Chapter Nine: Interschool Competition Arc V
Ren and Sora took the lead, heading to the opposing team's base to capture the flag. Nao and Aiko followed at opposite sides to assist in grabbing the flag.
Jūzō and Sayuri headed diagonally into the right hand side of the forest to excorcize curses. Haruki stood there guarding the flag while Akira leaped effortlessly into the forest trees to look out for unsuspecting strategies planned by their opponents. Each students wore a communication bud (ear bud) in their ear to talk to each other.
Ren, Sora, Nao and Aiko were in the lead, running to capture the flag, then, they met two opposing students, Masaki, the stone sorceror and Hinata, the light displacement/illusions sorceror.
Masaki blocked their path with a large stone that dropped from the sky out of nowhere.
"I got this!,"yelled Sora.
With great effort, a burst of wild strong air came out of her hands and shattered the stone in pieces.
"What?,"asked Masaki
"That was easy,"said Sora.
"Good work,"said Ren.
"Don't think you can pass us easily,"yelled Hinata.
Hinata with her powers, surrounded them with blinding light, stopping them in their track, unable to see anything.
"Oh my gosh, what is this?, I can't see,"said Sora.
"It's light displacement, a light sorceror,"Nao replied.
"It's very strong,she must be either a first grade or second grade,"continued Aiko.
Ren didn't speak.
"Ren, are you there?,"she asked.
BAM!
The light suddenly disappeared.
Sora opened her eyes and found Ren, fist planted in Hinata's face. She was sent flying hitting a nearby tree hard.
"Wow, good job,"said Sora.
"How dare you?!,"yelled Masaki attempting to land a punch but he was hit back by a great Emotional echo from Aiko (the stronger your emotions, the stronger her echo).
"Nice work team,"said Nao.
"Go, we will hold them back, you know what to do when you have the flag,"she added.
"Ok!,"they replied.
Ren and Sora headed farther to the opposing team's base while Nao and Aiko held the back.
Meanwhile with Jūzō and Sayuri.
Jūzō and Sayuri ran beside each other looking for curses, they had already exorcized one.
"Hey Jūzō,"
"Yes?,"
"Don't you think the others are up to something?,"she asked.
"Why do you think so,"
"I mean, none of them have come to cptuee the flag or even excorcize curses,"
"That's true, but it's not our business, as long as they don't disturb us, that's good. Don't you think?,"he said
"Yeah, you have a point,"
Suddenly, a sharp blood blade tore a branch of a tree heading towards Jūzō, but he dodged it in a nick of time.
"What was that?,"he asked.
"I don't know, but I think we have company,"she replied.
Suddenly again, a ribbon wrapped around Sayuri's arm.
"What?,"she asked
The ribbon wrapped her up in no time leaving hanging upside down from a tree branch, with only her nose and eyes left to be seen.
"Sayuri!,"
"Calm your nerves down, boy,"said a voice, thick but audible.
"Who's that!, Who's there!?,"he shouted.
"Calm down, calm down, we've figured something weird about you, are you even a human?,"a student from the opposing team came out ready to fight. It was Riku, he was shirtless with muscles bulging out with stiffness.
Others, Reika energy manipulation and Takeshi blood manipulator came out of their hiding spots.
"You could have confronted me face to face, why ambush us?,"he asked
"Because, there's something different about you,"Takeshi replied.
"How is it going over there Sayuri?, We've been confronted by two of their teammates. Ren and Sora are heading to the flag's point for retrieval,"said Nao through the Ear bud.
"They are Four of them here and Two over there with Nao and Aiko. So, that means, no one is guarding flag,"thought Sayuri.
"Come in Sayuri, Sayuri come in,"said Nao but Sayuri was tied up and couldn't speak.
She tried breaking out but couldn't, the ribbon was too strong.
"This means there is only one person or nobody guarding the flag like Haruki is doing right now. But what are they doing?, Attacking me at once leaving the flag unguarded?, So they want to take me out first before they take others out. They must think I'm the strongest. Maybe I am,"Jūzō thought in him.
"Come in Jūzō, what's happening over there?, Sayuri isn't responding. Jūzō are you there?,"asked Nao
"Yeah, we are here but we've got a situation, an ambush and Sayuri is tied up, I think there's either one more person guarding the flag or it's free to obtain, one of you will have to go get it. Haruki can't possibly leave the flag unguarded," he replied
At the Teachers' stand
"It seems like you children are in trouble, Ms. Sae,"mutters Renjiro the 60 year old master of Kyoto Japan's Majutsu High sorcerors.
"I don't have to worry about that, I know my students and what they can and cannot do. And one of the things they can't do, is giving up. Isn't that right Toma?,"Ms. Sae replies hands at the back of her head relaxed.
"For a Sensei, she seems to be calm and chill instead of being worried of her students, what a weird teacher, I can never understand her,"thought Toma.
"Yes, Sensei,".
"And why isn't Toma participating?,"asks Ms. Kaede
"Yes, and why is that little girl hiding in the tree instead of Toma being there?,"asked Renjiro.
"Because, she is new and I want to train her the more, Toma is white skilled in battle and sorcery. That's why I asked her to replace him,"she replied
"But do you think the girl will be able to handle it, I mean is it a good choice to make?,"asks Master Renjiro.
"Of course, like is said before, I know what my students can and cannot do, if she wasn't for enough, I would have put her in, or Maybe I would have,"she replied.
With Jūzō and Sayuri
"Wait, I'm a flower sorceress and I'm in the forest. I can break free at anytime,"Sayuri thought in her mind.
She made the branch she was hung on to break and used sharp thorns to cut herself loose.
"You guys didn't think you could get rid of me that easy?, I'm a flower sorceress, and we're in the forest, you'll have to do better than that,"
"I'll take care of this one,"said Yumi.
"You wanna get some?, Well, come get some,"muttered Sayuri in her fighting stance.