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"So, you lied." Enzo said, completely ignoring his offer. "We won't be spending our time in Sorcerers together." He descended down to the ground, and held his head with one of his hands. "And now you beat up people who you think is the enemy.. I agree with Nor's people, and Einso being a casualty, but I will never agree with serving your 'master'. We have our own methods of dealing with magic-users that are out of control, and their called teams."
Ling let out a sigh. "Aiyaa, I didn't expect that you would overlook the sappy story thing. You seem to have grown so fast, if you were the Enzo I first met you may as well have been crying right at that spot." Ling lifted up his fist and gave his regular cheeky smile. "It wasn't a lie. I do want to be friends with you, but in order for us to be friends you would have to join our organization. But now that is all for naught. It's too late to do anything else Enzo. We're not going to get out of here until one of us fall to our knees. Prepare yourselves for my next move." His upper body started to give off a strange aura and he took a deep breath. Then, he started punching the air in front of him in the direction of Enzo.
"You're speaking cra-" Enzo was hit several times in the body, it interrupted his sentence, and he fell back. He put his hands on the ground as he was moving back and backflipped onto his feet. He didn't even touch me, what the hell was that?
He stood upright, and got in position for his own move he had been saving up. He put a hand behind him, and a beam of flame emitted from his hand. He charged up his other hand for attacking. He was planning to use the X-burner.
"You're too slow Enzo. The moment you finish charging up that attack. I would have struck you twice." He gave a good one-two, his punches going faster than a quick blink. He kept his guard up afterwards.
Enzo tried his best to guard himself from the invisible punches while keeping his attack charging. It finish soon afterwards, and he aimed at Ling. "X-burner!" He shouted in an annoyed tone. A more fierce flame shot out of his hand, burning and tearing up the ground as it traveled towards Ling.
Ling did not bother to dodge or stop the attack. He simply took it head on, but was caught off guard by how strong the attack was. The X-Burner pushed Ling off his feet and he flew with the blast crashing into one of the building walls. By the time the flame wore off Ling was smashed into the wall. Blood roling down his forehead, bruises made almost everywhere and his clothes just in shambles. He let out a groan and lift his head. One of his eyes could barely open. "That isn't going to be enough to stop me Enzo."
After the X-burner, Enzo began to walk over to the building Ling was blasted into. "I never said I was done." He replied. His tone was much darker then usual. Due to absorbing so much power, Enzo finally lost control of himself. The smoke cleared out and Ling was in sight. "Is killing you going to be enough? I'm fine with that~" Enzo started to laugh like a maniac. When he got close to Ling, he grabbed him by his shirt and lifted him up. "So, tell me how you want to die."
He said with a grin.
Ling let out a weak smile. He then tried to punch him, but his arm was already hurting and he could barely breath from his collapsed chest. He was able to just gave a good slap. "That is what I want to see. I knew you had it in you..." He tried to catch his breath but wheezed a bit. "Now the world will witness the terrible things that magic can cause. It is our win."
The audience was silent as they watched the screen and battlefield. Not long after Enzo had used his X-Burner, the battlefield was fixed and all signs of the participant were now seen by the audience. Except, the camera just recorded the perfect moment where Enzo had lost himself and had said those words. "Is killing you going to be enough? I'm fine with that~" and "So, tell me how you want to die." This was being repeated on the jumbo screen and recorded live. The announcer was speechless, but was not able to speak until Aleister grabbed the mic from him. "Stop this tournament. Get the guards to seize that boy." A bunch of adult magicians jumped and entered onto the battlefield. White mages tended to X and Droy trying their best to heal their wounds. Black mages and other sorcerers held out their many tools and surrounded Enzo. "Halt right there boy! Put down that person and step away with your hands behind your back! Anything to harm that person any further will result in force." Joanne walked over to the glass and watched the field go into chaos. "So it begins. Aleister's Revolution."
Enzo turned his head over to the professional magicians that surrounded him. "Force?" He dropped Ling and turned towards them. "What makes you think you can take me down by force?"
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Kenji on the other hand, was noticeably absent from the team room. He was busy climbing the outside of the stadium. Damn it, not another incident.. Kenji thought to himself as he reached the top. I didn't want to have to use this on you, Enzo.
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Kenji aimed his pistol, which had a built-in silencer. Thanks to his expertise in weapons, hitting Enzo was a non-issue. He pulled the trigger, and the bullet traveled straight towards Enzo. It broke apart into magic energy of some kind, and hit him in the head. Enzo fell over instantly, losing his hyper mode and his consciousness.
