The Coming Darkness

"Aaagh..."
Jacen saw that he and the team landed safely in Japan. Despite not being as severely injured as he was in New York, Jacen hadn't actually been treated and therefore slept through the flight.Starting to get sick of this...looks like I'm just going to call it in.
Jacen picked up his phone from the table and dialed his father...the phone rang a few times before there was an answer.
"Hello?"
"Hey dad, it's me...we're back from the trip. I just need a favor from you." He said with a rather gravely voice.
"Son, are you alright? You don't sound so good."
I can't just go off and tell him I got injured by magic users in a country that banned magic.
"I'm fine, just a bit tired from the flight and some nausea. Probably something I ate."
"Well alright...what do you need, Jacen?"
Good, he bought it...
"I just need that package I got while you were working with the German military...students can have their own personal weapons to train with. I need that and a box of ammo for each, with spare magazines."
"Well, that's fine but how do you expect me to ship that to a school?"
"Well, you'll be shipping it to a warehouse in Whiterun and then it's delivered to me. Everyone here has like, a sword or something along with their powers. Those are important to me."
"Fine...do you have the address? I can overnight them."
"We're still waiting to taxi, I'll text you the address when I get back. I gotta go, love you. Tell mom and Liss I said hi."
"I'll be sure to do that. I'll start getting a case ready. Love you, son."
Jacen hung up the phone and sighed.
What have I gotten myself into...

"Why are you in with my hoard of fangirls?.."
Wait, what? Kira gave the male a confused look. Studying his demeanor, however, revealed that David was still half asleep. She was about to reply but found herself with a finger to her lips, preventing her from doing just that.
"Shh, don't speak, you don't have to admit your love for me, it's okay."

Flushing lightly, Kira opened her mouth to give a retort to the blond, getting cut off yet again by his actions. David had taken it upon himself to use her as a sort of pillow, using her shoulder to lay his head on. His breathing pattern indicated that he'd fallen asleep yet again. Considering how close his face was to hers now, Kira quickly turned her head to face in front of her.

"Daviiiid...Wake. Up. " She hissed, glancing at him from the corner of her eyes.

David was still sleeping despite Kira's attempt to wake him up. He snuggled closer to her and seemed to be talking to someone specific in his dream, without realizing that it was actually Kira who was talking to him. "Why would I ever want to wake up when you're here with me?" he mumbled, still slurring his words. At this point, he was so close to her that he was leaning on her, his cheek was resting against hers. His arms held her as close as they could and showed no signs of letting go.

And of course, he fell asleep again.

Oh my god... I am going to kill this guy.

Despite his appearance, David was fairly strong. Strong enough to Hold her there despite trying to move away. In fact, she was being held so close to him, that the arm rest was beginning to bite into her side. If it weren't for that, Kira was sure that they'd be a Lot closer. Now, she didn't mind affection. She often returned the gestures and initiated the acts, in fact. Right now though, it was too public, and she didn't know him Too well. Hugs were fine. A nuzzle might pass. However, This was too close.

Glancing over at her left, she noticed Harley still sleeping. Which was, somewhat of a good thing, that way David wouldn't be shocked to death. A bad thing because she was stuck like this until David woke up. Just what kind of dream was he in? It had her curious. "David, wake up right now or else, I'll bite you." Last attempt to try and wake the boy up. Otherwise, she'd either bite, or wake Harley up.

David's head slid back down to her shoulder and his grip on her loosened. He had a big goofy smile on his face and he responded to her threat. "What if I want you to bite me? Hmmm?" It was then he opened his eyes, yawned, then froze. Wait, who's body are his arms around right now? Who was he talking to? He slowly turned his head to see Kira and his face turned bright red. He immediately let go of her and leaned away to the other side of his seat, feeling very embarrassed. "U-Uh..." He put his hand over his nose and mouth trying to cover it.
"S-Sorry.. I.. Didn't even realize... I was still sleeping, you see.. Um.. I'm just.. Y-Yeah.." He quickly got up and fast-walked to the back where the bathrooms were, and went inside, shutting and locking the door. He stared at himself in the mirror. "And that's why you don't sleep on planes or public transportation in general, you idiot." He leaned over the sink and put his face in his hands. She must think I'm a huge creep now.

