Chapter 8
"So children any questions?" Oleg Semenovich said to his students. He glanced over his class but saw that there were no questions. "Very well, I want you to learn everything about common types of demons, next time I'll ask you strictly." he closed his folder and left the class.
"Man, is he always so tedious?" Maki asked Pavel giving him a slight hit onto his back, but still making him startle.
"Um, do you want to hear an honest answer?" the boy looked at the girl stretching his arms. She nodded, "He can be more tedious. However he is still a good man and always helps when you ask him."
"You know him quiet well, don't you?" Aki joined the talk.
"He was my teacher in Russia after all. To be honest we didn't like each other from our first meeting." the boy smiled.
"I think I know why he didn't like you." Ren said.
He scratched back of his head, and smiled, "Yes, I slept on his lessons and sometimes I made something what shouldn't be remembered. By the way Ren are you free today after the lessons?"
The girl looked at Pavel with incomprehension in her eyes. "Did you hear Ren-chan? Pavel want to go on a date with you." Maki said pretty loudly so all who presented in class turned to the group and the girl started to flit around Ren.
"Maki it's not polite to do such things!" the boy said to her friend.
"Well I think it isn't a date, I'd like to practice in combat with you." the boy looked at the girl with slight blush.
"I will think." she got up from her place and added, "We still have one lesson." and left the class.
"What happened, between you too?" the girl asked the Russian boy, and added a bit more disappointed. "She has never been like these."
"In some ways it's my fault." the two of them looked at him and Pavel continued, "During her mission, I've suddenly encountered her and helped to defeat that demon. She couldn't handle it alone." he stopped for a while, but then continued, "And after the battle I've provoked her for a little that it was really reckless to separate with your team mates."
"Now I understand." another boy sighed, and put his hand onto Pavel's shoulder, "You did a really bad thing..."
"Yeah, our Ren is always trying hard to show herself. By the way we didn't tell it to you, she was assigned as a chief during that operation, and she slipped a cog a bit, separating from me, and our Sensei, has lectured her, so there is no wonder that she acts so cold to you."
"Damn, I really messed up." he slapped his face with his hand, "I really didn't know, I must apologies to her!" he was about to get up but was stopped, by his friends.
"It is not a good idea to do it, right now." Aki said.
"Give her some time to compose herself." added Maki.
'Damn Pavel, he is so annoying.' Ren walked through the corridors of the school. 'How he can be so irritating.' She was deeply absorbed in her thoughts that she even didn't notice how she ran into something.
"Ren, watch where you are going!" she heard a familiar female voice. Ren raised her head and saw a girl with long white hair, it was Mai.
"Mai, sorry, I haven't noticed you." the tanned girl sighed.
"It's so strange to see you so frustrated. What happened?" she asked looking into her eyes.
"It's really nothing special." Ren merely answered with a forced smile.
"Don't lie to me, I know when people lie so tell me." she said a bit softer the second part, but still it was not so warm as she expected.
"Then let's go to the roof." the other girl nodded and they went to the roof.
When they reached their destination, Mai leaned to the wall and started to listen.
"Do you remember our last mission?" Ren asked her friend, Mai nodded. "And I think you know we have a new transfer from Russia." she nodded again. "During that mission, I encountered a strong demon, I underestimated him and was about to lose." she sighed and continued, "And then he appeared, this new student. Together we could beat him, but then he started to lecture me that it was reckless to separate with my team mates."
"In some ways he was right, you shouldn't separate with Maki."
"I know that!" she exclaimed "It was my fault, and I don't deny it. But the way how he did it, I can't forget it. He is so irritating and annoyed! I can't stay with him even for a minute."
"Since when you became so sensitive?" Ren looked at Mai with questioned eyes. "Ren Ikenami I know never pays her attention for such stupid things. You mustn't concern about others niggles do what you think is right to you and don't look to others." She came to Ren and put her hand onto her shoulder and added, "So don't worry and act pertly as you always do." and slapped her into her back making her startle. Both girls laughed and returned to their classes.
Before the start of the last lesson Ren came to Pavel and said coldly. "If the offer to train is in power I agree to practice with you." and sat onto her place. The boy was amused that the girl he firstly made a bad impression agreed to have some practice with him. He smiled and nodded.
