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Volitaire kept running towards the path to Sorcerers. He saw the dirt road turn to a concrete strait. He ran down that walking pass random bystanders and other wanderers. The school was in view, Volitaire kept going wondering if his friend was alright. When he made it to the front of the courtyard he caught his breath then began to casually walk down, he didn't feel the need to run now. Everything seemed normal. He walked to the center of a large concrete circle and looked at the school buildings wondering which one Enzo was in. "Shit, I managed to forget..." Volitaire walked to the center building. The biggest and most obvious. He opened the door and saw other students wandering, he again felt lost just like the first time he came in there. He saw some signs pointing the way to certain places of interest. He saw a sign post nailed to a wall that said "Main Office" he figured he could ask for Enzo there. On his way he saw a taller woman with orange hair and glasses. Volitaire blushed a bit at her appearance but noticed Enzo walking towards her, and Kenji on his shoulder as usual. Volitaire chuckled and walked over to the both of them, he loudly said ""Hey! Enzo! Grew some balls to talk to women finally!?" Volitaire laughed at his attempt to embarrass Enzo.
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Enzo froze in place, not sure who it was until he slowly turned his head to see Volitaire. "You.. didn't have to blurt it out like that.." He said, with his voice trembling in both shock and embarrassment.
Kenji smiled, finally noticing change in the air.
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Volitaire scratches the back of his hair. "Sorry, had to do it. Umm, excuse us miss." Volitaire pulls Enzo over. "Enzo, have you noticed a odd magical uprising? Close to here? I can feel it right now and it's not leaving a very comfortable vibe. I came here to see if anything happened." Volitaire talked in a hushed tone so he wouldn't alarm anyone who hadn't noticed.
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After Sage watched Tail-girl run off into the trees, she meandered through the school, trying to get her bearings. She knew that she had to get to her Destruction class soon, but wasn't certain where it was... If she had to guess, it was one of the rooms just off of the lobby.
Sage was eying up five of the doors when she heard a familiar voice call out, "Yo!" Turning, Sage saw Enzo moving towards her, a grin plastered across his features. She waved and was just about to speak when someone shouted near her.
"Hey! Enzo! Grew some balls to talk to women finally!?"
Sage looked at the noisy offender as he started to laugh at his own joke. A small frown crossed her lips as she assessed this new arrival- a man slightly shorter than herself, dressed in a matching black suit.
"You.. didn't have to blurt it out like that.." The tips of Enzo's ears were slightly pink and Sage felt bad for him- just how rude was this new guy anyway?
"Sorry, had to do it. Umm, excuse us miss."
Before Sage could speak, the new man pulled Enzo away from her. She watched as he spoke urgently, but could not make out what they were saying. Frowning, Sage watched for a minute before approaching them, intent on speaking with Enzo before she was late for her class. She purposely ignored the man talking and tapped Enzo on the shoulder.
"Hey, can I talk to you?"
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Volitaire noticed the young woman wanting to speak to Enzo. "Oh, you uhh..wanted to talk to Enzo? Well, I think I'm done talking to him and getting what I needed to say off my chest. He's all yours. Hey, Enzo look into what I said if you haven't already." Volitaire walked back through the hall on his way out. He walked pass Red, though Volitaire didn't say a word and kept walking.
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Enzo felt worried after Volitaire left, a unknown magic surge? He turned to Sage and did his best to smile, despite his worries. "Yeah, I was planning on seeing if you needed help." He said, scratching his hair.
Red had no intention of talking to Volitaire anytime soon, but he wasn't intimidated by him, since he lost on purpose the last time they fought.
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"Oh, you uhh..wanted to talk to Enzo? Well, I think I'm done talking to him and getting what I needed to say off my chest. He's all yours. Hey, Enzo look into what I said if you haven't already."
The man speaking with Enzo left almost the second Sage walked up to them... Enzo watched him leave for a moment and Sage thought she saw a glimmer of doubt crossing his features before he turned to speak to her.
"Yeah, I was planning on seeing if you needed help."
Yeah, there was definitely something going on... Enzo seemed upset about something although he was trying to act normal. At least he wasn't studying theater. He is as easy to read as an open book. Maybe they should play a round of cards together... Sage smirked at the thought and then responded,
"Yeah, help would be awesome. I know that I'm supposed to be in Destruction class right now, but I have no idea where to go..."
