It was another day at Luna Nova as Kenji struggled in vain to open the jar of sugar in his arms, "C'mon you piece of shit just open let your manly strength shine!" He grunted putting all of his grip into the lid finally sliding it open slipping out of his arm threatening to smash onto the floor.
A glow of magic surrounded the jar just before it shattered onto the floor, "Thanks Lotte you really saved me," Kenji thanked grabbing the now open jar scooping up the floating sugar, "W-what the hell is Akko doing," He deadpanned watching the brunette start randomly mixing ingredients together.
"Honestly I stopped caring around the third lesson I had with her," Sucy joked earning a light chuckle from Kenji.
Lotte sighed as the mix in Akko's bowl grew in size exploding over her body, "Why don't you just follow the instructions Akko?" Sucy slid her finger down the cake covered girl smiling at the flavour.
"That's how you get it to taste good though," She whined unaffected by the cake over her, "Also Kenji what are you even doing your just putting sugar and plums into a bowl you're not even mixing them!"
'I swear the level of airhead she gives off is just wrong'
"Akko in case you didn't notice this is the instructions for the class, I seriously question how you got into a school don't you have to take some sort of test like an entrance exam?" Kenji questioned starting to mix the bowl.
"Huh what about her she hasn't even got a bowl," Akko pointed out bringing everyone's attention to the small witch on the other table where she was cooking the ingredients in a machine.
"Woahhhhhh that's so cool it's like you cooking it all together in one machine but you're using you magic to power it," Geeking out Kenji stared in awe at the machine screen watching as it created the potion.
Akko huffed in annoyance stomping over to the machine, "No it's not Kenji it doesn't look witchy at all!"
"Talk about pot calling the kettle black Akko," Sucy deadpanned getting a stifled laugh from Kenji
"Shut up Sucy and Kenji stop laughing at her jokes there not even that funny!" Akko pouted puffing out her cheeks getting dangerously close to him.
'Personal space PERSONAL SPACE!'
Kenji turned away from the brunette to hide his slightly red face, "A-alright Akko I get it just try to keep your distance," He sighed in defeat glaring daggers at the smug looking Sucy.
"C'mon you guys you need to be more serious about this class!"
The sound of crisps being bitten into intervened into the conversation, "Kenji stop eating Jasminka's crisps and listen to me!" Akko yelled out again.
"What she offered them to me so I took some god these are really good you gotta tell me the shop you buy these from Jasminka," Kenji explained as the two of them started their own conversation.
"You get along with people really easily Kenji I don't think I've even seen you talk to Jasminka before," Lotte said surprised performing a little clap with her hands.
Taking the complimented in stride Kenji went into full narcissist mode, "Well I do try to be friendly with everyone although if you piss me off, well I won't start throwing hands since your all girls but we won't get along that well," Kenji explained completely ignoring the argument behind him.
"WHAT DID YOU SAY!" Akko yelled throwing up another witch's legs knocking them to the floor
'Oh, shit CAT FIGHT!'
"Hey Lotte who's the witch with the cool hair the one Akko's arguing with?" Kenji queried a handful of Jasminka's crisps in his hand.
"That's Amanda O'Neil the girl that stole the shooting star broom remember?"
'Oh, it's the one that made me fly through mountains and the ocean greatttttttt'
"You only hate me because you lost the race!" Akko mocked getting up close and personal with Amanda.
"Why would I, my boyfriend didn't need to come along and save me and help me win the race," Amanda retorted returning the closed distance growling at Akko.
"W-what are you t-talking about it was your fault that Kenji get taken off by that broom besides I rode it near the end so don't pull that!" She argued back poking her in the face.
Amanda smirked at the response she got, "I don't see you denying him being your boyfriend but hey it's probably not true considering the fact that I've seen that he's actually kind of smart so why would he be dumb enough to date a try hard like you!"
"I kind of feel like this argument has gone off topic," Sucy murmured
"You're telling me I'm getting embarrassed listening to this, well at least she thinks I'm smart," Kenji replied smiling at the compliment.
Sucy elbowed him in the side grimacing in disgust, "Don't get ahead of yourself."
"Shut up you're the try hard always needing your boyfriend to come and save you I honestly feel a bit bad for him!"
