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The Reflection of Light & Darkness
---Chapter II---
Asakura Yoh
Inside of my room, Katia and I are planning my little trip to Artemicion Academy.
Hair, Ok!
Clothes, Ok!
Preparation, Ok!
"Let's rock and roll, Yufina-chan!"
"Katia-chan…is it really necessary to say that?"
"No, but it is fun! I wonder how you die your hair to perfect red… one eye green and one eye red? This is so original! You will scare them away for sure!"
"Let's hope so."
"Oh! Let me add one final touch!"
Katia brings out her gigantic bag full of weird accessories. First, she goes to my back and starts to take my hair into two braids. Next, she then takes out a heavy pair of glasses and places them on my face. Surprisingly, it didn't have degrees to affect my perfect vision.
"Here, now, you look like a nerd!" Katia giggles outrageously.
"Is that suppose to be an insult?" Yufina retorted.
"It is if you want to scare away those two fiancées."
Katia dumps out of her bag a lot of distasteful and unattractive clothes.
"I have already made you look ugly. Now, we need to work on your taste! Your clothing will only be nerdy clothes! I am so thoughtful!" Katia praises herself.
"Yeah, right."
"Then, your character...do you think that those boys will hate strong-willed girls or stupid girls?"
"I have never met them before. How can I possibly know?" I answer.
"Take a guess."
"I would say… crybabies. No one likes them." I say firmly.
"You are the president of the acting club, so you should be fine. Let's see, what else should you do to give a bad impression to others?"
"You're the master, and I am the pupil. Can't give any comments, right?"
"True! I think that you are fine now!"
"If you say so. I will just come and blame you if it doesn't work."
"It will work unless…" Katia stops in the midway.
"Unless what?"
"You fall in love."
"Like that will happen."
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Artemicion Academy is a school especially made for all three clans, Light Elne, Dark Lore, and Ze Lumar, to study the arts of Shaman. Here, there 'should' have been no differences between the clans. The students divide themselves amongst levels: Gold, Silver, and Bronze. In each category, they possess different level of stars.
Why do they love to complicate my life?
Gold, Silver, and Bronze are classified by the nobility of the family. The more ancient and powerful family you have, the higher rank you have. The stars level, from 1 (the highest) to 5 (the lowest), are for the accomplishment done for the school.
Gold, Silver, and Bronze are classes for what each family stood in. Star levels that range from one to five, one being the highest, stand for accomplishments that were performed for the school.
"What a stupid way to boast superiority!"
I walk to the school and am amazed by the size of it. This is even bigger than my stepfather's house! And I thought that my stepfather has the biggest house in the world!
"I will give you a tour on the Spirit Mobile." A guide says to me in a passive voice.
Spirit Mobile? What the heck is that? Without having another minute to guess what a Spirit Mobile is, I see it. It is a car united with a flying spirit.
This is weird…
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The academy is big indeed. In fact, it is more like a city. The center of all is the school. To its south, there is a beach and to its north, there is a forest. In the west, there are shops beyond count and in its east is covered by a blurry cloud.
As soon as I descend from the Spirit Mobile, I walk to the school entrance. When I enter, my clothing immediately changes to the school's uniform. It is white with golden laces and accessories. Oh well, too bad for Katia's time for searching for nerdy clothes. Coming in my uniform, there is a star necklace with the symbol five. Am I really this bad to be classified as the weakest level in Shaman Art?
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"Miss Loxelanne, I welcome you to Artemicion Academy. I hope that you will enjoy your stay here."
"Thank you, Headmaster Goldva."
"Your mother notified me of your arrival. She told me to take good care of you."
"How much did she pay you?"
"Just about…" Headmaster Goldva coughs. "…she didn't pay me."
"Oh, ok."
"Here, we have ten commissioners. They are also teachers from the school. But those commissioners have the right to punish those who break the school's law."
"Laws? Don't you mean by the rules?"
"No, laws."
"If you say so. What else do the commissioners do?"
"We place students under their care, and they choose a student per month for a Shaman Fight. The victors will have the best of everything for that month."
"Best of everything?"
"We have special rank for the food you'll eat, campus in which you will live, and the workload you have to do each week. The victors will eat the best, live the best, and don' have any work to do."
"Which team am I in?" I ask curiously.
"You commissioner's name is Noah. And team name… You don't have one yet."
"Why?"
"Your team always forfeits. There is no need for a team name." The Headmaster seems to be casual about this continuous loss.
"But what do the others call this team?"
"The Loser team."
"…"
"I'll let Noah guide you to your classroom. Good luck."
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My first class in Artemicion Academy is just a normal English class. I wonder why do they have to learn English. However, I am totally wrong. It is not only an English class. In one hour, I think that I have heard about ten languages. Why do they have to learn this many languages? Do they even need this much?
On my way out of the class, I see a girl. She looks like an angel...but wait, I know her! She is Jeanne, my sister—no, more of a half sister. She and I are from the same mother, but different fathers. Once again, no one knows of this except my parents and me.
I want to give her my greetings, but people already surround her.
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Oh, super. I've to start Clan Study right after lunch. What do I know about my clan? N-O-T-H-I-N-G. This is so bad.
When I arrive to class, all the students are wearing white unlike in my previous class, which is composed of white, grey, and black.
Oh! The Light Elne are wearing white uniforms, the Ze Lumar are wearing grey uniforms, and Dark Lore are wearing black uniforms. What a more complicated way to show differences…
The only way to differentiate those clans is probably magic. The Light Elne are known for the use of elemental magic, and the Dark Lore do best in summoning. Ze Lumar? They are the mixture of the other two clans.