She smiled apologetically, shrugging her shoulders. She wanted to ask Enzo what was wrong and what that man had said to upset him, but she wasn't certain if their friendship was that close yet. Sage decided to switch topics,
"So, have you seen the girl with the tail?"
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"I can take you to the classroom, i'm heading that way myself." Enzo said as he started walking through the hallways, leading up to the classrooms. "I've seen the girl earlier.. maybe the tail is magic?" He figured she was a shapeshifter, given the tail.
"What sort of magic do you plan to work with?"
Kenji asked Sage.
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"I can take you to the classroom, i'm heading that way myself," Enzo told Sage as she followed him to their classroom. I've seen the girl earlier.. maybe the tail is magic?"
Sage shook her head thoughtfuly, I don't think she's a shapeshifter. I would have sensed it. Sage spun her necklace absentmindedly as Kenji spoke to her,
"What sort of magic do you plan to work with?"
Sage looked at Kenji with a smile and then transformed into her favorite shape- the wolf.
"Does that answer your question?" she growled playfully.
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Maria finally found the strength to stand and slowly trudged back towards school, finding the door she'd exited out of and creeping in slowly. She froze and lay flat against the wall.
"So, have you seen the girl with the tail?".
The question brought great interest as her ears flicked happily. Only hearing half of his answer as the two strangers walked away. " Oh no... if people are talking about me... they probably don't like me, This is a fun start for me..." she said softly to herself. Moving away from the wall and slowly trudging to her physical Class. When she reached the door her heart was pounding, the metal door knob was as cold as ice which sent shivers down her spine. " Here goes nothing..." she said softly opening the door and looking at the teacher. " Excuse me I believe I'm in this class, I've just transferred in ... My names Maria Amaya... eh.. " She said softly as she tripped over her own feet and fell flat on her face. She stood herself up and blushed herself, a deep blush set over her face as she walked quickly to the empty seat at the back of the classroom. Her eyes slightly tearing up.
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Enzo jumped at Sages sudden change in form. "I Approve." Kenji said, with a smile on his face. Enzo sighed and continued walking. "We'll need someone like you in our new team." He said.
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"Thanks, Kenji!" Sage winked at him as she changed back into her normal self. Straightening her necklace, she asked Enzo, "What teams?"
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"Aiyaa, not good not good. Joanne is nowhere to be found and it's the second day of school. I hate it when she leaves unattended who knows what sort of trouble she can get into." Ling had gone to Sorcerers by himself, with his trusty gym bag strapped to his side. "Well, no use in panicking too much. I'll just have the organization clean up any mess she caused."
The inside of the school seemed to have cleaned up the bit seeing the mess cause by Voltaire and Red had already been fixed. Ling had already spent most of his morning searching around the city that he had already miss his first class. But they were privileges student. So attendance was a thing they can always neglect as long as they show results. "So what should I be doing now? That's right, I need to find Enzo." Ling let out his creepy chuckle and wandered around the building.
He had no luck in finding the guy and let out a sarcastic frown. "For someone so noticeable, he is pretty hard to sense. Did he seal that power of his again? Whatever, I have another class anyways. I'll surely find him afterwards." He moved onto his Physicals class and entered the room mid lecture. "Teacher, sorry I'm late. Just got caught up in some stuff on the second day. New city and all." He gave an apologetic bow but the teacher was not impressed. "Name please?" "Ling Yuan He, at your service. Here's my business card if you're interested." The teacher was handed a card and he raised a bow. "Even if you're a privilege students, you're going to treated like everyone else." He got a good smack to his forehead. "Aiyaa, being late won't happen again. Unless I have something like..." With a serious face and a very calm tone. "Diarrhea." He got another smacked to the face. "Head to your seat or else you'll be punished more."
"Guess I can't use that gag anymore." Ling was moving to the back because the crowd in the front and middle were nowhere near welcoming. He wanted to let out his signature laugh just to creep out the class, but he tried to hold it back. His aura already did it for him. Upon entering the furthest back, he noticed an empty seat next to what he was quite surprise to see a "nekomimi." The problem for him was that the girl was almost ready to burst into tears. Oh jeez, if this girl starts crying, it'll make my time here worse. He sat in the empty seat next to her. He tried to catch the "cat girl" attention through whisper. "Hey, hey, Sad Panda..."
