School. Goodness how Knight loved learning. He did not, however, like school.
Even now he was shuddering as he heard that forbidden 's' word.
School.
"Ugh," he said, holding his head. "I'm thinking too hard again." This statement earned him several odd looks from the student body. After all, most people don't talk to themselves. Right? Leaning against a pale blue locker (His own locker, thank you very much. The last time he leaned on someone else's locker they squealed and asked him to sign it, resulting in a very tiresome chase down the halls as he tried to escape the owner of said locker) he sighed, brushing his red locks out of his face. The very scene could've come straight out of a high school drama (Hence all of his 'fangirls'). Someone cue the sparkles.
Why did Knight not like school? Well, it took away from his free time. Plus it was boring. I mean, who likes to listen to someone drone on and on about how to add numbers or why apples fall off trees? He could just become a Glitter hunter, who doesn't need to know about math and science and - heaven forbid - ethics. Glitter hunters probably went against the very definition of ethics. Not that Knight wanted to be a Glitter hunter, no, not at all. But that didn't mean he wanted to be an alchemist, or a doctor, or a lawyer, or some professional who needed to know a whole bunch of fancy words and numbers. Whatever happened to good old knights?
But, whatever the case was, he was stuck with school whether he liked it or not. Not that school was all too terrible. After all, he had the company of the lovely Aisha (How very sensible was she, he'd never seen anyone chew out Infi so well for not doing his homework before her and his sister) and a good friend of his, Allegro. Although the poor boy, who was also class president, was incredibly shy, he was a very sweet and respectable person. Knight would never tell him that, though, for Allegro was simply embarrassed much too easily. A simple 'hello' could render him redder than Knight's hair and stuttering like a schoolgirl. But ten times worse.
Speak of the devil, here he came. "Hello, Allegro!" Knight said, sending a casual wave and a smile over to the small, dark-haired boy. The effect was immediate, his face turning the color of a tomato as he adjusted his glasses nervously.
"H-H-Hi... K-Kni-i-ght..." Playing with a loose string on his backpack, Allegro stared at the ground as if it were the most interesting thing in the world. Before Knight could continue the conversation, a certain purple-haired roommate of his decided to jump in and frighten poor Allegro to the point of no return.
"AWWW~! HE IS SO CUTE! Knight, I'm begging you, introduce me to your friend~" Richian decided (Very inaccurately) that since Allegro looked ready to scream bloody murder, the best way to calm him down would be to wrap him up in a hug.
Rule #1: Don't touch Allegro unless it's completely necessary. He'll freeze up for the rest of the day and become unresponsive, and then he'll yell at you the next day, although you'll barely understand him because of his stutter.
That's exactly what happened.
Allegro froze, gray eyes bulging slightly, mouth open in shock, as rigid as a stone. Richian didn't notice, his arms still wrapped around the smaller boy's frame. He also started to chat. With Knight. About the terrified boy he had captured. And accessories. Always the accessories.
"Um, Richian..." Purple eyes turned to Knight, his eyelashes fluttering as he flicked a few strands of purple hair behind his head.
"What is it, Knight-sweetie pie?"
Knight shuddered. "I-I think you're scaring Allegro... He doesn't like people getting too close to him..." Almost immediately Richian let go of Allegro.
"OH I AM SO SORRY DEAR I DIDN'T MEAN TO SCARE YOU LIKE THAT! PLEASE FORGIVE ME!"
Knight made a gentle shooing motion. "I think it might be better if you left for now, just so he can calm down a bit, okay?"
Richian huffed, turning around without an objection. "Fine, at least my leather pants still love me!" Knight tilted his head quizzically as he attempted to figure out what Richian meant by that.
There were several things that Rune had learned throughout the past week that he was at Hamel Academy. Not from a class, though. He only half-paid attention to those. After all, sure language and history was important, but... Let's say that Ms. Stella, Ms. Vanessa, Mr. Banthus, Ms. Helen, and Ms. Echo weren't exactly a dream team of teachers. Plus the guidance councilor, Ms. Camilla, said that everything could be fixed through training.
Bad math grades? Go to the training center!
Terrible attitude? Go to the training center!
Special education student? Go to the training center!
Being bullied? Go to the training center!
Messed up class schedule? Go to the training center!
You get the point.
So, he decided that he would tell people the USEFUL things he learned in school, the stuff that he learned OUTSIDE of class.
1: Private school girls are scary when angered. The perfect example of that was Rena. She was sweet, kind, and positively BEAUTIFUL. Rune had the most perfect impression of her until she literally scared the shit out of him when she yelled at some poor sucker for... well... To put it gently, he said he liked her boobs. Bad move, dude, bad move. Another example of this would be that flat-chested girl with purple hair... what was her name, Aisha? Rune couldn't really remember that well, he chatted with WAY too many flat-chested girls to keep track of. Anyway, Aisha was nice enough to talk to, rather cute too... And then as soon as you didn't pay attention in class, she yelled and screamed and hit you over the head. Ouch. In his defense, he only waved at the pretty girls running around in gym once! But yeah, watch out for private school girls. The claws came out randomly. Rawr.
