"Sun's Mirror!" Kazuki shouts as the energy gets released, a blindimg bright light comes out.

You hear panicking and gasps coming from the crowd. After almost 5 seconds of nothing but bright light, it finally disappears.

Mako and his 2 remaining teammates hid behind a wall of earth he created. It was full of cracks but still protected them. It did take a toll on Mako who was barely standing now.

"You bastard!...you sent our attack back at us!" Mako says.

"Your observation skills are admireable Mako, but they won't help you against what's coming." I say confidently.

Problem is I have no idea if I should be that confident. the Repelling Shield was my trump card. I don't have that many on me...

"Now then, let's play some cards!" I say as i rush at them. This should make them panic a bit.

"Bo! Damian! Don't let him get close!" Mako shouts.

"Yes!" His two teammates say as they raise their hands.

"Fire vortex!" Bo shouts as he raises his hands. He is followed by Damian "Wind vortex!". The fire created by Bo and wind created by Damian meet, the wind making the fire larger.

"Burning Tornado!" They shout simultaneously as the spell moves towards me at an impressive speed.

"Burning Tornado?? By merging their rank 2 wind spell and fire spell they created a spell that's on the scale of a rank 3 spell! Impressive!" Duke says.

"Rank 3? But that's not fair! We're only students!" Nico answers.

"Rank 3? Merging?? How many ranks are there even??" Ayame says, confused.

"The ranking system of mages contains 6 ranks, it ranks mages based on their power level, skill and knowledge. Most students in this school are rank 1 while you need to be atleast rank 2 to graduate." Dan says.

"It's rather easy becoming a rank 2 or 3 if you work hard enough but rank 4 and above are usually prodigies. Now ranks aren't a title you can get by filling out some paperwork or doing exams, you have to become a lot stronger." He continued.

"I-i see...so what rank are you Dan..?" Ayame asks him.

"Hm..?..who knows..maybe rank 2.." Dan answers, turning back to the fight.

On the field, Kazuki looks at the burning spell that was moving towards him.

Before anyone can see what happened, the spell hits the spot in which Kazuki stood. There's a loud explosion as a strong and hot gust of wind comes towards the crowd who put their arms over their eyes to protect themselves.

A few seconds after, the people turn back to the field noticing the ash and burning field. But there is no sign of Kazuki.

"Did we...did we overdo it...?" Damian says, looking to the spot.

"No...the rules state that if a student gets injured or even killed by accident, we don't take any responsibility...that guy just overestimated himself.." Mako said.

"K-kazuki! I can't believe it...he..." Ayame said, about to tear up.

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"These guys..they really think I'd go down that easily...but I gotta say that came out of nowhere" I think to myself...I my sleeve is burning---

I tear the burning cloth off as I show myself. Immediately after that, the wind mage thug notices me and shouts "He was hiding behind the tree!"

"Impossible! That spell could not have been avoided that easily by some powerless humanimal! How did you do that?!" Mako says, not believing his eyes.

As everyone was trying to figure out how I did what I did, Daren came back to his senses, opening his eyes and looking to us.

"Ka...zuki..? How did he...?" He mumbles.

"Powerless..?" I turn to Mako "I'm getting sick of you guys...you know nothing about me..I can end this in just 2 minutes, so surrender before someone gets hurt" I smirk to them.

"You're bluffing!" Mako shouts "No matter who you are, you can't just---"

"Your decision" I cut him off as I start running to them.

"W-what?? So fast! Stop him at once!" Mako shouts to his comrades

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"A-ah! Wind blas---" Damian rushes in front of Mako, trying to cast a spell.

Before he can, 2 more tarot cards fly out of my sleeve into my hand, I throw them at Damian and Bo.

The tarot cards fly like solid projectiles towards my victims, eventually slowing down and getting stuck on their thighs.

"Burning spear!" I shout as the cards start to burn, there's a small explosion and both of them fall to the ground.

"What the- what did you do to them?!" Mako shouts, his usually confident voice now filled with fear.

"They are fine, just a little explosion to take them out...now you.." I say, trying to sound confident.

Truth is I only had 2 of these on me. I didn' expect to fight. Let's hope this works.

"... ... ... ...I" Mako mumbles

"Hmmm?" I say

"I...I won't surrender to the likes of you! You filthy Humanimal! You crossbred bastards don't deserve to be here!! I'll end you!!!" He slams his hands into the ground, taking out 2 boulders...just great.

Well bluffing worked out well didn't it? He throws the 2 boulders at me, they are more than enough to crush me completely, this guys is serious.

