Chapter Twenty Seven: End Of The Day
Frost's POV
"Déjà vu", Chaos sighed as our class gathered up out onto the dusty, light brown field. The field was designed exactly as an athletic field, having a white long strip on the outside and various events on the inside. Me, White, Jace, Chaos, Star, my sister and Milk all walked in the middle of the pack, easily blending in with the class as Shard walked us towards the centre of the field. Right now was sports. And by sports, I mean competition. With the others in different classes, I'm sure that whatever is thrown at us will be a piece of cake!
"Hey, did you get any sleep last night?", Star asked Chaos seriously.
"Sleeping has nothing to do with déjà vu", Chaos replied in a low tone of voice as a conversation sparked between the girls behind us.
"Maybe Lizzo knows", One said in an innocent tone of voice that had a hint of childishness hidden within it. "She's his sister, you know". Eh...
"Sleeping has nothing to do with déjà vu", Star mimicked Chaos with a hilarious, exaggerated tone of voice that made my stomach contract right before I laughed quietly.
"Fuck you", Chaos sighed, knowing well that no matter what he does, he can't beat Star in a vocal battle no matter what. My laughter ceased a good four second later abruptly, allowing me to catch my breath quickly as a loud, earsplitting whistle was sounded from dead ahead. I grit my teeth, painfully coiling my hands into balls of hurt to the intense noise that had every potential to burst my eardrums.
"Alright class! Our subject for sports for the rest of the year will be swordsmanship!", Our teacher quickly announced right after the whistle stopped, allowing me to loosen up greatly before suddenly, a soft, delicate finger tapped my right shoulder from behind. I blankly blinked, turning my body around quickly to see how it was. Surprisingly, it was Milk. She had a serious look on her usually friendly face that snatched my attention from Shard instantly.
"Hmm?", I asked.
She blinked, pulling her right hand up in front of my face with her index finger pointing right at my nose, instantly making my heart drop as anxiety took over me for an unknown reason...
"Frost, don't you dare try to use your abilities. Suppress them as much as you can no mater what", She warned with seriousness in her tone of voice as a few students stared at us, particularly me like I was the last of my species.
"AHEM! Frost, am I to the back or the front of the class?!", Shard yelled out at the top of her lungs... Oh crap!
White's POV
Firmly, I gripped the base of the wooden, blunt sword with my lone right hand, holding it down to my side, allowing the tip to just graze the dirt as Frost stood to the left of me, holding the blade just like mine. We all stood in a large circle around the teacher as she just finished announcing the rules of the game. Sword fighting. And today's activity, will be duelling.
"Any questions? No? Good", She finished off, slashing the air with her blunt blade diagonally with lightning speed, inflicting some damage to the sound barrier which resulted in a loud, booming crack. A few fellow classmates were astonished to her amazing speed. Some even let out gasps of amazement and awe. "Before I choose the two first challengers, is there anyone here who has experience in swordsmanship?", She asked, glancing at me and the others with a small smile.
Instinctively, I raised my left arm up high over my shoulder proudly. I looked around, first to the left to see Frost and Milk's arms up high, then to my right to see the other's arms high above them proudly.
"Huh? You've handled a sword before?", Frost's sister asked him in a whisper.
"Kinda", He replied uneasily... Haha! He's been practically doing it his whole life! Frost is the greatest swordsman I've ever seen in my entire life and yet to come!... But that doesn't necessarily mean that he's better than me...
"Frost, White, you two will be the last to fight. The rest of you, choose your opponent and I'll pick to decide who goes first", Shard announced. We all quickly drew our hands back down to our sides, slightly relieved as I felt a little embarrassed. No idea why...
"If you use your black magic, I swear I won't hesitate to perform your death ritual", Milk warmed Frost with a quiet, threatening tone of voice that made me smile, turning my head to the left to see Frost smiling brightly, finding what Milk said funny.
He's really admirable. He can smile even in the most bloodshed fights and keep himself from falling into the depths of the underworld! Let's see if he can keep that face when he's up against me!
Frost's POV
I watched with a smile as countless of our classmates entered the circle we formed two by two, each duelling one another with their wooden, smooth swords. Needless to say, I was pretty dazed by their lack of skill. Literally. Most of the times they would just whack each other's swords for no purpose at all instead of sending a good strike to the body to end it right there. So far, out of all of them, a handful, including Lizzo, actually FOUGHT. But even so, their skills in sword fighting weren't what I had expected...
