Hi guys! It's me Haru and i'm FINALLY back with the new chapter of the RPG Au! I know, I know, I haven't posted this in years (weeks actually but still xD) And i'm really sorry for it, I hope whoever likes this series will read the new chapter as well and what else can I say...Well if you have any questions according to the AU, ideas or just want to say something about this then just write a review on FF or ask me on Tumblr, enjoy!
CHAPTER 4
THE WARRIOR EXAM
Rin's POV
"In three...two...one...fight!" As soon as I heard these words I quickly took out my knife and prepared for the battle that was about to begin. That's right, the first part of the exam was a group challenge so it was pretty easy with Hanayo's tactical way of thinking and Maki's leadership skills. The second part wasn't a problem as well, since it was a skill check and after all of my training with my friends I managed to pass. What's so bad about the third part then? Well this time i'm all alone, not quite prepared, fighting an unknown enemy.
"Alright...if Maki-chan and Kayo-chin could do it..i can do it too, right? Nya..." I murmured to myself. Things weren't looking well and I tried to stop myself from thinking about worst case scenarios. Why would a cheerful person like me be so stressed about something like that though? Well I just want to be able to spend more time with my friends, but I always think that i'm not good enough. It's been like that for a while now so i'm used to feeling this way, but this time I couldn't fail.
I took a deep breath and quickly looked at my opponent. It was a girl about my age who seemed to not be as fast as I am but it looked like she was stronger than me. Once again, I thought to myself that I won't fail and tried to deal the first blow. As I thought, the girl didn't have enough time to react and she was now getting up from the ground with a grin on her face. There was something creepy about this expression, I just couldn't tell what it was.
"My name is Kira Tsubasa, don't forget it, okay?" She smiled as if nothing has happened and took out her own weapon. It was a knife similliar to mine so I thought I could still win this. And so the actual fight started. Even though she didn't look like she was fit to fight, the girl was a bit stronger than me and I had to do my best to not get hit. After some time it seemed like she decided to slow down for a moment, and it was my chance. As soon as possible I swung my knife at her and made sure she couldn't get up this time. Somehow the judges seemed to accept this as her loss and they announced the end of our fight. It felt almost too easy, as if something was about to happen, but I decided to ignore it for the moment. "I see, so that's how you fight...interesting..." The girl chuckled and stood up as soon as the judges said she lost. Soon she was out of my sight and her figure was replaced with two other people.
"Rin-chan, you did it!" Hanayo was the first one to run towards me. She was grinning from ear to ear, which was pretty unusual for her because of how shy she is. Right after her Maki stood in front of me and let out a sigh of relief. "Good job, Rin. If you want we can get some ramen on our way to the inn" This was really a rare sight. Maki almost never showed that she was proud of us, and this was one of the days when she actually did. "Ramen, nya?!" I smiled and stretched before walking away along with the others.
"So since we all passed, we can officially form a team now, right?" Hanayo asked while munching on her riceball "Yes, we'll have our own mentors if we do, so please, don't do embarrasing things, okay?" Maki looked at me with her usual death stare so I just nodded and smiled. "Aye, aye captain, nya!" I stood up, almost dropping my food and gave Maki a thumbs up.
"Oh my, who do we have here?" A cheerful voice suddenly caught my attention. I looked up and noticed a familiar gingerhaired girl. "Can we sit here?" Her blue haired companion sighed and smiled. "Of course!" Maki nodded and so the three girls were now sitting with us. "So...how did it go?" Honoka asked while stuffing her mouth with food. In response Umi shot the girl a death stare. "What? I didn't do anything~" It seemed like the girls were in a pretty cheerful mood as well. I didn't want to keep them waiting so I chuckled and tried to talk in a serious tone. "Nya~ The exams went pretty well! Of course, the great Rin helped her poor friends with passing but- Nya!" Before I could say anything else Maki punched my head to silence me. It didn't really hurt but it was always the best way for me to stop talking.
"Don't believe her, she was the one who was scared the most. Even Hanayo was more confident then her!" Kotori, Umi and Honoka's friend, and Hanayo chuckled at Maki's words and I couldn't do anything else than pout. "Come on, Maki-chan! This way it's more interesting, nya!" Despite my attempts to convince her my story wasn't that bad, Maki just ignored me and told the others how it really went. "Rin-chan don't worry, I think you were really cool back there!" As always, Hanayo tried to cheer me up so I smiled back at her and decided to finally finish my almost cold dish.
"It seems like you all are really a promising team" Umi nodded to herself and smiled gently. "I still think we're better, Umi-chan-" Before Honoka could finish her sentence Umi struck her with another death glare and she suddenly stopped talking. "Don't mind her, she can be annoying at times" Maki smiled and nodded. "I know this feeling, don't worry" She looked at me for a moment and sighed. "I think you two will get along well~" Kotori stopped her intense discussion with Hanayo about animals or something and pat Umi's head.
"So...before you form a team, how about you three help us a little? Help is always a good thing so are you in?" Umi asked with a calm expression and Kotori continued the topic. "That's a great idea, Umi-chan! I want to get to know you all better!" She smiled and tilted her head a little. "That's...i'm not quite sure about it..." Maki looked around with a nervous expression and started twirling her hair. "Come on, Maki-chan~" I did my best to look convincingly and grinned.
"A-alright..." Maki sighed and stood up. "I guess it wouldn't hurt for now, maybe we could learn something from you all" I jumped up, once again, almost dropping the leftovers of our dinner and chuckled "Nya~ Maki-chan lost to the power of the Great Rin-" I stopped when someone else stood next to us. I wasn't sure if I should be happy, confused or scared at the moment.
"A party, I see? Well nice to meet you, i'm Kira Tsubasa, but your friend over here already knows it" The girl chuckled and crossed her arms. There were two other girls standing behind her and they still looked kind of odd. "Well, we just came here to greet you all, now if you'll excuse us..." Before anyone could react the three of them were gone and we were once again chatting about random things together. "Hey guys...don't you think they're kind of scary, nya?" I waited for approval from Maki or Hanayo and it seemed like they were alarmed by the group as well.
"Yes, they do...anyway, for now let's get some rest, we'll create our team tomorrow and don't worry about these girls right now, it's not like they were threatening us, right?" Everyone nodded and I let out a sigh of relief. "Alright, nya! Let's go then!" I stood up again and left the table as soon as possible. I had a feeling something bad was about to happen but for now I decided it was a good idea to ignore it, I didn't want to annoy the others at the moment but I was hoping it was just my imagination.
Okay that's it! I hope you all enjoyed! And I just realised two things. 1. Writing these kinds of things is sooo hard! 2. Rin is totally gonna be the stupid sage of the group. Honoka will have another important role but Rin is totally the stupid sage. You know, like, acting all careless and stuff but in fact she's worrying about her team, friends etc. xD I just feel that each of the characters should have like a unique role. Other than their class of course . Also soon I'll try to update the info page on my tumblr blog, see ya all then or something, I hope you enjoyed and bye!