"Shut up Kenji's not my boyfriend and even if he was, he'd agree that your way more of a try hard then I am!" Akko grunted pushing Amanda back into the table.
"Um guys, pot of burning liquid behind you might want to watch out," Kenji warned his words falling under deaf ears between the arguing witches.
Akko and Amanda pushed each other into the table the green liquid pouring out of the cauldron a white light covering the room.
"Scylla!"
Suddenly, all the objects in the room stopped in the air, "Yera Retoure!" Diana spoke another incantation as the objects in the room reformed too how they were before.
The whole class was in awe of the spell clapping and cheering for Diana, "Honestly I would've thought a boy would've caused the most trouble in class but can you two stop your barbaric argument before you give us all a bad name!" Diana scolded the two putting her wand away.
"Also, I'm sure no one wants to hear about you two arguing over whether Akko could a boyfriend or not it's incredibly irritating,"
"Huh who you calling barbaric!" Amanda yelled in frustration
"Yeah, who do you think you are!" Akko added sassily placing her hands on her hips
"If you two girls don't quiet down soon then the punishment, I'll be giving you will be worse punishment than you can imagine!" Professor Lukic cackled her ghostly figure appearing behind them.
"And why'll you to are dealing with whatever useless task your given you might want to take him to the infirmary," Diana pointed out gesturing towards the unconscious boy slumped across the floor.
Kenji with a large bruise forming on his forehead lay unconscious on the floor, "Oh I thought he was just being an idiot I guess he's actually knocked out," Sucy brought up poking his unconscious cheek.
"A-Ah what happened to him," Akko questioned anxiously crouching down beside him trying to pick him up while completely failing.
"I think when you two blew up the room Kenji got caught in the middle of it," Lotte explained picking him up with a levitation spell.
"Well now I kind of feel bad," Amanda said beginning to feel guilty
"You four shall take him to the infirmary but I want you two afterwards to head to the tower and start cleaning!" Lukic explained not taking her eyes off the cauldron she was stirring.
"Try not to argue about who's the most try hard on the way there," Diana teased slightly earning a laugh from the rest of the class.
"There we go you can rest for now Kenji," Lotte spoke kindly gently placing him onto one of the beds as he began sporadically moving about in his sleep.
Amanda couldn't help but let out a small laugh as he starting flailing his arms about across the bed, "This is supposed to be the fabled boy of Luna Nova."
Sucy quickly grabbed Kenji's phone from the back of his pocket where he thought he'd hidden it well, "Oh this is gonna be an amazing wakeup call when he checks his phone," She snickered evilly taking several photos of the sleeping boy.
"Sucy stop you shouldn't be taking pictures of Kenji when he's aslee-" Akko stopped herself from speaking when she took a glance at the pictures Sucy had taken seeing that some of them he had his shirt up.
"Wow Akko you're a real pervert~" Amanda cooed a smug smile across her face.
"S-s-shut up y-you're looking to!"
"Yeah, but you were really admiring the photo I just took a glance I guess you're really liking the eye candy huh," Amanda teased once more only enforcing the blush stamped on Akko's face.
"Can you two please stop talking about Kenji just because the slightest piece of his skin is showing," Sucy sighed in annoyance throwing brooms to the two of the them.
"Don't you two need to get cleaning?" She asked rhetorically pushing them out of the room
"Good there gone I actually thought that I was gonna throw up!"
Lotte and Sucy both sat down next to the bed waiting for Kenji to wake up.
"Stupid Diana, stupid Sucy, stupid Kenji!" Akko sulked under her breath angrily dusting with her broom.
"Right where do they get off telling us what to do wait what does Kenji have to do with any of this didn't we knock him out?" Amanda questioned veering off from the topic.
Ignoring the logic of the situation Akko continued sulking, "Yeah but he probably would've teased me for getting into trouble so it's a predicted attack!" She insisted slamming the broom in her hands.
"Your definitely right about Diana though she's so stuck up just because she comes from a high-class witch family!" Amanda yelled in annoyance kicking a stone off of the tower.
Akko frowned in disappointment walking over to Amanda, "Hey stop slacking off if we both clean-up we can go earlier!" A sudden shriek stopped the two from continuing their argument, "What the heck is that?!"
