Elesis' vision started to become clear again. She opened her eyes, only to be met with the bright sun shining into her eyes. She looked down, and noticed that someone had placed a jacket on her.
"So I fell asleep in the end huh?" she said softly. 'Arc must have gone back to his room to sleep.'
It was until she felt something squirming under the purple jacket placed on her. She pulled open the jacket, and noticed Arc tugging onto her clothes, sleeping soundly.
She smiled. Perhaps he does have a heart of kindness, just that he wouldn't show it easily. She stroked his hair gently. 'It's so soft…' she thought as she scratched the back of his ears, causing his ears to twitch slightly and him to purr in content.
"He's so cute when he does that." Elesis giggled softly as she continued stroking him. Just then, Arc shot up and crawled to the edge of the sofa.
"What are you doing?" he growled, brushing furiously as his ears and tail spiked up.
"Nothing. I thought you liked that." Elesis replied innocently as she handed him his hoodie.
"… Nevermind…" he turned away from her, with his face still blushing red as he put on his hoodie. "You should go to school now."
"Yeah, I guess. I'll go wake Elsword up." she yawned as she walked off.
"I'm so sorry for disturbing you, Elesis! But someone told me to pass you this letter!" a short bespectacled girl apologized profusely as she handed Elesis the neatly folded letter.
Elesis took over the letter.
"Who do you think would send me a letter on such a day?" she asked Ara, who was beside her.
"Who knows? Maybe a boy wants to ask you out!" she replied.
"Nah, you know what type of a girl I am." She tore open the letter and read aloud the neatly written words.
"Dear Elesis," she started. "Please meet me at the rooftop after school today. And bring no one along. If you try and escape
from this, I'll personally send my servants to capture you. There's no escape from this. I know every class you take and when you end school."
"That's strange. There's no sign off or signature to this." Ara said.
"I know. Should I go? It sounds like someone wants to spar with me." Elesis wondered.
"I think you shouldn't go! It could be a trap!" Ara said.
"Huh? But said person seems to know which class I am in. And it said I can't escape. I guess I'll still go and check it out."
"But it's dangerous!" Ara insisted. "If you are going then I'm coming with you!"
"But it said not to bring anyone-"
"I don't care! As a friend, I should be worried about your safety!"
Elesis sighed. Ara can be really persistent at times. "Okay. You may tag along. But if anything gets too dangerous, I want you to save yourself first, get it?" Elesis finally said.
It was not long before the after school bell rang. Elesis and Ara headed to the rooftop cautiously, with their weapons ready to attack if needed.
"Who do you think it is?" Elesis whispered.
"I don't know. I don't hear anyone though." They opened the door cautiously.
That was when they were met with a person sitted on a round table covered with neat white tablecloth, sipping her tea calmly.
"E-Eve?!" the duo exclaimed in shock. "I see that you are here." she said with her usual poker face, before glancing at Ara.
"I said not to bring anyone else here, did I not?" she sighed.
"But-" "Nevermind. She doesn't seem much of a threat. Let's start." she said as she petted her two drones beside her, which nudged her affectionately.
Ara was annoyed when Eve completely disregarded her. 'What an arrogant rich girl.' she pouted.
"Let's get to the point. Elesis Sieghart, I'm sure do have a summon, am I right?" Eve said calmly.
"W-what? Of course not!" Elesis broke out into cold sweat. How did she know about Arc? It can't be! The only people who knew about his existence is only her, her brother, Ara and Raven. No one else should know it.
She glanced over at Ara, who immediately shook her head, signalling to her that she said nothing to Eve about this.
"There's no need to deny. I saw both of you at the park yesterday." Eve tapped her fingers.
"H-huh? N-no! It must be a mistake! That wasn't me!" Elesis stuttered. Impossible. Arc had his hood on, it's impossible for anyone to see those ears.
"So you're still going to deny it? Chung, come out now. We're eliminating this threat." Eve said as she snapped her fingers.
The other door to the other rooftop was forced open, as a heavily armoured boy with long blond hair dashed out. He had a huge cannon strapped on his back and a fur collar. Most interestingly, he had two pointed ears on his hesd that looked like a wolf.
Just as he was about to dash out, he got stuck in the door.
"Ugh, I can't…" he said as he tried to pull out his cannon, which was stuck at the door. He pulled it out with great force, only for it to suddenly pop out of the door and fly out of his hands. He tried to He tried to catch it, but unfortunately it failed, as it landed on him, crushing on him. The three girls sweatdropped at the clumsiness of the wolf boy. Elesis silently snickered at him.
'Is that her summon? How clumsy!' she laughed internally.
The wolf boy stood up with trouble and said with a bright smile as he saluted,"Yes, Master called?"
Eve facepalmed. "How could you be so clumsy…" The wolf boy rubbed the back of his head. "Anyway, elminate that girl. You can ignore the one with the black hair." she ordered as she pointed to Elesis.
