Chapter 9: setting the stage PT.2

In the 'gathering room,' where their colleges met, Valdez groaned. Rather than seeing buckets of food on the table, they found the Millennium's discourse. The large desk flew at them with enough force to destroy a wall, followed by a loud "ARE YOU INSANE?"

"Just fucking great." they sighed, knowing who the voice belonged to. Looking around, he noticed several staff members lying on the floor. They were likely being thrown off their seats by the shockwave generated by the woman at the center of the room. Her bright golden hair flowed upwards like a primal flame as electricity arced across her body and grazed the floor.

This golden haired woman yelled, "HOW IN ALL LITERAL HELL DID YOUR FORSAKEN BRAIN THINK THAT WAS RIGHT?". The psychic energy from her words cracked the walls and floors. Once again, Valdez sighed and began damage control, solidifying darkness into cracks to create more. As thin branches of shadow rose from the ground, they coalesced and bound the golden-haired beauty, nullifying her power.

"Alright Mrs. Esperonica, let's calm it down." Valdez groaned as the woman in question fought tooth and nail to get out of her bindings spewing profanities at a rate her sea-man father would be proud of. Yet Valdez cared very little. If their old teacher's head is confined, she is helpless, even with her blessing.

"Jeeze, you're loud!" said a tall man wearing traditional eastern clothing befitting that of a nobleman. This man grabbed a large chunk of his ankle length hair and pulled it off with barely any resistance. It turned into a raven the size of a lamp and flew over to the golden haired woman.

"What the fuck is this piece of shit?" She yelled, causing the man to sigh heavily.

"We are teachers; this is an academy; conduct yourself in the proper manner." The man began talking to the lady like she was a child despite a considerably large gap in age."You are eighty-seven, don't you think your heart will stop at this rate?"

Yujin, you're an ass!!! ' In unison, all teachers understood this woman, her power, and for the principal in particular, her biggest pet peeve. Andrea hated hearing her age. It was a sure fire way to get a psycho-kick to the nuts or to the gut, but the green eyed man didn't care.

With remarkable swiftness and glowing eyes, the bird on her head began to melt into gray ooze that swallowed her whole. Andrea was bound in what looked to be a BDSM style suit that immobilized her completely all the while shattering the dark bindings made by Valdez. 

"such a shame i could treat you." Yujin cackles evilly as he looks at the woman squirm before looking at Valdez "your power is really strong."

"Thanks." Valdez replied flatly, not looking at the miserable sight of their former teacher, instead he turned his gaze to the demonic smiley boy also called the principal of the academy "so what in all literal fuck happened to get ole'girl like that?"

"we had a disagreement about the enrollment of her half-nephew." The principal sighed fakely while shaking his head.He continued in a silky child's voice "she kept on raving about the potential dangers of having him here with two zodiacs."

"oh, that's awesome." Valdez groaned sarcastically, rubbing their temples. They felt a terrible headache coming on at the prospect of two zodiacs in their class. "but I don't see how him being here is a problem. Is his blessing dangerous or is he a puritan?"

"It seems that he is extremely focused on his goals." A woman dressed in a simple green pantsuit answered. As she saw the rag-covered person's confused look, she sighed "Teach believes that his focus is what makes him dangerous, to sum it up."

"Even though I disagree with Mrs. Esperonica's reaction, we should be alarmed." A man sighed and straightened his pants, the only item of clothing he wore,aside from a rusted helmet that covered his face. He then proceeded to use his ability to repair the cracks in the room while continuing "kid got a body count and is constantly using his abilities for monetary gain."

"not to mention the multitude of times he has taken down Psykers in the place of an agent." Another teacher in a wheelchair with various bat-like features followed. “I agree with Undas we shouldn't allow him in.”

"I don't know about the laws on blessing use here, but don't you have a sort of Samaritan style law?" Yujin asked while grabbing his chair and placing it up right as a new thought entered his head "also weren't those murder charges dropped, Vamp?"

