Chapter 8: The Volcanic Simulation Part 1

It was a new week and I was outside wearing a purple t-shirt with white outlines on the sleeves. I had on some black jean shorts with a White K on the right sleeve. Finally, I had on these really cool white veltura sandals. It was really sunny outside for the fourth consecutive day so why not throw on something different. It was also a little hot outside.

Speaking of my sandals, they were really cool back in London. I had these for Christmas last year and I still loved them so much. I'm not really into fashion but that's just something I liked. I was looking at something on my phone, but then this caught my attention.

I was on my way to school and was on my phone looking up something random. It was just about how sandals were made. I was curious because remember the white sandals that I have on? I wanna see how other stores make them. Like I said, I'm not into fashion. I just wanna see how it was made.

I wouldn't be surprised if Raffina was able to see my outfit with a shocked look on her face. She would've easily challenged me to see who is more beautiful. But I'm not trying to be a show-off. I just want to wear something nice when it's sunny. Although I like purple clothing.

I now entered the school with the halls empty with no students around.

There are really not that many students here. What a coincidence.

I headed to my classroom up ahead with a quiet building and nothing around me. And I was definitely sure Ringo and her friend, Maguro, were going to attend this school. I mean I know that has been mentioned, but I just didn't want to be fooled by such fake news because that would've made me believe that they were trying to tell a joke. I heard rumors about new people transferring back in my world but almost none of them were just transferred. I'm just hoping it did not happen to Ringo and Maguro both.

*KNOCK* *KNOCK*

I knocked on the door to see if there was anyone who could let me in.

"It's open!"

"Wait! Allow me to open it. I need to purposely check Kaze's outfit before I do anything else."

My… outfit?

As Raffina opened the door, she was a little surprised at my new outfit. I, on the other hand, didn't judge her outfit as she was wearing an orange suit jacket with white a white skirt along with some white high heel boots.

"Well, you look… new." Raffina said.

"Thank you. You look nice too. May I come in?" I asked.

"Fine. I guess I made you uncomfortable." Raffina said as she let me in.

"No. It was just so sudden."

"Don't worry, Kaze. Raffina is just commenting your outfit like a tyrant." Klug said.

"AH, Shut up, Klug! Always being a narcissist!" Raffina shouted.

"Hi Klug, Amitie, Sig, Lidelle, TaruTaru, Ringo, Maguro I presume." I said to everyone.

Everyone just said hello. Klug said salutations.

"Your outfit looks different." Lidelle said.

"Yeah, I just had to make myself look nice. You like it?" I asked her as I sat in my seat.

"Um… Yeah."

"Tch! I figured you would say that, Lidelle." Raffina said as she sat in her seat.

"Hey, come on. At least she notices me differently." I said.

"I know, but I'm supposed to be more beautiful. You must be challenging me for fashion, I see. Ugh. Never mind." Raffina said.

"Luckily, the good news is, we have only two weeks left of school until summer break so you may still use the break to make yourself more beautiful than you ever are." Amitie said.

"Well, that could be one choice. Another choice is that I could get away from Mr. Goody two shoes over there." Raffina said.

"Ha! And how do you think getting away from me could solve your problems?" Klug asked.

"Uh… I could think of… MANY WAYS to be exact." Raffina shouted.

"Well at least you might get the break. I wonder how long this feud is gonna last." TaruTaru said.

"Don't worry about it. It's not gonna be as long as it should be."

"So if I give bugs to Glasses, would he leave you alone?"

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"That is the dumbest question I've ever heard, Sig. Even though I would expect bugs to crawl on "Glasses" of course." Raffina said.

"Hey! Don't try to hold up to ridicule my glasses! They are much needed for me!" Klug shouted.

"Fine… I won't bother it once class starts."

"I wouldn't judge Klug's appearance and personality. He's kinda just completely standard and more of a whiz type of guy, according to my knowledge." Ringo said.

"Whatever you say, Ringo." Raffina said.

"I'm glad you think of me that way. It's almost entirely important for me to be a whiz and have everything completed. There is a reason why I'm smarter than all of you. When I get closer to becoming the next Lemres, he might be surprised that I may be a really strong wizard than all of you."

"Yeah, I would highly doubt that." Raffina said.

"It's gonna take a lot of work for you to get to that type of level." Ringo said.

"It's true how you get stronger, but I'm not actually feeling that vibe." Maguro said.

"WHAT?! That is not true! All I'm saying is that I've been practicing every day to become a comet warlock. I'm highly superior."

"But didn't you even tell Lemres about what tactics he does?" Raffina asked.

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"Well… I guess he did not show himself over the weekend so no."

"But don't worry, Klug. If Lemres was to appear right now, then maybe you could just prove it to him. Maybe he can teach you something that a comet warlock does… or what he or she does not do… or something like that." Amitie said.

"That one was kinda uncalled for, Amitie." Sig said.

"Oh… I guess it was slight."

"So what did you do with your money?" Raffina asked me.

"I bought food and drinks for Arle and the others."

"Of course you didn't invite me to it."

"You said you were leaving their base."

"I know, but I didn't know you said something about bringing some food back. Well, whatever."

"Aw, Fiddlesticks! And I didn't get to ask you where you guys are either." Amitie whined.

"Well, I'm sorry. It's just… Arle and her friends can't stay in one area in starvation without food and drinks. That's why I had to do so."

"Woohoo." Raffina said sarcastically.

"Good morning, kiddies!" Ms. Accord said.

"Good meowing, ladies and gentleman." Popoi said.