"B-but Master, I-I've already sworn that I won't kill anyone!" Chung protested. "Is protecting me more important or your own values?" Eve asked.
Upon hearing the word 'protect', Chung immediately said,"Yes, Master!" He charged towards Elesis, swinging his cannon at her. Elesid dodged it easily.
"I'm sorry for hurting you! But my master wants me to protect her, so I must protect her at all costs!" he said.
'Heh, too slow.' she thought as she launched an aeriel fireball at him, only to be blocked by his cannon.
"Someone with the defenses and no speed huh? I can deal with that!" Elesis said.
"Watch out!" Ara said as she pushed Elesis to the side, helping her dodge a cannonball launched at her.
Just as they managed to get up, a faceless servant pointed his blade at Ara's neck.
"As an outsider you shouldn't interfere with the battle. Oberon, take her away." Eve ordered as Ara was forcefully dragged away by the servant.
"Wait! I-" Before she could finish her sentence, the door was closed upon her.
"Don't worry, your friend is fine. Now, let the battle continue." Eve said monotonously as she ordered Chung to charge at her again.
Elesis managed to dodge his closed-ranged attacks and deal some blows with her sword, but he managed to block off all the attacks with his cannon.
"Impressive." she panted. Just as she wasn't focused, Chung launched a cannonball at her. She turned around, and noticed that she had no time to escape. It was too late.
She closed her eyes as the attack approached her. But it never came, as she heard a laser and the cannonball being reflected to somewhere else. She opened her eyes, and gasped.
"A-Arc?!" she choked out. The cat boy stood on an elevated platform, before jumping down in front of her.
"What are you doing here?" she asked.
"I knew you would strike sometime soon." Arc said, looking at Eve. "After all, weren't you the one observing us yesterday? Don't think I'm clueless, I just didn't want to dirty my hands on someone like you." He smirked.
"So you finally came…" Eve narrowed her eyes.
"Yes and so what? You and your little dog there is just too weak." Arc said.
"I'm not a dog, I'm a wolf!" Chung screamed.
"Yeah sure whatever. I'll just let my Dynamos destroy you once and for all." he said as he summoned his weapons, as purple lightning engulfed him and a huge explosion occurred.
Elesis just sat there, stunned. Everything happened way too fast. She didn't even get what happened at all.
'Crap, the school is going to crumble if I don't stop them.' she thought.
"STOP!" she yelled at the two summons exchanging blows with each other.
All three of them looked at her.
"Tch! I was just getting to the best part!" Arc growled.
"Can we just talk about this without fighting?" she begged.
The four of them stared at each other in silence, until Eve finally said,"Fine. However, the two of you are to serve as my distant bodyguards. If I get into danger, the two of you are to protect me." she said as she pointed at Arc and Elesis.
"What? That's not fair! Hey, fire- girl, I say we just finish them off now!" Arc protested, only to have his mouth covered by Elesis.
"We accept. As long as you don't mess around with my brother and Arc."
Elesis sighed. There was no other choice.
"So the deal has been made. I will take my leave now. Chung, Oberon, let's go. And let that girl go." Eve ordered as she walked off, with Chung and Oberon following right behind.
" Elesis!" Ara exclaimed worriedly as she dashed out to the rooftop and hugged her friend.
"Are you alright?" she said.
"Sure, Eve has left already. We're safe now." Elesis smiled.
"Hey! What was that for? I could've finished them off in one blow!" Arc yelled, with his tail flicking.
"Don't worry! I don't think Eve will attack us anymore, at least."
Elesis reassured, as she ruffled Arc's hair. "At least we know that she's with us for now."
"Hey stop messing with my hair!" Arc said as he tried to run away from Elesis' tight grip.
"U-Um, thanks for saving my friend, u-um how do I address you?" Ara stuttered as she bowed at Arc.
"You can just call him Arc. I don't think kitty boy likes to be callef anything else." Elesis said, as she hugged Arc.
"Let me go now or I'll send my Dynamos after you!" Arc growled.
"Nah, he's a cute fellow actually. Don't mind his threats." Elesis said as she started to pull Arc's cheeks as Ara just sweatdropped.
"…I swear I'll kill you someday" Arc growled as he blushed slightly.
"C'mon, let's go home. I'm sure Elsword will get worried if I don't get back soon." Elesis said as they trio left the rooftop.
"Master, what's wrong?" Chung asked as he struggled to keep back with Eve. "Nothing." Eve said as she walked faster. "Hey, wait up!" Chung said as he rushed forward, only to be stopped by Moby and Remy. The two made some noises and Chung smiled after that.
"I see. So Master thinks she has finally been able to make some friends, right?"
I hope the Arc vs Chung fight is okay... And Chung is a wolf, not a dog, even though he's always being made fun of because of that.
R&R if you like it! :D