The red haired boy watched along with the other fans. He was silent the entire time. Once Enzo was shot, he stood up and made his way out of the stadium. When he cleared it, he spoke to himself as he walked off into the dark alleys. "Mission objective changed."
"Everyone grabbed the two boys and quickly send them to a medical facilitation. Lock up Enzo Ferrari and get some guards to watch over him. Evacuate everyone from the stadium." Most of the guards were already sending off the audience while others headed to the locker room to kick them out. Ling, Droy, X, and Enzo were all carried away in stretchers.
Silver stared in shock at the screen, very confused. She watched as Kenji left and went back to observing the screen, watching as Kenji shot Enzo, knocking him unconscious.
What.. Just happened?
Boone watched from the VIP room, and sighed. He was warned about this before. Enzo had all of his flame knocked out of him by the bullet Kenji used. Fans and bystanders were quickly moved away from the stadium, and eventually left. Just like that, Battle Royal ended.
Red was on his way back to the stadium. He had spent most of his time recovering and making it seem as if he weren't attacked. He saw the ambulance and police stationed around the building, and stopped. He witnessed Enzo being placed in an ambulance along with the other injured contestants. "The hell happened?" He asked himself. Kenji made his descent down from the roof of the stadium, and was beckoned by one of the police officers. "Mr.Paopao? Are you Team Valor's coach?" The officer asked. Kenji nodded in response. "We're putting Enzo in the hospital for now, and we'll wait for the magic council's judgement before we take any action. I will need some time with you to answer some of my questions later on." "Do what you have to." Kenji replied.
Volitaire was getting a hand of the basic level Void Magics. His close combat has improved, along with his weapon skills. His Dark Magic bloomed as well. Volitaire fixed his suit jacket, making it a bit longer around the bottom and patching up the cuts made. He also washed all the blood out. He spent some time in the Dark room practicing a few more Void Magic spells. Spatial pushes, cone vortexes, lifting objects from afar, and tiny black holes. Artizle helped him in his profession with the Void magics. Giving him sturdy targets to break away with Spatial pushes, crushing them in the vortexes, and attracting them with the black holes. Volitaire was sleeping in often, Void magic took a large quantity of magic to cast. Leaving him exhausted after 4-5 spells. He got up out of bed, his hair messier and all in his face from keeping it growing and not well managed. He yawned, walking out his room and going to the washrooms. After doing the morning rituals, he looked for Artizle to tell him he's going to go back with Enzo, and find Montesque.
"Artizle, what you've told me about Montesque...are you sure that's true?" "Yes, Voli...remember. After the incident I had joined him under a sort of apprenticeship, to see what his families true intentions are. During that time, Montesque told me everything, and why it all happened." "You better be right, I don't want you to have trusted him and taken his word for all that happened for nothing. I'll see you soon, hopefully." Volitaire walked out from the underground training halls, casts his Icarus' spell, and flew back to Sorcerers, wondering how the battles have been going.
After the stadium had been cleared, and the police and ambulance gone, Kenji spotted Volitaire coming in from the direction of his home. Kenji felt he needed to let Volitaire know about the current situation, so he filled him in as the event came to a unsuspecting stop.
It had been two days since the conclusion of the Battle Royale. Every magic-user and schools were reported of the incident. The one who had the biggest hit was Sorcerers where Enzo came from. A interpretation video was made to replicate what went down during the finals of the Battle Royale. At the point where Enzo destroyed the battle watch, he suddenly lost control of his powers and suddenly went berserk inflicting major damages to Droy and X. Ling had attempt to stop them but lost in a fight against the maddening Enzo. Once the barrier dispersed, the rest was seen by the public. Major news studio got their hands on this video leak and thus the world was subjected to the image seen on the television and web. Sorcerers was hit with a major reputation downfall and Enzo/Boone were targets of magic-hate from the "normal" citizen. In the span of two days, the world was split between the minority magic users and the majority civilian. Everyone was anxious, people feared conflict between the two parties. Nothing major had occurred, but soon something was about to go down. That was what everyone had felt in their guts.