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"Well, once you pass the exam, you'll be able to join a team with other students, and go out on missions and jobs around Japan." Enzo looked up as if he were picturing it now. "Some jobs pay real well for your services..." He pictured himself swimming around in golden coins and paper money of all kinds. His thoughts are interrupted by Kenji. "You won't get any if you can't fight without your hyper mode." Kenji does have a good point... I won't learn anything good here, i'll have to just learn to control that hyper mode. He thought to himself.
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Maya walked to the destruction classroom, listening absentmindedly to the conversation of the two people ahead of her. She had heard one of them mention the class, and, it being next to her classroom, decided to follow. The female was tall with red hair, projecting confidence and a pleasent demeanor. The male did not project as strong of a personality. Maya nearly walked into him when he stopped to admire the readhead's wolf-form. With this, she had caught the attention of some sort of fox in his backpack, but it said nothing. She continued following and listening, carefully assessing the boy and the girl. She also was making a great deal of effort to be careful with the egg she had in her backpack, which she held in her arms, close to her.
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"If you're trying to pickpocket, you're doing it wrong." Kenji said to the girl behind them, with his arms crossed. Enzo looked back and saw how close she was to them. Enzo then again, jumped out of shock and went ahead of the group a few steps. Kenji had grabbed onto the backpack knowingly. The girls here are all evil...!
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"If you're trying to pickpocket, you're doing it wrong."
The fox caught her off guard and she instinctively tightened her grip on her own backpack. "My, I'm sorry. I wasn't paying much attention to how I was walking. Interesting way to meet new people." She assessed the fox and decided that they probably wouldn't get along well. Same for his owner, as he was much too timid of a person. She lost interest in whatever conversation the boy and the girl were having before.
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Maria spent the whole lesson sitting at the back feeling rather embarrassed, taking notes and dodging that judging eyes of her other class mates. She jumped as she heard someone talking and her ears twitched a little, she looked around looking to her side and seeing a tall Chinese man looking at her, she blushed and quickly wiped away her tears. " Y-Yes? is there something you need? " she asked nervously her voice shaking a little. She moved uncomfortably in her seat as she felt his gaze almost pierce her soul. 'What does he want ... I hope not everyone here is so scary... ' Her ears laid down and twitched a little.
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Einso walked down the dirt path, he could see Sorcerers from a fair distance from over the trees. He looked behind him to take a short look and kept trotting forward. The magical pressure was getting stronger and more sinister. He could see the end of the forest coming up and more sunlight. Something not befitting such a dark presence. There was a small opening between trees, he stood in between them and took a look around. "The magic is really pressuring down on me, what's making such a strong aura that's emanating off this single area?" Einso stepped out and the pressure nearly doubled at an instant. He felt like he was going to be pushed away. "I stepped in a hot zone, a real bad one..." He kept walking forward. There were grassland hills and some mountainous areas ahead. He saw a small tower poking above the mountains, this drove Einso's curiosity further. He kept walking and noticed the tower becoming more visible, eventually he saw other towers and castle-like buildings coming into view. Just looking at it held a ominous feeling, though the outside looked damaged and abandoned. Einso wondered if anyone was inside. "Even if someone is in there, I don't think I should stay around too long. This needs to be looked into, I don't like the aura this castle gives off.." Einso walked back into the forest looking for Volitaire.
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Although Enzo wanted to be careful with the amount of female friends he had, he nervously laughed and came back to the group. "My bad!" He said with a big grin. "I didn't know you wanted to become friends."
Meanwhile, at Castle Aurora.
One of the escorting members, Kuro, had came across what seemed to be the leader of the entire group raiding the castle. "V..void!" Kuro's eyes widened to see his boss there. "I hope you're doing something useful." Void ended his sentence with a creepy chuckle.
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"You seem to have dropped something." He handed out a handkerchief towards her. "I heard that Japanese girls usually carry these around to wash their hands with. It had such a cute design on it I thought it was yours, so I am returning it to you." He forcefully placed it into her hand. The handkerchief design was that of a square panda and he put on some fake glasses and did some tsundere like voice. "It's not like it belongs to me or anything, but if you end up crying, try and muffle your voice with that." At least that might keep her from bursting into tears. Then a text book smashed to the side of his head knocking Ling out of his chair. "Keep quiet in my class or I will have to send you to the punishment centre." Ling picked himself back into his chair, totally unscathed. He place his legs up on the desk and planned to doze off.