"We better check it out, it beats cleaning up here," Amanda suggested picking Akko up on her broom flying up.
Up in the sky they watched as a collection of dragons snatched the sorcerer's stone immediately flying away knocking the two-off balance.
'What just happened!' Akko mentally questioned
"Ow shit!" Kenji bellowed recoiling up in the bed he was on immediately bringing his arm up to the red mark across his cheek, "What happened where am I what am-"
Sucy slapped her hand across Kenji's mouth stopping him from continuing, "That last question was unneeded and judging by that look on your face I think you know that," She deadpanned almost feeling the smile through her hand.
"Alright yeah you got me but where am I?"
"In the infirmary Akko was made to do some punishment for the mess in class so me and Lotte stayed with you."
"I-It's good to see your awake Kenji," Lotte shyly spoke up at the mention of her name.
"Awwww you guys are such good friends~" Kenji sang out diving at Sucy for a fake hug only to be quickly side-lined falling to the ground.
"You're forgetting that apart from Akko we're your only friends," Sucy joked leaving the boy in thought.
'Shit she's right is that a point to her?'
Sucy: 1 Kenji: 0
Shaking his head, Kenji picked himself up, "Well you may be right but it's always about the quality not the quantity so that doesn't really matter besides after I made the front cover in the news after the broom race it's only made it harder for me to mingle with any of the other girls here."
"What did I even get hit with my head is killing me," Kenji winced growing dizzy for a split second knocking him back onto the bed.
"A-ah Kenji are you alright?" Lotte questioned anxiously leaning her arm out
"Yeah, compared to the time I almost ripped my tongue about this is nothing," He explained earning a disgusted stare from both Sucy and Lotte.
They had no time to respond as the door to the infirmary was slammed open revealing Akko standing in hallway in a daze, "Kenji, Sucy, Lotte you gotta hurry dragons stole the sorcerer's stone!"
"Wait dragons exist in this world god I really need to read a book," Kenji sighed having no time for his joke to settle as Akko grabbed his wrist pulling him down the hallway.
As he was running through the hallway, he couldn't help but feel the number of eyes on him, "Why are there running through the hallway holding hands I bet he put her up to it."
"Yeah, I was in the class where he got knocked out, I bet he faked it just to be in a room with alone with a bunch of girls,"
'Man girls really are cruel'
Kenji swore he was about to get whiplash from how quickly Akko stopped where she stood, "Hey you shouldn't talk about people you've never even talked to I'll have you know Kenji's a pretty nice guy once you get to know him!" Akko bellowed aggressively pointing at them.
"Uh Akko I really don't mind it's just girls making gossip," Kenji reassured her still being dragged alongside her.
"It doesn't matter to me that you don't care I think Sucy could insult you for hours straight and you wouldn't care it bothers me that you've been here for almost 3 weeks and you still get gossiped about," Akko explained an unusually serious look on her face.
'Dammit it's the airhead being serious like Yotsuba it's my one weakness!'
"As much as I appreciate it, I think that I could be the most normal boy here and they'd still find some way to talk about me it'll take longer than 3 weeks for me to mingle in here even you haven't yet."
Akko jabbed her heeled shoe into Kenji's causing him to wince in retaliation, "See this is why I don't talk to you about this stuff because you just make fun of me!" She puffed out her cheeks glaring at Kenji.
"Alright alright sorry I really appreciate it though Akko thanks," Kenji replied a wide grin across his face.
"Y-Yeah no problem," Akko turned her head away from Kenji letting go of his wrist running forward into the headteachers office.
'Another weakness a tsundere airhead!'
"It took you long enough Akko were you too busy checking out Kenji on the way here," Amanda teased leaning in the doorway.
"What is your obsession with insisting I'm with Akko I do hang out with Sucy and Lotte, probably Sucy the most considering she's been teaching me to make potions," Kenji went off on a tangent.
"You of all people can't talk about teasing people Kenji," Sucy spoke up wrinkling her eyebrows in what seemed like disappointment.
"What are all of you doing in here if you have something to say than spit it out," Professor Finnelan questioned clearly annoyed by the groups usual banter.