The last lesson was dedicated to styles of battle, the teacher of this subject was a tall man who had glasses on his eyes he wore a black costume with white shirt and a tie on his neck. Pavel didn't listened to him, thus he found his lesson more boring than his old teacher, but still was showing that he was listening not to anger Ren. He waited impatiently his practice battle with the girl he liked. 'I must apologies to her, it was pretty rude from my side provoking her.' he thought 'Also it, would be better to give her a present, but I don't know what she likes. If only I knew.' he grabbed his head. 'I must ask Aki and Maki later.'
The lesson was lasting too long; almost all students were niddle-nodling at the end of it, Maki was sleeping on her desk peacefully, while Aki's eyes were winking. Only Ikenami was listening very attentively to the teacher. When the saving bell rang all students sighed with relief. Ikenami got up from her place, and came to the desk of Russian boy.
"Are you ready?" she only asked.
"Yes. Let's have some practice." he answered as he got up from his chair.
They left the class leaving their friends with confusion on their faces. The two of them decided to go after them, but not joining them, but spying. "We must warn some of the teachers that we'll have some practice."
"Is it really necessary?" the boy asked not understanding why they must do it.
"If in Russia you were doing everything what you wanted, it doesn't mean that you can do so here." she lectured him.
"Well we don't do everything what we want, but the training room was always opened for us. I didn't know that you have such strict rules."
"Then you know. Let's go to the teacher's room." and he led him by corridors to the place only she and other students knew.
When they came to the door where a sign was "Teacher's Room" she knocked at the door. "Yes, come in!" they heard from another side. The girl opened the door and saw only two persons in the room. One of them was sitting on the chair with the pile of papers, and was writing something in them, another one was running around the first one. These two persons were the new teacher Oleg Semenovich and the famous sister of more famous hunter Igawa Sakura. "Tell, what Russia looks like? What skills do you have? Do you like video games?" She was flitting around him asking lots of different silly questions heading him off of his work. It was noticeable that Oleg was on his limits, but didn't let it show. "Oh, Ikenami-san what are you doing here?" she asked cheerfully as always.
'So, is that famous Igawa Sakura, the sister of one of the strongest demon hunters?' Pavel thought, 'I've thought she would be serious and match to her status, but it seems I've made a mistake.'
"Sakura-sensei, we want to have a combat practice," she pointed at the boy behind her, "Could you assist us?"
"Why not, it's good to see that you want to practice with other students and not only to fight with teachers." she smiled and came off from Oleg, "Do you want to go with us Oleg-sensei?"
Oleg came off from his papers, and turned to the three of them. "I don't mind." he put his hand on the table, and came to them, "I'd like to see how your skills, increased Pavel." his former teacher admitted. And they left the room. "Pavel, come here." he said and the boy came a bit closer. "Did you hear the last news?" he said in Russian.
"No, what is it?" his student said in Russian too don't understating such question.
When Sakura and Ikenami move away from them for several meters Oleg continued a bit quieter, "The second reconnaissance squad was missed."
"What?" Pavel was about to shout, but could stay calm. "Are you sure?"
"I was informed, so there's no doubt. Still the heads don't know who could do this."
"How they don't know? It was definitely "The Third Law." And do they try to guess who could do it?"
"I think they know who did this." the Russian teacher put his finger on his chin and continued his suggestions, "But still there a lot of other organizations, who cooperate with demons." he stopped but after a while he added, "So this time they want to send two reconnaissance squads."
"Do you know who will be in these squads?"
"To be honest, I know only about the one of them. The first person is Maria Vlasova, I think you remember her."
"Yesб it's really hard to forget her lessons of resisting to tortures."
"Yes and I think you don't know about the other one. It is Potapov Ilya." he looked at the boy and saw that this name told him nothing so he continued. "He possesses the power of light; he is quiet good in using it. He is elder for five years than you."
"So he can you his powers?" he screwed his fists up.
"Don't worry," he put his hand on his shoulder and said with a smile. "Some hunters fight without their skills and they do a great work. But still I believe that you will find your true power. As I noticed only several students, found their powers."
"Have you already met them?" the boy asked with astonished expression on his face.
"Yes I have met only three of them for now. They are from other classes, Tatsurou and Rinko Akiyama and Yukikaze Mizuki."
"Akiyama?"
"Yes they are brother and sister."