The sudden bump of the landing had shook Marcus awake. It seemed in the last few hours of the flight he had dozed off. Yawning he nudged Ines who had probably fallen asleep shortly after their brief conversation earlier in the flight, "Sorry to bug you again, we're here." He stood up, minding his head as the ceiling was quite low, which is the case in most private jets he assumed. Most of the students were still asleep, save for a few, namely David who had just bolted down the other aisle into the bathroom with bright red cheeks, leaving the Kira girl with a look on her face that was half perplexed and half annoyed. "What was that about? Morning breath?" Regardless of David's possible halitosis, Marcus walked up the aisles nudging those he could reach awake, informing each of them that they've arrived. Luckily, when they return to their dorms, they'll have a chance to go back to sleep. "Everyone exit in an orderly fashion, okay? And watch your step." He said in a calm and groggy voice at the front of the plane, just to make sure everyone was awake. "Kira and uhm...Harley is it? Can you come see me before getting off the plane?"

JD had been waning in and out of consciousness since his fight, but mostly because his body was attempting to recover itself in the most natural manner possible. He missed Eos’s healing touch, but his sister was nowhere to be found, and yet her name had been checked off on the roster. So that had lead the boy to sit next to Silver, and inevitably for her to curl into him, wrap her arms gingerly around his arm, and rest her head pendulously upon his shoulder.
When her grip tightened he jolted away- half asleep- “how about we try boob magic.” With that those eyes slid over to Silver and he let out a loose yawn. “Oh Silver- just you- abusing my abused arm; I’m already injured woman stop attempting to massage the wound back into pain.” He drawled out- somewhat in English or at least heavily accented Japanese. He would miss using his native tongue, but that is what he got for joining a school in Japan. “And your boobs are just fine." JD stated firmly, though one could see doubt in those eyes. "Ignore that- drugs make me have weird dreams.”

Of course aloft the plane he wasn’t the only one having odd dreams as he watched David accost the American girl- Kira- into some sort of perverted superhero fantasy. “Did you also drool on her for good measure?” JD asked in English. “Girls love that too.”

The plane landed shortly after that, and JD found himself painfully standing as he glanced about the fuselage in hopes of finding Eos. He was on his last straw of feeling pain shoot through him, and by the nine hells he wasn’t going to put up with it anymore if his twin sister could heal him. “Are you alright Silver- have a weird dream or something bloody awful like that? I mean you’ve been through a lot, and I have been unconscious for most of it. So you know- talking- we can do it. I am a good listener.” JD smiled. “And I’m not just saying that because the Code of Men Dealing with Women says that is a good phrase to recite when dealing with emotional issues. Because shortly thereafter it states you really don’t have to understand what she is saying- just give a few sympathetic nods in agreement.”

The airport wasn't very commercial at all. It was small, so it only took a few minutes for the students to be able to depart, and when it was, everyone seemed to be ready to leave. Enzo tapped Sasha on the shoulder briefly. "It's time to go." He got up after that to get their baggage, which was alot easier to obtain then the crowded public plane. Once both Enzo's and Sasha's luggage was down, Kenji appeared on his seat with his arms crossed.


"I hope you haven't forgotten about my bags now." "N-no, of course I didn't.." Enzo replied , troubled. Right beside their luggage was Kenji's. It was larger then both of Sasha's and Enzo's combined. With a hefty sigh, Enzo pulled it down too, automatically assuming he had to carry it as well. "Think of it as training." Kenji added in, and thinking about it that way actually helped. Enzo's regular training consisted of fighting. This was a nice change of pace when it came to that.

Students flowed out of the plane, and soon, Enzo did as well, with Kenji on his shoulder. It was then that they realized they had landed behind Sorcerers, and that they had actually not been to the back of the school, which was huge.


There were a lot of fields. Ranging from sports to gardens, and even the airfield that they had landed on. "How did I not notice this?!" Suddenly, Enzo was knocked over onto his face when Red purposely bumped into him. "Pay attention, welp." He added in a laugh as he walked off to his own group of friends. "Ugh.."

Silver watched David go by with a red and obviously embarrassed face, and frowned. Poor guy, I've never seen him that red before. Must have been serious. JD threw out a comment as he walked by, and she shot him a quick glare. Then he asked her about her dreams. "Ah, no, it wasn't a bad dream at all. Just a bit strange, but not bad." She smiled back at him, appreciating his concern, but then attempting to change the topic. "How are you feeling? Are you still in pain?" she questioned, frowning and looking him up and down as they got off the plane.

