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Italics = Thoughts

(Japan - Miyuki - Morning) = Place, P.O.V and Time

*BANG* = Action

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN MAHOUKA KOUKOU NO RETTOUSEI

Chapter 2: Activity Day

Erika silently walked through the crowd of exuberant students as she gazed at the various colorful signs of the different clubs first high had to offer. Today was a free day given for the first-year students to explore the various clubs to promote student interaction. Although she herself probably wasn't going to get involved with clubs, she did enjoy just walking around campus. It was a sunny day, with few clouds in the sky and a slight breeze pushed her wavy hair back and that gave a cooling feel.

"It would be nice if Tatsuya-kun was he-" she abruptly stopped herself and let out a small squeak. A heavy blush went across her cheeks as her mind recollected on what she just said. Looking around to make sure no one had seen that embarrassing moment, she walked over under the shade of a nearby tree to collect her thoughts.

"Wh-Why the hell did I say that?!" she yelled in her mind she pressed her hand to her lips. An image of the boy's face came into her thoughts as her blush furthered. Her heart fluttered as the name of the boy she that had repeatedly invaded her thoughts since they had first met just a few days prior.

"Hello Erika-san." a deep and monotone voice spoke nearby. Quickly turning, the said person on her mind appeared standing directly behind the redhead. Her entire head appeared to turn into the color of her hair as her hands began to shake.

"O-Oh h-hi t-there T-Tatusuya-kun! F-Fancy meeting y-you here, huh?" stuttered Erika as she turned her head to hide her blush. The swordsman felt her heart beating out of her chest being in such close proximity to him.

"W-Whats with this guy?!" she thought hastily as she turned her eyes to get a peek at his face. What surprised was that his face was, albeit much less obvious than hers, a tinge of red on his usually pale cheeks. In their interactions over the past couple days, she rarely spotted the teenage boy letting his emotions onto the surface.

"Currently I'm on patrol as a member of the disciplinary committee, so it's no surprise we would run into each other eventually right? I already ran into Leo-san and Mizuki-san." he said impassively. Any trace of embarrassment from his features had been completely erased and he returned to his original impassive and calculating posture as he reached into his pocket to check his phone before looking back at the girl.

"Are you sure? I think it must be fate!" she said with her usual cheeky smile and a wink. Getting over her embarrassment the swordsman returned to her usual energetic self. "You look bored. Want to chat while you go on your patrol?"

Tatsuya took the question as if he was a deer in headlights. She could tell before that he wasn't used to human interaction other than being around his sister, but just asking a simple question, such as if he wanted to talk and do his job seemed like if she asking him to jump off a bridge.

"U-Umm... sure," he said with a slight stutter. Erika felt her heart flutter at the boy's response, holding her hand to her chest while a genuine smile took to her lips.

"Let's go then!" she exclaimed as she pressed herself against Tatsuya's right arm. Looking up to the taller boy, another blush was seen on his face, though it was a little more intense than before. Seeing that her actions had quite an impact on the mysterious boy gave her a mysterious feeling of joy when compared to the usual satisfaction she got from teasing others.

The two walked together talking about a variety of topics, such as her unique engraved C.A.D sword, their hobbies and how their first few days at magic high school students had been. Suddenly she gasped and grabbed the confused boys hand.

"I forgot! I wanted to check out the Kendo club showcase in the gym, let's go!" she said while practically dragging the Tatsuya across the campus grounds. Around them, she could hear all sorts of whispers about the two.

"Isn't that the Presidents boyfriend?"

"Are those two going out?"

"Stupid weeds, they should keep their love life out of school grounds!"

Upon hearing those comments, Erika grit her teeth in annoyance, but the first comment that tore at her heart with something else. 'J-Jealousy?! No, that can't be!' she mentally shouted. Looking at the black-haired boy, his face remained stone-faced and neutral besides the rude comments being thrown at him. 'He must be used to this kind of thing...' she thought sadly as the two continued to walk.

Reaching the gym, the pair walked up to one of the balconies to observe a sword duel between a girl and a boy using wooden katana's. Although she spotted a few interesting moves and techniques the two used, she could tell that the fight was highly choreographed, making it quite boring when compared to an actual Kendo duel. Lazily draping her left arm over the balcony and resting her head against her right palm, she sighed loudly to unknowingly voice her displeasure.

"What's wrong there Mrs. 'I wanted to check to check out the Kendo club showcase'?" spoke Tatsuya smugly. The girl pouted like a child by puffing her cheeks and letting out a loud "Humph!" at him.

"Shut up! I thought they were going to showcase a real fight, not a damn play..." she said with annoyance. She was not used to being the one who was teased, coupled with the fact she was bored, made her very irritable.

"Well sword fighting is essentially two people trying to kill each other, so trying to act it out usually fails to show it for what it truly is." he said simply. She turned to the boy and stared at him for such a strange comment. 'He just casually talks about people killing each other?' she thought with a frown.

"You seem pretty easy going talking about death," she said cautiously. As he was about to respond, a loud noise drew both of their attentions towards the center of the gym. In front of the girl who was sparing before was a taller boy who had a smug look on his face, seemingly looking down on the shorter girl.

"Looks like the Kenjutsu team going at it with the Kendo team. Apparently, the two groups compete a lot over recruits, gym time and other school resources that the board gives. The girl's name is Mibu Sayaka and the guys is Kirihara Takeaki, the captains of their respective teams." spoke Erika as her interest was piqued. Something finally interesting would happen after this seemingly boring presentation. Wanting to get a better look, the two walked down to the floor level and stood at the front lines of the small crowd surrounding the two.