"Well, me and Amanda where cleaning the tower as our punishment and then suddenly this group of dragons flew up and took away the sorcerer's stone!" Akko explained gesturing with her hands.
"It was just as the oracle predicted we've incurred the dragon's wrath!" Professor Lukic spoke up before slapping her mouth shut.
"That sounds incredibly suspicious," Kenji murmured resting his arm on his chin
"Yeah, is that a bad thing?" Akko added
"Never mind that we're already aware of the situation so you can all rest assured that we'll solve this," Miss Holbrooke spoke up
Akko immediately got excited clenching her fists swinging the up and down, "Does that mean we're doing a secret mission to get back the sorcerer's stone because we'll happily join!"
"Hey hey hey what do you mean by we, I wanted to visit the library today don't ruin this for me!" Kenji threatened gripping tightly on the girl's shoulder.
Amanda strolled over to the two pinching tightly on Akko's cheeks, "Yeah don't rope us in on this it isn't our problem!" She spoke sternly.
'There's no way I'm fighting dragons'
A cane smacked atop the trio's head stopping their argument from going any further, "As both Miss O'Neil and Mr. Otsuka have explained we won't be needing your assistance we can handle this," Holbrooke explained getting a dishevelled look from the brunette.
"Come to think of its Miss Kagari don't you and Miss O'Neil still have a cleaning punishment," Professor Finnelan intervened placing her hands on her hips.
Kenji and Sucy slowly began tiptoeing out of the office, "You two Mr Otsuka, Miss Manbavaran you two shall be tasked with cleaning all the clothes while we get the sorcerer's stone back."
"Actually, professor Finnelan I'm a guy so surely you don't want me cleaning the girls' clothes right," Kenji argued extremely proud of himself for coming up with the excuse.
"I see you do bring up a good point well that's really a shame,"
"You know there are times in life when you can really hate yourself."
"That time is now!" Kenji screamed panting from exhaustion as he rode the bicycle like machine powering the water.
'Seriously I've had more exercise this week then I have my entire life'
"Why did we get stuck doing all the grunt work!" Akko murmured angrily washing a skirt in one of the tubs.
"You're not the one who's been pushing these pedals for almost 3 HOURS!" Kenji groaned on the verge of throwing his shirt off.
Lotte spoke up calmly trying to defuse the arguing, "Well it makes sense with no magic the fairies can't do any work so it makes sense,"
"Yeah, it's a real shame that everyone has to carry a candle I can do that with me phone!" Kenji bit back rather aggressively toning it down when he saw that guilty look on her face, "Sorry Lotte I'm just not used to this much manual labour,"
"From what you've said before I don't think you've ever done manual labour," Sucy grinned her sharp teeth pointing out her mouth.
"Yeah, yeah another point to you."
'At this point this should be considered bullying'
Sucy: 2 Kenji: 0
"That's not the point the real problem is those stupid dragons taking the sorcerer's stone if they didn't, we wouldn't have to do all this work!" Akko sulked admitting the defeat lying down on the floor.
"You know I heard that dragons used to torture witches just to get a lick of their magic they would eat the skin or bit off their fingernails," Sucy explained an unsettlingly large grin across her face.
"You sure that legends not about you Sucy?" Kenji joked empathetically all of the energy his body on the verge of running out.
'This is it my comeback story!'
Sucy: 2 Kenji: 1
The mauve haired girl clicked her teeth in annoyance scrubbing the clothes even faster than before, "It doesn't matter dragons don't do that to witches anymore they've been pretty lazy for powerless for decades," Amanda pointed out carrying the large basket of clothes over to Lotte.
It was almost as if a lightbulb switched on inside Akko's head jerking her head up from the floor, "So if there powerless than it makes sense that they'd want the sorcerer's stone then!"
"Yeah, that probably makes sense but why would they want power in the first place like Amanda says and the history books I've been reading they've been missing for hundreds of years why would they suddenly show up?" Kenji monologued too everyone.
"But it not fair these dragons have shown up out of nowhere and have stolen the only way we can learn magic I won't forgive them; we need to get it back everyone's counting on us!" Akko went off on her grand spiel.
