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The Third King of Kuoh Academy
Chapter 18
"Aria and Tera should be awake in an hour or two." Jasmin informed me. I smiled at her and nodded as she took a seat in the living room with the rest of us. Violet, Brittany, Ashlen, and I were all setting in the living room and watching Ella, Amy, and Sara play Call of Duty. Seriously…I'd make a great parent. "What are they doing?" Jasmin asked when she sat down on one of the other couches.
"Killing nerds." Ella informed her plainly. Violet and I shared a look and started giggling while the others just sweat dropped. Aria and Tera were sleeping in their rooms upstairs so they should be up in a few hours. I'm really glad nothing bad happened.
After the girls' big fight, which really amounted to nothing more than them knocking each other out, everyone went inside to get a nice breather. The little ones immediately ran into the living room and started up our home Xbox while Violet and I got snacks. Right now we were all just relaxing, happy to be back home.
"So who's next?" I asked eagerly. I'm kind of anxious to see just how strong the girls are. Odd that I haven't seen any of them fight that hard, like, ever. I'm going to have to talk to Aria about those spells she used. Wonder if she just acquired them because she is my servant.
"Well you could always draw up a bracket." Brittany suggested. I leaned my head back and looked up at the ceiling, pondering the thought. Too much work. Maybe I should just flirt with one of them and see who attacks who first. Haha, that wouldn't be very nice though. I looked back up and viewed my assorted servants. There aren't exactly fair match ups.
"I'll have to think about it." I said and looked at Brittany, who had been snuggling up to my left side this entire time. "Whatcha doin Brittany?" I asked flirtingly. She's getting really close. She closed any resemblance of a gap between us and started leaning onto me more and more. She was rubbing my chest with her hand and running her fingers along my arm and neck the entire time. Once again, I had no clue what provoked her…but I still liked it.
"Oh nothing. Just snuggling with my favorite Master. Why? You not enjoying yourself?" She asked teasingly and pressed her chest against me. What has gotten into her? Wow…her boobs look really nice. I stared right down her shirt and, in the back of my mind, wondered why she didn't make a big deal out of it. It's so good to be home. "What's that look for Seraphin? You look angry. Why don't you just come on over here? You can snuggle too if you want." Brittany taunted. I tore my eyes away from her bust and looked to see that she and Seraphin were glaring at each other. Oh, so I'm just being used again. Fantastic.
"Unlike you ladies, I prefer to leave my seduction for more private settings." Seraphin countered. "Besides, the Master has clearly shown more affection towards me recently. I did save him and sleep with him that one night, all by ourselves." She added and winked at me. I felt Brittany start to dig her nails into me and the wind around us picked up slightly. Yeah, wind in a house! Great right?
"I think we found the next match." Violet whispered and took the now free space on my lap, since Brittany had gotten up to challenge Seraphin. "What do you think is gonna happen?" She asked and leaned against me, wrapping my arms around her. Well at least she knows what she wants.
"I don't know, but it won't be good for the environment or the house." I answered and Violet and Ashlen chuckled. We just sat on the couch watching the two other girls glare at each other. Brittany smirked and used the wind gathering around her to push herself across the living room. She landed gracefully and held her hands open in front of her, summoning her staff and more wind magic. I really hope they don't decide to start in here.
"I hope you're ready." Seraphin started and brought her hand towards the huge black sword on her back. Oh no…no no no! I looked over at Brittany, hoping she wouldn't join in. But of course she did.
"You first Flame Princess." Brittany returned and I could only respond by throwing Violet off my lap, yelling in a very girly manner, and jumping over the couch. I just recovered from my injuries, no way am I getting anywhere near their fight. I peeked over the couch just in time to see the two girls lung at each other. Seraphin's sword set aflame and held over her head and Brittany with her hands at her side, ready to unleash her deadly wind slashes. Just great, these couches are like really expensive leather too.
"Don't you two even think about it." Sara's icy voice whispered. Just as Brittany and Seraphin were about to collide, the small blonde girl stood up and summoned two barrages of lightening. Both hit in front of the attacking girls, causing them to immediately jump back. Sara's pretty scary, even to the older girls. "There is no way in hell I'm going to let you two disturb my awesome COD round. Now go outside and fight. Master, you go with them and referee, but bring me a bag of chips and a drink first." Sara commanded and everyone else just looked at her in awe, except me, I was running to the kitchen.
