Last chapter of the first book. I would say a few heartful words but I'm too lazy.
I wake up, extremely tired. I slowly turn around and see the time. It's 11:22 PM. I open my eyes wider.
"You guys! Wake up!" I whisper. I get down from the top bunk and shake everyone. Katsumi and Emi quickly get up but Tomoko won't budge. I decide to ignore her for now.
I get my wooden sword, and Katsumi gets hers too. Emi gets her wooden kunai and other wooden ninja weapons. Our team is meeting at 11 PM.
I see Tomoko get up, looking stiff. She starts walking like a robot to the door.
"Tomoko? Why are you going ahead of us?" I ask. She keeps walking. I grab her shoulder and right after that, she disappeared. "What the? She just vanished!" Emi and Katsumi stare at me. "What?"
"Shizu, you weren't moving for ten seconds, and during those seconds, she left." Emi says with a concerned face.
"So if we touch one of the chosen people…" I say and Katsumi continues.
"Your time will stop for 10 seconds." Katsumi says very seriously. We look at each other, and then dash out of our dorm to get to Tomoko. We catch up to her, and we're careful not to touch her. We walk to the foot of the stairs, our meeting point. Junsei's already waiting but Tanaka isn't there yet.
"Tomoko's one of the chosen tonight! And don't touch her!" I shout to him.
"What?" he shouts. I can barely see him, since everything is dark. "Ruki, light up!" Junsei's turtle, Ruki, starts glowing. We can see more now. Right then, Tanaka arrives.
"Sorry I'm late, had to take down the C rank guards." She says. She's carrying three ropes and hooks attached to each rope.
"Tomoko is one of the chosen tonight and she's in the MPR already. If you touch her, 10 seconds of your time will stop." I explain to Tanaka and Junsei.
"I'm guessing the other person who is conscious is already there too." Katsumi says.
"So they might be already fighting." Emi says.
"Well, we have to go get her!" Junsei says.
"Okay, hold on. Let the adult talk here." Tanaka says. We all look quietly at her. "Katsumi, Emi, and I will each go on a balcony instead of two people per balcony. We cannot go in through the balcony because you can only go in from the inside."
"Wait, how do the twins get inside then?" I ask curiously.
"Since they're sorcerers, there's a spell that can let you go through walls, and heck, there's a spell that lets you teleport too." Tanaka explains. I nod my head. "So, we have to go back in through the garden door and then up the stairs."
"Well, that'll take too much time!" Junsei complains. Tanaka sighs.
"Listen Junsei. Just listen. I want Shizu and you to wait here. I'm also a water user so I can manipulate the snow. We'll run as fast as we can to take out the balcony candles. Then, you guys can have a head start. Blow the remaining 4 candles out, and then go in. Got it?" Tanaka finishes. We all nod our heads.
Katsumi, Emi, and Tanaka start running towards the garden door. Junsei and I go to the very top of the stairs, right in front of the second floor.
There's a moment of silence and I decide to break it. "So I heard you play the piano." I say randomly.
"Yeah, I do." Junsei replies. There's another pause. "We really have to go save Tomoko!"
"Yes, just leave the twins to me while you go run to save her when there's nothing you can do to stop her from being controlled." I say.
"Sorry. I wasn't thinking when I said that." Junsei says humbly. I give him a smile.
"You really like her don't you?" I ask. Junsei gives a grin.
"Yeah, I do." He says. "I'll ignore Tomoko and the other person. We'll try getting the twins first. And the other three will come by soon enough." I nod in response.
"Let's go into the second floor, maybe they're done." I say as I step in. "Hey! I can move!"
"Really? Alright th-" Junsei is cut short because he stops moving. Why is his time frozen and not mine? I shake off that thought and start running towards the back of the second floor.
I reach there in about 20 seconds in my fastest speed. I still ignore the fact that the time stop thing doesn't affect me at all. I blow out the candle, and then I run to the next corner and blow out the candle. I then start running back to Junsei.
"Where did you go? You were right in front of me." Junsei says really slowly.
"Don't ask why but the time thing doesn't work on me." I say. Junsei gives a surprised face. "Run at your fastest speed to the MPR while I take the last two candles on this floor, hurry!"
Even if I say fastest, he's still slow. I quickly blow out the two candles and Junsei gains more speed, but still slow. I guess Katsumi, Emi, and Tanaka haven't taken out their candles yet.
