Again, did i met her before, but that can't be right her face wasn't that common that i forget about it after seeing it once .
But i also had no idea on who was the girl in front of me was, she was wearing her tag and so i was able to see her name clearly from my current angle, the name on her tag was Momochi Haruka, a name i don't seem to recall that i encountered or had any sort of interaction with before, but from her glaring eyes, she seem to harbor some grievance and a bit of resentment towards me .
Either she mistook me for someone else, or there was some unknown things at work here, but a feeling of deja vu suddenly assaulted me and i finally was able to understand why was she reacting that way, if i wasn't wrong the guy who i stumbled upon this morning was not a he but she .
What made now believe that it was a girl was the great difference difference between male and female bodies, but also because i was in a bit of a hurry, i only caught a glimpse of her face and at that time i thought it was a guy whom i hit, but now everything cleared up all of a sudden .
The girl in front of me was wearing the school uniform the tag implied that she was also a second-year student her
Haruka was a rather cute and petite young woman of average height with cheek chestnut brown hair and brown eyes, those features were what made thought that she was almost resembling a handsome boy, but that i looked at her dressed in the Akane Academy female uniform, she was wearing a skirt with black knee socks, together with the other reasons there were no longer any doubt in me that she is indeed a girl .
And from the looks of it, she seemed to be holding a huge grudge over what happened before, she also coincidentally seemed to be a member of the Strikers unit, looking at how fast she was going, she was panicking about being late, that what stopped her from reacting in time before, but just to confirm that all of this wasn't some sort of a misunderstanding or was, but just to confirm, i still asked :
" Excuse me, were you the one that i stumbled into this morning .
Yes and you were the crazy guy who was running in the corridor, right ? .
She talked as if what she just said with normal words, she said it in a natural tone as if she didn't just call me crazy .
" I sincerely apologize for what happened in the morning, i was late for the entrance ceremony, so i needed to reach there fast, i'm sorry once again for crashing into you, but you must understand why i did what i did, i was also in a quite of a hurry so i didn't check to see if you injured, again sorry for that .
I can understand why were you running that fast in the corridor, but what do you mean by i must understand what you did .
She first had a understanding expression on her face, but then that expression shifted to be one of loathing at the end of her words, i wonder was she feigning ignorance or something, didn't she just did the same as me .
I was about to retort but she said she will be late and hurriedly left to join the others, i cleaned myself up from the debris and soon followed in that same direction .
The moment i appeared, my new apperance gave a room for a few exclamations on the girls part, most except for one that appeared to be shocked and displeased at me appearing like this .
On the guys part, things were different due to all of them surrounding the Captain for the chance to take me down .
I wondered about why they were using words like those, wasn't this just a mere assessment of my abilities, was there really any need to go that far .
The most strong contender for the chance to spar against me was none other than the orange haired senpai that had rated me as nothing much while he was from what the people in the training grounds said, was nothing much himself, he was none other than the guy called Kamekichi .
But his request was kept on being refused by the captain who gave a quite logical reasons to the enthusiastic Kamekichi for him to give up, but it was still unable to convince the excited to show what he got Kamekichi .
The reason that the captain gave, was that guy being also a Kuroma himself, meaning that he might not pose much of a challenge in term of combat .
But the second reason he gave was what made the said guy to become even more determined to be the one who assess me, the reason was in the scenario that i may even beat Kamekichi-senpai that won't really allow them to accurately assess my abilities, since he was at the bottom of the bottom, the words was harsh to hear but he brought this upon himself .
He suddenly dropped to the ground and began talking hysterically and depressingly about wanting to find a whole to crawl in and that he doesn't want to live anymore in a comically manner, i witnessing all this unfolding in front of me couldn't contain my laughter anymore and released a small chuckle, but that chuckle was the fuse needed to influence the occurrence of what Kamekichi-senpai wanted the most .
He suddenly stood up and cunningly acted as if he was aggravated by my lack of respect towards my seniors and asked the permission to teach me some manners, i once again was stunned at how he much a big deal did he make out of my small chuckle, it wasn't like i was the only one laughing, but Isuragi-senpai just looked at me with a tired face and i instantly understood what he was trying to say .
He was telling me that this guy won't stop nagging until he got what he wanted, so he might as well allow it and be done with it, he motioned for the guys to give room for the sparring session that was about to start, between the two of us .
So in the end, i was forced to battle with the self-centered annoying senpai who wanted to teach me some manners, i was really beginning to think that he was plotting this from the start, but seeing the reaction of the captain and noting that i won't be able to talk my way out of this predicament, i brought myself to stand in the center of training grounds opposite to that obnoxious senpai of mine .
He was currently grinding from ear to ear as he looked at me opposite to him and said :
Ready to get taught a lesson, if you bow down and ask for forgiveness, i might not hurt you too much .
Before i get the chance to respond to his taunting, the stern voice of the captain sounded from quite the distance behind us, saying :
Kamekichi, this only a spar, so don't take things too far, is that clear ? .
But captain wasn't this an assessment of his actual abilities, being able to bear the bombardment of a few Dark Arts is also considered an ability, In any case he won't have any injuries once he step out of the arena, so don't worry much about it, captain .
The captain was going to reprimand him once more, but i asked a question that put a stop to his try in intervening and also surprised all the onlookers, i felt their reactions were a bit exaggerating, all i just said was :
" Sorry to interrupt you captain, but i'm fine with the way the senpai choose to assess me with, but i have a question, can i use any of those weapons on stands ? .