"Here you go Pikachu." I said happily a few minutes later and sat the snack down in front of the cute blonde. She didn't even look up at me and continued her game. I never knew I had such a huge nerd in my household. Good to know.
"Thanks Master. You better hurry; the others are already getting started." Sara explained and I finally heard the loud banging and crashing coming from outside. "Why do they get angry so quickly? They need to learn to chill. You're everyone's Master after all." Sara whispered to herself in a more girly tone than normal. Wonder if she wanted me to hear that.
"They are pretty silly aren't they?" I replied and leaned over to kiss her head. When I did she instantly froze and started to stutter and blush all over. "Be back in a bit sweetie." I told her and ran towards the door. I looked back to see her looking back and forth before cracking a smile, which was instantly replaced with a look of shock.
"DAMNIT ALL TO HELL! THIS STUPID FIVE YEAR OLD CAMPER! I'M GETTING MY MIC!" Sara screamed. Guess I made her get killed, oh well. I'll pay for that later but her reaction was just too perfect. I started busting out laughing as I walked out the front door. "LISTEN YOU MIDGET PIECE OF CAMPING CRAP WHO IS BARLEY HITTING PUBIRTY, I WAS MAKING OUT WITH MY BOYFRIEND SO THAT DOESN'T COUNT!" She screamed and I started laughing even harder. Sara continued to rant as I walked out of the foyer through the huge, white double doors. I stepped out onto the concrete walkway and looked around for my incredibly aggressive household.
"Look out Master!" Brittany's voice filled my ears just as I was turning to shut the door. I shut the door and looked in the voice's direction. Lucky for me, Brittany had just sent Seraphin flying with a wind attack, and she was headed straight at me. I tried to dive to the left but Seraphin came in to fast and ended up smashing into me, her flaming blade didn't feel too good pressed against my chest. We landed in a heap, my head buried (you guessed it) in between her breasts. I didn't even get time to enjoy the feeling, which was phenomenal of course, because her huge, flaming sword was between my outstretched arms and shirt. My shirt caught on fire and I had to throw her off me so I could stop, drop, and roll.
"Whoops, sorry Master. You need to be more careful on the battlefield." Seraphin commented in annoyance before jumping up and relighting her sword. Seriously, shouldn't I be saying stuff like that? "You're gonna pay for using me to hurt the Master!" Seraphin declared and I blushed. Ya know what; she can say stuff like that whenever. The fiery red head shot forward and closed in the gap between her and Brittany.
"Ugh…can I not get hurt just once?" I complained as I picked myself up and walked to the group of onlookers. Violet and Ashlen were sitting on a small concrete bench while Ella, Jasmin, and Amy sat on the grass in front of them. "So who's winning?" I asked as I approached them. All five girls turned and broke into a fit of blushes and giggles.
"Varian's shirtless!" Amy declared and pointed at my bare chest. Oh great. Seraphin burned my Pink Floyd shirt. I simply sighed and took a seat between Ashlen and Violet. All the girls were still in their traveling\hiking outfits that they had on earlier. Well, except for Seraphin. Her clothes were a bit ripped up by Brittany's wind attacks.
"So how's it been going?" I questioned and Violet put a finger on her chin. I looked at her and she simply shrugged her shoulders and stuck out her tongue at me before leaning her head on my shoulder.
"Eh. Who cares? They're doing fine I guess." She commented and I sighed. We all turned our attention back to the fight. Why do I feel like Amy and Ella got closer to my legs…? "Oh!" Violet suddenly yelled and my head shot up from my investigation of my legs. "I think it just got serious. Man, you're such a catalyst Varian." She commented. I laughed and the three younger girls talked among themselves about what a catalyst is. "Maybe it's a hot guy who makes girls crazy…" they whispered and I just sweat dropped and leaned back.
