Chapter 10 - Hidden Strength
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Raven's POV
Zack threw the Katana, and I caught it right away. I slid the katana out from its sheath and held it with my two hands. There was as if a black aura was coming out from me when I held the Katana tightly.
Zack moved farther away because he knew that I couldn't be stopped once I held my katana. It was as if the devil possessed me once I used this thing. That was why I stopped using it for quite some time now.
"Zack! Open this now, or I'll break this fcking door!" Another banging of the door from the inside with their threat of breaking it.
"Everything is fine, dude. We just have to finish this quickly, ” Zack said to them in between doors.
The man lunged again, trying to hit me with his katana. I kept on dodging it while holding my katana and forgot my wound for the meantime, pretending that it didn’t hurt. He kept on cursing while still attacking me. He swung his double edge katana towards me, and I also moved my katana to dodged it causing a clanging sound of both metal. My right hand gripped the handle, and my left hand was holding on the back of the tip of my katana to support the weight he was giving to me. My one knee was bent halfway.
While he was still trying to push his katana, I gripped the handle of my katana tightly, putting a strong force on both of my hands, and pushed my katana upward and then swing it abruptly that made him moved backward, surprisingly. But I didn't let him go that far. While he was still startled, I used it as an opportunity to get close to him, and then I raised my katana above my head parallel to the ground. I pushed the top of the handle forward to help the blade arc, and then I stepped forward quickly as I brought the blade down towards him, slicing into him at a forty-five-degree angle. It was a deadly crushing blow for him since he didn't see it coming.
He halted and dropped his katana. Blood was dripping on the floor from his chest that was being wounded.
I moved one step back and stood in front of him while looking at my katana stained with blood. My eyes fired as I saw the blood and then turned to look at him again, who was clutching his wound and who was also on his knees already.
I positioned my katana and gave him another blow when suddenly Zack shouted to stop me.
"Enough of that, Duze! You are not allowed to make that move!"
I halted, and I got back again to my senses. I cursed at the thought that I almost did something crazy again. I slid back my katana to its sheath and walked towards him. He was still clutching his wound, trying to stop the bleeding, and the pain was evident on his face.
I tossed back my katana to Zack, and he caught it right away. When I got in front of the culprit, I grabbed his collar and pulled out the mask covering his face.
I looked and studied his face if I could remember anything if I ever saw him somewhere but to no avail. He was not familiar. I didn’t freaking know him.
"Who the f*ck are you? Who is F? And what the f*ck do you want from me?!” I asked him angrily. My teeth were clenching as well as my jaw.
What do they want? Good thing that Zack stopped me. Because if not, I would be breaking my promise.
"Talk to me!!" I tightly grabbed his collar, this time choking him to make him speak, but he just gave me a smirk.
Was he trying to provoke me? My fist automatically punched his smirking face. And beat him again and again, but he was still not talking.
I could already feel my wound getting worst. It was started to sting again.
"Dude, ” Zack called as he walked in our direction. "Let me handle him, “ he said in a serious tone.
When he got in front of the man, he kicked his gut right away. The man was pushed back because of Zack's kick.
Zack was wearing a foot spike. It was really sharp, and you would get hurt if you would be hit by it—another attempt of kick from Zack when the man disappeared in the shadows.
"F*ck! He escaped! How come he disappeared right away? He didn't even answer my questions!" I spat, frustrated and angrily.
"Let it go, Duze. We need to back inside. Your wound is getting worse, ” Zack said calmly.
My forehead creased, and my brows furrowed. Why was he so calm right away? We didn't even know who our enemy was, and worst was, they were armed.
Instead of arguing with Zack, I just followed what he said. My wound was starting to sting a lot.
We began to walk towards the door, and Zack unlocked it. As the door opened, all of them are waiting behind it.
"Duze? What happen to you?" Zero said with a shocked expression on his face when we got inside.
They saw me clutching the side of my stomach, and a stain of blood was evident on my shirt.
"It's nothing," I said shortly with a poker face. I didn’t want them to see pain plastered on my face.
"Nothing? Look at you! You're bleeding!" Seth said seriously while pointing at my wound. "Is that what you call nothing?" he added with 'I-can't-believe-you-tone.’
I just shook my head, dismissing them.
"Can't you get out of the way? You're blocking us! Save your question later. We need to tend Duze's wound right away, ” Zack spat impatiently to them.
One by one, they started to backoff and went to the couch and sat there.
"What happened, Duze?" Kurt asked seriously.
“I'll tell you later after you tend my wound, ” I said to them as I sat on the couch as well.
While they were tending my wound, I told them what happened outside.
