"Congratulations, you've succeeded in completing your challenge." Stella remarked coldly, "As I have promised, I will allow you all to leave."
The crowd cheered, they didn't think it would be possible to clear the challenge, but the obese 13 year old showed them, that they could do it.
The doors of the Sports Hall flung open, students flooded out, outside people waited for them to come out, they seemed to be curious about what kept them inside for so long.
Before leaving, the obese 13 year old child turned and bowed towards Stella. She was unsure what it meant, but he left before she could even ask.
Everyone had left, not noticing her.
Stella swung her staff and opened a dark portal, nothing but endless darkness in it.
"Why didn't you kill them?" A rasping voice of a growling beast hissed from behind her.
"There was no need to. Believe it or not, I don't want to kill unless needed to. Order and Chaos were born to oppose each other, chaos only shows up if order is too strong." Stella replied back to the voice.
"Hmph. Very well." The voice hissed once again.
With that, Stella vanished into the portal.
The obese 13 year old walked up the stairs behind his school. The attention from others was not the best thing to have. Especially when the attention was filled with envy and hatred.
"Yo Jase." A voice called behind me. I recognized this voice, it gave me relief to know it was just him.
"Sup David." I laughed back. It was David, my African friend who had a round head and had dark skin.
"Heard you got into what happened this morning from A.T.." He asked, "What'chu gotta do with it."
"Oh I was just watching, you know I'm not that powerful or brave so I'll never be a hero." I smiled back.
"Heh, can't believe how bad our school's security is! They let a troublemaker in and broke quite a few things huh." He chuckled. Since nobody would listen to our story, the school just said that a really agile troublemaker got in and screwed around with our equipment.
"Yeah… Speaking of which, why did A.T. even go to our house meeting? Wasn't he supposed to be at your house?" I asked, curious.
"Well he looked at the wrong message on the school bulletin…"
"Ha!"
We joked around as we walked up the stairs, we walked to the bus station which, luckily enough, wasn't too crowded.
The bus came in moments and I picked a clean seat and sat, David sat behind me.
I was back at my place, tired as I was, I wanted to eat. I was famished.
I inserted my key into the keyhole and twisted it. It was unlocked. Was my domestic helper home?
I pushed it open, and what I saw could only be described as a wondrous situation.
On the dining table sat Jinsoyun, General Gubong and Master Hong. On the sofa, sat Yungmuk, Jinyung, Hajoon, Gilhong and what seems to be a beat up Lusung.
"Why are there so many people here?" I asked, the words fleeing from my mouth, "How did you even get here?"
"We thought you would know, after seeing Master Jiwan, we came here." Jinsoyun spoke.
"Uhh… You know what, I'll go to my room, I'll get you guys some drinks after that." I yawned, "To be honest, it might be Jiwan that sent you guys here, I don't know why or how, but since she is a deity I guess she does have the power to do so."
"Jiwan…" Master Hong was deep in thought.
I walked towards my room, to find another seven figures, but these figures I knew too well.
I could let those fleeting tears roll down my cheeks, my knees hitting the ground, I kneeled. I could only apologize.
"I'm sorry." I uttered, "I'm sorry for leading all of you into peril. It's all my fault, you can kill me if you want, please!"
"Masters, why does this guy kneel before us? How pathetic." A young male voice rang.
"Shh! He might hear you! Keep it down Bunyang!" A young female voice whispered.
"Masters, could you possibly keep Bunyang and Bunah a bit more quiet?" An older male voice sounded.
"Masters…" A female voice, much younger than the last one questioned.
"Arise." It was a steady female voice, medium to high pitched, "You need not to bow."
"We should be the ones who bow down to you." Another voice sounded, it was of similar tone to the previous one.
"You have guided us, restored Hongmoon to its former glory, you even brought back a few surprises!" A third and final voice rang, it was higher pitched than the last two.
I lifted my head and counted. Seven figures stood before me.
Two furries, one boy, one girl both with raccoon ears and tails. A boy, skinny with blue hair sat opposing to them. A young girl, around the age 7 to 8, sat cross-legged on the far side of the bed, and finally, in the middle sat three older figures. One with red hair and a tattoo across her left eye smiled kindly. Another with white hair and blue markings on her forehead, finally, a blonde with a helm on her head and pink markings under her eyes.