"And Mizuki, something familiar." the boy crossed his hands on his chest and raised his head pondering.
"Her mother Mizuki Shiranui was the famous Japanese huntress with big breasts." the man sighed.
"Exactly." the boy has snapped his fingers. "It was told that she missed several years ago, wasn't it? The man nodded, but couldn't say anything else as they come to the training room.
"Well we came to the training room, boys." Sakura said quiet loudly. "Okay, Pavel-kun, and Ren-chan. Go and change your clothes. We'll wait you here."
"Pavel, I'll show you the dressing room for boys." Ren said and went to the right and the boy went after the girl.
After a brief period of time Pavel and Ren were standing in front of the teachers in their uniforms. Pavel had his black uniform and Ren had her blue one. On her back was her short blade which was in sheath. The boy had his sword on his back too, but it was bigger than girl's blade. 'Damn, she look really hot in this outfit, will I be able to focus, fighting her?'
"Are the two of you ready?" the male teacher asked, the students.
Both of them nodded and went to the wide white room where students practiced, their teachers took their places on the balcony. Instead of the students they still were in their usual costumes. Pavel put his hand onto the hilt of his sword, and was about to take it out of the sheath. 'The better way to attack her is to strike her straight.' he quickly took his sword and dashed to her; she dodged the strike, and took her blade and hit her opponent. The only thing Pavel could do is to block her attack with his sword.
"Not bad Ren, it was unexpected." then he pushed her with his sword and made another attack this time putting her in the defender's position.
"How do you think who will win?" Sakura asked Oleg.
"Well as I see they have equal conditions, as they can't use special abilities. However, in my opinion Pavel has more potential to win." the male teacher concluded.
"If you really feel certainness in your student, then why we wouldn't make a wager?" she asked his colleague playfully.
"What's at stake?"
"Well the loser will do one order of winner!"
"So, there's no bound in these orders, isn't it?" the male teacher asked the red haired woman.
"Do you think about something pervert?" she asked playfully closing her breasts.
"No, but aquatinted with you a bit closer, I realized that everything can be awaited from you." he smirked.
"Well let's say then nothing lewd, won't be asked." she stated.
"Deal." he concluded and took her hand. Then they continued to watch the match. Ren was very good in attack, her moves were sometimes chaotic and unpredictable, but still because of her inexperience she was predictable to skillful hunters. On other hand it was a bit difficult to Pavel to predict the moves of the tanned girl. And the main thing that distracted him was her breasts. He couldn't focus because of it. But suddenly both of them heard a strange noise behind them. Oleg and Sakura turned their heads and the classmates of fighting friends. Sakura gave them a sign that they can join them, so Aki and Maki took their places on the balcony too.
"You look a bit diffused, what happened to you?" Ren asked calmly.
"Nothing special, let's continue the fight." he said with a slight blush on his cheeks. Unexpectedly, Ren made a bolt to the boy striking him with her blade; the boy blocked it and took a hit onto his stomach that made him bend, and breathe deeply, then she stroke him again in his stomach, pushing him onto the ground. The boy took purchase on his sword and got up. 'Damn I can't focus, her body, her moves. I think I'm getting to turn on.'
"Why are you fighting so pathetic? You were better on the roof." the girl admitted. "What's up?
The boy squeezed his sword and said nothing but ran onto his opponent at full speed. Ren made a slicing move but Pavel reached down and gave her running board, making her fell down onto the floor. He was about to strike her but she dodged the hit rolling away. Then she gave him a kick in his side, but the boy could evade it. He jumped away and deeply breathed. 'It seems that I could keep self-control, but still.' he saw that she rushed at him with full speed, he made a slicing strike when she was almost near to him, but she parried the strike took his hand, and strong-armed him with one hand and put the blade to his throat. "It seems that I won." she said with a grin. "It seems so." the boy exhaled and laughed. The girl smirked. She let his arm go and said, "You must be careful don't let your opponent make you confused especially if it's a woman."
"Yes my bad, to be honest I'm bad with female opponents." he said it turning away hiding his blush.
"Why?" she asked not understanding.
"Outfit." he mumbled.
"What?" she didn't understand.
"Because of the outfit." he said a bit louder.
"You're a pervert. Did you know that?" she asked putting her hands on her sides approaching to his face with her.
