So I talked to the characters in the story yesterday and they asked me, "Kyo, what are you doing with your life." I asked them, "Why do you guys care, I mean you aren't even real." Next thing I knew, I was out cold on the floor, they beat the living daylights out of me… I really have no life don't I?
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Warning: This chapter is extra cheesy, if you are allergic to cheese I would recommend you to skip this one.
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Jason's POV:
Everyone introduced themselves: the man with the captain's hat was Van, the female with purple hair that was tied in a ponytail was Sharja, there was a woman who apparently was part of a bird-winged species known as angels was Raphael, and the woman who had a short ninjato strapped to her back was Airi. Knowing their names was certainly useful, but able to know their hearts would be very useful if I was in command.
It was time to go home, I was going to train with magic and my physical abilities so I could fight when I needed to. I walked over to the stairs back to the hall before Natalya stopped me.
"What is it?" I asked her calmly.
"I, um, wanted to say thank you for coming, t-that's all." She stuttered.
I smiled, "Well I guess, I wanted to see who my past allies were, I mean it would help me find my past."
She grinned back to me and chuckled, "Would you believe me if I said I was your past wife?"
"I mean you look beautiful and honestly I probably wouldn't hesitate proposing to you." I said cheerfully.
I looked at her, she looked like she was about to cry. Oh god, did I say something wrong? What she did next surprised me in the fullest, she hugged me tight, so tight that I almost passed out from the lack of air in my lungs.
"Thank you." She whispered.
She then walked away, cheeks red in embarrassment. I wonder what that was about…
Everyone was packing, I stayed in the entrance hall since I literally had nothing to do or pack. I sat on the sofa, squirming uncomfortably in it. Even though it was soft, it made you feel weird sitting in it. It's like sitting on a really unstable seat that flopped sideways every time you turned. As I adjusted to my seat, the first person ready came out, it was Butterfly. The blonde sat on another sofa, only that she seemed more comfortable on it. I thought to myself, 'The old me must've really liked uncomfortable sofas…'
Soon, everyone had assembled, it was time to leave. I took one last glance at my surroundings, the grand hall looked grand as always, but it was a bit strange… Almost as if it was begging me to stay but at the same time, saying farewell to me. I guess that's what I get for getting high on bloodlust huh… Hallucinations…
We walked to the shelter in silence. Unlike this morning when we came, we had to be silent or else they would come for us. Everyone was on guard, I held the blade I used in the duel tightly, knowing that one small noise would most likely be the end of us.
Thankfully we were safe when we got to the shelter. That was not the end of it though… I was greeted by fireball (You guessed it) coming right for my face. I ducked barely in time, I could see the fireball flying off towards the side and burning some trees to ashes in a matter of seconds.
"Welcome back buddy." A familiar voice spoke, and how well I knew this voice.
"Whitney, care to explain?" I asked calmly.
"Wow Jason, how did you guess it was me?" She asked surprised.
"Try going into a life-and-death match with Butterfly over here. You'll definitely be on guard and have heightened senses." I chuckled as I jabbed my thumb to Butterfly's direction.
"Hmm, I'll think about that… In the meantime, come one in! It is quite cold outside."
The pale girl opened the doors so that we could enter. Feels good to be back "home".
Looking around I could see massive, gaping holes in the walls of the main hall. Mountains of ashes piled up on the floor.
"Care to explain that?" I asked quite surprised. Everyone else was quite surprised as well, as to how a safe shelter could end up like this.
"Well, umm. Rek'Sai's kids decided to attack us and I kinda got some summoning magic and killed them…" She chuckled sheepishly.
Everyone was quite surprised, I guess that was proof that women could be stronger than men most of the time huh?
A lot of people were afraid at the sight of Kha'Zix standing among us. Even though they had Whitney I guess some things wouldn't change huh? I promised the civilians that he would be in the same room as me, so if anything happened, it would be my fault.
We all sat around a large dining table that Whitney's mother had provided us with. Like the others, Whitney's mother did not approve of Kha'Zix being here but remained silent about it.