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Kaede's POV
The loud ringing of my alarm woke me up. I rubbed my eyes as I reached my phone on the top of my tiny table beside my bed. I pressed the stop button and then looked at the time on the screen. It was five-thirty in the morning. It was too early. I put my phone below my pillow and decided to sleep for another fifteen minutes.
I woke up again feeling satisfied while smiling and then grabbed my phone below my pillow. My eyes widened when I saw the time on the screen.
Oh my god! It was already six fifty! I'm going to be late! My fifteen minutes’ nap became one hour! Goodness! I'm dead. My first class was at seven am.
I ran towards the bathroom and just wash my face, brush my teeth and then change my clothes as fast as I could. I just showered with perfume and sniffed myself. I don't stink, so that would be fine, and I also showered last night. No one would sniff me anyway. After changing, I get my bag and rushed outside.
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I'm late for my first subject. I arrived at eight am because of traffic. I decided just to skip my first class and went to the back of the engineering building. They said that there were many animals there and someone was taking care of them every day. When I almost arrived at the back, I saw a tree close by, so I strode towards it and stayed for a bit because the sun was too hot for my liking. As I leaned on the tree, I saw something engraved on its bark.
I will always love you, Fritz!
-G-
My eyes instantly widened from what I read. Oh, my G! Fritze got an admirer! I couldn't help smiling.
I continued walking towards the back when suddenly I felt soak all over. I stood in place, bewildered.
Am I that stinky? That was why they bathe me? I admit I didn't take a bath but come on, I smelled myself earlier, and I didn’t smell bad. Tsk. I wiped my face with my hand and looked up. Someone just spilled a lot of water on me. I saw two girls that look alike, holding a pale.
Well, state the obvious as Raven's favorite retort. They were the culprit. Thanks to them, I instantly took a bath. What a coincidence since I didn't take a bath today. Was this a sign that I need to take a bath every day before going to school? I guess it was. Ugh!
"You deserved that, you freaking nerd, ” One of them said, who was wearing a pink clip on her hair.
"Yeah, right! It would be best if you had a bath. You smell...” She sniffed like a dog and then said, “Stinky! ew-eew-eww!" The other one said with a purple clip on her hair.
They were just over my head, not that close and not that far also. They were in an open window on my upper side.
The distance of the opened window from the ground was kind of two meters, I guess. They could jump out anytime.
And they just did. As in, they hopped down. Like a frog. It suited them because they looked like a frog. Kidding.
Bringing the pale with them, I saw the two of them walked towards me, and the pink clip-on girl poured the remaining water on me.
I gasped as the cold water soak me more. The other girl with a violet clip-on lunged at me and pushed me hard. I fell to the ground and twisted my ankle. I tried to stand up but fell back when I felt the pain in my ankle.
"Huh! Feeling pretty! You feel and think that you are pretty? Stop dreaming! You're ugly!" Violet clip-on girl said as she flipped her hair.
"Maybe you seduced Gin, and you put love potion on his drink!" The pink clip-on girl said while slitting her eyes.
What were they talking about? Me? Feeling pretty? Wow! I'm embarrassed by their beauty. They even really looked like a frog.
"Right! Look at the mirror! Stay away from my Gin!" Violet clip-on girl said.
"What? Your Gin?! It's my Gin!" The pink clip-on girl snickered at her.
"It's my Gin. Not yours! Feeler!" Violet clip-on girl said.
I just looked at them alternately as they were arguing, claiming Gin as theirs.
Seriously? Were they fighting over Gin? Tsk!
I tried to ignore them and try to feel my ankle. Ugh! It hurts.
"Our Gin! Okay!” They both said in unison that made me turned my head towards them again.
"Hey you, ugly!" Violet clip-on girl said while pointing at me. "Stay away from my Gin!"
"It's our Gin!" The pink clip-on girl said annoyingly.
"Okay! Stay away from our Gin and to the D7G! Got it? You don't know us!" the violet clip-on girl said while her hands were on her waist.
"Exactly! You don't know us, so don't mess up with us, ” the Pink clip-on girl said, mimicking the violet clip-on girl's action.
"Don't mess up with the... Sister!" they said in unison and then with a matching pose. They were posing side by side while one hand was on their waist and the other was on their forehead as they angle their face upward.
Okay. What the hell was that? They looked so stupid. I shook my head and ignored them and tried to stand up again.
Both of them were crazy. Sisters? What was that? Pads? They were funny.
I could feel the pain of my ankle again, and I think it was getting worst. Another thing, I'm feeling cold already.
I tried again to stand, but Violet's clip-on girl pushed me again. "Oops! Sorry!" she said and then laughed loudly.
"What are you doing?” A familiar voice said, coming from my back with an icy tone that made the two girls in front of me froze and looked so scared at the same time.
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