I myself was surprised a bit at the words that i have just spoken, i was surprised of how blunt my words were, contrary to the nervousness i had before, all that i was currently feeling was the determination of an untamed battle urges that i began to feel the moment i heard the senpai's taunting words, those words acted as a trigger for the weird state that i was in, my body was now itching for a fight, but that wasn't all i felt it in my bones, my body was yearning for bloodshed .
So much that if i was to describe it in words, it will be quite the hurdle, but if i was just trying to make it as clear as possible, then i will say that my body was famished, yes that would be the closest description to what my body was feeling .
This new feeling gave me a sense of alienating, i felt stranger to my own body, i still have a clear mind even through all fantasies about blood and bloodshed running through my veins, yet my demeanor was still the same, my tone began to reek of confidence and from the look of it .
No one around me seemed to be aware of the Asura that was in the room with them, i had no doubt that even if only a tiny bit of it were to be seen clearly by the captain or the other members, then i will most likely be treated as a demon and maybe even getting attacked directly and instantly, but luckily all that bloodshed and bloodthirsty aura was kept inside me and completely under check, i looked at the captain waiting for his response, but no answer was given .
After a few seconds, there was finally some response from the captain, he asked me to confirm what i had just said, when i did, he nodded his head and explained the reason for his initial shock and the others, it was actually so simple to the point of being called ridiculous .
It was unique request coming from a Kuroma, that was all to it, remembering the video that Tanaka-sensei displayed earlier and the explanation about the two classes of Saviors given to me by Isuragi-senpai, i soon understood why they were weirded out .
Kuroma was the mage class of saviors, they didn't indulge in close combat, much less asking for a weapon, so my request was a bit incomprehensible to most of them, i acknowledged their thoughts, but was still waiting for the captain to respond to my request .
He seeing me like this asked me if i knew how to handle a weapon, i was inwardly about to shook my head, but outwardly my head nodded weakly as if it was possessed .
After i answered he first handed me the sword in his hand, but the moment i touched the sword of his it broke, i looked at him a bit awkwardly not knowing what to say, but he surprised me with his reaction, he just told me to hand in the sword or the hilt that remained of it without getting angry at all .
The moment the hilt of the sword was in his hand, the hilt body began to suddenly glow brightly, then a second later the sword returned to how it was before, but this time he didn't hand it to me, his body suddenly flashed with a white yellowish like energy, Prana, then he must have did something was it, because the sword in his hand suddenly disappeared and what was in his hand was an ID Tag .
He opened his hand to let me watch and even said "ta-da " as if he just pulled a magic trick, normally i would have been a bit surprised, but my mood was now more focused on the upcoming battle to care much about what he was doing, at least that what did i thought at first .
Then he began introducing me to the real function of the ID Tag, these ID Tags were supposedly able to reproduce the weapons or items which were once wielded by the savior past lives, they allowed their user to reproduce those said weapons using the Saviors memories, thoughts, and powers, using Prana or in my case Mana as a medium, he also told me jokingly try infusing Mana into my own ID Tag, but he advised me not to reproduce a staff or a stick .
I was going to settle for a normal swords, but i can't no more, the joke of his had the gears in my brain turning, i then asked if i'm able to decide what i wanted to reproduce and he gave me an unexpected answer, he said that the shape and strength of the things i try to reproduce was all related to my imagination, but he also added that complicated structures tends to collapse a lot faster than simple ones even if you paid enough Mana to sustain them .
I looked at the ID Tag around my neck and thought that this was something quite marvelous, i touched it with my hands and began to infuse Mana while thinking about the sword that i was using to slay enemies in my dreams .
The Tag began to flicker with light, then it transformed into a sleek fully black Katana with the edge of the blade being deep red, the hilt was white and there was grip pattern inscribed on it in both black and white straps, the blade appeared to be quite normal, but the moment it appeared i felt a weird connection with it and it responded in the same way .
The bloody red edge glistened lightly as if it was greeting an old friend, i fiddled affectionately with the glistening blade and tried hard to recall something, it was the name of the blade, it was in my head but the moment that i felt like grasping it, it disappeared, i was about to apologize for the Katana in my hand for not remembering what it was called, but the glisten on the blade increased even more as if telling me that it didn't mind it one bit .
So you reproduced a sword, are we going to do this today or not ? .
The impatient voice of Kamekichi-senpai sounded from the side, gaining all the people around us attention once again back to him, i saw that the area around him suddenly appeared a bit more gloomy than before, their was some dark energy swirling around him and that energy was the thing responsible for the weird effects, the senpai's hair and was also glowing in a strange fashion, his orange hair become yellowish now, seeing me looking at him he smiled and began to write :
< There is purgatory in the realm of the dead There are burning fields on earth
Flames become equal, burning good, evil, chaos and everything to exhaustion. A purifying, intense mercy > .
Blaaze .
As he finished writing a ball of fire brilliant than before came at me, the onlookers were yelling something but as i was more engrossed on the one line that i was able to remember, all the voices around me seemed to have quietened down all of a sudden with only me being the one whose voice was still audible as i raised my hand and begin to * Write:
< BY THE SANDS OF ETERNITY, I COMMAND THE FLOW, IN THE NAME OF THE TIMELESS, I INVOKE THE SHIFT, TEN SECONDS BACKWARD OR FORWARD, SWIFT AND SWIFT> .
" PARADOX .