Akko finished her first day of training, quite tired, she went running to the canteen, where she asked Finnelan what Croix and Chariot had prepared for her and soon the caretaker who is also a cook arrived with a bowl full of rice, with beans, some good slices of chicken and also potatoes, besides a bottle of juice which Kagari was drooling and went running with the bowl and the bottle in her hand starting to devour it all, The huge bowl full of food was quickly emptied by the hungry Japanese girl that devoured it until she couldn't give more, from there she also drank all the orange juice as if it was nothing and stretched herself on the bench of the cafeteria, staying a short time there until she got up anxious to go tell Diana that she was training to win the championship.
After having finished eating, Akko went to the skateboarding track, the usual meeting point with her friends, when passing by she saw Hellene getting impulse on one of the half pipes and with that she did an Indy 540, which made Kagari dizzy when the redhead managed to hit the maneuver, so much that she herself started celebrating, the Japanese girl went where Amanda, Marianne and a group of girls were, who were talking and watching Diana's sister.
" Did you see that? She did a full turn and still came back from the front! An aerial like that is practically... It's inhuman, this little one is going to destroy us " Akko said impressed.
" Ah this is just the tip of the iceberg, you had to see what Hellene was still doing, she said she's been out here since morning doing these manoeuvres... And you Akko? We didn't see you coming, Hellene said you were here this morning together with Croix and Ursula, where did they go? " asked Amanda.
" We'd say I'm training in a different way, the two of them are more preparing my body than actually learning how to skate, I'm doing walks, learning to balance better, something silly, but that takes a lot of time, I'll be practically all morning like this, but I'll show that I've improved when the day comes " Answered Atsuko all motivated, while O'Neill kept her hand on her chin.
" Interesting, we are also doing our training, I want to focus on my target which is the older Cavendish, she hardly appears here, so she should be an easier rival and being the best here after them, I have to show that I am still the best, who knows I might come out with a silver medal... But you Akko? I don't know if we can really guarantee against each other, I've been skating for three years now, since I moved to this orphanage " said the redhead to Akko.
" Well that we will know when the time comes, I will show that I can also compete, I can lose, but I can also have a chance to win, you never know, well where is Diana? " Kagari asked.
" She's not here, you'll rarely see Diana showing up skateboarding, she usually stays holed up in her room, she only comes here when Hellene insists a lot, good luck trying to talk to her in the blue team room " Amanda replies and again the Japanese girl just shrugs, starting from there.
Atsuko was leaving to go to Diana, who was in the blue team's room, while Hellene kept trying to do some maneuvers, even seeing the Japanese girl leaving, to the point of jumping to the part of the track where Amanda and Marianne were, which Leclerc was reading a manga in the greatest distraction what ended up drawing a little attention of the youngest Cavendish, who gave just a disguise.
" That girl from Friday showed up again? Poor girl, she challenged my sister and she's still starting? I think that after this we are going to get a lot of baggage, this girl spoke so motivated " said Hellene and with that Amanda started to laugh.
" You really think Akko... The same one your sister humiliated is going to be something? It has to be clowning hahahahah! She learned to skateboard last week " O'Neill was laughing at the whole thing.
" You're really underestimating someone's motivation, after a defeat like that I would train until I don't give anymore and a month if I keep training nicely, she'll get far, I don't doubt it... " Amanda kept laughing to the point where she could only get out of there by skateboarding, and with that Hellene just shrugged.
" What a crazy people, go figure, I can see that now there is competition coming, my sister should have humiliated that Akko... E... Hey! Is that Berserk? " The younger Cavendish points to Marianne who was reading a Berserk manga that piqued the redhead's curiosity.
" Oh yeah, I heard about it a few months ago and decided to watch the anime, but it's kind of that ugly CG thing, the '97 one is kind of interesting, I heard that the manga is the best experience and here I am, do you like it too? " Marianne stopped reading and went to talk to the other.
" Ah that's interesting, I met because of my mother, she who had the manga, she said it was too heavy and really she was right, but I'm stubborn right, then I ended up getting to read last year, I found it too cool, Guts mó fodão breaking the monsters and the fuck all, then I was caught by my mother reading, she gave me a scolding like that, but then said I could read, it was too late, then you know right " Hellene answers rubbing the back of her head.
" So you're into reading manga and watching anime? I thought you were just skateboarding, skateboarding, skateboarding all the time " Leclerc said laughing.
" Maybe that's it hahaha, but there's a little bit of anime in it and also some cute faces, especially if you're reading this manga right now " The redhead flirts with Marianne who just gets a normal expression, while the shorter one was just blushing.