A few minutes later, David came out with his things. He looked pretty gloomy and avoided eye contact, but since he wasn't really paying attention, he bumped into Silver and JD. He looked at them both and let out a sigh. "Uh, sorry," he mumbled as he turned to walk away, but Silver stopped him. "Are you alright? What was all that about?"
"Eh, don't worry about it.." He waved his hand and looked the other way, putting his headphones over his ears. "I'll see you later." Before Silver could respond, he walked away. She sighed and turned back to JD.

"What if I want you to bite me? Hmmm?"

That line made her flush, and laugh at the same time. Oh goodness.. That was almost to be expected as a response. She just hadn't thought David would be delivering the line. To her relief, it seemed the boy was waking up.

Giving him a slightly sheepish smile, she sat up again, watching him as he gave an explanation. He was highly flustered, obviously it wasn't something he always did. It was almost cute. "It's, fine." She managed to get out as David bolted out of his seat, most likely to the bathroom. Covering her mouth to hide the blush, she shook her head and took a deep breath in order to restore her color. Nudging Harley awake she leaned in to aid in waking her sleeping friend. "Wake up~ We've arrived, Harley."

Nodding at Marcus, she stood up and waited for the others to get down first, grabbing her hat to place it back on her head. She'd been given a chance to change clothes before heading to Japan. Now she sported something much more comfortable for the ride.

Sasha, who had halfway nodded asleep again, felt herself being softly tapped on the shoulder. Blinking an eye open, the female found herself being face to face with Enzo. Her obvious reaction was to blush, and then stand up, "A-alright..." Sasha exited the plane, looking around the vast space. She heard a snickering to her right; Red had just bumped into Enzo, who had responded in...well, let's just say he responded pretty wimpily. Sasha sighed. Idiot... She shot a glare towards Red, then continued on her way into the school, one hand toting her luggage, and the other swinging at her side.

Ines gave a small nod to Marcus, and hurried to where the luggage was being unloaded. She attempted helping as many students as she could, but the sight of a gloomy looking David caught her eye. Ines walked over to him, her brow crinkled, "Ah...is there something wrong?" she asked, her voice laced with worry as she tapped him on the shoulder.

David felt a tap on his shoulder as he was walking away with his things and took his headphones off, turning to see that same teacher he saw before. He stepped back a bit and his eyes immediately went to her boobs, which made him flush up a bit since he was already a bit sensitive to that sort of thing. He closed his eyes and shook his head, taking off his glasses and stuffing them in his pocket. "No, everything is fine, thank you for your concern." He opened his eyes, seeing nothing but a blurry mess due to his glasses being off, and decided to walk around her to avoid the massive tits.

..Unfortunately for poor David, he was very uncoordinated when he couldn't see, and ended up tripping himself. He put his hands out to catch himself, but ended up putting his hands directly onto the breasts he was trying to avoid. He froze for a moment, feeling what he had grabbed, and sighed, again turning bright red. "Wow, today sucks. I'm so sorry." He stood up right, brushing himself off a little and turning the other direction, walking off randomly and walking right into a post. Instead of moving, he just sort of leaned on the post and wrapped his arms around it. "You won't let me embarrass myself, will you, lamp post?" he asked desperately, looking up at the light above him.

So this is what my life has come to. He sighed.

After the majority of the students left the plane, he walked over to Harley and Kira. He was still pretty tired from the flight so he leaned against one of the adjacent walls, in a way it made him seem more casual and friendly. He started speaking in English to them, "First off, Kira, I want to thank you again for all of your help. By helping out a random stranger shows a lot of humanity and I really appreciated it." Marcus gave her a smiling nod, "But, of course, that's not the only reason I wished to speak with you both. I want to apologize for my mistake earlier, accidentally dragging you onto a random plane to bring you to a foreign country. It was a slipshod and idiotic mistake on my behalf, and I want to find a way to make it up to you guys." He paused for a moment, giving them both a once over with his eyes,"You're both magic users, aren't you?" The question may have startled the two, but he was saying what came to mind. He had always had some sort of sixth sense when it came to magic users, even if he couldn't read their minds or energy levels. "Maybe, we can work something out with the headmaster? Possibly have you two accepted into the school? Regardless, I'm sure we can get you both a room to stay in tonight, it's the least I could do."