"Master Boone, what do you have to say for yourself." Boone kept his silence as he listened to the rambling of the Magic Council who were hidden in the shadows. "You better speak you damn geezer! We got information on this Enzo Ferrari. You kept this anomaly from the council's eye! He is a danger to the reputation of magic. How dare you harbour this... atrocity!" The council started to yell and argue among themselves. "Calm down my brothers, we can not put this fault all on Boone. He have done many great feats for the council. He also lost his family and yet he still continues to show support for the greater good. We can not just put all punishment on him. But Enzo Ferrari is indeed a danger. We have also watched that match and deduced his standing. This was not the only time he had lost his power correct." One of the robed guards tossed a file to the ground and papers of Enzo's record slid across. "When he was of a young age, he had also lost control of his power and thus caused the death of one of his parent. Isn't that right Mr. Paopao?" They all glanced at Kenji who was also present in that room. "Enzo had caused both Mr. X and Mr. Droy into a state of comatose. Mr. Ling was lucky to still be alive, but his body is in a very critical condition. What do you two have to say for yourselves, Boone and Mr. Paopao? Due to Mr. Enzo being hospitalized, you two are the only reachable guardians to speak on his behalf."
After listening in on what happened, Volitaire nodded slowly. "Hmmm..it sounds ridiculous. All of it. Either way, I need to check up on him. I've been gone the entire time and it seems shit has hit the fan a lot worse than I feared. Will, Enzo at least be alright?"
Boone was in a bad spot, and Kenji could sense it. Boone straightened out his suit, which he rarely wore, and spoke. "It's true that i've known about these records, and about his 'condition'. He came to me and told me himself. He has a new case of magic, if he were able to control it, it would have been a breakthrough in magic history. Our cities would be safer if the police and enforcer teams had this ability on their side. The technology he carries on his hands is new as well, but despite the equipment and magic ability, Enzo is a fragile, peace-loving boy." As Boone spoke, Kenji had his head lowered, and his eyes closed. He wasn't sleeping. He was worried about the kid he had basically lived with for years.
"Enzo would never hurt anyone, for any reason. He didn't have to convince me, I could see it in how he treats the people around him, how he treats urgent matters. Castle Aurora was an example. He was able to control himself and get the job done, with only one casualty. And according to the records of that mission, Einso Lucath wasn't even a part of the team."
"Where is Enzo right now?" Kenji spoke up, finally fed up with wondering what state he was in.
"How dare you address the council that way Mr. Paopao. You should show some damn respect..." But before the elder man could continue on, the one who calmed the bunch had raised his hand to silence the room again.
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"Do not worry about the current condition of Enzo Ferrari. He is being kept in our secretive medical facility to be taken care of. Unlike the three people he inflicted damage on, he is the one who came out barely unscathed with only a few bruises." The man then placed his hand on his lap. "However, he can not go unpunished. Due to a major leak to the media, we can not silence anything and the public is disdain about the young one. So our options are very little. We have no choice but to seal him away in the Tartarus, then the public will be able to calm down." Then one of the door opened up and a voice rang through the room. "Don't you think that is a bit harsh of a punishment for such a young boy?" The man who entered the room walked in between Boone and Kenji, with his shining white suit glistening the entire room. "We could surely follow the book on how to give the perfect punishment for Mr. Enzo. But won't the magic users of the world react to such a harsh decision." Everyone stood up except for the elder council man and bowed to the man in the suit. "Master Crowley, when you have given up the head seat to me, you vowed that you would never step foot again into the Magic Council." Aleister let out a soft, humble chuckle. "Indeed, I have gave an oath of non-intervention. But this matter is a serious nature to the entirety of world. I can not just sit back and watch as the council make such a foolish decision." Aleister turned to Boone and gave a bow. "Apprentice Ivan. It is good to see you with such brimming health."
"Sensei.." Boone stood in surprise at seeing an old time friend. "Why are you here?" Kenji gave a side glance at the man in the suit. Sensei? What's going on here? Kenji wondered.
The elder man just let out a deep sigh. "Then what do you suggest Master Crowley." Aleister let out a nod. "Then allow me to surveillance young Enzo while he stays at Sorcerers." Everyone started to whisper to each other. "I have been a student, teacher, and headmaster of the school during my prime and I have shown great leadership in running a successful school year. That was the golden age and I do wish that Sorcerers can keep that up. My young apprentice Ivan have indeed shown great duty to keep it running with a proper student body. I will once again step out of retirement to supervise the student body as well. I have also came up with a significant system that could control Enzo's power and revolutionize the way magic school works." The council went to a serene silence before the elder man once again spoke. "We have seen your many innovation to the magic society and will come to an agreement after we all consult with each other. Please remain in this room until we complete our decision."