" Ah what a pretty face? " Marianne asks Hellene who blushes a little and just turns face.
" Nothing! Nothing! I think too much skateboarding has affected my brains, I'm going to go, I think I'll eat a bit, it's not enough to stay here all morning " Said the younger Cavendish, redder than anything.
From there Hellene simply went down the ramp and walked to the cafeteria, since her stomach was rumbling, on the other hand Marianne was just getting confused with all that flirting of the younger Cavendish, not understanding anything, with that she just kept reading the manga. Akko had arrived at the blue team's room, slamming the door and facing Hannah and Barbara, who gave her a nice stare inferiorizing the Japanese girl that only wanted to talk with Diana.
" Look who's here " Hannah said.
" Last week's troublemaker, what are you doing here? Have you come to apologise? " Barbara adds.
" I came here to tell you to take it up the ass... Anyway, I'm not interested in you guys, I just want to talk to Diana, Amanda told me that she lives in her room, so here I am, can I come in or do I have to make a scene? " Akko replied in a very direct manner.
" Get in soon and get out soon too, we don't like you, but if you came to see Diana and she knows that we don't let someone in to see her, I'd rather not break our friend's trust " Parker said.
" Kagari gives another cut to the two of them and walks past them, walking through the huge and luxurious room, even getting a bit impressed, just listening to some sounds of buttons being pressed, of the plastic hitting.
" (Does she spend all her time playing video games? It seems like a lot).
Walking around the room she enters where Diana's room is and could notice that there she was concentrated sitting on a gamer chair, while she was piloting with a steering wheel, pedals and gearbox, what Kagari could notice on the quick movement of the older Cavendish's feet, that was going with a strange control pressing them, putting the left foot sometimes on the brake, or even putting the tip of the right foot on the brake and the heel on the accelerator in a weird way.
The Japanese girl took a brief look at the tele and could see that it was a Rally
track where the one with platinum blonde hair was so focused, with an impressive control and reflexes, so much so that Atsuko could barely keep up, until Cavendish finished the stage and could notice the time with 0.0086+ in relation to the first, followed by a frustrating punch on the steering wheel.
" Damn it, I knew I'd made a mistake on that part, if I'd been less reckless on the accelerator I could have won " Diana said until she noticed Akko's presence.
" Woah, so you spend all your time playing video games? And what fucked up controls, it's like one of those arcade machines... " At that moment Cavendish only gets a slightly angry expression that causes Atsuko to remain silent.
" Look Akko, what are you doing here? And second, please don't call a video game simulator, have at least a little respect " Snorts the Scottish girl.
" I just want to warn you that you better prepare yourself, when the championship day comes I'll show you how much I've improved since our last game, you faced me as a beginner, but now I've started training and I'll try hard to show you that I can also be a good skater, that... " Kagari's lines simply had no effect, Cavendish kept the same expression of not giving a fuck about what the Japanese girl was saying.
" I don't care about this competition, now if you allow me, leave me alone, I don't want to lose my concentration here " said Diana putting the headset back on and with that she went to work on the simulator.
" Keep playing that game, it just makes me mad to know that I'm up against a slacker, I don't want to win because... " At this point the platinum blonde haired one almost drops the phone as she puts it down.
" Just get out of here Akko, don't disturb me, I hate it when they call my simulator a little game and I care little for a championship where Hellene is going to win anyway " Diana replies and at this Atsuko noticed that she made her a little angry, just leaving Cavendish's room and then leaving showing the middle finger to Hannah and Barbara who were looking with debauchery to the Japanese girl.
Akko was furious as well, she walked to her room, where upon entering there she comes across Sucy playing video games and Lotte sitting reading Nightfall, the two notice the Japanese woman's presence and only give a brief nod.
" Look who finally showed her face " Manbavaran said sarcastically.
" Yeah Sucy, I showed up, I got my legs tired training like a fool, all this to then go to where Diana was and find her playing video games with those controls that look like an arcade, she keeps playing those racing games and ahhh... She just didn't give a fuck about our rivalry and feud, I can't believe that girl doesn't give a shit! Ahhhhhh! To think she's only doing it so I can beat a lazy, how I hate that Diana! I'll show that little starched girl who I am! " The furious Japanese girl went on talking with her fists clenched, her two friends went looking at her very deeply, then held their laughter, then went on just starting to laugh at the girl who even inflated her cheeks.