"I'm not!" he shouted. "It a normal reaction to beautiful lass if you want to know!" he shouted pretty loudly making her blush.
She turned off and said. "Next time, be more careful." and she leaved the room.
"It seems that I won, Oleg-sensei!" Sakura shouted likewise children shout when they win.
"It seems so." he exhaled; "I'm at your service." he theatrically bowed, to the winner. "What do you want from me?"
"Well!" she stretched the word. "You'll have the same practice combat with me someday too! I want to know what Russian hunters can do." She grinned and asked. "Do you agree?"
"Why not, I always wanted to have a fight with famous Japanese hunters like you." and they left the balcony.
After a while they returned to the court of the school. The teachers returned, to the school, and the students decided to share their expressions of the fight with Maki and Aki, who were looking their battle. But firstly they went to their class as Ren and Pavel forgot their bags.
"So, they send another two squads, don't they?" Etienne said taking his place at the round table. "Who are they? Do you know?"
"Yes." the hooded person said. "Master said both teams consist of two persons. The first team consists of two people Ilya Potapov and Maria Vlasova."
"Ah the youngest brother of the one Tiradex ate." I've heard about him from my precious captivity, Etienne smiled and added, "And another one, Vlasova you said?" he looked onto the person who was sitting in front of him. "Isn't it your sister Archon?"
The man who was sitting in front of Etienne had pretty long for a man hair. His face was blunt and several scars were on it. He was wearing a black and purple suit, which closed all his body. "Yes, her powers are similar to mine." he referred. "As I know, she teaches modern hunters how to resist tortures."
"She teaches them bad, the girl Tiradex brought me, was broken pretty fast."
He smirked and said, "I haven't seen her for a long time."
"You'll have the time to meet her." the hooded man said to Archon. "You and Etienne will go to search the locations where the seals could be."
"Hey, you know I'm not a warrior! I'm a scientist!" Etienne argued.
"Don't play the innocent out of you, Etienne we both know, you want to torture Igawa sisters thus you'll have a perfect chance to capture them." Archon said to his comrade.
"Yes it's true, but still I have a lot of work to do!" the man with glasses didn't stop.
"Don't worry you'll finish them." the mysterious person said.
"And what about another team?" Archon asked him.
"Yes they sent them." he did an emphasis on the last word.
"Whom?" Etienne and Archon said together at the same second.
"The seer and the penetrator." the man in the cloak and hood said. "These two will be a real thorn in our side. And for you it will be much better to avoid them."
"Really I thought these two, never leave their places. What made their Head Quarters send these two?" Archon asked the person.
"I don't know but, I warned you!" the person stopped for a second and went on. "I'll repeat it again, both of you are looking the seals and tell me about their locations, while Tiradex and Tardis looking for those who can interfere in our plans!"
"Those two are protecting us." Etienne slapped his face, "Perfect idea! Could you imagine something better?"
"In any case we can rely on Tardis and under his observation Tiradex will be a good fighter." Archon concluded. "Oh, I've almost forgotten! Will you go to that vampire?"
"You mean Edwin Black?" the mysterious person asked.
"Yes, him!"
"I hadn't taken an order to talk to him, but I think I shall go to him soon, after all it is his job too."
"Yes and with his power, we can try to defeat those too!" exclaimed Etienne.
"Don't know about Penetrator, but the seer isn't weak, he can see the future, and avoid all strikes, when I tried to face him, he left these scars on my face." the man in black and purple suit said pointing on his own face.
"Yes we heard this story many times." the person glasses started to wave off from his comrade showing that he isn't interested in this story.
"Stop the talk!" the person raised his voice, "About those Taimanin."
"What's with them?" Etienne asked.
"Two hunters from Russia were transferred there. Oleg Semenovich Tereshkov and one of his students are the ones who were transferred to Gosha village!"
'The old fancy man of sister, huh.' Archon thought.
"Why they decided to make contacts with Japanese hunters after that period of time?"
"I think they want to find a help in destroying us." Archon said.
"No matter what, but we must do our job further. Did you understand your job?"
"Yes boss?" both of them answered to the hooded person.
"You may go and prepare yourself as tomorrow you'll have the first sally!" the person said and left the room, two other men had done the same after several minutes.
'Soon we will meet sister be sure!' Archon thought.