Shard kicked both Jace and Star out of the class the moment a faint glow emitted from the tip of their swords, charging it up to allow it to be able to withstand massive blows and have the wind resistance of a katana. I bet it was all Star's fault, not Jace's. There's no way that he'd play dirty... Unless he's up against a macho.
Thirty minutes had passed just like that. The only ones left to duel were me and White. I blinked blankly, smiling more vividly as Shard motioned me to approach the circle with her right extended hand to face my opponent. My shoes scrunched the soft dust quietly, sounding similar to the crushing of bones as I made my way past through the wall of my classmates and into the bright light.
"Frost, you'll be fighting your sister first. The winner fights White", She announced, causing me to sniff the cool, chilly air of the sunny day as I looked straight ahead with surprise, seeing my twin sister who looked a lot like Frosty with her hair tied up in a long ponytail that reached the tip of her thighs. She's my opponent huh... This should be a piece of cake. "No abnormal moves, got it", Shard said to me from my right as she pulled her silver whistle up to her mouth with her left hand, forcing me to bend my knees slightly as I tilted forwards at an angle, holding my light brown, wooden sword inside of my clenched right hand.
I held it diagonally in front of me from my waist, keeping the wooden beam in front of my face as my light red and light blue eyes stared directly into Lizzo's light red-diamond ones... She looks ready... And I still can't believe that she's my sister. Same blood, same parents... I hope she inherited the same abilities our parents had! I would hate this to end so quickly!
She lowered her knees slightly as well, also holding the sword in her lone right hand, giving me a serious look as I smiled brightly, already knowing the outcome of the battle...
"You can do it Lizzo!", A female voice cheered from the sidelines.
"Yeah! He has nothing on you! He's even copying your stance!", A boy called out... Eh... So I'm copying HER stance right after I've ALREADY set my ground?
"Beat the transfer student!", another girl called... Sounding EXTREMELY fucking similar to Star's annoying voice... Damn this! I'm going to end it right here, right now!
I waited calmly, tensing myself as I waited anxiously for the blow of the whistle... I'm going to finish this in one, clean move... A very fine and fluid move to be exact!...
I took in a deep breath of air through my nostrils, holding it in as my lungs extracted the oxygen and turned it into carbon dioxide... I focused, hearing my own heartbeat grow louder and louder as the rushing fluids inside of my veins made strange rippling noises... I held tightly onto the handle, exhaling my breath before suddenly, the whistle was blown twice as loud as the shattering of glass.
I dashed in as fast as I could towards her as she stood firmly a good fifteen meters away from me, ready to send a devastating lunge towards me as I read her movements like a fucking picture book! The ground crunched underneath my foot, my heart beat increased it's efficiency a tenfold as my I took in a deep breath of the rushing cool air that slapped my face like a thousand ghastly hands of the damned.
Just like how I defeated the three generals when I saved Wish, I made a simple prediction on her movements, imagining everything in great detail as I had my eyes fixed right onto hers with my light red and light blue ones, ready to counter her obvious lunge... Just as I was at the eight meter mark, she trembled all of a sudden, causing me to blankly blink and slow down my advancement as a small, red river of crimson left her right nostril... Blood?... Argh!... My heart!... It's... Beating so fast!...
"Sensai!", Milk called out at the top of her lungs in pure fright as my legs suddenly collapsed, forcing me to drop down onto the ground, letting go of my wooden sword before quickly placing both my hands onto my chest where my heart would be. Dirt kicked up into the air, surrounding me for a brief moment as my nose began to sting like fire. Dark red, sweet blood dripped from my nose, dropping down onto my clothes which caused my eyes to widen a tenfold... What...What's happening?! My head is spinning like crazy! Am I going insane?!... If so, WHY?! What triggered me?!
"Class dismissed! Milk, take Frost and Lizzo up to the infirmary!", Shard commanded, sounding eerily echoey as my head began to throb with the noises of screaming and footsteps emitting from everywhere... Was it the blood that triggered this state?! Argh! I'm going to pass out!
"Frost! Get a grip on yourself!", White exclaimed,
dropping down to her knees in front of me as she gripped onto my shoulders with both her white, delicate hands as her face was literally three inches away from mine. I blankly stared into her amazing, light red eyes with my multicoloured ones that gave off a soft glow as she began to shake me back and forth to snap me out of my trance. Our eyes were locked, my head ached even more as the relentless urge for bloodshed slowly took over me... No... I can't! I'm going to go insane! "I guess it comes down to this then...", She sighed, looking up and gave a nod to whoever was behind me.
"WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?!", Chaos screamed as loud as he could, causing me to blink blankly right before the entire class looked away from me... White didn't waste a second on this one in a lifetime opportunity... At once, a powerful, bone shattering power travelled into my shoulders like electric shocks, forcing my body to stiffen and recoil back slightly as the sudden surge to kill disappeared to nothing but confusion and pure utter shock... Did White just... Cleanse me?... Argh...
"Feeling better?", White asked me in a warm whisper, smiling in a friendly way as her sweet, fruity breath blew onto my face softly... I blinked one final time, snapping out of my trance before giving her a warm smile to thank her.
"More than ever", I replied quietly...
The bell rang, eerily echoing throughout the entire school, emitting from the main building to the left, calming my heart vividly which allowed me to release a sigh with all of my negative thoughts and emotions... We're all so lucky that I didn't go insane...
"Remember to study about the FrostBittens tonight! I'll be testing you all tomorrow on it! Dismissed!", Shard announced. "Frost, are you alright?".
"He's fine", Chaos sighed in relief.
"Lizzo?", Shard said, from my right, causing me to blink as a few particles of dust shot into my eyes, stinging them greatly like acid. I shook off White's hands softly, giving her a happy nod before we both got up to our feet. She moved aside to the left, giving me some space to recover as I stared at my twin sister with a smile that she returned, holding her nose with her right hand to stop the blood from dripping whilst Star supported her from behind.
"I'm alright miss", Lizzo said in a muffled manner.
"White, why didn't you cleanse him earlier?", Star asked curiously, rubbing my sisters shoulders gently.
"Cleanse?", Lizzo asked.
"Oh it's nothing! It's just the term we use for medication. Right guys?", Chaos chuckled, brilliantly covering up for us.
"Yep!", Jace backed him up cheerfully.
"White, what cleansing method did you use?", Star asked curiously... Cleansing method?
"Oh, I pushed it to Black since she's already insane", White stated proudly... I see... She PUSHED the insanity or the thing that triggered me just then onto my female form... That's great thinking... But what DID set me off? Was it the blood? And most of all, WHY does it set me off?... Hold on...
The knife I used to cut my right eye out was infused with my black magic... It mixed with not only my blood, but with my mind... WHY DID I REALISE JUST NOW?! Dammit, my nose is still bleeding!
"Frost, Lizzo, come with me up to the nurses office", Shard sighed as as few of the other students from our class stood around us, staring at me in wonder to what had just happened to me. "Get a move on everyone. The bell has already rung"...
"What happened to you, Lizzo?", Shard asked my twin sister who walked to the left of me, holding both her hands behind her back as she smiled gracefully.
"I sorta got this weird feeling when Frost rushed up to me. Like there was pressure building up inside of my chest before my nose started bleeding", She replied cheerfully, acting as if we were on our way towards vacation. I sighed to myself, blinking as I looked straight ahead, over Shard's shoulder to see a few other students hanging around in the second floor corridor of the main building.
Some stared at us, wondering what trouble we got ourselves into as our footsteps echoed throughout the mildly quiet hallway. The sun shone from the left through the windows, projecting a darkened image of ourselves onto the wall that mimicked our every movements like, sending slight chills down my spine. Damn... I'm so paranoid!
"Frost, what do you think is a reasonable punishment for your use of that blackened heart of yours?", Shard asked in a serious, menacing tone of voice that got me to blink again, sweat suddenly dripping down my forehead as an image of myself in my female form tied in knots of rope burnt into my mind...
"H...hey...", I began.
"Don't "hey" your teacher", She said... Agh... She's always like this when I'M in trouble! Anyway, this wasn't my fault! How was I supposed to predict a nose bleed?!
"Lizzo, how did you know that I'm your brother?", I asked her from out of the blue, suddenly stopping in our tracks as Shard turned to the right, extending out her right hand to grasp the golden door handle.
"Oh, because Mom showed me a picture of you", She stated... EH?!
"What?! Are they living with you or something?!", I immediately replied, turning to my left with pure utter shock and fright plastered across my face, staring into her her eyes as she smiled brightly at me...
"It's the opposite actually. I'm living with them", She stated... WHAT?! MY PARENTS ARE HERE AND THEY NEVER BOTHERED TELLING ME 'HI'?!... What... Argh! I'd rather not stress myself because of this!