"only due to self defense laws." the bat-like teacher,Vamp, sighed. His subject that he taught was 'agent law' so he knew that this was the most likely answer "also there's the likelihood of situational distress factoring in since he's a civilian."

"murder?" Valdez asked, placing a question mark above their head, alarmed at the prospect of a murderer in their class,"now my senses are triggered."

However the principal decided to keep them quiet.

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"He's not the first or the last student accused of murder." the blue haired boy said, making Valdez grunt indignantly then turning his gaze to the surprisingly untouched monitors on the walls.

Numerous battles were fought in the seven testing areas. Six people engaged in a strenuous and stalemated battle with a black haired girl with an eyepatch. An army of pink skeletons surrounded them as a dark blue haired man and a yellow eyed swordsman stood back-to-back. A purple eyed girl stood still as she looked at another girl with similar white and black hair. Finally, a bright source of light eclipsed the Red training area.

Spinning in his chair, the principal faced the monitors and stated "I will judge all students fairly, besides we still have the personal interviews to do."

Before Valdez or anyone else could respond, the principal looked over his shoulders and unleashed an incredible killing aura. This aura of death filled the teacher's eyes with horror. They all saw their own death, blood splattered everywhere, entrails littered the floor like trash instilling the most primal of human fears into their hearts. The young boy asked "any objections?"

All the teachers shivered and shook their heads. Looking up at the monitor the principal smiled "lets see what you're made of kiddos."

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Veronica walked cheerfully through the rainy streets of the city. Walking down a simple street while it rained reminded her of her brothers and the times they spent together. It all came back, the pizza they shared, the hours they practiced, giving her a euphoric high. That euphoric high came to an end as she was reminded of the power her brothers held.

She muttered, "Yeah, I'm the weakest," as she turned down a side street. She remembered the presence of six people who she wanted to be friends with as a kid. Unfortunately, they were stronger than her back then and didn't want to be associated with a 'dark weakling'. Gritting her teeth Veronica let her dark energy run rampant. "I wonder who's stronger now?" she growled angrily clutching her eyepatch.

As the siren signaled the beginning of the test, Veronica eagerly searched for her enemies, like a hunter to prey.

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Teka calmly looked at the swamp area as the siren signaled the beginning of the two hour exam. She chose to stay hidden, sticking to the shadows like she used to back in school to avoid bullies. Covering herself in shadows, Teka teleported from one tree to another, listening carefully to the sounds around her.

Her mantra was "awareness is key." She was limited in what she could do since her long-range ice was practically useless in such a humid environment. The purple eyed woman grumbled at the uselessness of her favorite part of her new power. She would be sure to train harder next time. She would need to play hit and run to survive here.

She carefully avoided the hotspots for battle instead taking out stranglers with surprise attacks. Her points slowly increased by two for every participant she immobilized. However, it wasn't enough, when looking at the rankings in the area she was thirty seventh, it was said you needed to be in the top twenty to move on.

She searched but there was nothing. The powerful clashed heavily, bringing about carnage unlike anything the former forsaken had ever seen. It was clear no easy pickings here. Seeing such powerful and skilled people battle with vigor she never could've imagined made whatever confidence she had built up over the months come crashing down.

"Stupid!" she screamed in her mind, dodging multiple stray attacks that rained from the sky and rose from the earth. Using her darkness she narrowly avoided each attack but small grazes still did great damage, drawing blood. “Stupid,idiot,dumbass!”

Evacuating into the shadows, she took refuge in the safety of a tree overlooking the chaotic war zone from the outskirts of the training area. Grunting the pain from the numerous burns and cuts that only became more painful as time went on.

Making a split second decision she froze the open cuts and second degree burns on her body. The action brought an excruciating sensation that left her unable to hold back her screams. Her whales only became louder and louder as Teka moved from one injury to another.

Feeling a sense of relief through the excruciating pain, Teka let out a sigh only to tense at the words coming from behind her.

"you're Micha's brand-new bottom bitch?"

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