Junsei finally reaches the MPR door and opens it. We both go in and I grip my wooden sword while Junsei holds his turtle with his hand. There are lights on, but it's dimmed. The whole place has no furniture.
We see Tomoko and surprisingly the scarf girl, Arisa! She looks uncertain as usual, and she's holding a really small wand. She has blood dripping from her forehead. I grit my teeth.
"Show yourselves! We know you're sorcerers, you guys are twins, and you're blackmailing the principal! We know!" Junsei shouts in anger. I hear laughing and the green haired twins appear.
"Special spell: rope trap!" one of the twins yell while swinging his wand. Two ropes come out of nowhere, one to trap each of us two. I quickly do a back flip, but because of Junsei being slow from the candles, he gets caught.
At the corner of my eye, I see Tomoko start unconsciously fighting again. She hasn't summoned Nana yet, but she's doing combat.
The rope still follows to catch me so I use my bokken to chop it to pieces. I run over to Junsei and slice his rope too.
"Ruki, grow!" Junsei shouts. He's getting faster; I guess that means one more candle went out. I widen my eyes as his turtle grows about ten feet tall. Junsei's about to speak again but one of the twins interrupts him.
"Offense spell: power shots times 10!" he shouts as he keeps laughing. I really think he should go to a mental place. Suddenly, bright lights appear beside him. There are 10 different lights. They start shooting at our direction.
"Ruki, protect!" Junsei yells. The turtle makes a protective barrier just in time.
"Offense spell: power boost!" the twin shoots. The other twin, the one with glasses, is just watching us. The shooting lights turn into thick beams and the barrier breaks. I start running to the twin that's doing all the work.
"Junsei, take the glasses guy!" I shout. He nods his head and starts running. Now, he's running full speed. I think all the candles are out now, so we just have to stall until reinforcements arrive. I run at my fasted speed, and then I leap and swing my sword at full force. He's about to speak but it's too late, blood's coming out of his shoulder. I grin with pride.
"Ha, ha ha ha! Special spell: quick heal!" he shouts and I watch as his wound disappears. I back up a bit now.
"Hey brother, shouldn't I just re-light the candles at the snap of my fingers?" The twin with glasses asks the person I'm going against. He's still fighting Junsei and Junsei looks pretty messed up.
"No, let's just kill them, I've been wanting to fight." He says with a scary smile. While he's saying this I run towards him again and I swing towards his stomach. After I do, he disappears.
"Haha! While you were looking at my brother I created a clone! Stupid girl!" he shouts from behind. I turn around. "Element spell: fire path!"
A path of fire comes towards me at full speed. I start running but it's too late. Fire gets on a little above my left ankle. This hurt like nothing I've ever felt before.
I remember when I was living with my 'family' one day in the winter. It was so cold my whole body started to get frostbites. Fire on a little part of my skin hurt 100 times worse.
"AHHHHH!" I screamed at the top of my lungs. By then I knew some people in our school were going to wake up.
"SHIZU!" I barely hear Junsei shout because the pain is too terrible. My leg is really going to die now. I'll be handicapped now. I can't be a swordsman now.
"Element: freezing water!" Someone shouts. Suddenly, a wave of ice-cold water goes over my body. The fire stops and my body gets cold. The wave then stops.
I drop to the floor and start to shiver. I don't shiver because I'm cold, but because I'm scared. I slowly look up and I see Tanaka, Katsumi, and Emi.
"Katsumi and Emi, take Shizu to a corner of this room and treat her! Don't get caught be anyone! Junsei, make sure Tomoko does not kill the girl! I'll handle these too." Tanaka says in a loud voice. I look over at Tomoko and Arisa. Tomoko's is seriously punching and kicking her.
Katsumi and Emi are carrying me to a corner. My eyes are wide open but my leg still feels bad. Emi hands me a pill.
"This will lessen the pain you're feeling." Emi says. I take it and swallow it. In about 10 seconds, I feel no more pain. Katsumi takes out a bottle of brown liquid.
"What. Is. That." I say in disgust.
"I have to spill a little on your wound. It won't sting because of the pill you just took so don't worry." Katsumi explains. I nod my head. She pours a couple of drops and the burning scars almost disappear in about a minute.
There's still a dark spot that remains. "That spot will probably remain with you for the rest of your life." I sigh. They wrap gauze bandages on the spot.
"You guys can go help Junsei since I doubt Tanaka needs help." I say as a smile. They nod their heads and go help Junsei.