"Good morning, Teacher." We all said.

"We will start Chemistry soon so make your way towards the lab room. I will meet you guys shortly." Ms.

Accord said.

"Wait, where's the lab room?" I asked Ms. Accord.

"It's on your right at the end of the hall." Ms. Accord said.

"You may be a new student, but don't worry. We'll always help out on where to go." Popoi said.

"Um… Ok."

"There may be a lot of rooms, but hey. At least you know where one room is." Raffina said.

"Yeah! I mean I could definitely show you some of the rooms in this school that I like the most!" Amitie said

"That could wait for later. Anyway, the door is open. Now is time to head over here. Again, I'll meet you guys shortly. There will be guests here as well." Ms. Accord said.

"Ooh. I wonder who our guests are." Amitie said as we all got up and left the classroom and straight to the lab.

"So this is the lab room." I said.

"Pretty neat, huh? The perfect room to be a warlock at any given time." Klug said.

"You sure are wanting to become a warlock, Klug. I can tell." I said.

"Yup. That is my ultimate dream."

"I remembered me, Maguro and Ris used to be in this club called the Physics club. Now I have no doubts that Ris might be our guest." Ringo said.

"He might. He might not. The odds always tell us." Maguro said.

"Now that you mention it, Maguro, have you seen him over the weekend? I tried looking for him, but he did not show up." Ringo asked.

"Nope. I had nothing."

"You guys are worried about him?" Lidelle said.

"Yes. It's been a while since I last saw him about five or maybe six days ago. I wonder what's gotten into his mind lately."

"Well, I would say that he might be just doing a huge project or maybe he's on break earlier than us. Just itemizing my ideas." Maguro said.

"It's clear that Risukuma might be easy to work with while dealing with potions." Sig said.

"I know! It's even cooler when you mix them. Like red and blue make purple, yellow and blue make…"

"We get it, Amitie." Everyone said except for me, Lidelle and Maguro.

"Still, I really hope you improve this time, Amitie." Raffina said.

"Huh? I'm trying to do everything I can, Raffina." Amitie said.

"You say you do everything, but you mess up all the time."

"Well… I'm gonna have to try even harder."

"Me and Maguro will help you out." Ringo said to Amitie.

"Alright, kids! I brought in our guests." Ms. Accord as she came into the lab along with two guests.

I did not know how to describe the first guest. To me, it looked like a squirrel and a bear. I don't know what that thing is. But in my opinion, it looked like a teddy bear. It was wearing a white lab coat over a blue t-shirt. It was only wearing brown pants, and no shoes on. Only barefoot.

The second guest that I did not expect to be here was Witch. I can see why she is our guest for today. Maybe it was because of the advice I gave her from yesterday.

"Ris!" Ringo and Maguro shouted as they finally met their friend.

"Hello there, Ringo, Maguro." The teddy bear thing, Risukuma, said.

"Hiya, Witch!" Amitie greeted to Witch.

"Hey, Amitie."

"Yes, Risukuma and Witch will be our guests for this chemistry class. So let us begin this lesson." Ms. Accord said as we all sat in our seats.

So that teddy bear is Risukuma? I should ask him what is he?

"So, class, today's lesson is super special. We'll be making a project that is called a Soda Volcano." Ms. Accord said.

Soda Volcano, huh? Sounds very cool.

"So we're going to be making a soda volcano. The goal for this lesson is to make the biggest explosion with a partner. The group with the best explosion, will receive a free no homework pass."

"Woah…" We all were amazed that Ms. Accord said that there was a prize of a free no homework pass to the group with the best explosion.

"So how many people do we have?" Popoi asked.

"So it's me, Raffina, Kaze, Lidelle, Sig, TaruTaru, Klug, Ringo, Maguro, Risukuma, and Witch. So there's 11 people." Amitie said.

"Oh… Looks like I'll be participating to make it 6 groups of two. Here are the directions on how to make a soda volcano and choose your partner."

"Kaze, You want to partner up?" Raffina asked.

"Sure." I said as I grabbed two papers.

"Witch, be my partner!" Amitie shouted.

"Alright." Witch said.

"I'll be working with Sig." Lidelle said.

"Definitely." Sig said.

"Looks like it's me and you, Maguro." Ringo said.

"Yup. Definitely looks like it." Maguro said.

"Wait. Ris! Do you want to work with us?" Ringo asked.

"Certainly. I could use a helping hand too."

"Ms. Accord said groups of two! Not three!" Raffina shouted

"It's ok, Raffina. I'm sure they are all in the Physics club, should they have no problems." Ms. Accord said.

"What?!"

"Don't worry about it, Raffina." I said with a sweat drop.

"Looks like It's Klug, TaruTaru, and us." Ms. Accord said.

"Well now. This is going to be easy as planned." Klug said.

"Not on my watch, Klug! Just wait and see! Let us go, Kaze!" Raffina shouted with pride.

"You just can't help it, can you?" I whisper with a bigger sweat drop.

"Hey, I don't like Klug. Quick note. I would suggest not talking to Klug. He can quickly choose a side in which he does not want to be on. He'll likely push your buttons."

"Not if I talk to him. He's not really rude from the start. Look, I'll think about it. Let's just do the experiment."

"*sigh* I guess you're right. It's not the time to be talking about it. Let's get it going."

"Ok."

So If I talk to Klug, I really hope I don't get the same feeling that Raffina has to Klug. Even though my Dark powers are very deadly enough to crush him, even if he was really pushing my buttons. I'll see.