"Hrm... huh... Huh?!" She jerked forward, her eyes wide as she looked around still in a daze. "Oh... Kira." Bringing the back of her hand to the corner of her mouth, she wiped away a bit of drool that had managed to accumulate in her sleep and blinked away her dreamy state. "I haven't slept that good in... a while." Her voice was even lower than it normally was, her groggy state making it a little horse. But she was right, usually sleep was a fleeting thing for her. Nightlife kept her busy, and not always having the most comfortable places to sleep proved to be problematic as well.

As she came to her feet, she walked out after Kira, descending from the plane and rolling her shoulders in hopes to pop the tension out of her sockets. She slept well, but sleeping on a plane isn't exactly the most comfortable thing on the planet. Her eyes cautiously peered around at the greenery, not hesitating to pull out a cigarette and light it rather quickly. "So let me guess, Hogwarts right?" With a long drag she put an arm around Kira. "You ready?" It was a thoughtful gesture, one that not many saw from Harley.

Admittedly, Eos had felt quite strange. She wasn't sure if maybe the flight had sent her into shambles but something just didn't feel right. And she still hadn't spoken to anyone about her memory loss. That whole trip felt like a blur, and wasn't anything like she had dreamed it to be. But she was relieved to know Volitaire was safe. Although the news of Maya's passing had been a blow to her heart, and kept her awake the whole flight through. Even when she tried to sleep, all she could think of was how she could have helped her if she hadn't been so absent minded.

It's not fair...

Her thoughts drifted to how kind and sisterly Maya was to her right off the bat. And as quickly as they had met, she had been taken from them. Eos made her way off the plane, her eyes soon searching for JD, overhearing that he suffered injuries - it would be best if she got a chance to look him over.

Hearing the male's answer, Ines was fairly relieved, though she still felt a tad worried for the lad. However, he didn't seen to want to be talked to at the moment. "Ah, I see," she spoke, offering David a reassuring smile, "Well-" Her words were cut off by the male falling forward. Ines's first instinct was to catch him, but to her surprise, he caught himself. Just not in the right way. A yelp of surprise echoed out of the females mouth as she found herself being groped by her student(?). Instantly, Ines's face flushed a bright red and she tried to speak, but no words would come out. David kept his hands on her for a moment too long before he seemed to realize what he was doing, and apologized. [color=slategray]"It's okay..."[color] Ines managed to say, but by then, the male had already disappeared.

They had arrived early in the day, but due to the emergency pull out of America, they still had an extra day off. Enzo knew in the back of his head that he had a large pile of homework to catch up on. He hadn't actually been in a magic class for a while, with all of the pardons that team Valor got, and honestly, he didn't know whether to be thankful for it or not.

All this thinking just as he stood back up from faceplanting the ground. Kenji was beckoning him to the dorms, so that they could unpack. Enzo agreed silently, and went along with him into the dorms, there, they unloaded and got into new clothes.

But while in the dorm, Kenji was going to ask a question that would catch Enzo off guard for sure. "Enzo.." Kenji spoke out as Enzo got into a new shirt and hoodie, it was quite cold out. "Eh?" "I've never gotten a chance to ask you.. What is that black flame?"

Enzo froze. He remembered Aleister telling him not to explain what the Minus Fire was. Because chances are, if Kenji knew, he'd perform an exorcist to get it out of him, on the other hand, he trusted Kenji, his lifelong partner, more then Aleister, and that decided for him. "It's something Aleister taught me." Enzo explained as he sat down on the bed.

"It's called the Minus Fire. Nearly opposites from the Sky flame. It's fueled on... hate.. anger.. regret.." He looked down, partly shameful that he even possessed a flame such as that. "You've been using it with your newly acquired killing intent.." Enzo nodded lowly in response. "Do you even know what the killing intent does?" Kenji crossed his arms. Enzo, again, answered with a shake of his head. He didn't want to speak. "Using the Killing Intent drains you of your Sky flame. You mustn't use it, or the Minus Fire at all. They both drain you of it." Enzo perked up and looked at Kenji surprisingly. "You know about it?!" "Of course I do, but, you didn't understand what I just said. Your Sky flame is your 'soul'. The Minus Fire and the Killing Intent is killing you."

Killing me?

Enzo looked at his own hands, and saw that they were slightly shaking. Out of all that time i've used it... It was killing me. "I know you're eager to learn what you are, and I know it's confusing. I didn't expect you to know. That book you were reading? 'Lady and the book'? I've read it too." Again, Enzo and Kenji lock eyes as he explained. "Destruction eventually found out about Aries, the first Sky guardian, and the 'Warrior' that was mentioned in the book." "Yeah, I know that part.." "Well, he made the guardians of magic at that time decide what to do about it, and they ultimately forced Aries to shun him." Kenji paused for a moment as a loud group of students pass by the halls outside the dorm room. "The warrior threw into a rage, angry at the Guardians.. So much, that he killed Aries."