"Welcome to Light Elne Clan Study. I am your teacher for this special class. Now, be sit, and let us start this wonderful three hours together."
Ok… This is boring. The teacher, who is from the Light Elne, only knows how to talk about the wonders of the clan that he forgets to 'teach' us magic, the specialty of the clan. This is just too boring.
I wonder if Jeanne is in my class. I look around but don't see her. Then, I see a boy. He is sleeping in class? And is that a headphone? Oh, my! What an irresponsible teacher to let someone like that unpunished? From my table, I cannot see his face, but who cares?
"Miss Loxelanne. What was the most glorious thing that the Light Elne had ever done?"
"Euh… I don't know."
"They won against the Dark Lore in the battle of Shaman King 500 years ago!"
"Professor, isn't that history?" I ask.
"Not if it is the glory of the superior clan!" The teacher sounds very angry.
"You're being biased… Hum, actually 'clanism' if it exists!"
"How dare you!"
"You have no control of the class! Look, there are people sleeping, and listening to music! What kind of control is that?" I retort.
"Who dares to…"
I see the teacher looks around and stops his glaze at the boy that I mentioned earlier. The teacher seems to ignore him and passes him sight to other students.
"You just ignored him!"
I stand up, walk to that boy, and lift him by his uniform.
"Him, him, him!!! He is the one sleeping!"
I hear some whispering from all the students, and the teacher seems to be extra furious when I point at that boy.
"OUT OF MY CLASS NOW!" His voice echoes through the whole room.
"With pleasure."
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To have a quieter environment, I decide to go to the north forest. I have my books with me, so I don't have to worry about wasting my time.
"I refuse to be called a loser!" I say in an angry tone.
No one listens to my plead. They all think that I am making a fool out of myself. OK, I am in the Loser team, but this doesn't mean that I am a loser or stupid! I am really bad at controlling myself when there is someone disrespecting authority, but there is no need to call me a dummy just because I shout at a teacher!
Luckily, I am good at studying. All I have to do is to catch up by studying hard, right? Clan Study will be easy, right?
Wrong. Totally wrong! My Multilanguage class, I think that I can manage that, but Clan Study. It's desperate! I read the books over and over again but couldn't even understand a thing!
Furiously, I throw the book, Fast Learning Clan Study, far away from me. I hear a small "ouch" sound.
Scared that I actually hurt someone, I follow the origin of the sound.
It is the same boy from my class. Isn't he supposed to be in class? Why is he out?
"Hey, aren't you supposed to be in class right now?" I ask.
"Huh? How did you know?"
"I'm in your class, but I got kicked out."
I don't think that he knows that I was the one who pulled him up...
"Oh. It's all right. The teacher never remembers what you did. I always sleep, and he has never grounded me once."
"Yay for you." I say with the feeling of injustice. "So, why are you here?"
"I am too lazy to stay in class."
"How can you be lazier than you are in class? You were already sleeping." That's so funny!
"I don't even want to be in class if Anna didn't force me to."
"Anna?" Is he talking about the same Anna that I know?
I hear some footsteps and see some black uniform with silver laces boys walk toward us.
"My, the heir of a Light Elne noble family is skipping classes."
"Dark Lore will rule over the Light Elne."
"This girl is so ugly, then she should be a Light Elne."
The boy who is wearing a headphone does not to be disturbed by what they are saying. He pays no attention to them and continues to sleep.
"Hey, you! Don't ignore us!"
He still gives no response.
"You three," I can't stand them anymore…"Just shut up and go away!"
"You are a fifth star. Who are you to talk?" One of the three boys says.
"Light Elne should all disappear!" Another agrees with him.
"This is a world for Dark Lore!" The last boy of the Dark Lore trio confirms.
"You are no different than my teacher! Stubborn, arrogant, unthinkable…"
Before I notice it, I am already up in the air! Someone is holding me up. Something big that I can't see...a spirit? Why can't I see those spirits? I should be able to, right? Or is this the Art of Dark Lore?
"Let me down."
I must be like 50 feet from the floor! I dare not look down. I'm scared of heights! Help? Someone help?
Maybe that sleepy boy hears my cry for help so he decides to help me.
He wakes up from his sleeping state and gives a smile.
"Why don't you let go of her? Then, we'll all be alright."
"We don't listen to Light Elne! If you want her back, then fight us!"
"I don't want to fight." He says in his usual lazy tone.
"You have to if you want her back."
"You are not leaving me a lot of choices. Amidamaru."
Wow! This boy uses a sword and cuts the thing that is holding me in two!
"Arg, we'll be back!" The tallest of the three people shouts.
All three of them run away.
What about me! I'm falling and falling and falling at high speed! Fortunately, I catch a branch of a tree.
"Let go." I hear him say. "I will catch you."
"Are you sure? I really don't want to die now!" I question anxiously.
"It's going to be alright."
I let go of the branch and fall safely in his arms.
"Are you Ok?"
"Thank you for saving me."
"I have to go now."
"Oh Ok…"
I blush a little. I dare not lift my face and see him. I only lift my head when I know that he is gone. I wonder what his name is…
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The first day was already awful enough. Luckily, there is still someone very nice that I met today! Other than that, I hate the school! I really hope that the second day of school won't ever have to come!
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Next Chapter: The Other Asakura