Lucky for me they aren't as fast as the previous things I had to avoid. The problem is the enraged bear-sized man that just kept throwing them at me.

"What's wrong humanimal!? Why not throw one of them fancy spear cards at me?? Maybe redirect my attack with that Sun Mirror crap???" Mako says as he throws rocks at me, not giving me any time to think of a plan or get closer.

"I know! You ran out of cards didn't you?? You'd use them if you had them! Hahahahaha!!" He continues.

"I'll end this now, payback time you little shit!" Mako stops throwing rocks at me...he takes a chunk and starts...eating it..

"What the hell is he doing..?" Nico said, looking terrified. Most of the crowd was terrified as well, me included. This guy is eating dry rock!

After some chewing he inhaled and started spitting out massive amounts of small bullet-like projectiles towards me.

"Earth bullet barrage!!!" This was it..his final attack. I didn't have any tarot cards left for attacking but..

I took out my last card, it shined in a bright light for a second, immediately after that I felt an incredible power boost.

"In such a dire situation...i call upon the first arcana! fools dance!" Mako was impressive, no doubt. Many mages that spent their life training couldn't achieve what this 18 year old did but it doesn't matter.

I start running around, avoiding the projectiles with the most unnatural moves i've ever made.

"That looks painful...he's so fast though...I thought Daren was fast but this..." Nico said while he watched the grand finale of the battle

"Kazuki...how did you get this power?...you damn...rat..." Daren said as he saw the guy he despised, the guy without any magic abilities take part in such a high level battle. He eventually passed out due to exaustion, but the fight wasn't over yet.

A dust cloud started forming from the rock that met the floor and was just getting larger. Mako was getting slower, but so was I.

Eventually the dust cloud completely covered me, Mako stopped spitting and there was a silence. You could only hear the leaves on trees dancing in the wind.

Mako looked exausted, he looked up "Heh...i won eh...I---"

"Lost!!" I screamed as i ran out of the thick dust, punching him directly into the face.

Mako couldn't react, no one could. Before I knew it, the big man was on the ground before me.

Immediately after that there were comments in the crowd, people were mumbling but I couldn't hear them, I didn't want to.

"...Uh...Ahem! The winner of the match by a K.O. is 2/B! Congrats..!" Duke said, remembering why he was here and why we even fought.

The crowd started clapping and somewhat cheering, it wasn't the typical cheering you'd hear after winning such a match, some seemed confused and..afraid..

Soon after the school nurse came to tent to the injured students, I just went to our bench and sat down.

Our whole team was at the nurse office, resting. Well, except Nico who was sitting next to me.

"Wow...dude..what the hell was that---" He said.

"I don't know...I couldn't let them get away with what they did to Vely.."

"Yeah but man! How! Where did you hide those cards??" He continued.

I didn't answer. I stood up and headed for the school gates, class was over and I was done with this school for today.

"Hey, where are you going..? There's another match today man." Nico said.

"And now 1/C will fight against 3/A! The fight starts in a few minutes!" Duke announced as the teams were getting ready for their match.

1/C eh..the brats that beat our class in just a few minutes..? They made quite a reputation for themselves. The whole crowd heard about our big loss and wanted to see what those kids are capable of.

That also meant their oponnents heard what happened and were prepared. I'm sure they won't be caught off guard like Daren and the guys were. Well i don't really care.

I continue walking to the gates but I get stopped by a familiar face again.

"K-kazuki..." It was Ayame.

"Oh..hey Ayame." I answer.

"You did great today...i had no idea you were capable of...such things..." She continued.

"Well...now you know." I say.

"Eheh...listen...I've been meaning to tell you..I.."

"AND the winners are 1/C with by a K.O.!" We get interrupted by Duke who announces the victors.

I turn to the field to see the third year students motionless on the floor...That soon..? They just started...I can't believe it...what the hell are those guys?

As I look to the field, that little brown haired brat looks at me...Eiden..He didn't just peek at me for no reason...I can see it in his eyes. His smirk..something is definitely up with those guys.

"...K-kazu...?" Ayame pulls on my shirt.

"Ah. Yes. Sorry Ayame..what did you say..?" I stop thinking about Eiden and turn to her.

"..It's...nothing...I just wanted to congratulate you...s-see you later then---" She smiled awkwardly as she hid her face and rushed out of the school yard. Weird.

It doesn't matter. I don't want to think about it, Eiden, this tournament or this damn school. I just want to get home and rest...

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