"Who...who the hell's counting on us?" Kenji unintentionally spoke his mind
Amanda and Sucy fought back the urge to burst out laughing failing as a small giggle escaped their lips, "Geez stop making fun of me all I'm saying is we at least have to try if we don't who else will!"
"I wouldn't do anything if I were you," A voice spoke up through the argument the group was having.
"Diana!"
"Eel hair good to see yah I can see your still keeping up your preppy attitude I can respect that," Kenji teased finally getting off the machine immediately struggling to stand.
Quickly becoming embarrassed, Diana picked up a knee-high sock on the ground throwing it directly at Kenji's face knocking his weak body to the ground.
"I told you to call me Diana you're not being funny calling me that just immature!" Diana ordered a clear red blush across her face.
"You just through a sock from the clean pile now we've got to fold them again!" Kenji scolded completely ignoring what she'd said.
"Look you've made me go off topic, you're supposed to be doing laundry not mindless chatter!"
"Who said you could boss us around I'd like to see you do any of this miss prep student," Amanda tried to shoo her off very annoyed.
The so-called prep student simply sighed in response crossing her arms, "Professor Finnelan told me to inform you that once you're finished with the laundry that you can go and gather water," Diana explained.
"You're seriously taking the piss now it's been over three hours and we're barely even halfway done Diana there's too many clothes and not enough people you can't expect us to be finished already."
"Kenji's right we've barely made any progress not to mention we've been sent three more piles in the last hour," Sucy agreed not stopping from cleaning the clothes.
"Why are you being so petty Diana, this affects you as well you can't be top student without any magic," Akko declared staring her dead in the eyes.
"I'm not being petty Akko do you really think you have any chance of taking on a dragon?"
"Maybe not but what's the point of knowing about this and not trying!"
Kenji watched nonchalantly as Diana began digging into Akko forcing her to lean back in shock from the words before eventually falling to the ground.
"Man, girls are cruel," Kenji murmured taking a biscuit from Jasminka
'SO GOOD!'
"That's a little harsh Diana lay off a bit!" Amanda reprimanded
"I have nothing to say to you your nothing but a slacker and no one likes that stop causing trouble for everyone else," Diana insulted glaring right through Amanda.
Kenji blurted out loudly before he could even think, "Oh will you shut it Diana for god sakes."
"You complain about Akko being careless or Amanda being a slacker but I'd really like to question what you've been doing this whole time to think that you can come in here and chew us out just because we want to solve a problem that affects the whole school!"
Everyone in the room stood speechless and wide eyed at Kenji's outburst, "For you information I've been helping the teachers with getting back the sorcerer's stone," Diana replied her tone clearly deadly.
"So, you're telling me you've done nothing because if you're really helping, you'd have it back by now, so as expected you've done nothing but talk to teachers about what you could do while Akko's at least talking about what we should do look I'm fine with you telling us something a teacher told you to but don't come in hear barking and scolding us for trying to help or being a slacker, everyone else might keep quiet during your outburst but I'm not that kind of guy so do me a favour and piss off!"
Kenji finished his speech gasping for air and his voice turning hoarse at how long he'd been screaming for.
Diana embarrassed and somewhat nervous awkwardly and silently left the room, "Woah Kenji you really told her off," Lotte stood in awe of the screaming match that just took place.
"Y-yeah I t-think I may have gone a bit too far," Kenji sighed hanging his head in guilt
"The tone change really is weird does he usually scream like that?" Amanda questioned to Sucy
"Well, he says that kind of stuff but I think this time he was actually upset to be honest I'd kinda like to see what it's like when he actually angry," She responded.
"Kenji you didn't have to do that I was fine it's like you said about those girls I've heard it before," Akko weakly smiled patting him on the back.
"Yeah, that's true but she can't just yell at someone like that for no reason, come to think of it that's probably why me and Iina get into a lot of fights,"
"Who's Iina?"
"Oh, that's my little sister she's a lot like me in some ways we both get into too many screaming matches back home,"
"You know Kenji I'm wondering why'd you stick up for me I get Akko but we literally properly met today?" Amanda questioned awkwardly walking up to him.
"EH what do you mean it's like I said to Akko you can't go around talking to people like that plus your hairs pretty cool so I consider that another reason," Kenji explained pointing at her bright orange hair.