"So," I asked Whitney, "what's with your summoning magic?"
"I can make emotional links to champions so I could inherit their powers." She replied.
"Okay… So if you have an emotional connection with Kha'Zix, you would have his abilities, correct?"
"Mhm…" She hummed, "That's right."
Everyone was silent, mostly due to the shock that a teenage girl would have such rare summoning magic. Even I was pretty shocked, I mean I knew her since I woke up (which really wasn't a long time compared how long she had lived and how much I know from my memories). I congratulated her and explained my part of the story. She laughed at how utterly stupid I was to believe that I was actually in a death match. At that moment I could hear everyone in the room trying to stifle a giggle.
I announced that I would be staying here for quite a while and that everyone else would be as well, they welcomed us warmly except for Kha'Zix who was isolated in the corner. He as always was quite optimistic about this, and kept on a hypocritic smile whilst trying really hard not to accidentally eat someone due to his primal instincts.
We had dinner, and oh boy was Diana satisfied by the sheer amount of rations that she won from pretty much everyone except for Kha'Zix who was prohibited from feeling hungry because of his primal instincts. Whitney was amazed at how much Diana had won and her thoughts were written all over her face, 'Wish I was there to gamble…" I could hear Everyone's stomach rumble, but I seriously didn't mind. I mean they gambled over my life, why should I help them over this? I kept noticing Natalya making short glances at me. She looked at me and the food with pleading eyes. My rations consisted of stew, a large bun and a few slices of bacon. I had only finished the bun. I suppose the gentleman thing to do would be to hand over my rations to her. I handed over my stew and the bacon to her. She looked at me with puzzled eyes. I stammered, "Y-you looked at me with those eyes, I can't really do anything about it when you do that…" She quickly stood up to hug me and started digging in. I could feel the icy stares of pretty much everyone excluding Kha'Zix and Whitney. I turned my head to face Butterfly with a deadpanned expression followed by Riven, Airi and Sharja with disapproving stares. Raphael, Veera and Sona were doing fine but were disappointed with my behaviour. Van was doing quite well but… he let out a couple of sighs and murmured a few things under his breath. Diana seemed curious, and the fact that I gave her a small disatisfaction in winning almost seemed to make her give the rations back to everyone.
I regretted my actions at dinner a few hours afterwards. I had severe headaches from not enough sugar in my body which was also caused by the side-effect of letting myself go to extreme heights when I was fighting Butterfly. My body wasn't strong enough to let me get up walking properly, I had to crawl slowly on the floor to travel to the bathroom. I puked five times in a row for the whole night. I couldn't even sleep properly due to the dizziness I felt.
The next morning I was a mess. Still failed to walk, couldn't crawl now… Barely managed to brush my teeth in the morning. Literally almost everyone was rolling on their backs laughing at me when they saw the scene. Excluding Sona and Natalya because Sona could not make any noise, and Natalya because she felt sorry for accepting the meal. They left me there lying on the bed as they continued to laugh.
I lay there, thinking, 'I wonder if I could use magic…' I pictured myself floating a small distance above my bed. It failed. Guess magic did not like to cooperate with me huh? A knock came from the door, it was Whitney.
"What? Did you come to laugh at me as well?" I groaned.
"Ehh, somewhat…" She replied chuckling.
"Well? What did you want to tell me?" I asked, irritated.
"Nothing, I just brought you your breakfast, that's all."
Looking sideways to the clock on my desk I was surprised at the time, "So you brought me food when it's already noon?" I exclaimed in disbelief.
"We kinda forgot about you while laughing about you…"
"Ugh…" I croaked, "Can't believe you people do this to me."
"Well to be honest you're not exactly sick so…"
Another knock came from the door, it was Natalya.
"I-I'm sorry for taking the meal, I didn't realize you needed it that much. I-in return I'll look after you u-until you get better…" Natalya said apologetically as she bowed.
I was confused. Whitney was shocked that someone would actually want to help me. I decided to take the offer, Natalya was a nice person… Was she?