"Hey Kirihara-san, the Kendo team has the gym for 20 more minutes!" the dark-haired girl spoke aggressively. The opposing boy merely snorted at her response before giving a haughty laugh.

"Trying to chicken out of a fight, Mibu-san? That's not how this goes!" he said while readying his wooden sword. The girl opposite of him did the same, while the remaining students that were close to them backed away from the two with hesitation.

"Looks like the fun's about to start!" she giddily said as she saw the two take their offensive stances. Judging from their postures, she could tell the girl was more focused and held her weapon in a proper manner when compared to her opponent, seeing as the boy relied on using magic in his sword fights. Though Kenjutsu and Kendo both required the basic skills of using a blade, when it came down to it, those who practiced Kendo were better swordsmen in areas such finesse and tactics. In conjunction, Kenjuutsu users tended to empathize heavy blows and power.

When she turned to see how her companion was responding, she nearly froze at seeing the boys nearly robotic expression. His sharp eyes seemed to block out anything that wasn't involving the two fighters, the aqua blue orbs studied seemingly every movement they made. She also noticed that he had turned on the recorder in case things turned ugly.

"Its just like that day..." she said before speaking to him.

"Tatsuya...san?" she said quietly. He seemed to not notice her question, as nothing in his facial expression seemed to recognize that she had just spoken. Turning her head towards the fight she was just able to catch the quick movements each of them made, charging at each other with their swords held high in the air. The sounds of wood smacking against each other reverberated throughout the entire gym, not a single word was uttered by the entranced audience. From where she could see, the two appeared to be equal in terms of their placement.

"They tied?" she questioned aloud. She noticed in her peripheral vision that Tatsuya shook his head in disagreement.

"They're not equal. See?" he said aloud while pointing. Upon closer inspection, her eyes widened in surprise at missing such an important detail that most experienced sword practitioners would have noticed. While Kirihara's sword had indeed struck Mibu, where it hit was on her arm and at an angle that would barley leave a scar, let alone actually do damage if this had been a real fight.

"If we were using real swords, my attack would've been a fatal blow while yours wouldn't even reach the bone. Give up like a good loser." she spat out venomously at the silent boy. For a moment he stood in place as if he was in a daze before he began to darkly chuckle while he rose his eyes to hers.

"Real Swords? REAL SWORDS?!" he yelled while activating his C.A.D. Streams of numbers and letters went up and down his weapon. After a second the blade of the sword had been engulfed in a ray of gold and he dashed towards the girl. Mibu had just barely dodged a slash that would have probably left a nasty slice wound with the spell he had just used, her shocked expression showed a trace of fear.

"How about that, Mibu-san? This is a real sword!" he yelled before he attempted another assault. Before Erika or anyone else could respond, she saw the blur that was Tatsuya speeding his way faster than she could comprehend between the two sword users before crossing his arms. The sword spell that Kirihara had used was dispelled suddenly, the black-haired boy using his surprise to quickly disarm Kirihara and threw him to ground. Hard.

It had all occurred in the blink of an eye. Tatsuya, a first-year weed, had managed to take down Kirihara, a third-year bloom student that was much more experienced in combat than his peers. She could hear the gasps and whispers commenting on their interaction.

"This is officer Tatsuya Shiba. I got a suspect under custody in gym #7, and I need help transporting him for questioning. Also, bring a medical stretcher as he is wounded." he spoke into the earpiece, not noticing the aggravated members of the Kenjutsu team beginning to surround him.

"Oi! What the hell is going on?!" spoke one member as he got close to Tatsuya.

"I'll be taking in Kirihara-senpai for improper use of magic and endangering another student," he said while ignoring the boy. This seemed to piss off the kenjutsu user even more as he stepped closer.

"Hey, what about Mibu-san of the Kendo team! She's guilty of the same crime!"

"I did say for the improper use magic, didn't I?" he replied as if answering a child. This set the teen over the edge as he attempted to grab Tatsuya by the back of his uniform. Erika saw the stone-faced boy seemingly teleport out of his opponents grasp. In the next few minutes, Tatusya was able to beat up the entire Kenjutsu team as they attacked him until they all lied flat on the ground. But in the middle of all of it, the boy had remained standing with not even a bruise or a scratch on him.

"There's definitely something off about him..." thought the redhead as Tatsuya began to approach her.

"Looks like our little walks gonna have to end here, Erika-san. I have to go to the committee and give my report on what's happened here...", he said while Erika unconsciously frowned, "...but, if you want, I can make it up to some time else. You know... if you want to... hang out..." he said awkwardly while nearly whispering the last part. She nearly gagged as an intense blush came across her face.

"I-Is h-he asking me out on a d-date?! No, that can't be it! Like friends, yes, like friends!" she monologued before replying.

"S-Sure, that would sound fun! I'll text you, here, let me give you my number..." she said while pulling out her phone. While pulling out his own phone, she noticed a genuine smile that came across his face. She gave him her own smile before they said their goodbyes and walked away from each other, her smile continuing even when she left the campus and had returned home.

Laying against her bed like the day after she met the boy, one thought came to her mind.

She could tell that her further adventures with the strange boy Tatsuya Shiba would certainly be quite the ride.

There we go! Hope you all enjoyed it! I thank everyone for the kind reviews, I really do appreciate it! Over the past few months I've been working on a few different stories, so I hope you don't mind the wait time. To those who read Recalled to Life, you should expect a new chapter soon, so look forward to that! We're nearing the end of the first arc, so things should start picking up soon with that! As always, thanks for reading, and have a good one!

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