Sino's POV
I don't know what qualities I have, but for some reason Wish calls me 'Green'. It's cute but... It's so strange... Maybe because of my accuracy? Ah, I don't know...
I shouldn't let my mind drift off too much while I'm up here. One false move and it's a one kilometre drop to my death. No joke. I sat calmly on the top of a tower, holding my sniper close to my face as it rested on top of a box. My sniper's metallic grey bipod hooked themselves nicely onto the small cracks of the concrete box as I observed the busy streets below, crowded with pedestrians all doing their own things whilst the roaring cars travelled along the black, scorched roads... My perspective of the world has changed ever since I had that one boy in the glint of my scope... And I'm sure that the others feel the same way...
Everyday, for six hours, I come up here and observe the city. Making sure that there's no trouble being caused anywhere and to keep a close eye on the younger ones before and after school... It's so refreshing to see them all smile and laugh. It warms my heart to the limit... If I had a wish, it would be to stay with them forever to be their distant guardian... But then again, it may of may not happen... Cause right now, I'm no longer twenty one years old... Haha... I'm fifteen...
All thanks to Star's magic and a bit of Jace's...
Frost's POV
"Were you surprised to see me?", Lizzo asked me as I held a small bottle of tomato sauce in my right hand, reading it's contents carefully to make sure that there isn't too much sugar for Candy. Despite her name, she can't have sugar as often because of it's anonymous effect on her...
I placed the bottle back onto it's white rack amongst the other tomato sauces on the shelf, taking in a quick breath before turning to my right to face my long lost sister with a warm, friendly smile.
"Yep. I never knew I had any other family members other than our parents", I replied with a small chuckle to lighten the mood up. "So it surprised me when you claimed that I was your twin brother".
"I bet it did!", She chuckled in a cute way, making my cheeks go red as my heart warmed a tenfold. "Mom says that you can visit any time as long as you come alone".
"Haha. I'll be sure to visit soon then. You can come to my place anytime you want as well", I said, turning back to the shelf to continue looking for a good branded tomato sauce for Candy's sake. I promised her hotdogs for dinner. And as a man, I always keep my word. Seeing that girl in tears could take down an entire army!
"Is the place huge?", She asked cheerfully.
"Very", I said warmly, reaching for another bottle of tomato sauce with my right hand.
"Do you live alone?".
"With friends who are like family to me".
"Friends?".
"Yep. A whole bunch of us. A few others live elsewhere but they often visit", Was my reply.
"Wow! I'd love to come and say hi to everyone!", She exclaimed cheerfully, making me laugh as I pulled out the red, thirty centimetre tall tomato sauce bottle from the white shelf, holding it close to my face as I turned it around to read the ingredients. "What's the sauce for?", She asked, walking up to me.
"For a cute little girl", I said.
"Tomato sauce? Does she like it?".
"With hot dogs she does".
"How old is she?", She asked in a rather meek tone of voice.
"Six", I simply replied.
"Six years old eh... Does she have an older brother or sister?", She asked from out of the blue, instantly causing me to freeze as my blood ran icy cold... I was completely petrified. Unable to move as an image of Mindy popped into my mind... Smiling at me with her gorgeous face and eyes... Mindy... "Sorry... I asked something I shouldn't have, didn't I?", She said in a quiet, saddens tone of voice that snapped me of of the trance. I shook my head left and right vividly to wake myself up entirely, turning towards Lizzo as I lowered my right hand with the bottle away from my face with a smile.
"No. The girl did have an older sister. But she passed away", I said in a kind, friendly voice to ease her.
"Sorry I asked... And thank you for not getting mad at me", She said, smiling back at me vividly as she held a bottle of black soda in her right hand softly... I just want to hug her and never let her go! She's the ideal sister anyone would want!
"It's alright. It's not like it's going to harm anyone", I stated warmly... She's such a good girl!...
White's POV
I'm such an idiot! I don't care if Milk screams 'baka!' at me forever! The cleansing I used to take away the trigger to insanity from Frost didn't go to his female form! It went to me! I took it straight from him! But thank goodness that it works just like Black's one and not by blood!... No... I don't want to take pleasure from hurting myself and others! I'm such an idiot!
"Green For Focus".
"The Only Good Man, Is A Dead Man".
"Flow Like A Butterfly Sting Like A Bee".
"Swordsman, Magician Or Ranged?".