"Tch, really?" Kenji nodded. "That warrior formed the GodHunters, who were total polar opposites from the Guardians of Magic. They despised magic, and did everything they could to halt it's growth. Fighting fire with fire, really." Enzo looked down at his hands again. The shaking had stopped, and so did his concerns for his own well being. He felt a emotional tie with the people in the book, more so Aries. He kept silent. "I knew you wouldn't like it. That's why I was kind of against you reading it. It's not a nice ending, and you're a nice kid."

Fortunately, Enzo was focused enough to realize that Kenji had complimented him on his own behavior. He responded with a smile, and Kenji looked away. "Don't get all big-headed. You're still a moron." Enzo started laughing at how easily embarrassed Kenji was. "PfffHAHAHAHA!" Kenji looked back at him with a disgusted, evil glare.

Spoiler

"SHUT UP."

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JD sighed. There was no winning the Silver-JD-David war, and honestly he didn’t even know where an end might be in the entire thing. While David had called a true earlier, or at least they had discussed the possibility of not tearing each other to shreds, JD didn’t want to let him slide on every petty little thing. And when Silver offered him a glare, and went to check on David’s health that only got a rather perturbed brow-lift from the blonde. “Silver- why don’t you go talk to David, or something. I’ll catch up with you later- I need to find E anyway.” He remarked as he parted from the girl and exited the plane in a brisk manner. So it may have seemed a bit huffy, but he was tired of being some sort of pleasant object to have some time, and other times not. For instance she had left shortly after he had woken up and he didn’t see her until they boarded the plane, and she apparently seemed extremely concerned with David’s presence though all he did was embarrass himself.
Maybe JD was frustrated for other reasons, but he couldn’t quite put his finger on.

Lost in pensive thought he walked right through a cloud of smoke and nearly choked on it. “Ah bloody,” he grumbled in English. “Really- you are like what: sixteen?” He stated as he whipped around to face the mohawk-ed androgynous being. “You should be concerned on what that is doing to your lungs- they give you cancer you know.” Now it seemed as if JD was just getting sassy. “Something which I think I need a good dose of right now- do you have a cancer stick to spare?”
JD couldn’t find his sister- why not smoke- or- something to alleviate all that tension in his body.

Kira could only listen to Marcus' speech, thinking aboout it. It was a bit much right now. "We'll, think about it." She'd have to talk to Harley about it.. They weren't of age to go to school anymore. Unless this kind of school was different and didn't care about the ages. Or the fact that they didn't have any paperwork in order to enroll. They also had lives back in America."A night to think about it would sound wonderful." she commented to Marcus before offering a smile, glancing down at Harley once she woke up. Giving the teacher a nod, she walked out of the plane with her friend, a suitcase with a carry-on bag on top of it. Almost yawning, Kira smirked as she also observed at the grounds. "Maybe a mix between Hogwarts and the X Mansion. Cosy looking, eh?"

"You ready?"

"Eh, ready enough." The gesture was comforting to say the least. Before they could say much else, her eyes moved to JD, complaining about the effects of smoking, yet he wanted a smoke anyway. He seemed tense, in a way. She'd peg it for all the stuff happening earlier. Letting Harley decide if she wanted to share, Kira just looked him over. "You alright?"

Her relaxed nature was rudely interrupted by someone having enough nerve to give her problems the moment she stepped on Sorcerers soil. "Sorry, you must not be talkin' to me." She cast a glare to the blonde who was spouting out the nonsense, using a line that she used often to get people to stop talking to her and walk away. But upon making eye contact with him, he added a statement that seemed to nullify his previous comment - almost making her laugh. Or maybe it was the accent. Yes, it was most definitely the accent and perhaps the piercings that made her reach for another and hold it out to him without protest.

But she quickly covered up any sense of an easygoing attitude with, "You owe me, then." Her thin body now shaking in the cold, her attention addressed back to Kira. "Let's find our room."

Silver was about to say something in response to JD but he turned to leave. She frowned as she watched him walk away. Did she do something wrong? Was it bad to be concerned for a friend? She huffed and turned back to where she thought David was, and it turns out he was hugging a lamp post. Silver stared at him with a very confused look on her face. She walked over to him and tapped him on the shoulder. "..David? What are you doing?"