Whitney immediately left to gossip with everyone else, leaving Natalya and I in the room. It was a strange mood, nobody really talked for the first few minutes until I shattered the silence.
"So, umm, can you pass me the food?" I asked nervously.
Instead of passing me the food she asked me, "You sure you can hold it up?"
I was as curious as well as I was offended. What did she mean by "holding it up?"
"I should be perfectly fine." I answered.
"If you say so…" She said while shrugging and nervously handing me my meal. It was a bowl of cereal…
I grasped tightly onto it, as she let go I could feel the immense pain in my arms. She took notice and quickly caught the bowl.
"Wow, you're in a worse condition that I thought you'd be in." She commented.
"Well, can't even have a meal properly now huh?" I sighed.
"I'll help you if you want…"
"How?"
"If you want I could feed you…"
I was shocked. Did I look that bad from the outside?
"Yeah sure…"
Although it was embarrassing, I needed it. I could feel the energy flowing like a river within me again, thank god Natalya was kind enough to help… I could walk for starters. I could feel my two legs again.
Natalya seemed to smile at my success in walking. I smiled sheepishly back.
"So, you feeling better?" She asked.
"Yeah, feeling much better. Thank you Natalya." I thanked her.
She walked over to me and closed her eyes… I was puzzled at first but my mind became clear as her lips touched mine… It was a weird sensation. I noticed her smell, it was nice… It smelled like roses, I felt her smooth green hair as I pulled her in for a hug…
After what seemed like an eternity we pulled apart. Natalya seemed embarrassed and lowered her head, facing the ground… I apologized for my actions as well, I should've walked away and rejected her, but I guess that would hurt her feelings…
She walked silently out of the room cheeks red in embarrassment, couldn't blame her for that one, I'd do the same thing if I were in that situation.
I lay on my bed once again until a knock came. It was Veera surprisingly.
"What do you want?" I asked, annoyed.
"What did you do to her?" She shouted as she grabbed me by the collar, "If you break her heart, I will break your bones. You make her shed tears, I will make you shed your blood. Understood?"
I gulped, "Y-yes ma'am."
"Good."
"I really didn't do anything, she just walked up and kissed me really… I swear, I did nothing!"
"I know you did nothing, that is why I am giving you a warning."
With that she left, footsteps landing silently on the floor. I gasped, "That, was scary. Not even going to add additional information to that…"
I lay down on my bed and started to think about myself. Why did Natalya do that? I mean I'm not much of a looker… I sighed, guess that would be a mystery for me to solve…
I checked the time, 14:00. How should I kill the remaining five to six hours? I pondered on this and decided, 'Might as well bug someone who could teach me magic…"
I walked around the shelter around the dorms. I found Sona and Raphael in some sort of heated discussion on how to give someone emotional support. I asked if they could teach me magic. They looked at each other and shrugged as they continued to ignore me and moved on.
I found Natalya and Veera. Veera, who was trying to convince Natalya that nothing would happen if she talked to me again, glared daggers at me when I came by. I asked if any of them could teach me magic, Veera obviously refused while Natalya on the other hand agreed to helping me. Veera stared blankly at her companion as Natalya apologized for what happened in my room this morning. I apologized and asked her politely, "Why do you want to help me?"
"Well, Veera said that if I talked to you once again, you and I won't feel bad." She answered
"I agree, this should work out. Master."
"Yep."
"I'll be looking forward to your lessons."
I leaved, went straight back to my room and buried my face under the pillows. I was embarrassed. I should've been the one apologizing… This… was a new feeling, one that I've never had before. Something in me had changed.
Natalya announced at dinner that my lessons would begin tomorrow and that she would need help from everyone else. Sona and Raphael agreed to help whilst everyone else who could use magic, turned it down. Well, I suppose tomorrow was the big day.
That's it for this chapter. I'm sorry I let you down if you liked cheesy stuff… Anyway, expect a new chapter in a couple of days, I should be able to regain my pace now that most of the work is out of the way… Hope you will enjoy next time… and please, leave a review.
