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He could practically feel the hate fill the room. That's when Marui's dad walked in. The stares were directed at Marui as he struggled and managed to let out a growl. He couldn't speak. So he mouthed three words that everyone could decipher.
I hate you.
The other players looked a bit surprised, as Marui's dad replied.
"Nice to see you, son." He smiled viciously.
Fuck you.
"We're here. Hyotei Gakuen." Niou pulled a misty purple orb out of the air, and it hovered over his hands. Blowing on it, the orb shattered and the mist spread out around.
"As I thought." Niou rolled his eyes.
"What? What's going on?" Marui looked around.
"Sensors, trackers, lasers... this place has been set with hundreds of traps." Niou rubbed his forehead.
"What a pain." Marui kicked a rock.
"It's not like I didn't do that to Rikkaidai. Anyway, I already knew this would happen." Niou smirked.
"Yeah, knowing you, you'll probably blow the whole place up." Marui sighed.
"You got it."
Marui held back a scoff at the retort, as he realized that it wasn't from Niou's mouth.
"Kojiro Saeki?" Marui stepped back, as a hand gripped his shoulder.
"Don't tell me you didn't tell Bunta-kun? Heartless as always, Niou." Fuji smiled.
"They'll be working with us. Of course, they're also Zespurplelas." Niou was busy fiddling with something to glance at the others.
"Zespurplelas?" Marui asked.
"Don't tell me you don't know? Fuji caught on much faster. The name of people with poison powers." Saeki replied with a look that showed he was starting to doubt teaming up with him.
"Oh, I remember Niou saying something about that." Marui reassured.
"Well, the preparations are done now. Since we don't know if it's safe, you go in first Marui." Niou pushed Marui into a purple hole that formed in the air. Marui braced himself for some teleporting magical device and some rainbow unicorns, but he stepped out like nothing had happened. Suddenly he saw a glowing purple around him.
"The poison should nullify the traps and trackers. Kind of like erasing out presence." Fuji smiled wickedly as the other three started glowing purple.
"Time to go." Saeki led the group towards the school.
"Hey, hey, did ya hear, Koshimae?" Toyama crouched on top of the Hyotei school wall.
"What?" Echizen replied with no amusement in his voice.
"I heard the Griffy twins are gonna be assassinated while everyone's tryin' ta get tha' list." He answered while pulling an apple out of his pocket and taking a bite. Echizen spared a glance at the Advisor.
"What, really?" Echizen muttered under his breath.
"Yah. I don't see why we need that stupid list in tha' first place." Toyama practically whispered, as his face grew serious.
"We already know who's the strongest, was that what you were going to say?" Ryoma asked with a smirk plastered on his face.
"You bet." Toyama set the core of the apple into flames and it sizzled onto the floor.
"I don't care about the list. It's the people that are coming to get it that make this interesting." Ryoma said.
"Here we go." Toyama created a red portal that formed in the air. They both jumped through and disappeared past the traps.
"We're nearing the school." Saeki glanced around. Suddenly, a screen appeared in front of everyone's path.
"I can't move." Marui noticed. Tubes of black appeared around the players, as the screens read:
Please wait. You are now being sent to the Arena for a Mors Subductio.
"Mors Subductio? Isn't that latin?" Marui shrugged. It's not like he listened in class.
Loading complete.
Before Marui could even think about what that meant, he felt himself being propelled up the tube. The next thing he knew, the tube disappeared and all he saw was pitch black. He still couldn't move. A spotlight appeared in the center of the big area, and a man appeared in the center. He had a dull white hair that made him seem much older than he was.
"Gentlemen, please take a seat. If you don't, unfortunately there will be consequences." The man stated. Marui couldn't see any of the other "gentlemen" as he pondered whether to take a seat on the cushiony chair behind him. The only thing that was just barely visible. Hearing people sit down silently, he froze. Who were they? Then he felt something tug on his sleeve.
"Sit down."
Marui couldn't see the figure, but recognized the voice within a moment.
"Niou."
"What a pain." Oshitari yawned as he looked up into the pitch black.
"That man. I've seen him before." Atobe stared at the man in the spotlight.
"Well, who is he?" Oshitari drawled.
"The president of Zexla." Atobe rolled his eyes. To think someone of his status would be able to contain me in such a game.
"My powers and trackers aren't working." Oshitari muttered.
"Gentlemen. Each chair is connected to the one with your partner. The chairs are scattered around this arena. Of course, you are isolated with your partner and may only speak with them. Place your hand on the armrest to the side." The man waited unflinchingly.
"Do it. That man is known for being a bastard." Niou placed his hand on the armrest and it started glowing purple. Marui noticed the other colors glowing on the hand rests of others. Placing his hand on the armrest, he watched it light up. Looking around, he noticed 50 lights appear. With Arnold Ignashov dead, there was one missing light.
"Jin Akutsu-kun. Place your arm on the armrest immediately. Or else you'll be shot, and you will never return to your normal life." The man glared.
"None of us will ever return to the way we used to be. You disgusting, wretched beings are stupid to think we'll ever forgive you." Akutsu spat. Nonetheless, a brown light lit up on the armrest. Niou snickered at his comment. Somehow it didn't go unnoticed.
"Niou-kun. Do you find this funny? I will assure you that I'm very serious." The man stared almost directly at the pair. Marui froze.
It was a challenge. He had fucking challenged Niou.
Don't-
"I find it very funny. Hilarious. Rot in hell." Niou held up his middle finger that the man could apparently see. Night vision contacts?
"Watch your tone." The man replied as suddenly a gray piece of curved metal, locked their wrists in place.
