So what did you call us here for Principal Shi?" A 10-year-old kid with navy blue hair said respecting the lady in front of him. "Woah! The principal is a woman? She's gorgeous!" Another 10-year-old kid said. "Saturn!" The other kid called the blonde. "Pluto! What?" The blonde turned to the guy he was referring to. "Respect the principal!" He whispered. "Yeah, yeah…" The blonde rolled his eyes.
"So principal Shi?" Pluto turned to his headmistress. "I called you here because of Zachary's case. I suppose you know all about Zachary, my loyal right hand." "Yes, we have heard of her, she was next in being the great assassin the Nine Planets group had ever know." Pluto assumed. "Yes, your counsel says of the truth. Now about her case, her fellow partners are currently in the hands of the devil, Hao." Shi vexed.
"Are we going to get them, my prime?" Pluto exclaimed. "Apparently, no. All you have to do is fetch Zachary from the place she's staying at." "All right, we'll accomplish the task immediately." "I do not expect a fast outcome you know. The girl is very stubborn. She will want to go here alone I think. Very independent young woman…"
"We'll just be here as soon as possible…" Pluto insisted. "You two are both persistent you know. Zachary, Pluto and Saturn, it seems that you are missing a member, right?" "Yes…" Pluto nodded. "Why don't you want another nine planets member on your assembly?" "Because they're all girls…we don't want to spoil our tasks because of a burden in our team…" Pluto muttered. "Well I'll think of it, maybe I'll put Zachary on your team temporarily."
"We'd love a famous assassin on our team, Principal…" Saturn grinned. "But don't think of her as a woman though. She's quite like a boy, very tomboyish. She can even beat all the other teams by herself, but something's wrong with her, she doesn't recognize the powers she has…" The principal thought.
"Oh, and we have also heard rumors that she's only 11? Is that true?" Pluto asked. "Probably. Her background was empty, only the country she lived in, her team members and the date she became a professional assassin were written. Nothing else." "She's very odd…" "You could tell it like that!" The principal smirked. "Well I think you should be going. She's hard to convince." The principal showed a way of understanding. "No problem!" The youngsters both exclaimed.
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"So you're the one that they call 'Ren'?" Zachary smirked. "And you're the one that happened to be with Lyserg, 'injured'." Ren sneered. "You're a shaman right?" "Yeah, and you're not?" "Yeah. All of the people here are shamans. Weren't you the guy whom Schneider had hit with poison needles? How weak. Those are just poison needles. 'Poison' needles. Just poison needles. You are pathetic."
"Kisama! Who are you calling pathetic? You're the dimwit over here!" Ren snarled. "I'm not a dim-wit! You're the dimwit! Torpedo-head!" Zachary snapped back. "You---" "Torpedo-head is angry! We'll he explode? Ohhhhh…I'm scared!" "Kisama! You little pain in the neck!" Ren pointed his Kwandao at her collar. "Hey, hey, relax, I was just joking." Zachary said, pretending. "You have such a temper, those are just words, they won't hurt you. Oh, and I'll…never do it again! I promise!" Zachary pleaded. "So who's pathetic now?" Ren reprimanded. "Jeez…how pathetic…falling for that lie…" Zachary rolled her eyes.
"So, do you want to train with me?" "Sure. If you're not weak enough." "Well I'm not. I'm going to be your worst night mare!" Zachary exclaimed. "You're on!" Ren called out, as his sparring partner prepared for training.
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souloverdrive: YAY! Another chapter! I like the part when Saturn and Pluto were talking to the headmistress. Sorry I took long enough before updating though, I was waiting for the Christmas vacation! I hope you like this new chapter, and well, please read and review, there! Down there! The drop-down menu on the left!
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