"Bring it Sword girl! Why can't you hit me?" Brittany teased as she ducked under Seraphin's side swipe. The red head moved the massive, six foot blade around her body with ease, swinging it like a crazy person. Brittany just ducked and used small bits of wind to redirect the blade's swing. It was really quite brilliant, if it hadn't just enraged Seraphin more.
"Come on and fight me!" Seraphin edged her on but Brittany was a very calm fighter. Seraphin brought the sword in a downward arch and Brittany used the butt of her staff to block it. The brunette stepped to the side and held the sword at a standstill, her wind magic keeping the flames from getting to hot. She suddenly moved her wrist and pushed the sword up, spun the staff around her body, and sent a small tornado at Seraphin. The flame wielder flew up into the air from the burst of wind. "Is that all!?" She yelled and corrected herself in the air. Her eyes winded as Brittany moved in with her staff pulled back and barely had time to bring up her sword to block.
"We can block and parry all day Seraphin! When does the real fight start?" Brittany continued to edge her on as their weapons meet. Wind blew past Seraphin and her flames weren't even allowed to form as the other girl's wind staff slammed into her sword. They broke from their power struggle and both girls fell to the ground. Seraphin landed in a crouched position and held the sword out in front of her, pointing it at the sky. Brittany landed elegantly and propped herself up on her staff, waiting.
"Right now…" Seraphin muttered and shot to her feet. She spun the sword around her body, flames shooting every which way, and ran forward a few steps. She eventually gained enough momentum and drove her sword into the ground, causing fire to erupt from all around her. Brittany was caught off guard and brought her hands in an "X" over her body to protect herself. The earth beneath them started to crack and flames erupted in front and around Brittany. "And that's not all!" Seraphin yelled just as she appeared out of the fire. She came charging at Brittany and moved her legs elegantly, spinning towards her. "FLAME WHEEL!" She cried and suddenly a torrent of flame appeared around her blade.
"WIND SHEER!" Brittany yelled in response but it was almost too late. Seraphin collected all the fire she had summoned and continued towards Brittany, the force of the wind didn't even phase her huge fire wheel. She leaped into the air and came spiraling down towards the brunette who held up both her hands, the wind picking up around her. "TORNADO VOID!" She screamed and summoned a huge, vortex of wind from her hands. Seraphin disappeared into the void, but you could still see her flames as she continued forward inside.
"This is way more than I expected Flame Princess. But, is it enough to protect the Master when we really have to fight?" Brittany continued to tease, which I don't think was a good idea. Why? Because Seraphin answered with a loud, very angry scream from inside the vortex. The grey wind tunnel started to turn orange, then suddenly a bright red, and then it exploded sending fire everywhere and blowing us onlookers back.
"Don't…you…dare...question my…my abilities to protect…him." Seraphin muttered, either from anger or from lack of breath. She was standing in front of Brittany, glaring at her with her sword held at her waist. She either looked really tired or really angry…I think it's the latter. " I love him." She continued, her voice soft and weak. "I-I love him…and you're NOT GOING TO BEAT ME IN FRONT OF HIM!" She screamed and shot forward again. I felt my heart skip a beat as the red head, surrounded by flames at this point, charged and pointed her sword. Brittany's face got serious and she kicked up her staff and twirled around Seraphin's attack.
"Got you." She muttered and brought the staff to the back of the girl's head, about to unleash another vortex. "No way…" Seraphin muttered quietly and a small wave of flame shot up, obscuring Brittany's vision for a second. Seraphin flashed away with her speed and appeared facing the opposite way on the other side of Brittany. The wind wielder suddenly screamed and clutched her arm as flames arched around her. "Damn your speed." She muttered and the wind around her began to pick up, forming a clear circle around her. "Do you…do you think you're the only one…who loves him?" Brittany muttered. "I was there first…I was there the longest…You have NOTHING ON ME!" She screamed and another vortex appeared around her. "CYCLONE DEMON!" She roared and the tornado began to twist and form into something.
"Whoa…" was all I could mutter as I watched in awe. Not only was I enveloped in the fight, my heart was pounding away in my chest. "You two…" I whispered and Violet frowned next to me.