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"My bad! I didn't know you wanted to become friends."
Maya paused and contemplated being "friends" with the boy and decided that their friendsip would surely only be temporary. For the mean time, she would have to settle. Much better to have friends than be alone this early in the school year, she thought.
"My name is Maya. My dragon has yet to be named"
Her attention was caught by the book being slammed into a student's head in the next classroom over as they walked in. She stopped and listened for a few seconds before rushing and settling down into a random seat in the physical class, ignoring everything but the teacher and the student he hit. She could sense the tension, which is what she loved.
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"My name is Maya. My dragon has yet to be named." Enzo narrowed his eyes when he heard her talk about a dragon. Before he could question it, She had quickly left into the classroom. He heard some rumors of how rough and tough the teacher there was. Enzo had also caught a glimpse of Ling, but he couldn't bring himself to enter while the class was starting. Enzo turned around and went into the destruction class with Sage. It had seemed like the teacher wasn't in yet, and students were already having conversations with each other.
Kenji hopped onto the desk that was Enzos. "It's no front. Dragons are real, thanks to magic." He said. Enzo took a seat at the desk, and started to fumble around in his backpack. "It's an egg, too. I wonder how big it'll get?"
Moments later, Red had entered the Physical classroom. The atmosphere went dark when he entered. Red simply lowered his head and went to the desk he was assigned.
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Maria blinked and smiled a little as she was given the handkerchief. ' maybe a sign of friendship' she hoped and looked over " Thank you, your very kind I will try that sometime. " She said giving him the nicest and possibly cutest smile she could before he was hit by the book. "Keep quiet in my class or I will have to send you to the punishment centre." She heard the teacher say and she felt sorry for him, looking up she saw the teacher unimpressed glare she quickly returned to writing down notes. Feeling a little pressure for not expecting any of this. "I'm so sorry for getting you into trouble ... My names Maria " She whispered softly with out her eyes leaving her page. It was something about him that seamed mean but somewhat caring, this confused her greatly but instead of worrying about it she just accepted it and went on with her work.
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Ling did not make a second glance towards her. Even if he did, he would not have much to say. "Ling Yuan He." Ling shuffled around until he got himself into a comfortable position to relax for the next hour. "Wake me up when the lesson is over. The lecture is boring enough to kill me, twice."
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After the teacher had gotten in, the class started, and it went well so far. The teacher explained things like what NOT to set on fire, and other things. It had seemed as if Enzo were about to drift off, when Ivan Boone, the headmaster, came into the destruction classroom. Most of the students awoke to attention, since the headmaster actually visiting the classroom while it was in session. Boone whispered something to the teacher, and the teacher nodded. Boone gazed on the students as the teacher continued.
After the class, every one of the students were leaving, but when Enzo stood up, Boone spoke out to him. "Enzo, can I have a word with you?" Enzo's chest flared up, and he felt as if he were caught doing something bad. He quickly nodded, standing up and grabbing his backpack. Kenji was nowhere to be seen. He had slipped out of the classroom a while ago.
All of the classes were released of their students at the same time, so the hallway was crowded. Enzo followed Boone closely so that he wouldn't lose him. Eventually they reached Boones office at the third floor, and Boone closed the door behind him. Boone had a serious expression on his face. "I can tell you right now that I didn't do it." Enzo blurted out. He couldn't hold it back any longer. "That's not why I called you. I called you because of what my familiar told me about you during the exam." When he recalled it, Enzo remembered what the figure said to him before the battle.
"Enzo Ferrari. You are not who you really claim to be." "Huh? what do you mean?"
Enzo was chilled just thinking about it. "You possess a large amount of magical energy, but don't know anything about magic." Boone said. Enzo gulped, not totally sure what he was talking about. "So, to avoid confusion and unnecessary trouble, you sealed it." Enzo could only nod. It felt like a knot was in Enzo's throat . And without Kenji's wise advice, he didn't know what to say. His hair covered his eyes, veiling his emotion. "I was born with a curse." He said. "One that I can't control. It..." Enzo's hands shook out of frustration and sorrow. Frantic and regretful memories started to flood back into Enzo's mind.