"Thinking about my life and my choices and why I am here right now," he responded quickly, rubbing his cheek on the post. "My new girlfriend really understands me."
Silver put her hand on her cheek and sighed. "Where are your glasses?" While still holding the post, he slid his hand into his pocket and put them on. She nodded slowly as he continued to cling to the post. "...Do you want to talk about something?.."
"No."

Well, alright then.. "Where's JD?" Silver looked off to where they were before. "He went to find Eos." His hands slid down from the post and he turned to lean on it, looking straight at Silver. "Well, that leaves just you and me then, huh?"
"Well, I guess so. I'm not sure where everyone else went. By the way, who were those two people you were with on the plane? And why were you so red? What happened?"
He shrugged. "I got a little too close to the one with the long black hair. But it wasn't my fault. I was asleep. And it was embarrassing." He frowned, blushing lightly at remembering it. "Then not too long ago I fell onto that teacher's boobs. The one with the huge tits, you know? The pink hair? Yeah, I full on groped those things. It was a complete accident. ..Though, they felt kind of nice. Today just isn't my day." He looked down and Silver felt bad. "Well, at least tomorrow probably won't suck as much as today has?.." She was horrible with advice, but she still felt like she needed to say something. Instead of responding verbally, he pulled her into a hug. "..I'm glad you're here, though. You have this way of making me feel better." She hesitantly hugged him back, and pulled back a little to look at him, showing her confusion by the sudden hug. "...What? Can't one friend hug another?" Well, I guess there's nothing wrong with that. She shrugged.

JD smiled as she offered him a cigarette and then pawned off a slight salute. “Right-o, govena’,” sometimes he enjoyed playing up his accent even though no one in their right mind said things like that unless they were mocking their own cockney tongue. “Sure- just hit me up sometime for that favor. I mean nothing too extensive it is only a fag, darling.”

He realized shortly thereafter that he didn’t have his usual lighter on him- airport security. That brought an odd thought his head: how did he American get the lighter on them then? Immediately he rather liked the girl- he was assuming considering the voice- due to the fact that she was very much so a rebel. He enjoyed those-immensely. Then again that wasn’t too hard to fathom given his own appearance.
Now he was off to find Eos. Who was actually muddling amongst the crowd in her usually manner- and he honestly was happy to find her alone without her man toy attached to her arm. The one that he thought had been dead. That had caused rather immensely confused feelings to bubble up inside of him. On the one hand Voltaire was a friend and a colleague, on the other he was tearing JD and Eos more apart. Yet JD couldn’t think like that- it was wrong- Voltaire was a person and deserved to live to just lie him. Recently his thoughts had been so dark- he couldn’t explain it.

“E,” JD remarked with his unlit cigarette betwixt his lips. With the limp he had acquired due to his injuries he waddled over there and looked her straight in the eyes. “Where have you been- seriously? I look like a bloody Dalmatian with all these bruises. And I’m sure there might be a broken rib in there somewhere. Right about,” he touched his torso softly and felt a searing pain when he connected with it. “Here. Good thing I’m resilient- all those years of working out sure do help, and that bit of illegal boxing I did. But anyway- I’m rambling- make me better.” He paused. "And I loved you missed you too- yes yes- I'm not completely heartless. Just figured we could get to that afterwards."

The kick Enzo received had knocked him out for a good while, and when he came back to his senses, the first thing he saw was Enki's worried face over him. "..Enki?" "Oh, you're not dead too." His voice would drag down any mood. It went without saying that Enki wasn't happy at all. Enzo sat up, taking a look around to see that he was in front of the dorm building. Man, that hurt.. He thought to himself as he rubbed his aching face.

"What happened to you?" Enki asked, helping Enzo back up onto his feet. "Kenji kicked me." Enzo responded. Some moments went by, the air was still chilly, but not enough that it required a jacket, or thick clothing. Enzo looked at the red-haired boy. He looked troubled, and he probably knew why.

So he decided to change the topic, avoiding what was obvious to the two of them. "Enki.. you're known me for a long time, right?" The two of them started to walk down the path to Sorcerers. "Yeah." "What was I like back then?" When Enzo asked the question, Enki slowed his walking pace a little, but kept his gaze to the ground. When he answered, he looked up to Enzo. "You.. were strong. Crazy strong. You taught me how to fight." "Gah! Really?!" "Y-yeah. I remember it clearly..."