Amanda brushed off her embarrassment loudly laughing it off slamming her hand into his back, "Kenji's right we can't let Diana walk all over us like that so let's get moving!" Amanda announced bringing her clenched fist next to Akko.
The two quickly bumped fist much to Lotte's chagrin, "Whatttttt you two can't be serious not to mention all the work we've got to do," Lotte argued getting poked in the shoulder by the witch with goggles.
Pointing to the end of the room was a machine pumping water into five different barrels, "Yeahhhh that's not a problem, I definitely wouldn't have loved that I don't know two hours ago," Kenji sobbed bitterly under his breath.
"Now Kenji where's the fun in that," Sucy joked without a shred of empathy in her voice
'The fun is that I can't walk'
"Alright let's head to Rustabon Ruins!"
The second she'd left the room, Diana stormed down the hallway her face beet red from both embarrassment and anger.
'How dare he talk to me like that where does he get off someone who can't even do magic and is just as much of a slacker than anyone else in there!'
After stomping her way through the school, Diana eventually made her way to the headmistress room letting herself in.
Once she entered, she found professor Finnelan standing over what looked like to her a scroll or vow, "Miss Cavendish did you do what I asked?"
"Yes, all the student has been told to take care of cooking, cleaning ad laundry," Diana explained strolling over to the scroll.
'I've definitely seen this before'
Riding through the forest late at night was Akko and her group all tied together on brooms by Constanze's mechanical one.
"Hey can I ask why there's a giant mark on the moon and how haven't I realized it?" Kenji questioned from behind Sucy once more riding on the same broom as her.
"No one really knows one day there was just a large blast in the sky that crashed into the moon and it's just been there ever since," Lotte answered from behind them.
'A giant mark on the moon has just been there... yeah, that sounds believable in this worlds standards anyway'
Noticing the gage on their brooms starting to glow Amanda shouted out, "We're getting closer I can fly freely now!" Untethering from the rope attaching them all she flew forward.
A soon as she did a swirl of fire shot at them from the sky forcing them to dodge it, "Holy shit dodge Sucy dodge!" Kenji begged the mauve haired girl ducking under the flames only singing the top of her hair.
The group darted through the trees manoeuvring around the bursts of flames, "Those are the dragons that stole the sorcerer's stone!" Akko called out.
"No really Akko I thought those we're just normal fire breathing dragons and they were just upset with us!" Kenji yelled back sarcastically.
Constanze pulled out two guns from her broom shooting out blasts of magic at the dragons, "Constanze up here pass me one!" Kenji asked hanging down from the broom.
Getting quickly passed the gun, Kenji smiled in relief seeing that he could shoot it without magic, 'Don't fail me now first-person shooters!'
Taking aim, Kenji shot out blasts of magic landing a direct hit in one's eye knocking it back into another one.
'Damn I'm out'
"Let's split up into groups we can deal with them easier that way!" Amanda suggested darting off diverting several of the dragons.
"Sucy please tell me you brought some potions?"
"Seriously Kenji who do you take me for!?" Sucy exclaimed sounding insulted
"Of course, I brought them,"
She didn't take her eyes of flying as she passed him a collection of potions, "Question do you have any idea what these do?" He asked clearly suspicious.
"They'll take care of the dragons that's all you need to know!"
Pitching one of the potions towards the dragon darting behind the two a cloud of pink smoke covered its vision causing it smack into an incoming tree slumping to the ground.
Amanda followed suit swiftly flying over the dragon's body brandishing her wand casting a spell, "Slonhon Deance!"
A large flower covered the dragons face slowing it down causing even more dragons to slam into each other crashing into the floor.
Kenji, Sucy, Akko and Amanda landed roughly and the open space taking a look at the number of dragons they'd taken out.
"What do we do now surely all the dragons know were here," Kenji questioned getting off the broom.
Before they could react two claws wrapped around Constanze and Jasminka darting into one of the nearby tunnels in the ground disappearing.
"Shit we have to save them!" Kenji moved without thinking jumping into the same tunnel
"Kenji wait up!" Akko was about to follow suit before she fell into another whole screaming the whole time she was falling.
Amanda and Sucy followed after them flying down on their brooms, "Akko get off me it's tight enough in here!"
