Hey guys, Jeff here!
I do apologise for the lateness of my chapters for this certain story. Since school is upcoming, I have become a little bit busy, like sorting out some things and of that sort, so I'm sorry. I know I should be doing a lot more chapters, but I'm trying my best :D
Without further ado, let's get to reading...
Ash continued making his way towards his class, which he just figured out was actually quite far from Professor Oak's office. Nevertheless, he thought that since he came from Professor Oak's office, he should at least see him coming this way, or maybe even going along with him, which would be kind of awkward for him, but he doesn't really care about that. The school halls were now getting busier, because of people turning up in time for their classes starting. The noise levels were very different now, how Ash noticed that everyone was having their own private conversations here and there as he walked by, so the noise, he could say, has risen drastically compared to when he first walked into the school.
Before he knew it, Ash then arrived where the main hall is, which he discovered that he is nearly there to his classroom. As he continued in the direction where his classroom is located from the main hall, he then kept on thinking about what Professor Oak told him. He still can't get it off his mind, how he found out so much information only to just get stuck once again in an even bigger hole. Not only that, there are some things in particular that he's very interested in, such as the sword he carries and the leader of the experiment. In addition, there's the case about Drew. He doesn't know what Drew wants from him or what his intention is, but he knows that he just needs to be ready for the unexpected and he made sure to himself not to tell anything about the talk he had with Professor Oak this morning.
With that, Ash finally reached his classroom. There wasn't anything out of the ordinary about it. There were his fellow classmates on their phones, or just having a conversation with one another. Also, he noticed that Professor Oak hasn't arrived yet, but that didn't really surprise him. At the corner of his eye, he then spotted Serena, sitting at where she is supposed to be sitting, but she was waving her hand and calling Ash's name as he stood by the door. Ash looked at her and smiled back as he walked in Serena's direction to meet up with her, but what Ash noticed is that Serena seemed even more cheerful than how she normally is. He doesn't really know, but it seems that she is very happy about something that happened, but he couldn't really tell what. No matter, Ash just decides to greet her…
Ash waved back. "Oh, hey Serena!"
Serena smiled. "I see you're finally back. How long have you been out? I was starting to get worried about you…"
Ash titled his head. "Wait, you were worried about me~"
Serena shook her head as she blushed. "N-No- I wasn't that worried about you… not at all… actually… maybe…"
Ash laughed. "Don't worry about it, Serena. So, what have you been up to whilst I was gone?"
"Oh, well everyone turned up and was actually looking for you." Serena replied whilst slightly giggling to herself. "They thought you were back to your usual routine for being late."
Ash sighed. "I guess they still don't have trust in me, huh?"
Serena smiled. "Don't worry Ash, I know you can get to school on time!"
Ash smiled. "Thanks, Serena. At least you believe me."
Serena blushed whilst twiddling with her fingers. "W-Well, I l-live with you, so there's no way you can oversleep and get to school late."
Ash scratched the back of his head. "Yeah, well… its fine, I guess."
Ash coughed. "Anyway, so what did you do when I was gone? Did you wait for everyone else?"
Serena nodded. "Yeah, sure did! Actually, Drew came in early too, saying how he has something to do…"
Serena then clasped her hands together. "After a few minutes or so, everyone else came from time to time…"
(Flashback)
Serena waved. "Hey, you guys!"
Misty waved back. "Hi there, Serena! You're early today."
Serena nodded. "Yeah…"
Barry smiled. "Hiya, Serena! Oh, why are you early?"
Serena sighed. "Well, I~"
Lyra snuck up on Serena, which made Serena jump a bit. "Good morning, Serena! How are you this morning? How come you're so early?"
Serena sighed. "It's because~"
May and Dawn smiled. "Hey there, Serena."
Serena smiled. "Hi there, you two!"
Paul sighed. "Morning."
Lyra laughed. "Oh Paul, why so moody in the morning!? Can't you at least cheer up a little?"
Paul sighed. "Bite me."
Lyra took a step back. "Oh, okay then…"
Misty turned to Serena. "So, Serena… why were you early this morning?"
"Oh, Ash and I went to school early, that's all." Serena replied.
Lyra smirked. "I sense a spark here. You guys know what I mean, right?"
Barry put his hand up. "Like electricity, right?"
Paul sighed. "Barry, how did you even get into the school?"
Lyra laughed. "Oh, savage…"
Misty pouted. "Paul, that's just too far."
Paul sighed. "All right, I'm done here. I'm heading to class."
Gary laughed. "You just can't get enough of Serena, can you Lyra? I'm heading off too. Smell you later."
Barry sighed. "I guess I'll go with them. See ya guys."