Spoiler

??? Years ago.

Another miss.. He's fast.. Enki knew Enzo was skillful, but to dodge every single one of his swings without using his hyper form was amazing and inspiring to Enki. "D-damn it, stop moving!" Enki shouted as he rushed at Enzo again, punching and kicking as fast as a blur. "Really?-" Enzo took a split second to duck under a wild roundhouse kick. "-A single hit would mean progress." Frustrated, the red, flaming boy punched the ground, the tile cracking and breaking up. Instinctively, Enzo hopped back before the impact, briefly landing on the wall, and standing sideways there for a moment. "Not fair! How are you doing that, Sky?" "It's magic, I guess." The two boys didn't know whether to take that as a joke or not.

Little Enzo dropped down onto the floor once Enki calmed down. "We're got a lot of training to do!" He followed up with a grin. Suddenly, the door to the training room opened, and Darkness stepped through. These were the times when Darkness wasn't in command. "You two are making quite a ruckus." He said as he entered the room and surveyed the battered floor and walls. "Sky, I understand it's your nature to be nice, but taking in a thief from the streets- What if he steals something?" Enki looked down, knowing very well what Darkness was talking about. "Hey, Enki is my friend, he'd never do such a thing!" "Mm, Be that as it may, it won't stop the guards from keeping an eye on him."

The conversation was making Enki uncomfortable, and he sunk down into his own shoulders a bit as if he were getting blamed for something already. "Anyway, Tranquility and Destruction are waiting for you in the dining room." "I'll be there in a second." And with that, Darkness left, and Enzo turned his attention back towards his best buddy. "Alright, let's go another 3 rounds, This time, No holding back." Enzo's sudden flame ignition startled Enki, and brought him to ignite his own. "R-right, let's go!"

"And so that's how it usually went back then. We'd have training sessions nearly every Earth day." "W-Wow, I sounded cool back then!" Enzo laughed, and fist pumped. Enki put a hand to his forehead, and smiled. Even when he was feeling down, his best friend would always find a way to make him feel better, directly or indirectly. "Oh, Sky..."

If only we had that kind of strength now.

That guy...

Her teal eyes followed him closely, narrowing as he turned to walk away. Harley wasn't the type to hit on someone, the attention always came to her first - usually resulting in her unreciprocated feelings, but either way she wasn't a big fan of putting herself out there or seeming even the slightest bit vulnerable. But then again she couldn't say she's never felt smitten before, but usually her feelings were aimed at famous band members who she'd never meet. And not only did this cocky blonde with the attitude physically hit all her buttons, he had that accent of a Brit that made her swoon as if she were standing before Sid Vicious himself. He even had that punk swagger, or maybe that was his wounds. Either way, she would react in the most childish way possible - instant resentment that he was stirring up feelings of attraction within her stomach.

Turning her attention back to Kira, as if to smother herself in a distraction, Harley grabbed her hand and began to walk towards the school. "I am gonna miss playing for the fans." She stated bluntly, pulling that comment out of seemingly nowhere.

After a rather painful and longer than usual journey, Jacen sat on his dorm's bed thankful that he was back on "friendly ground".
First thing's first...I need to find out just how bad I'm hurt. This school has to have an infirmary or something.
He got up and grabbed his wallet, ID/room key, phone and walked out of the room.
Upon reaching the courtyard he looked for a map of the school grounds, hoping it wasn't too far away. He trekked toward the main building, keeping a rather steady pace until a figure was apparent. Wait a tick...wasn't she with us in NY...wonder what she's doing here. Oh well, might as well see if I can find a travel buddy. Jacen kept pace and approached the punk rocker girl with his right hand up in a stagnant wave, so as to not startle her or give off a confrontational vibe. That was the last thing he needed at the moment. She looked to have a friend with her too, vaguely familiar.Wait, they were both in the club that night...no wonder they're here. They must have seen everything...

"Oh?" She hummed, coming out of a state of momentary daze. "JD!" She blinked, widely - her eyes first focusing on the stick of death that was hanging from his lips. "What the bloody hell is that doing in your mouth?" She puffed out her cheeks, snapping at him before he could say anything else.

Her eyes rolled around, avoiding his stare when she asked where she had been. "I'm sorry... I have been out of sorts. I'm sure you know about Volitaire, and something strange happened right before that... which I need to talk to you about later." Her mind drifted to the strange loss of memory and how she worried that perhaps the same affliction that was plaguing her brother was now having it's effect on her as well.