"Oh…crap." Seraphin muttered as she brought her sword back up. She was now starring down a massive, fifteen foot wind monster controlled by Brittany. More tornadoes began to form and gave the behemoth arms. "You may be big but you touched my man…NO ONE FLIRTS WITH HIM BUT ME!" Seraphin declared and charged forward. The wind beast brought up its arm and let the wind whip away at Seraphin's attacks. She didn't seem to be doing anything. Suddenly, the wind shot out and smaller cyclones shot away at her, cutting her and blowing her back. Seraphin fell through the air, cut and bleeding, as the wind tore away at her and drove her around.
"THIS IS OVER!" The beast that was Brittany declared and brought up a huge, tornado fist to finish off Seraphin. The red head whimpered in fear for the first time in her life and loosened her grip on her huge sword. "I'm sorry…Varian." She whispered and prepared herself for the torrent of the unrestrained storm.
"Brittany! Stop!" I commanded as I grabbed my old sword and braced for the huge fist. I channeled a small bit of magic and unleashed a wall of fire in front of us, stopping the fist dead. The flames were dark black and the fist just slammed into them, without them giving at all. Seraphin slightly opened her eyes to see her Master hovering before her with her sword held in front of him…protecting her.
"Ma-master!" Brittany's original voice yelled suddenly and the wind storm started to deteriorate. Seraphin and I slowly lowered down to the ground as Brittany's massive, wind monster disappeared and revealed her, hunched over on her staff, in the center of a huge crater in the ground. Since when is she that crazy powerful? "I'm…I'm so sorry Master, Seraphin. I don't know what came over me." She muttered quickly and started to run up the side of the crater, away from us. However, she must have been exhausted because she quickly collapsed.
"Brittany!" I yelled and ran towards her. Seraphin, using her incredible knight speed, reached the girl before me and sat her on her lap. Both girls were breathing heavily and hugging each other when I arrived. "Brittany…are…are you okay?" I panted and kneeled beside her. Her long brown hair was thrown all over the place and her clothes were torn up and ripped. She looked pretty messed up and it worried me.
"I'm fine Master. Just…got a little carried away…" She started but I just grabbed her hand and started to tear up as I clutched it. "And you yell at me for being stupid! Both of you! Don't ever do something like that again! You could have killed each other!" I screamed and both girls shared a sad look and sighed. But, being the amazing Master I am, I threw my arms around both of them and pulled them close. "Save it for the actual enemy and not each other. If anything happened to any of you…I'd…" I choked out as I clutched both girls lovingly.
"Master…" They both muttered in bewilderment. What's so bewildering? I love them to death! Can't they see that? "I'm really sorry Varian." Brittany said, her voice slowly returning to normal. "I just got a tad carried away with the fight and…I didn't want to get beat." She admitted. I sat back on my knees and looked at both of them, beaten and exhausted. "I should apologize as well." Seraphin began and took my free hand in hers, since I was still clutching Brittany's. "I got carried away as well and treated one of my best friends like the enemy. I'm sorry Brittany." Seraphin muttered and turned to her senior servant. The brunette only smiled and cupped Seraphin's cheek. "It's fine Seraphin. I did the same thing. Let's just put it behind us and prepare ourselves for the real battle." Brittany suggested and the red head nodded in agreement.
"Well there is no way I'm letting any of the others fight." I said matter-of-factly and got a torrent of sighs from behind me. "What do you mean?" Ella whined and I turned to see Violet and Ashlen frowning at me with their arms crossed. Wow…that makes Ashlen's boobs look even bigger! AH! Stop it…clean thoughts.
"I just…I don't want anyone else getting hurt because you girls are too competitive. No one wins. You're all going to train in ways that don't injure each other…" I went into lecture mode and the girls just sighed and started to walk away. "Hey! Where do you all think you're going…?" I called after them but they just kept walking.
"Give it a rest Varian." Brittany said teasingly and I felt her punch my arm. I turned back around to see that Brittany and Seraphin were both standing up and seemed a little bit better. I sighed in relief and grabbed both of them by the hand. "No more fighting, both of you are going inside and resting up like Aria and Tera." I told them and they just whined and dragged their feet behind me. Why do I always have to be the only one who acts like an adult?