The three figures kneeled on one knee, before me as if waiting my orders.
"Oh great one, we are yours to command." The one with white hair breathed.
"I'm not great, not a commander either. Kyomugami… That was the name I gave you. One of the name I gave myself." I replied softly. I turned to the blonde, "Kyomunoshisha, another one of names. I apologize, I couldn't give you the best…" Finally, I turned to the redhead, "Kyonokami, the name I gave you, I couldn't give you anything as well."
I kneeled on both knees once more, showing my intent.
"Thank you." They said in unison.
"Please, I would be honored if I could change your names. Calling you mine would be selfish of me. I beg of you, allow me to change your names."
"Alright then." Kyomunoshisha said calmly.
"Kyomugami shall be renamed to January, I apologize if it sounds bad, but it marks when the snow is most beautiful and leads to a new year." I started, "Kyonokami shall be renamed to March, March comes from the Roman God of War- Mars. I believe that you will win every battle."
Finally I turned to the most important, where my journey with them started, "Kyomunoshisha shall be renamed to February, again I apologize for making it sound bad, but it was the month that I was born in, and you mark my birth in your journeys, so please, accept this name if you like it."
"I accept it, thank you for giving us new names." January smiled, her hair white as snow.
"Great name, I hope I really do win every battle." March laughed.
"Thank you." Two simple words from February.
"I'll get you guys some drinks, you guys wanna watch a movie or something outside?" I asked politely.
"What's a movie?" March was puzzled at my words.
I smiled, "Go outside to the living room and you'll see. I suppose you've met everyone?"
"Yes." January giggled, "I don't even know how you convinced Jinsoyun to not kill Master."
"What? I didn't kill Grandmaster Hong!" Little Jinsoyun was confused and alarmed.
"I'm off to buy some drinks, tell the others that they can watch if they want." I announced.
"You can windstride back here, or, well, pretty much anywhere. Since we've shared a bit of our powers with you." February's usual expression of being high above broke into a generous grin.
"How?" I was curious and eager to know.
"Just think of your room in your mind and you'll be back." February explained.
I imagined the vending machine downstairs, and after a few seconds, I was right in front the vending machine.
The boy had left in moments, the three masters of the Hongmoon Arts let out a gasp.
"Masters, why did you want us to hide all of these sheets of paper?" Jinsoyun tilted her head to one side, she was puzzled to why her masters wanted to hide sheets of handwritten notes with everyone.
"It's our first time meeting him… It's obvious we'd get nervous!" January exclaimed.
"He's fat, doesn't even look good, why would you even want to know him Masters?" Bunyang clearly was unconvinced.
"Oh you've never seen him when he's trying hard at something." February remarked.
"Does he change form?" Jinsoyun's eyes lit up in fascination.
March smiled, "In ways."
"C'mon Masters, we don't even know what he was talking about when he spoke of this moo-vee." Jinbin was clearly interested in entertainment.
"I'm back." A voice called from outside.
I sighed. Well then, guess I'm not having another few meals for the upcoming week.
I bought the younger ones some sodas and sport drinks, while I brewed tea for Master Hong.
"Jinsoyun, do you uhh, want anything?" I asked nervously, I've suspected that she didn't like me after exposing her.
"I want that drink in the red container." She said simply
"Coke?"
"Yes, that."
I tossed her the last coke which she caught with this invisible force. She struggled with opening the can, so I demonstrated how it was done.
She seized the can and sipped a bit from it. The next thing I heard was a slam of a fist on a table as she gulped the remains of the Coke down her throat. Her eyes sparkled with delight.
"More!" She cried.
I shook my head, I was pretty much broke by this point. I had no money until next week when my father would give me pocket money.
"Have some tea, Coke is high in sugar." I sighed.
She seemed to hesitate and grabbed a cup from the tray that I had on the dining table while she poured some tea.
I grabbed a Blu-ray DVD from the large stack that was there next to my television. It was Black Panther, but I didn't really care anymore and set it to play for everyone.