At that point, all of the boys were gone, except Drew, which they haven't seen as of yet except Serena, since Drew was apparently early today, as he had to go and do something for his reasons. Who knows what he could have been up to? For now, only Serena, Misty, Lyra, May and Dawn were left as a whole group, so now they have something to discuss with one another in private, since they didn't want the boys in the group to hear it anyway…
Lyra grinned. "Hey Serena, do you want to come and join us in a sleepover tomorrow?"
Misty smiled. "Since its Friday tomorrow, so it'll be fine, right Serena?"
May giggled. "Yeah! It'll be fun with just us!"
"Huh? Just us?" Serena asked. "What about everyone else? Aren't they~"
Dawn sighed. "I don't think so, since they'll just be a nuisance."
Lyra smiled. "Don't worry Serena, it'll be fine. You'll come along, right?"
Serena nodded. "I will then… if you guys want to…"
Misty smiled. "Then, it's settled. Why don't we do it at my place this time?"
May and Dawn nodded. "Yeah!"
"Wait, where is your house, Misty?" Serena asked.
"Oh, don't worry, I'll come by your house to pick you up." Misty answered.
Serena smiled. "Okay then!"
Lyra jumped. "Right! I can't wait!"
Serena sighed. She knows that she at least needs to get involved, especially with the other girls in their group of friends. I mean, she knows that she is new and all, but at least, she needs to interact with other people if she needs to make even more friends, but also doesn't want anything happening, just like what happened before with her old friends, so she is also kind of cautions, but she knows that she can trust them. She knows she can trust everyone, especially Ash. To be honest, she is kind of excited herself coming to this sleepover with the girls within their group, since she just wants to talk to them and all that, and she's happy that she got invited into it in the first place.
(Flashback Ends)
At that moment, Ash then felt someone touching his shoulder, like a hand or something like that. He didn't really notice until his senses have detected it, which must be the senses that he has felt before, no doubt about it, probably the same ones that helped him battle Trip. Anyway, as he figured out that it's probably someone tapping his shoulder and trying to get his attention, Ash then turned his head to see who it was. As he turned, he saw two figures that actually looked familiar to him at first glance, someone whom he actually knows, since he was calling out Ash's name…
Tierno smiled. "Hey, Ash! Hey, Serena!"
Ash smiled. "Hey, Tierno! You too, Shauna!"
"Glad to see that you two are doing well." Serena added.
Tierno scratched the back of his head. "Yeah, I guess. How about you two?"
"We're fine!" Ash replied casually.
Shauna looked at Serena. "Hey, are you the new transfer student?"
Serena nodded. "Yeah, I am. I'm Serena, and you are?"
Shauna held out her hand. "I'm Shauna. Nice to meet you!"
Serena shook Shauna's hand. "Oh, nice to meet you too! I hope we can be great friends."
Shauna nodded. "Oh, yeah! Of course we will!"
At that point, Serena and Shauna then started their own private conversation, leaving Ash and Tierno out of it. I mean, when they wanted to join in with them, they then get pushed out of their conversation, that's how intense girls' conversations can be. There's always nothing they could do about it, which is entirely true. With that, Ash and Tierno decided to place themselves at the back of the classroom, since there is nowhere else to go and also they could have a private conversation too, since there is something important that they need to talk about…
"Tierno, are you sure you're all right?" Ash whispered. "I mean, after what happened last night~"
Tierno nodded. "Don't sweat the details, Ash. I'm fine!"
Ash gave a sigh of relief. "Well, then how's Shauna coping? Is she all right too?"
Tierno sighed. "You could say so… she didn't really remember anything, not even when I was asking to her about what has happened to her."
Ash titled his head. "Huh? What about it?"
Tierno sighed. "When I ask her where have you been, or what happened to you, or something in that sense; she replies with 'I've been at home' or 'I was just sick' or some kind of excuse."
Ash laughed nervously. "Seems she doesn't remember what happened, which is a good thing, right?"
Tierno nodded. "I guess you're right on that one. It's good that we don't involve her into anything like this."
Ash nodded in agreement. "You're right on saying that. Let's leave that case off for now…"
"So, have you told Serena yet?" Tierno whispered.
Ash blushed madly. "What do you mean by that!?"
Tierno coughed. "About what happened and all that."
Ash laughed nervously. "Oh, t-that… well…"
Ash sighed. "Well, she knew about it, because she was there, but she believed that there was only an accident and not how there's Trip and I~"
Tierno tapped Ash's arm. "By the way, where is she staying right now? I mean, it's obvious she's not in her house, so where is she staying now?"
"I- uh… m-my… p-p p- place…" Ash mumbled.
"WHAT?!" Tierno shouted.