" Ihhhhhhh, I think we have someone who is in love here, hahaha, Lotte remember when she also kept talking about Catherine? " Sucy said and Yanson was also just nodding in agreement, already Akko was starting to blush.
" What? You two have got to be kidding me. You two must be making fun of me, come on. Catarina is different, we just ended up being good friends, nothing more than that, I just can't stand Diana's dorkiness, this girl annoys me, she has nothing to do with her sister, if I was going to fall in love I would want her sister, that one is a big woman " Kagari was just trying to justify herself, but she still blushed more.
" What big woman? That shorty? She is really pretty and radical, but she must also have the same personality as the skateboard track, this girl must only think about skateboarding and skateboarding, literally we were walking and she was there hahaha, you evidently like the older one don't you? You're just hiding from us " said Sucy pausing the game to irritate the Japanese girl.
" Oh fuck you, there's nothing to it Sucy, I just can't stand Diana's nonsense, I told you, give me a controller, now let's play a little bit, I want to rest after the training I did with Ursula and Croix " Akko takes the controller that Sucy throws to her and then just to irritate the Japanese girl a little bit more, Manbavaran puts Midnight Club 3, which is a racing game just to get even more stuck in her mind.
The game is starting, the two are betting some first races, with Kagari very angry, but she was soon relieved and was already starting to talk bad about the simulator in which Diana was playing because it was very different, starting some beautiful debaucheries.
" Really wanted to annoy me playing midnight? I love to play, much better than those boring racing games that Diana plays, she plays those ultra realistic ones where they punish the player for anything, it's a pain to play games like that, I want a real racing game, that has this power, this fast thing, much cooler, why a game that imitates real life? The real life is boring " said Akko to Sucy who was just laughing.
" I agree with you Akko, simulation games are boring, only a very boring guy can play them and find it cool, what's the fun in not having these things, but anyway, tell us how was there with Chariot and Ursula, by your tiredness we can see that you must have done a lot of things " said Sucy
" I never thought that skateboarding training would be so complicated, I had to keep training balance, jump higher, come down from a high place, perfect maneuvers, but nothing was more tiring than what they call warm"up, seriously the warm"up is so tiring, I had to run five kilometres, ahhh " Akko said while Sucy laughed.
" I just have to say that you got fucked up, who told you to want to motivate yourself so much to be better than Cavendish? Those two must have been born on a skateboard, now I want to see you put up with it, but I don't doubt it, when the stubborn one is motivated to do something, she goes there and does it " said Sucy and Atsuko inflated her cheeks.
" I really want to be better at skateboarding, now that I know how to skateboard I want to be like in the video games, I won't be just a mediocre skateboarder, I really want to do the tricks like that, maybe that way I can call Chariot's attention, maybe that will help us to find her " said Kagari and with that Lotte from far away gives an answer to both of them.
" Then you could try to explore the hidden places of Luna Nova, I think we can find the whereabouts there, it is very strange the way Croix and Ursula talk about it, as if they did not want anyone to appear there, so much that they talk as if there was nothing there, indirectly they do not want us to find out anything " Right then Akko and Sucy stop the game right then and go to Lotte.
" Lotte! That's what we're going to do this week! We will leave on Friday night, we will call Amanda and her team, also Marianne, who must be a ninja, to go and explore this place that they say is forbidden, when everybody is asleep," Akko said with all the animation in the world.
" Now in a smart way, for God's sake, I don't want to be caught like you going here during the day thinking that nobody would notice our presence," said Sucy.
" Oh, me and my mouth, you don't really think about doing that... Do you? Because it's crazy, you could get caught... Who knows what Croix and Ursula are going to do about it " Lotte said and with that the two others are just looking at each other with smiles on their faces.
" We don't care, after your idea that we're going to do something, I just want to see if it's really true that there's nothing, we'll make sure to find out something, then come back here and act as if nothing happened and if there's nothing, well at least we know, we won't just stand here, without doing anything " Kagari said shrugging her shoulders and Sucy nodded.
" Why do you two like to get into trouble so much? " Lotte asked and the two just stared at each other in the most natural way.
" Ah but it will be an interesting mess, we will find out what is in this place, I have been waiting for a long time to see what is in that corner " said Sucy.
" I want to know too, maybe we will find out where Chariot is and that's what they are hiding from us," Akko said with a twinkle in her eyes.
Akko and Sucy begin to plan how they are going to get ready later this week with Amanda and her team, as well as the help of Marianne, who is a little curious to know what that part of Luna Nova is hiding so much.
See you, curious witches...