Lyan
I woke up with a feeling that today was going to be a good day.
I got dressed up and went to have breakfast, but unfortunately it was already too late to get the pancakes, so I just got some fruit, and was merrily talking to Jack when the dean's voice boomed all around us.
" All the students go to the main hall immediately"
" Do you know what that's about?" I asked the guys.
" It's about the tournament, is it not?" Orus replied.
" Ugg. I had forgotten about that"
" Don't worry, I won't let anything bad happen to you"
" Me neither" added Jack.
" Thanks guys, but I'm more concerned about being mocked than about being hurt. After all, it's a friendly competition. The teachers wouldn't let us get badly hurt"
" I wouldn't count on that" Jack moved his head " They care more about this tournament than about any of us"
" Great. Now I have two things to worry about"
" I won't let you get hurt"
" I know" I whispered back to Orus.
We had arrived at the main hall. Thousands of students were waiting for the dean to appear. The hall was so packed that some students even had to stay on the stairs. There was just no more space. We were part of those students, not that I cared. I prefered not being in the middle of all of that.
The dean, wearing formal clothes and looking as collected as she always did, appeared from one of the lateral doors that connected to the main hallways.
" Thank you all for coming. Our guests will arrive shortly. I know that you were all loking forward to the tournament, but since their school has less students than us we unfortunately will have to limit the number of students that will participate in this event"
Murmurs erupted everywhere, some excited, some disappointed. I was personally very happy. I hoped I wouldn't be chosen. I looked at the dean hopefully. Perhaps I wouldn't have to risk injuries and humiliation after all.
The dean order everyone to quiet down and after a few minutes they finally did.
" The competitors will be chosen by the combat teacher. And since the number difference is so big we have decided that only five people from each class will participate."
Murmurs erupted again.
" Before you start again know that the list with the competitors will be posted on the ranking board. Good luck to you all"
" You heard that. She said that miss Maura will be the one choosing. There's no way she would choose me after my incredible display of martial abilities"
" We can always hope" Orus muttered.
" What? You think I'll be chosen?"
" I think you have very good defensive magic and that could mean the difference between victory or defeat"
" I'm not that good I just..."
Jack cut me off" It may not be flashy, but it's effective and it takes you almost no effort at all. It's as if your magic wanted to protect you. It's weird, but I still think it isn't enough to be chosen"
" Let's hope that's right"
But as usual life loved to screw me over. My name was on the list along with Orus's, Jack's and two other guy's who I was sure I had seen around but didn't know who they were.
" Well, fuuuck"
" Don't stress. We'll help you"
" Have you seen my combat abilities?"
" Yeah. They leave much to be desired" Orus softened the blow, but I knew myself and I genuinely couldn't fight for the life of me.
" You mean I suck"
"I wouldn't use those words, but yeah, you suck" Jack being Jack was brutally honest.
" Great. Just great"
At the changing room the other two guys were already there and, surprise, surprise, so was Mark.
" What is he doing here? He isn't in the competition"
" This is an intervention. You two need to talk" Orus grabbed Jack and the other two guys, each holding their own clothes, and herded them outside.
Didn't Orus know we didn't like each other? The guy had zero social awareness.
Mark, looking haggard, approached me.
" I don't know what Oscar did, but I'm terribly sorry for it. It won't happen again"
Thinking about it coldly what he had done wasn't that bad. It wasn't even bad at all and I had agreed to it, but it was easier not to think about it.
I was still deciding what to say when I saw a gleam in Mark's eyes and the next second his demeanor changed completely.
" I'm not sorry. I liked that and if you ever want to repeat or let me be the one to take care of you just holler. I'll come running"
" As if I'd ever call for you, you psycho"
Oscar just laughed and got all over my face.
" I heard you're participating in the tournament. Care to explain?"
" And I heard that you bribed some guys to attack us in the forest the day I first met you. Care to explain?"
" Fair enough" Oscar laughed, mere inches away from my lips. " I did that to get rid of those guys. I wanted to be alone with you. Now your turn"
" The teacher chose me as a competitor. Just so you know I'm not happy about it"
" Which teacher?" Oscar asked, a maniac gleam in his eyes. My gut told me not to tell, but I was pissed at the teacher. Why had she chosen me? so I tattled.