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Back when Enzo was little, he lived a happy life with both of his parents, Alessa, and Dante. Back then, Enzo had no fear of women, or losing money.
One day, Enzo had gotten into a fight with one of the other boys at kindergarden, and his parents came to pick him up. "I thought Enzo was having a good time at the kindergarden?" Asked Alessa, his mother. "He's a boy, he'll get into fights." Dante replied. A few minutes later, they arrived at the kindergarden by car. There were paramedics outside the building. The medics had carred a bloodied child into the ambulance. Dante heard one of the medics talking about the child's status. "We've got a broken jaw, 3 broken rib bones and 1 cracked." This made Dante and Alessa rush even faster into the building.
When they did, they saw Enzo standing in the center of the playpen. Flames coming out of his hands and his forehead. "He's... don't tell me he's changed already?" Enzo turned his head to see his parents. His face and hands had blood on them, but no real wounds on him. Alessa knew what the problem was, and she went to approach him. "Enzo, it's me, your mother!" she called out to him in a sweet voice. This made Enzo turn halfway towards her, yet he said nothing. He stared at her with his orange eyes, a blank expression on his face. "Come over here and take these pills so we can all go home!" She had taken out the same pills Enzo used to seal away his 'magic'. Enzo lifted his hand towards her, the flames on it growing rapidly. Dante's eyes widened as he knew what that pose meant. He ran to move Alessa out of the way, but he was too late. Enzo blasted Alessa with a large beam of fire. [[Scene music: http://youtu.be/QIh6-V60Q1Y ]] The beam shot out of the other end of the building, and soared into the sky. The beam stopped, leaving Alessa completely gone. Dante had fallen into an uncontrollable sob, screaming out his wife's name. "ALESSA!" Enzo's flame disappeared afterwards. He was confused as to what had happened, and started to cry himself after seeing his dad doing so.
By now, tears were rolling down Enzo's face, and he struggled to contain it. "It's killed my mother..." He uttered under his barely contained sobbing. The memory itself had brought him to tears. "I-I've made a promise to my dad that i'd control it.."
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Volitaire caught up with his brother who was making his way back. "What did you find, Einso?" Einso looked back for a brief moment. "A tower, fortification, one by the likes I haven't seen. I would further investigate but something screamed it was a terrible idea..." Volitaire looked confused. "What mafe you think that?" Einso sneered. "The place was the source of all the mysterious energy. If I went in there it may hae been suicide. The pressure outside of it felt like gravity was intensifying. We may have to get a small party to check this out. I don't think this is something you should take on by yourself." Volitaire thought about it. "I see... Who could we ask?" Einso looked back to the school towering over the rees. "I have an idea.."
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Maria felt a little down and sighed. " Okay you can fail this class, but I won't " She said listening intently to every word the teacher said and even during the boring lecture she still managed to cope. As it ended and everyone gave a loud sigh of relief and began to get up and leave. She looked to her side at the sleeping ling and smiled a little. "Wake up sleepy head.. " She said softly giving him a poke and waiting for him to respond.
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Volitaire followed Einso back to sorcerers. When they enterened they noticed a few people was getting out of class. Einso looked around for anyone who seemed of importance. Volitaire was too fixated at the other students, wondering where they all were going.
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Boone listened to Enzo's past story, though he didn't seem surprised. "You're no different then anyone else here." He said. Enzo looked up to the headmaster in confusion. "Alot of the people here have come to control a power they already have. To master it." It had seemed noone else had accidentally killed their parents. "Destruction class is the closest to my curse." Enzo said, wiping the tears off of his face. "Don't worry about classes, i'll have that set up for you, but that's really not why I called you." Boone took a deep sigh, and continued. "I know you've just passed the exam, but I need an able team to do an emergency mission for Sorcerers." "Huh? Emergency mission?" "We've been picking up some strange magical readings on an island near here. There's a village there called Nor, and the people there have requested I send a team over to investigate it." Enzo's depressing mood had vanished, and he started to focus on the problem at hand. "Why me?" He asked him. "Because all of my skillful teams are out in other countries, doing their job. I need you because of the curse you possess. Assemble a team and head out to Nor as fast as you can."