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Chapter 6: Return To The Real World "So what should we do now? Alexis, Lacus and me are supposed to have university classes now." I asked the Dark Dragon. "I have been peering into your memories and that necklace appears to be able to transport you between dimensions. I wonder who sent it?" it replied. I fingered my maple leaf necklace. "Maybe we can use it to go back!" Alexis clapped her hands together. Lacus was still a bit surprised from all that we've been through during the Ragnarok. "I still can't believe you were actually there." she had said. I rubbed my necklace gently and felt power shooting up my arm. I struggled to keep my arm straight and a portal appeared in the air. "Time to go back." I stared into the space inside. "Are you sure it's safe?" Lacus asked. "Only one way to find out." I leapt in. The world around me began to swirl as I was sucked into the portal. I spotted Alexis jumping in behind me. Lacus hesitated for a moment and Roy pushed her in. The three of us tumbled onto the ground in my room back in the real world. "Was that a dream?" Lacus stared at both of us. "Nope. It was real." I pointed at my maple leaf necklace hanging around my neck. Along with that, I had access to vast memories from my past life. "Lucky it's a Sunday, or else we'd have to miss classes." I glanced at a calendar. I suddenly remembered that the archery club had a meeting today at 7 pm. I looked at a clock. It's 6:54 pm now. WHAT!?!?!? "Track team practice starts at 7 pm...... oh crap." Alexis looked at my clock. She immediatly raced back to her room, trailing dust clouds behind her. On the other hand, I ran towards the archery hall, where practice usually was. I reached the door just as a bell dinged inside. "Ya know, you made it exactly on 7 pm." a boy called over to me. I ignored him and ran into the hall. "Okay...... Jack, you take attendance." the instructor breathed. There was an entire rack of bows in the corner of the hall, and the archery targets were already set up. "Reef!" "Here!" "Dean!" "Present!" "Lopez!" "I'm here!" Lopez jumped up and down behind the group. Typical of him, he's the shortest one in the club. And he's Italian. I quickly retrieved a bow from the rack. The others did the same and ran off to their assigned groups. Each group consisted of 6 people and each group was assigned to a specific target on the shooting range. I was in a team with Lopez, 2 other boys and 2 girls. 6 people in total. "Hey, you look different today." Lopez tapped my shoulder. "Really?" I looked at him. One of the girls in our team grabbed an arrow from a barrel and launched it at the target. It missed, not even hitting the target. "Not sure...... Seems like theres an aura shining around you." Lopez grinned. Each of the other members of the group had shot. Lopez missed the bullseye by a full ring. Finally, it was my turn and I stepped up, grasping my bow. I picked up an arrow from the barrel and nocked it to my string. Around me, the other people were doing the same. One wasn't doing too good though. His hands were shivering and his arrow wasn't aiming straight. This is my field. This is what I'm really good at. "Fire!" the instructor yelled. Suddenly, energy shot up my arm and I fought to keep my aim true. I had to delay my firing for a few seconds because of that. "You there! Just shoot!" the instructor shouted at me. Obviously me. I closed my eyes and let fly the arrow. An eerie silence fell over the crowd in the archery hall as I launched the arrow. When I opened my eyes, I gasped in surprise. Time seemed to pass by in slow motion as my arrow burst into flames and flew towards the target. I had unknowingly used Inferno! The arrow scored a direct hit on the bullseye and the target burst into flames, which died out in about 5 seconds. It didnt have time to spread to the building. Silence was imminent. "How...... how did you do that!?" the instructor decided to break the silence. Immediatly, there occupants of the room crowded around me. Lopez poked a finger into my pocket, probably thinking I brought a lighter or something, and touched nothing but the inside of my pocket. "You probably brought a lighter or something." a boy stood up. He was big-sized and he had muscles that could snap someone's arm in half. One of the bullies in the university, and he was one of the best in the archery club. He had a black Elvis-hairstyle. His name was Arno. "Do it again!" someone begged. Someone brought another target to replace the one I had just scorched. The ashes were still on the ground. I shrugged and aimed my bow at the new target without any arrows. "What's he gonna shoot, thin air?" Arno mocked. I was determined to show off what real skills were to him. For my first trick, Strafe. I twanged the bowstring four times in rapid succession. Arrows made out of light appeared in my bow as I twanged and shot out. The first arrow hit the bullseye, the second one split it in half, the third one split the second one in half and the fourth one also split the third one in half. Each one hit the exact center of the bullseye. Arno was stunned, and so was the instructor. "Your bow must be rigged." Arno grunted. He was wrong. I focused my energy into a shape behind him. He suddenly felt something amiss and turned to his back to find a scarecrow. "WHA!!" he jumped. When he landed he took a good look at the scarecrow and found that it was just a scarecrow. Everyone laughed. "I'll get you for that, you little runt!!!" he shook his fist at me and ran off. The room fell silent. "He'll be wanting to pick you off sometime." Lopez nudged me. It took me quite a bit of talking to get out of that crowd. Virtually everyone was asking me how I pulled off those shots. Some which played Maple asked how I used the skills in real life. Those questions are practically the same though. When the meeting ended, it was raining heavily. "Stupid rain." I grumbled, shuffling through the covered walkways. Jubrenan University's walkways were covered to provide rain cover for students. Unfortunately for me, the walkway leading to the boy's dormitories was flooded and I had to take a detour. Through the rain. I sighed. By the time I reached my room, I was dripping wet and shivering. I took off my clothes and jumped into the shower for a quick hot bath. While I let the water wash over me, I mulled some thoughts over. Saevio had somehow managed to stay alive, and was now somewhere in Maple. It already cost me one sacrificing spell and a body to beat him the first time, how was I going to beat him now? |
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