"Are we in trouble?" Brittany finally asked just as we reached the house. I turned back to both of them as I was pushing the door open. "None of you are in trouble. I just don't want anyone to get hurt before we get into a life or death fight with another devil family. You girls are my life and watching this fighting, while being slightly entertaining, also hurts me. We're a family and we love each other." I told them and they smiled warmly at me. Both girls moved forward and clung onto both of my arms, of course sandwiching them between their breasts in the process. Why did their clothes have to get ripped right there!?
"Ugh…can we just go inside before we start this…" I muttered and pulled the door open slowly. Just as I pulled open the huge, white door, a blast of lightning sent me out of the girls' grasp and out onto the field. "What do you mean no more fighting!?" Sara yelled and I heard a few more bangs from inside. "Give me a break." I muttered and started picking myself up. "And why did she have to aim right for my face with that?"
"Just chill Sara." Jasmin tried but the young blonde wasn't going to hear it. "NO! I wanted to fight and show the Master that I am the best!" Sara declared and I sighed. Of course. "Then I'll fight you." A cute, young voice piped up and my head shot towards the door. Amy? Where has she been? "I'm up from my nap now Master!" Amy yelled out the window towards me and I merely nodded before collapsing again. Sara hit me harder than I thought.
"Master!" The ditsy pink haired girl yelled and ran out the door towards me. Did she just realize that Sara hit me? Did any of them realize it? "Look at what you did Sara!" Amy continued to scold the pawn, but the blonde wasn't going to hear it. "Don't dis me pinky! I'll take care of him so you can just go back to bed." Sara threatened as she ran forward as well. "How childish." Violet commented and the other older girls laughed in agreement. While they were enjoying the young ones yelling and messing around, I was starring at two love crazed girls running at me. "Can I get a break?" I questioned just before they both reached me and jumped onto me.
"He's mine!" Amy yelled and pulled on my right arm, forcing me to sit up. "Back off Pinky! I'm his Pikachu!" Sara countered and started pulling on my left arm. "Girls can we just..." Is started but was quickly silenced. "NO!" They both yelled and pulled even harder. "OW OW OW!" I yelled and both girls immediately dropped my arms. "I've had enough of this." Amy declared and her right hand caught on fire. "I agree. It's time I taught you who the favorite loli is." Sara responded and electricity crackled across her body. "Hey! I deserve to be able to fight for that title too!" Ella suddenly yelled and came running forward. Oh no! Not her too!
"It's always better in a three-way." Amy said happily and Sara nodded as Ella joined their circle, with me lying in the middle. Once again, I'm the prize. "Have fun Varian! We're going to go get some snacks and take a nap!" Brittany called and pulled the doors shut. No…don't leave me out here with them. "Alright then." Amy began. I gazed up and looked at all three girls glaring at each other. Water, Fire, and Lightning. Pink, Blue, and Blonde. Well, at least it will be interesting. "FIGHT!" Sara yelled and charged forward.
Sara ran towards Amy, her arms cackling with electricity. The fire wielding girl could only bring up her hands as the blonde, using her lightning speed, descended on her. Sara delivered a bunch of quick punches and kicks, each charged with a good deal of lightning. Amy let each blow land on her flaming arms and didn't even flinch from Sara's attacks. "Don't forget about me!" Ella called and suddenly a wall of water slammed into both girls. They both tumbled backwards and landed, crouched, a few feet away. "WATER WHIPLASH!" Ella yelled and threw her hands up to the sky.
The water, which was now in puddles around Sara and Amy, started to move and turn into whips. The water whips lashed towards both girls and forced them to spring into action. Sara just zapped the water and it fizzled and died away, but Amy actually had to dodge. The pink haired girl flipped over an oncoming attack and sprayed the whips with fire, turning them into mist. Sara stood there, accessing the situation, before darting into action.
The blonde ran forward, towards Ella, and let sparks run freely along her hand. Ella noticed her a few seconds later and moved her arms so that an entire group of whips slammed towards her. Sara stopped and brought her hands together in front of her. "A THOUSAND NEEDLES!" She yelled and unleashed a barrage of lightning strikes. The water that was charging towards her got electrocuted and dissipated. "Oh…not good." Ella muttered and started to back away. Sara turned towards her, arms crackling with yellow lights. "Water doesn't beat lightning." The blonde informed her and started to walk forward.