"You two really can't go five minutes without arguing can you," Sucy deadpanned finally meeting up with the two.
"No arguing is my way of life,"
"Do you think this is the ruins?" Akko ignored the conversation lighting up the tunnel with her wand.
Kenji grunted in agreement already moving to the end of the tunnel kicking open a vent, "Let's get moving we can't waste time I really don't want to think about what'll open to those three."
"What is this place?" Akko questioned nonchalantly leaning over his shoulder
'Too close!'
"I'm n-not sure b-but l-let's keep moving," Kenji stammered out awkwardly shoving off Akko from his shoulder.
"To me it looks like some sort of pantry," Sucy added her two cense
"There not eating witches Sucy!"
"That machine over there says otherwise," Amanda pointed out the group glancing over to what looked like a torture device covered in what looked like blood.
A loud thumping alerted the group to hide behind the machine watching as the ominous shadow of a dragon strolled past them.
'This is it this is how I die'
"Look over there it's Lotte, Constanze and Jasminka," Sucy commented the group glancing over to a desk seeing the three caged up.
Akko immediately darted forward swinging on a chain attached to a light jumped into the dragon's face pulling out her wand.
'Goddamn airheads!'
Kenji skidded to the end of the table launching a potion at the dragon's face letting go of its grasp on Akko.
"Amanda!" Kenji yelled out the orange haired girl boosting forward on her broom catching her seconds before she smashed into the ground.
"What are all doing in my house shut up with your nonsense!" The dragon suddenly bellowed catching both of them in his claws.
"Just what do you think dragons eat anyway besides you'd barely even classify as a snack," The dragon mocked chucking the two back over to the desk being quickly caught by Sucy and Kenji.
"That dragons so rude saying he wouldn't even think about eating me!" Akko growled digging her nails into Kenji's shoulder making it even more of struggle to carry her.
"I really don't think that's what you should be upset about right now," Kenji groaned placing the brunette down onto the table looking at the nail's marks in his shoulder.
'Is this how everyone at home felt when I didn't cut my nails'
"You must be the brats who set of my security system," The dragon explained opening the cage the girls were in, walking over to the previous machine fixing himself a drink.
"Wait so it's just..."
"And ordinary food processor," Lotte finished
"So, I'd take it the headmistress sent you here with the money to pay me back?"
"What money we came here to steal back the sorcerer's stone," Amanda instantly slapped the back of Akko's head in annoyance.
"Don't tell him that what do you think he's gonna do knowing we came to steal something."
Suddenly, a loud ring rang through the building, "Ah so there here enter," The dragon mumbled to himself opening up the large doors to the room.
"Headmistress Holbrooke!" Akko exclaimed in surprise seeing the headmistress appearing in the doorway.
"Girls what are you doing here?" She questioned just as surprised.
'Yeah, that's fine it's not like I'm here or anything' Kenji mentally sobbed
"This is all you have to offer me this is nothing compared to the money you owe me," The dragon roared his breath smashing up all of the items.
"Wait a damn minute don't tell me that Luna Nova owes this guy money so..."
"The sorcerer's stone was taken as collateral," Sucy finished sighing in response
Kenji couldn't help but snicker at irony of it all forcing himself to hold in his laughs, "So we were in the wrong the whole time huh."
"I guess so but even we told Akko that she still would've gone so there's no helping it," Sucy added a small smile on her face.
"Listen here you old geezer stop being such a big!" Akko yelled bringing Kenji out of his conversation.
"Akko you may wanna tone it down I know he threatened Luna Nova and all but there is still that chance that he you know eats us!" Kenji warned pulling on her blazer sleeve.
"I know that but we can't just let him get away with this I still have my dream to fulfill and I can't let him lay a talon on Luna Nova!" Akko argued.
Kenji inhaled as much as possible through his noes bending his back in frustration before exhaling it out springing his back up.
"Alright fine but we can't just convince him we need some form of evidence or swindling to get him to lay off," Kenji explained beginning to think.
"Then I'll have what you looking for Otsuka!" A familiar voice spoke up entering the building with Miss Finnelan in toe.
"Yes, the prep student has arrived to save the day!"