Everyone except for guards, Boone, Kenji, and Aleister had left the room. Aleister looked over to Kenji and let out a hand. "So you must be Kenji who watched over Enzo all those years. I had my eyes on the young boy since I heard of him from my students and apprentice. It is quite a shame to hear what happened at the Battle Royale."
Kenji looked at the man's hand, he was in no mood to make friends today. His glare returned back on Aleister. "Who are you, exactly?" Kenji asked him. "He used to be my mentor a long time ago." Boone said. "I see." Kenji smiled. "I can trust a mentor of Boone."
"Then I would like to trust you to watch over my two students." Before Aleister could continue the council re-entered the room and sat in their respective seats. "So have you reach your decision, Merlin." The head councilman lead out a nod. "With a vote of 42-9, we have come to a decision that Enzo Ferrari will continue his education at Sorcerers under the surveillance and supervision of both Aleister Crowley and Ivan Boone. We do expect to hear your doctrine in more detail later on today Master Crowley." Aleister bowed. "Thank you very much Coucil Head. I will not fail the expectation for all of you." Everyone stood up. "This hearing is now adjourned." Everyone teleport away, some exited the room, while illusion body disappeared. Aleister looked over to the two. "I am sorry that I could not stay longer to chat, but I must speak with the council about my plans for Sorcerers. I will explain everything once I arrive to Sorcerers. For now, farewell." Aleister followed a couple of men who started to converse with him as he exited the room. The council head however walked over to Boone instead of leaving to bunch. He then gave a bow. "I am sorry for being harsh during this meeting Ivan. But in order to keep the other councilman satiated. But it is good to see you old friend." He turned to Kenji. "Do not worry Mr. Paopao. We have now transported Enzo to a normal hospital without anyone knowing. He may now have visitors, you should let his friends know."
A few hours later into the day, Enzo woke up in a bed, in what seems like a hospital room. He was covered in bandages. He tried to move his arm, but a painful jot of pain waved through it. What is all this? He thought to himself. Then, he remembered. Oh, that's right.. Battle Royal... He sighed. Showing his friends his 'other' side was the last thing he wanted to do, and now he'd not only hurt his friends, but put a stop to Battle Royal entirely. He turned his head over to the window, and watched the scattered clouds float in the sky. Everyone probably hates me now.
Silver knocked on the door before her before noticing it was already slightly open. She entered slowly, looking around the room and shivering lightly; she hated hospitals. She noticed Enzo laying there, staring out the window, looking sort of pathetic. She gave him a weak smile before greeting him. "Uh, hey there.. You don't look so good.."
Enzo quickly turned his head around to see Silver standing there. "Oh, Silver.." He said under his sigh of relief.
"I'm not feeling my best right now.." He replied to her with a light-hearted tone, followed by his nervous laugh.
Silver stood by him and sighed, looking at her hands and fidgeting a bit. She wasn't sure of what to say, but at least he was okay.
"....What was any of that weird stuff during your fight about anyways?" Oops. She put her hand over her mouth. She thought that now wouldn't be the best time to ask about it, but it just sort of slipped out.
Looking back over to the window, Enzo sighed too. "It's gotten far too powerful for me to control." He answered. He had been able to control himself up until he had absorbed X's shot. It gave him enough power to fully lose control of himself. "I don't know if i'm fit to lead Team Valor anymore..." He had no idea about the entire world knowing about the event, nor the video being a viral hit on the internet.
Silver looked away when he mentioned the power, thinking that something like that wouldn't be too hard to learn to control, all he needed was training.
But then he told her he wasn't sure if he was fit to lead their team anymore, and that's where she lost it.
"Are you KIDDING me?" she asked him with a disappointed and stern look on her face.
"EH?! What?" Enzo wanted to put his hands up in defense of a possible punch to the face, but he couldn't.
"I don't think anyone of these other fools could ever lead a team like you have. I mean, honestly, you are the first person I've ever met who actually got me excited over being part of a team. For God's sake, I don't think I've ever been more cooperative with anyone else besides you, don't you think that says something? Anything?? I mean gosh, here I am, Miss "Lone-Wolf" going about my business just fine, then you show up and I, for some reason which I still can't figure out, decide to be a part of your ridiculous team! And the worst part about it? It's been fun. I have had an actual good time being a part of something. I really don't think that anyone else could have done that, let alone made me feel more welcome like you have!"
Silver crossed her arms and blushed a little, realizing she said way too much. But the thought of Enzo not being a good leader was ridiculous to her, even if he did need some fine-tuning here and there.