2: Private school guys are seriously bad at flirting. Rune will never, ever forget the moment when a guy tried to flirt with Eve by telling her that she was the most beautiful robot in school and got slapped into oblivion.
3: Vanessa and Stella were scary. So was Helen. Don't get them mad.
He'd figure out the rest later, but for now, he'd probably wander around looking for some cute girls to talk with or see if he could bother Knight a bit. Which he did. That is, he found a cute girl to chat with. Translation: He found Eva. Rune found Eva to be cute rather than pretty, I mean, sure, she was a looker, but Rune liked it better when she pretended to not have feelings or blushed whenever he complimented her. She was rather timid in his opinion, never speaking loudly whenever she decided to speak at all, almost always hiding behind her servants if she didn't like the way a conversation was heading. Eva was, however, rather headstrong and aloof, as he learned through her manner of speech.
"I do find it rather engaging during class hours when Ms. Echo speaks to herself to recall details on the matter, do you not? However, she is a lovely young teacher who is quite knowledgeable in her subject, I would suggest speaking with her first should you need any assistance."
Rune nodded, half-listening to Eva's little rant on the teachers of HA (He never really got over the fact that Hamel Academy's initials spelt 'ha' when the school was far from being the laughingstock), his eyes wandering for a second and landing on a very familiar blonde roommate of his. Grinning slightly at Chung, Rune turned back to listen to Eva, not before seeing a flash of... irritation in Chung's eyes. Puzzled, Rune continued to fret over Chung's irritation with him and Eva, completely ignoring said Nasod, which, consequentially, irritated her, making her raise her hand and slap him firmly across the cheek, successfully making Rune scream (Rather manly, mind you) with pain.
Infi found himself in the library.
What. The. El.
Infi NEVER went into the library. Period. All the books were like poison to him, and to make matters worse, there were never, ever any comic books in the libraries. Or if there were, they were old, sucky ones. Fudgsicles.
So why was he in the library? He was lost. "Really should've paid attention to that school tour," he muttered, wandering down the isles filled with books, grumbling as he glared at the gray carpet fiercely enough to burn holes in them. Infi noticed that a lot of the school had gray flooring and white walls. Which was okay, but it made it hard to come up with excuses as to why exactly he was staring at the walls and/or floor with such fascination. Rounding a corner, he spotted a girl with purple hair. Aisha. This day was just getting better and better. Not.
Against his better judgement, Infi thought Aisha was cute. Ugh. The thought of that sent shivers down his spine already. Why? I guess you could say Infi had a thing for smart girls. Weird, I know, especially since he was the 'oh-so-bad' bad boy. Aisha happened to be with a friend, the busty elf, Rena.
"I honestly don't know what to do, Rena. I mean, I find it hard to breathe every time I see him!" Infi was totally not eavesdropping. Pfft, what made you think that? Rena sighed, tucking a strand of blonde hair behind her pointed ear.
"Hold on, who are we talking about again?" Aisha huffed in a way that Infi definitely didn't find cute. Stop looking at him like that!
"Well... His name is..." Aisha flushed a deep red, redder than Infi's hair (Minus the black patch...) "His name... His name is Knight..." Rena squealed quietly (The key word here is library), clasping her hands together.
"Aww, how cute! You two would be a perfect couple! Tell me, what do you like about him?" Aisha blushed harder, if that was even possible.
"W-Well... He's not exactly my ideal type, but... He's just so... handsome, and kind, and outgoing. Knight's got a really pretty smile, and... um... This is kind of embarrassing, but he's really... charming..." Rena squealed again, almost dislodging her angelic hair clips with all her bouncing.
"Aisha, do you know what this means?" Aisha shook her head tentatively. "It means that you're in love!" Infi didn't mentally tear Knight to pieces at that moment. Of course he didn't. He also didn't impale a row of books with Cornwell. Infi also didn't storm out of the library plotting the murder of his eldest brother muttering curses under his breath. He's way too classy to do anything like that.
Okay, maybe just a little.
Fuming, Infi stormed down the hallways, brushing past Rune who was talking to some silver-haired chick and the She-Man who looked like he was ready to kill Rune. Literally knocking aside another silver-haired chick who looked identical to the one talking to Rune, he ignored her vehement, angry yelling, easily avoiding her electron balls and drones (He won't admit this, but he didn't avoid those that easily) as he prowled down the hallways looking for Knight. Ignoring Raven and his friendly greeting, Infi found Knight busy trying to coax a raven-haired male with glasses into motion.
Infi totally didn't yell at him. He definitely didn't try to kill him with a sword. Infi also didn't slash some lockers.
Okay, maybe just a little.
Principal Ariel came down the halls, took one look at Infi trying to murder an extremely terrified Knight who was running for his life, and nodded to herself. "This looks like a fairly friendly learning environment." Turning around, Ariel walked away, her long, blonde ponytail swishing as she walked.