" Miss Maura"
" Just out of curiosity, which is your favorite torture method?" He asked while tilting his head and looking genualy curious. That bastard was serious.
" Just don't"
" Thanks for trusting my judgement. I think dismemberment is best. I'll tell you when it's done"
" Don't you dare"
Oscar just laughed and stole a kiss from me. Despite my better judgement I kissed him back. I immediately started feeling butterflies in my stomach and my face started turning red. Oscar had kissed me!
Lips still intertwined Oscar started talking and his deep voice sent the vibrations from my lips to all over my body. My lower stomach started tingling and my mind started thinking about how Oscar would look with nothing on him. I already knew some of that, but I still liked to imagine him taking me into his arms and deepening the kiss. Then he would take off my shirt and slowly start caressing my breasts with one hand while the other trailed down my body until he reached my pants and then.. Oscar suddenly broke the kiss and I was pulled back into reality. Felling my wet panties did not make it easier, but I pulled away and looked at Oscar in the eyes.
" Were you listening to me?" He asked in a deep, velvety voice.
" Hmm" I was still half in Dreamland, with a naked Oscar kissing me on my bed while... 'Focus Lyan' I told myself.
" As I was saying, be careful out there my little demon. I would love to murder anyone who hurt you, but I'm not so sure you'd like it"
My heart skipped a beat at his words. Did he know?
Oscar must've noticed my unrest because he leaned back closer and while winking he whispered:
" Trust me"
Then he turned around and left me alone in the changing room. Damp panties leaking and getting my pants wet too, but all the excitement was gone. All that was left was the realization that Oscar could have destroyed me in a second, but hadn't, so maybe I should trust him. Maybe he wasn't bad after all.
After changing my outer clothes, my panties were still wet and make walking very uncomfortable, but I had no way to get new ones right now, I went out and found Orus sitting on a bench near the training area that led right into the forest.
" Traitor"
He just laughed.
" You two needed to solve that"
" What's with that?" I asked, pointing to a group of guys sorrounding Jack and wearing pink pom-poms.
" You know I'm a shapeshifter, right?" I nooded. " Mark is an elemental" I knew what elementals were. They were able to cast two times of magic, normal ones and elemental ones. They could control fire, earth, wind and water as easily as breathing. " Well, Jack's an empath"
" An empath?" I asked, just to be sure, but that would explain lots of things, like how sometimes I felt like pleasing Jack or how I had felt at ease near him since the very beginning.
" Yes, but don't worry. He normally doesn't use his ability. It takes too much of a toll. He usually just uses it to make people more complacent and make them agree to do stuff like that" He pointed at where the guys were still sorrounding Jack and shouting.
Just at that moment Jack turned to look out way and saw us. He left some confused dudes, looking down at their pom-poms, and came to us.
" It doesn't work long range" Orus added. Good to know.
" Hi guys" Jack sat opposite of Orus on the only free space on the tiny bench. " I heard from some guys what this tournament will be about" We both looked at him expectantly. " It's a game of catching the flag, only difference is, everything goes. We, along with Eren and Frock" He pointed to the guys that had been on the locker room earlier" are one team and we'll go against a team of five first years from the other academy"
" Catch the flag? So all we have to do is get their flag and avoid losing ours and we win?" I asked
" Yep" Jack answered" But don't get too cocky yet.bI have a bad feeling about this"
His bad feeling turned out to be true.
A little while later the dean came to where we were and told us to go into the easter part of the forest. A few miles in we found a red flag tied to the top of a tree.
" Is that our flag?" Frock asked. I had learned that Frock was the one with a nose piercing, blue eyes, blue hair and blue skin. He must've come from the southern islands. Only they had blue skin. Eren was the one with pink hair, red eyes and light skin. In my opinion, since I had gotten to know them twenty minutes ago, Eren was a bastard and Frock wasn't bad.
" Yep" I answered.
A few minutes later we heard the dean's voice:
" To make things more interesting wild beast have been released into the forest" Fuck Jack and his gut feelings. " Good luck to you all. Let the tournament for the first years of class A begin"
Ah, yes, another thing to be grateful for. There were four classes in each year and four years, but we had to be the first ones. Clearly, Lady luck was on our side.
" Fuuuck" I muttered. Jack and Orus agreed.
And so, the tournament began.