On Junsei's side, he's going against Tomoko and Arisa is just watching. Katsumi and Emi run over to Arisa and help heal her injuries. She is seriously bleeding.
"Oh don't mind me!" Junsei shouts as he continues fighting Tomoko. They're just using fists and feet.
I look over to Tanaka; she has a katana. I see her use so many skills she taught us in class. It looks way better in a real battle. The Japanese sword and her are moving so elegantly and fast. This is amazing sword art.
"Sword: double!" Tanaka shouts and now she has two swords. "Element: water towers!"
Suddenly, pillars of water appear and rise. Tanaka is standing on one of them and she's really high up. She then directs two water pillars (with her two swords) to go to the twins. Each twin gets caught in a water pillar. This all happens so fast my eyes can barely see it.
"The thing about sorcerers is", she pauses "they talk too much!" The water pillars disappear and Tanaka is kind of flying to them. The twins are choking from the water. Right then, she slices their stomach sides.
(A/N: Okay, since it was a little too hard to explain there, I'll explain here. It's like she crossed her arms while slicing the twins.)
Blood is sprayed onto the floor and I'm regretting that I didn't close my eyes. I slowly get up. Tomoko is out of her daze thankfully. "That was amazing!" I shout to Tanaka. "But, what are we going to do to them?" I point to the twins.
"They'll be taken to the city prison. Now, you guys should get out of here. Teachers are going to come soon because I know they heard some things. Are you okay with the school not knowing you were involved?" Tanaka says.
"I'm alright with it." I say. Junsei, Katsumi, and Emi nod their heads. Tomoko's asleep so Junsei's carrying her. Arisa is still injured because the wounds were deep.
"Then run!" Tanaka shouts. We nod our heads and take the back exit. We hear footsteps coming up the stairs.
"To the library!" I whisper. We run to the front of the library. "Crap, it's locked!"
"Well, we're going to get found out!" Emi whispers. I start thinking.
"I got it!" I say as I pull out the teleport card. I'm always with it. "Katsumi, what time is it?" Katsumi looks at her phone.
"12:04 AM" Katsumi says.
"Perfect." I respond. (A/N: If you were paying attention to the previous chapters you would understand what's going to happen. But no worries, I'll explain again. Shizu's teleport card can only be used once a day. And it just turned into the next day….)
"Everyone touch each other! And now's not the time to be laughing at that statement." I whisper. They do what I say quickly. "Don't question what's about to happen." I tap on the card three times and we're in front of Ken's room. They look around in confusion.
"This is the boy's special dorm place." Junsei says.
"Skip the explanations, let's go!" I shout. Katsumi and Emi are still carrying Arisa.
"Okay, Katsumi, Emi, take Tomoko and I'll take Arisa." I suggest. They nod their heads and I carry Arisa. She's light. Junsei goes back to the boy dorms. We head to the girl dorms.
"Wait. I-I'm in the girl special dorm A." Arisa whispers. That was expected.
"You guys go on ahead. I got her." I say.
"Okay Shizu." Emi says and they walk off carrying Tomoko. I carry Arisa down the girl special dorms hall. She uses her bracelet to open her door. I set her on one of the chairs. This room is like Ken's, except more girly.
"Are you feeling okay?" I ask. She nods her head slowly.
"Thanks." She says quietly. I turn around to leave. This is how I'm going to end my conversation with Arisa. I don't want this. I have to tell her, I have to. I turn around again to walk up to her.
"You're weak. You need to get stronger." I say simply. She doesn't change her expression. I walk away and close the door. I exhale. I hope I was clear enough. Well, this was all in a night's work.
December 16th, Friday, Last Day of School, Lunch Time
"I'm going to miss you guys." Emi says as we're walking towards the E.A..
"That's the 26th time you've said that." Katsumi says.
"We're only going to be gone for two weeks." Tomoko says.
"Plus two days." I remind them. My first year is done just like that. We just finished our last exam since enrichment has no exams. (A/N: Exams every 3 months!) My exam points will probably go into my account soon.
We're about to go into the E.A. when Genji comes up to me.
"Hey, Shizu! I got something to show you." He says. I wave bye to my friends and then I follow him. He's walking towards the left balcony. This is where we made planning for the monthly mystics.
"Is it about Daiki, because I doubt I'd care." I say to him. He doesn't respond.
"I lied. I have nothing to show you, just something to tell you." Genji says.
"Then why would you lie?" I say twitching my eyes. He gives a smile.