Diana turned her head in annoyance revealing the scroll from before, "This is the dragon script you and other dragons made with Luna Nova a millennium ago it states that no extra income was needed you purposely gave this Luna Nova written in dragon script so they didn't know what it said you swindled them out of more money than they owed!"
"YESSSSSSS she just Ace Attorneyed your ass!" Kenji cheered from above
"Ace Attorney what is all this hogwash your all spouting something that old like interest would be null and void by now,"
"Yeahhhhh wrong choice of words buddy if that's void than that would make the debt null as well," Kenji cut him off an aura of smugness swimming off of him.
"Well, that's one problem dealt with gotta love that lawyer level shit," Kenji chuckled watching the teachers fawn over their returned sorcerer's stone.
"Kenji you really do say some of the weirdest stuff some times," Akko spoke up poking him in the shoulder.
He quickly shoved her hands off of him, "Yeah well back home I'd be considered a real comedian I think most of jokes wouldn't land that well either you know what let's forget this happened," Kenji went off on a tangent slowly degrading himself even more.
"It doesn't matter anyway no one has a need for dragons or magic is this day and age with science on the rise it all grown obsolete," Fafnir explained sadly.
"We won't let that happen because magic still moves people hearts-"
Kenji cut her off leaning over her back, "As the cheesy line states from my good brunette friend here magic is still pretty cool, I know everyone from my world-"
'Shit me and my big mouth'
"W-Well we really should get going see you around Mr. Fafnir," Miss Finnelan intervened stringing Kenji out of the building.
As he was being shoved out, Kenji glanced at the dragon scroll squinting at the ominous red words marked at the bottom of it.
'Is that written in English?'
He stopped in his place reading over the dragon script, "Is just me or can anyone else see these red letters," Kenji questioned pointing at the teared bottom of the scroll.
"No unfortunately that was the only part I couldn't decipher but it was clearly irrelevant to the other part of the script so I paid it no mind," Diana explained getting a nod of understand from Kenji as he read over it.
"To whoever may be reading this I can guess you are a being from another realm, perhaps you've travelled here from the ley line like my friend from before had, he helped us create the pact with Luna Nova for this loan but sadly his time came to an end when he had to return to his home realm, he managed to return home so if you are reading this stuck in this realm like my friend was the I implore you please seek out the fountain..."
'Well, that's weirdly obscure why do they gotta be so damn mysterious'
"Is that what the words at the bottom say, does that mean someone from your world has been here before?" Akko asked trying her best to read the words failing miserably.
"Maybe considering the fact I can read it, but someone definitely travelled between ley lines before whether it be on purpose or not, seek out the fountain that's not helpful at all," Kenji moaned in frustration tugging at his hair.
"Well, you can't really complain this is the first breakthrough you've had in three weeks I guess hiding it in the dragon script is pretty smart as well," Sucy comforted patting him on the back.
"Don't ask me I didn't handle the writing of the dragon script I only know what was in it," Fafnir explained leaning down on his arm chair.
"I guess it doesn't matter right now let's head back,"
"Not so fast you seven have another task to deal with," Professor Finnelan explained a tone of smarminess in her voice.
"DAMN IT WHY DO WE HAVE TO KEEP DOING THIS WE GOT THE DAMN STONE BACK!" Kenji bellowed out in anguish pedalling with as much speed as he could.
"Well, we did leave the school without asking so it makes sense," Lotte spoke up cheerfully happily turning the water making it bubble.
"Well to be fair it makes sense Akko would get us trouble with as much as a try hard as she is," Amanda joked only making the brunette even more furious.
"Oh, shut it your just as much of a try hard you try hard!" Akko snapped back.
"Sounds like something a try hard would say,"
Kenji watched with exhaustion at the two bickering a weak smile brandishing his face, 'Oh I'm falling unconscious' He slumped onto the ground losing all his strength.
"KENJI!"
Afterword
I think I've made decision to shorten down the chapter a bit, next chapter will be another original one but I've got a good idea for it, I need to sort out Kenji and Diana's relationship.
Also, I apologize if you think Kenji screaming Diana but I think it in the realm of his rash but serious part of his character when he blurts out whatever comes to his head, anyway I hope you enjoyed.