Infi would never lose his cool like that.
"BLADE RAIN!" The entire hallway exploded with light as thousands of Cornwells materialized out of thin air, each one aimed at Knight as they flew into a frenzy of motion, slashing and stabbing before exploding in a huge burst of light.
Never mind.
Oh. My. El.
Me: I feel like my chapters are just getting shorter and shorter...
Eve: They are.
Me: THANKS FOR MAKING ME FEEL BETTER DX
Raven: Well. The reason behind shorter chapters is that a) Rosa can't give away too much this early in the story, and b) She doesn't know what to write. So please forgive her semi shot chapters.
Rena: So, on the other hand, how was school, everyone?
Ara: Ugh, school. How awful.
Aisha: School is essential in order to learn and -
Elsword: Yadda yadda yadda. We get it.
Aisha: *slaps Elsword*
Elsword: (#o3o)
Me: ... O_O;; A-Anyway, time for reviewer replies!
RevolutionizedWorld - Kill3r Combo sure loves their women. No worries, no one will be left alone in this story! Not even Elesis who's in a different city/kingdom/continent! Thank you very much!
G123u - Did I ever mention how much I loved your story 'Bullet for a Kiss?' Sorry. I just remembered this now :P One way to stand out is to be unique, soo... FROGS! ATTACK HAMEL! Ahem. None taken! The other Elgang members won't play such a huge part, but everything is planned out to run really smoothly later on. I like both CEm and CN a lot (CBS is great too, but I like CEm and CN better), so they had to be put in! Shhh. There be no misspellings here. Thanks for telling me XD
Asian - *watches Infi killing Knight* Yeah, I don't think you want him to blow at you... Knight makes himself an easy target XD Besides, you know that you find it funny :P Is Rena yelling really that funny? :O ASIAN! *chases you with a hammer*
XxArisaxX - This is what goes on in my head daily. Glad you liked it! OAO STICK PEOPLE ARE EVIL.
Helringo - Good for you, learning multiple languages. I'm hopeless when it comes to French, which is supposed to be Canada's second national language... :P
pikachuhats - Can I say that I love your pen name? I kinda wanted it to be bittersweet for that scene. Thank you for the compliment~!
Yami - Yes, this is semi-romance, and yes, I am hinting at ElsxAi (One of 'em XD) I'm sorry for making RS hot...? Daaaw, love you too~ ^^
Awakened Hades - Ah, the twin concept. It's the best for making hard pairing decisions X3
Abyss - A lot of people have said that this makes them die of laughter, I can't say the same 'cause I'm the author XD Go ahead, spam caps lock, I do it all the time. Lol, I pretty much consider all my work to be a crackfic :3 We all have low self-esteem because there are better fics out there (cough cough The Breathless World and GP cough cough) You're not terrible, you're just not well known, that's all. Cheer up! *drags you out of emo corner* That, my friend, is exclusively for me and Raven :P YOU ARE NOT OBSOLETE! DEFINITELY NOT! *catches you* Just wait and see. You'll be huge soon.
KiyoKu - I will continue it ^^
skullsmash86 - Hold your horses, nothing has been set in stone yet. There is still plenty of opportunity for Aisha to be fought over :3 *drags everyone out of the emo corner* THIS BELONGS TO ME!
SeraphicEve - Thank you! :)
xXHakuraXx - *has no clue what is going on*
im on earth - You done? Okay, 1: See the end of the chapter. 2: See my reply to skullsmash86. I hope that answers your questions!
Rella - YOU'RE BACK?! OME! Yeah, I got you something, no need to kill me XD How was Korea? Awesome, I hope? How could I forget that? The first thing you said was 'Is it something dead?' and Kyle thought you psychic after that! XD Yes, they do. I was waiting for someone to notice. Okay, you do that. OME, someone did say that like right after you mentioned it :P I'M SORRY DX Plus what? WHAT IS THIS 'PLUS' YOU WANTED TO TELL ME ABOUT?!
Guest - Thank you! ^^
qwertyuiop - Why not?
Me: I'm really happy now :D
Chung: And why is that?
Me: BECAUSE! My longtime IRL friend who goes by the pen name of DefinitelyNotCinderella has returned from her month-long trip to Korea! Which brings me to my second point. Hit it, Chung!
Chung: *reads from a piece of paper* Rosa and Rella (DefinitelyNotCinderella) have decided to do a collaboration on a story which will be called 'The Problem Is...'
Rena: *takes paper* However, they are planning to make this an interactive story in which you can chat with the Elsword characters.
Elsa: They aren't sure if they should do this collab, though, and want your opinion, so, Rosa has put up a poll to collect your opinion. First option with 10 votes wins. Please check it out!
Me: Mmmhmm~ And thats all for now, folks.
Ara: Don't forget to R&R!
Eve: Please follow and favorite if you wish to, and see you next chapter.
Me: Love y'all! Chu~