"FLAME'S ANNILATION!" Amy yelled and slammed into the ground beside Sara. The blonde only had a second to react as a huge wall of fire flew out of the ground and crashed into her. Amy had dived out of the sky and landed, causing a geyser of molten lava and fire to break out of the Earth and fly forward. "Not cool…" Sara muttered as the dust cleared. Her arms were still sparking but she had burn marks on parts of her body as well. Amy just smiled and relit her hand with orange flames. "I am a bishop silly. Your magic doesn't compare to mine." Amy taunted and sent a barrage of fire balls towards the pawn. "Oh yeah?" Sara muttered mockingly and pushed her arms forward. Each fire ball that Amy had sent was split in half in a flash and exploded.
"MOUTAIN'S THUNDER!" Sara yelled angrily as Amy backed away in awe. Sara threw her arms up and started to channel her magic. A huge sparking ball formed above her and, before the other two could react, she slammed it into the ground. Lightning and electricity shot through the ground and exploded at the other two girls' feet. Amy, having a little bit more time to react, used her fire magic to propel herself into the air to avoid the full blast. However, Ella got the full force of lightning shooting out of the ground under her. The blue haired pawn was sent flying and fell in a heap on the ground a few feet away. Guess it's time for me to play medic. While Sara and Amy starred daggers at each other and prepared to attack, I walked over to Ella and sat down next to her. I only smiled and picked her up onto my lap where we sat and I held her while we watched the others. "Oh Varian. This is much better than fighting." She sang happily and snuggled up next to me. "Course it is." I replied and kissed her head.
"DRAGON'S BREATH!" Amy yelled and threw her head back. Sara started to move just as the bishop threw her head forward, opened her mouth, and unleashed a torrent of dragon fire. Sara appeared just underneath Amy and gave her body a jolt to shoot upwards. The blonde brought her sparking fist back and delivered an uppercut to the young girl spewing dragon fire. Amy fell back a bit and started to fall from the sky, but she still managed to coat Sara in some fire. The blonde screamed as she too fell out of the air and both girls landed across from each other. Unbelievably, they weren't done. In perfect unison, they raised their hands above their bodies and summoned their element. Then they tilted their wrists and shot a beam right at the other.
"You two just don't know when to quite do ya?" I questioned as I caught fire and electricity in both my hands. Both elements were soon consumed by black flames and disappeared, leaving the beaten girls in bewilderment. "Come on, get up." I told them and picked both girls up in my arms. "It's a good thing the two of you are light." I commented as I hosted both of them over my shoulders and headed towards the house. I could tell they were making faces at each other from over my shoulder but I didn't mind. As long as they weren't trying to kill each other. Ella was trailing behind, tugging at the back of my shirt as we walked towards the house. "No more fighting okay? We are training normal tomorrow." I declared and the three young girls sighed before saying "okay."
I stepped into the mansion and sat the girls down in the living room. "Alright. So…" I muttered and looked around. "Where is everyone else?" I questioned and left the others alone in the TV room. As soon as I stepped out I heard them calling for the Xbox and moving around to get set up. "So childish." I whispered to myself and smiled as I climbed the stairs. "So…where did my other ladies go?" I asked out loud as I climbed the foyer stairs and then my own. As I came into my room I nearly fainted at the sight.
"Welcome home Master." All the older girls said in unison and I nearly dropped from the sudden explosion of blood from my nose. "Wha-wha-what the hell are you wearing!?" I yelled as my eyes tried to make sense of what I was seeing. In front of me, all my older servants were standing around my bed in maid outfits. "Why!?" I yelled and tried to make a break for the staircase. Call of Duty is way better than Left 4 Maids! I'm scared of what they might do. "But Master…" Brittany sang and suddenly two daggers were embedded in the stair rail. I turned slowly as Aria, when did she get up, and Violet moved towards me, squeezing at the air. "The treatment is starting now." Oh…help me!
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