At that moment, everyone in the class looked at Ash and Tierno in the back. No one could really blame everyone who was looking at them to be very suspicious right about now. Even Serena and Shauna held their conversation just to look at Ash and Tierno with suspicion. I mean, after Tierno shouting that, then there should have been some people who is actually very suspicious with them, maybe some were just annoyed with them making loud noises, or maybe some just didn't care and looked back at them just because everyone else is doing it. However, it's not like Ash and Tierno care, so they just apologised for what happened and everyone continued on what they were doing before they were disrupted.
"Wait, are you serious?" Tierno whispered. "Like, seriously serious. How did that even happen!? What is this!? Is this really happening!? How!? Why!?~"
Ash shook Tierno to get back some sense into him. "Hey, Tierno! Calm down! It's not that big of a deal."
Tierno stopped panicking and calmed down. "Huh? Not big of a deal? Oh, I get it now, it's 'cause you're dating each other, am I right?"
Ash blushed. "Huh?! What gave you that conclusion?!"
Tierno laughed. "Oh, is it not then? So, what's the reason?"
Ash sighed. "Well, my mum offered them to stay at our house until their house is fixed and they're able to move back in."
Tierno nodded. "I see… so, anyway… have you found anything out about Trip or the other guy?"
Ash nodded. "Yeah, and I found out about a lot; but also about myself and about Serena~"
"Oh, yeah?" Tierno interrupted. "Who told you about what's currently happening?"
Ash smiled. "Well, Professor Oak kindly told me most of it, but a lot of things are still unclear to me…"
Tierno placed his hands on Ash's shoulders. "Don't worry, Ash! I'm sure he won't come back anymore! You'll both be fine, right?"
Ash smiled. "I hope so~"
At that moment, Professor Oak walked into the classroom and announced that everyone should get back on their seats to be ready for class, which is what happened. Everyone rushed to get to their seats and got sat down, ending what they were doing whilst waiting for Professor Oak to turn up. Even Ash, Tierno, Shauna and Serena sat down in their seats too, following Professor Oak's instructions. As soon as the whole class settled down, it's time for lessons, which Ash found kind of boring, but with Serena keeping him in check, she makes sure that he pays attention to what's happening. For Ash, he just let time pass him, since he needs to as after lessons have ended and school has finished at the end of the day, he knows that Drew will be waiting there for him at the school yard. He hopes that no one will be there, but hopefully nothing bad will happen to him or to himself. For now though, he just needs to get it off his mind and focus on his studies…
(Afterschool; the School Yard)
Ash sighed. "So, Drew… what do you want to talk about then?"
For a response, Drew just stood in silence whilst Ash also stood in silence, waiting for Drew to answer. It seems to Ash that Drew is somewhat serious right about now, how he has got something in his mind that is bothering him or that something that he needs to get off of his chest and that kind of thing. His posture is somewhat in a serious stance, how it looks like he's ready to do something, but Ash doesn't really know what. All is a mystery to Ash right now and all he can do is see and wait for something to happen between them.
"Drew! What's wrong? You're just acting weird right now." Ash complained.
Drew sighed. "You'll understand why... why I feel this way…"
"What do you mean?" Ash added. "I can't understand you if you don't speak to me. Come on, stop putting up this act, okay?"
"I heard what you and Professor Oak were talking about." Drew pointed out what happened this morning. "You found out what you weren't really supposed to find out~"
"But I needed to know what was going on!" Ash interrupted.
"True, but now, you just got yourself in such a big mess, you know that?" Drew continued. "That's why I wanted your memories gone! That's why I wanted you to not come back!~"
"What do you mean by that, Drew?!" Ash questioned his friend.
Drew sighed. "It seems you've activated it too, huh? Well, all I can do is defeat you right here and right now."
Drew raised his hand up into the air. "Come forth and serve me, Oblivion!"
At that point, fire spewed out of Drew's hand, just like when a volcano erupts. Fire went everywhere and then magma came soon after, still pouring out of his hand. It then flowed towards the ground where it then started to form together something, which Ash guessed would be some sort of weapon. The magma and fire merged together and formed a sword-like structure and shape. A sort of handle appeared hanging from Drew's waist, then it extended out a bit before expanding into the left and right direction. It then made its blade, made of shining silver and the handle is gold plated. Drew then lifted it from the ground and made his stance.
With fire circling around the blade, Drew sighed. "Ash, what I need to do is defeat you and make sure that nothing like the 'accident' you did before ever happens!"
Drew put up a fighting stance. "It's time, Ash!"
'What?! Drew has a sword in him too!' Ash thought. 'That must mean he's a Schwertkämpter.'
There you have it, guys! Chapter 19 is done! Hopefully you have enjoyed this chapter! :D
Wow, what can I say from this chapter! How will this fight end between Ash and Drew? Also, what is Drew fighting for in the first place? Find out in the next chapter ;D
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