"The brown element of Akutsu shows that he's a Venebrownja. The power to imitate animal abilities. If this meeting is what I think it is, then remember this. You can't forget this. Don't ever-" Niou couldn't finish when the chairs separated quickly. Marui could only make out one part. Don't ever doubt yourself. Niou had added "because" but didn't get to finish.
Marui felt a needle inject into his arm.
"The liquid being injected into you is so that you can't use your powers or move." The man added.
Suddenly the glowing light disappeared and the whole arena lit up. Marui looked at the 50 people that had once been on the opposite side of the tennis court.
"Three people die today. Once they do, you'll be teleported back to where you were before." Marui knew he hated that man. Because after he said those awful words, there was a hint of satisfaction. Marui didn't hate him because of something he assumed. No.
That disgusting man. Just. Smiled.
He could practically feel the hate fill the room. That's when Marui's dad walked in. The stares were directed at Marui as he struggled and managed to let out a growl. He couldn't speak. So he mouthed three words that everyone could decipher.
I hate you.
The other players looked a bit surprised, as Marui's dad replied.
"Nice to see you, son." He smiled viciously.
Fuck you.
The other players immediately understood the situation and felt either sympathy, annoyance or in Atobe's case, amusement.
A screen came down from the ceiling of this... stadium.
"There will be two Advisors randomly picked as shown on the screen. They will fight to the death. Then a pair of Conquerors will fight. Of course, it is possible for two people to die, if two partners are picked and both the Conqueror and Advisor die. Also, if Michael Lee-kun loses his match. Though, those possibilities are inconceivable." Marui's dad went on, while running a hand through his hair.
"Well, let's get right to it." Niou's dad looked up at the screen when names started shuffling in a jackpot-like fashion. The anticipation was madness. Marui caught a glimpse of Niou's name in the blinking box. Finally two names appeared.
Eiji Kikumaru from Lavenderas
Vs.
Chotaro Ohtori from Fregreenius
Chatters of complaint and relief filled the arena.
Suddenly the chairs with the two competitors dropped them in the middle of the stadium on all fours. They both looked serious and weary. Zexla's vice president and president sat on a throne sheilded from attacks.
"Begin."
At first, Marui expected the competitors to stay still the entire match. Soon enough, however, they were in the air. Ohtori quickly pulled out a green grass wall out of the air, that didn't look hard to break through. Kikumaru apparently summoned light purple glass shards. The shards were shot at Ohtori, who swiftly pulled more grass walls out of the air. The glass shards went through two walls, and then lost mobility.
"Marui, can you hear me?" Niou's voice threw him off.
"What?! How can I talk to you?" Marui whispered harshly.
"I stuck a special chip on your ear when you passed out after eating the petal. Since you keep the clothes you wore when you were invited to the game, I had a special gadget case in my pocket and I-"
"Ugh. Whatever, man. Just tell me. What. Is. Going. On." Marui enunciated.
"Kikumaru has psychic powers while Ohtori has earth powers. Their conquerors are probably Oishi and Shishido, in that order." Niou explained.
"Oh." Marui watched as Kikumaru guarded against green specks. They eventually gathered around him and irritated his skin. The green specks were gone as soon as they came, when purple waves moved out of his body. Can psychics really do that? As if reading his mind, Niou spoke.
"Psychics and Healers are weaker forms of power. So they have been enhanced to take on a physical form."
"OH! I forgot to ask you what you were going to tell me." Marui frantically asked. Unfortunately he said that too loud and the device was destroyed.
"Stop making a fuss." The president pressed some button for the laser beam to kill their connection.
"I'm sorry." Ohtori said as he gathered earth around Kikumaru in an earth ball. The ball became smaller until it formed the outline of Kikumaru's body. Ohtori walked up to it and hesitatingly, shoved his hand in the body. Glowing black and green mist oozed out of the place he hand stuck his hand in.
"No, I'm sorry." Kikumaru said as his "body" shattered into purple specks. He aimed a purple glass shard to his heart. Ohtori moved away fast enough for the shard to hit his arm. He sighed in relief. Only calming down until a light purple spread from the wound across his body.
"Goodbye. I will find a way to save you. Ohtori." The audience watched as Ohtori smiled softly.
"Good luck, Kikumaru-kun." Ohtori smiled with tears welling up in his eyes.
"NO!" Shishido yelled desperately. He couldn't watch as Ohtori stopped breathing. He couldn't watch one of the only people he trusted, disappeared from his life.
Kikumaru didn't break down. He wouldn't. Not for those evil monsters watching to see. Ohtori's body was immediately reduced to visible glowing molecules, as it traveled to a container in the president of Zexla's hand. Suddenly a hologram of Ohtori appeared in the small container. The screen displayed him, and Arnold Ignashov in their own containers.
"Are they alive in the game?" Terry Griffy asked as sighs of relief filled the room.
"No, they're not. Ohtori and Ignashov are dead in this game. Once the game is finished, they will no longer remember the people they are partnered up with." Marui's dad tasted each despicable word as he said them.
"It's about time to announce the Conqueror's battle." The president said. At this point, they were all shaken up. Not scared, but practically lifeless as the names flickered on the screen.
Ryoma Echizen from Lareds
Vs.
Bobby Max from Venebrownja
Marui scoffed. It was obvious who would win. And maybe someone like him could bring the spirit back to those who were lost today.
"The Conquerors fighting also takes away the lives of the Advisors. If Ryoma Echizen should lose, then Kintaro Toyama's life is forfeit. The same goes for Kei Tanishi. Begin." The president smiled maliciously.
Marui calmed down a little. It was a harsh day. He needed to sleep.
He only opened his eyes, when a piercing scream ripped through the air.
Bobby Max stood over Ryoma, who was clutching his arm. There was a brown furry bone sword in Bobby's hand. And a severed right hand lying on the ground stained with blood.
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