"I like you, Shizu." He says bluntly. I stand there dumbfounded for a few seconds.
"Uhh, sorry can't return the feelings." I say simply and then I start to walk away.
"Do you like someone else?" Genji asks. I turn around and grin.
"Maybe." I reply and I start to walk away again. "Oh and Genji."
"What?" he asks.
"Make sure we don't act awkward the next time we see each other because of this." I say. He starts laughing while I'm still walking away. I hear footsteps following me while I'm about to go in the E.A.. "Who is it?" I ask as I turn around.
It's one of the newspaper club guys. He has curly brown short hair. He has a green uniform (ninja) and a 4 on his uniform. He's one of the crazy ones. He gives a smile that I have to call gay.
"I'm looking for members of the newspaper club! I read in your school files that you have no particular talent." He says.
"Thanks, I love hearing that." I say. "Look, I'm starting to get hungry and I don't want to join the club so bye bye." I start to fast walk towards the E.A..
"I'll tell the school that you rejected that guy." He says. I slowly turn around to look at him.
"Go ahead. Why should I be embarrassed?" I say. He runs up to me and grabs my shoulder. "Hey, let go!"
"Please! We just need one more member or else the class will be cancelled!" He shouts at me.
"No…. thanks!" I say as I throw him off.
"Please! You also get some of the points we make!" He shouts.
"What?" I ask surprised. I then slowly take in what he said. "Fine, I'll join."
"Yay! Meet on the first day of school next year in-" He stars, but I cut him off.
"Yeah, yeah. I know where it is." I say. I start to walk to the E.A.; finally I can eat now.
The last bell of the year rang. I heard people cheer, and some even screamed. One scream sounded a lot like Daiki's. I saw people hugging, mostly girls. And me? I went to the restroom because I really needed to go pist. And after that, I put on my mask and used my teleport card.
I open Ken's door and there he is. He's already wearing his casual clothes and lying on the couch, just like the first day of school.
"Hey Mask Maid! I was getting bored." Ken says.
"Only 3 minutes have past since school ended." I reply.
"Which means you're 3 minutes late." Ken says grinning.
"Yes, you're so funny." I say sarcastically. We start talking about everything except personal stuff until the genius mentions something personal.
"So Mask Maid, why won't you show me your identity? I mean it's been forever since we've became comrades." Ken says.
"3 months, thank you." I say and there's a pause. "I don't trust you."
"You don't trust me? Come on, I haven't told anyone that a maid serves me." Ken says.
"Just drop it, Ken." I say. He looks at me in shock.
"That's the first time you called me Ken!" He says and then smirks. I can't help but blush.
"Do you want me to call you sir or Ken?" I ask.
"I like Ken, it is my name after all." He says.
"Alright, Ken." I say. He gives a big smile that looks cute and hot at the same time. Is that even possible?
"Well, you should go now. It's 3:00 and we have to leave at 4:00. You need to turn in your uniform and say bye to your friends." Ken says.
"Nah, I'll just chill here for a bit longer." I say. We start talking casually again.
We talk until the school announcer does the last call for uniform turn-ins and it's 3:50. I start to walk out of Ken's room. I then turn around to tell him one last thing.
"Don't worry, I'll let you have a two minute head start." He assures. I give a smile and then I leave the room.
I know one thing for certain. I like Ken, a lot. Going to Kumi Academy has changed me, for good or for worse, I'm still not so sure about that.
All the guards in that section of the prison were knocked out. It was the section for mildly dangerous criminals. There was a masked figure that knocked all the guards out.
The masked person was headed for a special room, for criminals that are users. Those types of rooms blocked out user powers. But the particular room the masked person is headed to is where both the twins were held at.
The masked person broke down the steel door. The masked person also turned off the user cancellation powers in the room. The twins were both alert and they both stood up.
They didn't know the masked person turned off the user cancellation power in the room. If they did know, maybe their fate would change.
"Who are you?" The glasses twin asks.
"It won't talk. Maybe we should force it to." The other twin says getting closer. As the twin got closer, the masked person summoned its sword.
The person first slashed the twin that was walking and then in a heartbeat, slashed the glasses twin. Just to make sure they were dead, the person stabbed their hearts. The masked person took off his/her mask. It was Tanaka.
"They finally told me to kill you." Tanaka says with a scary grin.
(A/N: This was objective point of view, and I hope you notice we never found out the twins' names.)
The second book first chapter will be out in a few days I think. Hope you enjoyed the ride of the level ones.