One Forever

B

June 20, 458 RC.

Step! Step! Step!

San was walking in the hallway of fourth floor of the building of general studies. He was wearing a white t-shirt and black pants. A black tie was tied on his neck. He was carrying the black two-straps bag on his shoulder, it was given by school when he got second place in fifth grade. Since Holisiam city had a hot atmosphere all the time, students were allowed wear black shoes without any socks.

San had became taller and a little bit healthy. He was 5 feet and 1 inch tall now. But he still looked skinny because of his weak muscles.

The Kingsland country was full of people with various skin color. So racism was hard to see there.

“Seventh grade, A class." San noticed the board hang near to a gate, it was making a ninety degrees angle from the wall. But the room number was written on the top side of the gate, 418. It meant it was the 18th room of fourth floor.

“A class" was obviously for best students of seventh grade students.

San got inside the room and saw two unfamiliar faces. His classmates from previous year hadn't come yet.

‘New students? Whatever.' San aimed at the last row after glancing at the new students for a moment.

San was a backbencher from his childhood. He chose the set of chair and table from last row because it was close to the window.

His table number was twenty-five. The class had six tables in every row while the class had five rows of tables.

Thud!

San put his big on the table and sat down like usual.

‘This room is bigger than sixth grade's room but it is only for 30 students.' San was so much into his own world that he didn't even notice that new students was staring at him.

“Are you also a new student like us?" A girl's voice reached to San's ears.

San stopped looking at the class, he turned his head to the new students.

“What?!" San was speechless to see the faces of new students. They were girls in his school's dress code. They were wearing black knee-length skirt, rest clothes were same like San.

It was not like San didn't have not seen beautiful girls or talk with them. But girls in front of him were on a different level.

“My name is Lily Su and here is my cousin, Sena Su." The girl who was more friendly gave the introduction.

While the other girl stayed silent, she was staring at the window. Maybe she wasn't interested in talking like Lily Su.

San stood up and bowed slightly, “My name is San. I am from a Noson family. And I have been studying in this school for years."

San showed the proper manner while introducing himself. He also made it clear that he was not a new student.

Lily and Sena had white skin, much fairer than his mom. As a boy who was about to become a teenager, he couldn't resist the beauty of girls. So he tried to look good in front of them.

And it was a rare opportunity to become friends with such beautiful girls. How could he miss this chance?

Lily turned her eyes away in embarrassment, she forgot to bow because of excitement.

San didn't sit back since the girls were standing.

“Which school did you come from?" San tried to chat more.

“Gonar Senior High." Lily said casually. She didn't seem to care about San's colour and background.

“What? You got transferred from such a big school. Wait, are you two Pimacers?" San was very shocked when he realized a important fact.

“Yeah! Aren't you also a Pimacer?" Lily looked at San with a confused look.

“No. I am a Pano." San laughed in spite of himself. He didn't know why two Pimacers from a big school would come to his school.

“What?" Lily exclaimed with surprise.

Even Sena couldn't help but looked at San with a worried expression.

“Is this class for not Pimacers?" Sena finally opened her mouth. Her voice was sharp while Lily's voice was sweet.

“No. It is combined class with Panos students and martial arts students. Pimacetion students study in Pimacetion zone which is behind of western wall of general studies zone." San explained.

San guessed that Lily and Sena got into the wrong building. Because martial artists were also counted in the catagory of Pimacers sometimes.

Something like that really happened. Lily asked a student of general studies zone for the class of Pimacers, not Pimacetion students. Because of this confusion, Lily and Sena ended up in wrong building.

Sena took her shoulder bag immediately and scolded Lily, “I told you that this is the wrong building."

“Sorry, sorry, sorry." Lily apologized repeatedly while grabbing her ears with a cute expression.

‘God! She is so hot!' San's gaze towards Lily became softer when he noticed how cute she could be.

Thanks to his backbencher friends, he had learnt the language of flirt. It was a different story that he never flirted with a girl.

‘Dude focus! They are not going to study with you.' San said to himself inwardly.

“Um... fellow student?" Lily made a face of a beggar, a cute beggar.

“Yes?!" San wondered what did she want?

“We are new, so can you take us to the right building?". Lily asked with a sweet voice.

“Of course, I can." San agreed without thinking.

He had fallen for her just like he always fell for any beautiful girl.

Although San wasn't fair like the boys of his class, but he had a good face cut. His average look gave him enough confidence to talk with beautiful girls.

San left his bag on the table and led the way for the new girls.

“I never met a Pimacetion student before. So can I ask you some questions? They are not personal." San asked while walking down from staircase. The building had U-shaped staircase.

“Sure." Lily answered shortly while gripping the strap of her cross-body bag.

Lily seemed to be a little less interested in San now. Because he was a Pano.

“I read in an old book that a martial artist may need to practice for 10-20 years to become a Pimacer. But now time has changed so the required training time to become a Pimacer from a martial artist may have reduced, right?" San asked.

“What you said is true. But to become a Pimacer you need three things. Talent, skill and luck. Luck is out of reach for every living being. And talent is something that everyone has in their body and mind. But skill, it is the key to become a Pimacer."

“If you master a skill and gain advanced senses then your talent will be improved too. Only then you can become a Pimacer." Lily explained.

She thought that San wanted to become a Pimacer like her and her cousin. She didn't tell him that they were born with the talent to become a Pimacer. So they were Pimacing or cultivating a special method to increase their strength from a very small age.

‘So, Shanoeal has to practice martial arts for years to become a Pimacer. I read dozen of books about Pimacetion in vacation. But I didn't found any better way to become a Pimacer other than practicing martial arts. How am I supposed to help Shanoeal if I can't even even join martial arts class?' San was still the lazy kid from two months ago.

He didn't want to learn martial arts for his sake. He was spending his time on this for his little brother only.

He could understand his brother feelings. Studying in a school of martial arts wasn't easy for both San and Shanoeal. They felt inferior and insignificant in front of martial artists. Though the brothers were smart but they got neglected by the people easily. Because the glory of martial artists and Pimacers was too bright and eye-catching.

San would have spent his time in Pimacetion if he had the talent to become a Pimacer. But he was born as a Pano, even if he could become a Pimacer after practicing for years, he would not do that.

He knew the world of Pimacers was cruel and deadly. Pimacers didn't even hesitate to kill each other to become strong. They also held grudge seriously.

He didn't want his family to go through so much trouble because of his greed. He was quite happy with his dream to become a chef or a writer.

All he ever wanted was an easy life like his father.

Step! Step! Step!

Lily and Sena followed San to the backside of the building of general studies.

San pointed at the seven stories building in the distance and said, “That's the building of Pimacetion department."

Lily looked at the two students guarding a big gate in the distance. Then she looked at San who had already turned his back towards them. He was going back to his class.

Lily was a little surprised. She noticed that San was staring at her in the class but after knowing about her identity as a Pimacer, he started treating her like ordinary student.

“Lily!" Sena yelled at Lily who was staring at San's back.

“Yes!" Lily came back to her senses when she heard Sena's voice.

After that, both of them went to Pimacetion zone.

It was a small meeting for three people from two different worlds.

Fate let them meet for a short while and change the course of things... Because of a very special reason.