But her attention was brought back when her brother spoke of his battered state, "I'm so sorry! I really need to be more attentive! What on earth happened?" Eos' eyes followed her brothers movements, knowing that he would need a good deal of TLC along with her magic. "Perhaps we should head to the infirmary for this, and I can make use of a few supplies that will enhance my powers."

David stopped hugging Silver and stepped back, turning to the school and sighing. "You know, Silver, I've been thinking."
"That's never a good sign."
Ignoring that comment, he continued. "Maybe I should keep continuing my travels, seeing as I only really seem to cause trouble for everyone around here," he explained, slouching a bit and leaning against the post again. "Do you think that's a good idea?"

Silver was a bit surprised by that comment. He wants to leave? She thought back to the recent events and things that have happened since he showed up, and understood a bit more. "..I'd understand if you did, but I don't really want you to go, David. You're really important to me." He twirled himself around the post and leaned into Silver, still holding onto the pole. "Really?" He blinked a few times and smiled, trying to be silly. She glared at him and pushed his face away. "Not that important. Do what you must." She started walking back towards the school, in hopes of going back to her room and just laying there for a while. David picked up his things and walked after her. "Well, I mean, since you don't want me to leave and all, I'll stick around. But I'm not sure your boyfriend will be happy to hear that."
"He'll have to continue playing nice. And you will too." She paused, turned to him, and stared up at him with a serious face. "Go do something, make more friends. I'm going to lay down for a while. I'm exhausted." David nodded and saluted at her before turning to walk around the school a bit more. Unfortunately for him, he saw Kira and Harley walking towards the school, and flushed up a bit before turning around to walk away again.

But as they began to walk, Harley and Kira were stopped by someone who she hadn't remembered meeting previously. "Yes?" Her voice was a little apprehensive sounding, but old habits had a tendency to die hard. Her eyes momentarily veered to Kira, as if she knew who this guy was. "Can we... uh... help you?" She wasn't the sweetest, but she wasn't barking at him - so this was good.

Kira'd given a slight wave at JD, walking with Harley toward the school building. His accent was, by far one of the coolest ones she'd heard on a person she'd actually seen. One that wasn't on T.V. Pushing that aside, she glanced around the grounds. They didn't have a clue as to where the dorms were, but it could be winged. Maybe even a map with a 'you are here' star will be close. "Sorry if you didn't want to come, Harley." Kira felt slightly guilty for dragging Harley into this. If it hadn't been for her, Harley would've been able to remain with the others. Now they were in a foreign country.

Seeing another guy approach them, she blinked in surprise. He'd been in the plane with them. Also at the hotel where she helped heal Marcus. She'd never caught his name. Readjusting the hold on her luggage, she smiled and nodded at him in greeting but, as he was looking at Harley, she let it be. From the corner of her eyes, she noticed that David was approaching the school, only to see him suddenly turn around. Kira almost raised an eyebrow but, well... the guy was the only one they knew. Maybe he could help out. "Hey, David." She called out, not loud enough for everyone to hear, but enough to hopefully catch his attention.

A certain Russian female flopped into the comfort of her bedroom sheets. Now that she'd thought about it, Sasha actually hadn't been in her room for a very long time. She turned over, breathing in the familiar yet unfamilar smell of 'home'. Whatever that meant nowadays.

I should go see Enzo...

The thought instantly caused a flush to creep into the female's cheeks, as she was obviously still embarrassed when reminded of their first kiss, as well as her feelings for him. Sighing, Sasha stood again.

I'm so going to kill myself for this later...

She walked out of her room, turning down the corridor to the boy's dormitories. Sneaking a look down the hallway, Sasha knocked on the door of Enzo's room.

"Enzo...?"

No answer. The caramel haired girl huffed, then slowly turned the doorknob, entering his room. It was probably rude to do so without Enzo's knowing, but Sasha was the kind of girl that gave no fucks. Plus she was Russian. That had to be worth something, right?

Looking around, Sasha found that Enzo was nowhere to be seen. Ah well. She sat herself on the edge of the bed, determined to wait for him. After all, Sasha was his girlfriend, and she kinda...wanted to spend some quality time with the guy she liked.

So she sat, and waited. However, as time slipped on, Sasha found the pillow looking to be very comfortable, and soon found herself lying on top of the sheets, curled up and fast asleep.