The hero exam, a misleading title, is the only exam that people with abilities are required to take to get into Aomori Academy.

Many believe that showing off their abilities is enough to get in, but that is far from true. 

The exam consists of a written part and an ability part.

Most can easily pass the ability part by showing off their abilities, but usually fail on the written portion.

Entering Aomori Academy does not exempt a student from their educational responsibilities as many want to believe.

“Ugh, my body hurts too much Wako-nee, so I will sleep for a few more minutes.”

The angry Wako walks into Yuuto’s room in her uniform.

“If you continue to sleep in the breakfast I made will get cold.”

Yuuto quickly springs out of bed and rushes over to the table.

Glare* “You freshened up right?”

Fixing his uniform Yuuto sits at the table waiting for Wako to sit with him.

“Thanks for the food.”

“Wako-nee, could you please tell me what the hero exam this year will be like, even a hint will be good enough?”

“The written exam stays the same year after year, the ability part changes, my year had to destroy a certain number of targets within two hours.”

“I will go on ahead.”

“Will you be using my strength ability?”

“The first useful ability I see will be the one I will use, if none exist I will use yours.”

◇◇◇

A crowd of people stand before a large metal door eager to enter. Yuuto walks toward the crowd.

Wako-nee was right, the written exam wasn’t difficult. Ten more minutes before the ability exam starts and they still have not told us how we will be scored.

A pale slim girl of average height with long black hair and clear azure eye bumps into Yuuto, falling down in the process.

“Sorry.”

Yuuto stretches out his hand, “Are you alright?”

The girl takes his hand, “Sorry.” She bows her head.

“It’s fine, don’t worry about it. Do you know if they mentioned anything about the exam?”

The girl shakes her head. She fixes her hair and turns to leave but Yuuto calls out to her.

“Could you tell me your name?”

She turns around and shows signs of confusion toward the question asked to her.

“You’re the first person I talked to since getting here. I thought it would be good to make a few friends before getting into Aomori.”

“I’m Ishiyami Mimi, nice to meet you.”

“Fumihiro Yuuto, likewise.”

Two men walk on stage, a slim gloomy one and a bright lean yet muscular one, the noise from the crowd explodes.

*Multiple People Faraway* “That is Chaos Killer and Hope Pillar. They were famous heroes and are now instructors here.” *Screams of Elation*

“SILENCE!”

The crowd nearly instantly becomes silent at Chaos Killer’s command. After a few seconds he continues.

“This will be the start of the second exam, one in which you will demonstrate your abilities and capability to adapt. Failing this part won’t disqualify you from entering Aomori, but it will put you at a disadvantage when it comes to class assignment.”

Chaos Killer steps back and allows Hope Pillar to speak.

“In this part you will have to score a hundred points to get a passing grade. The higher you score the greater the advantage you have in class assignment.”

Chaos Killer brings up an image of four different machine models and explains their purpose.

“Each of these four machines correspond to a number of points, being 5, 20, 50, and 1000, however we won’t be telling you which machine gives how many points.” *Laughs under his breath*

Hope Pillar continues after him explaining some of the rules.

“You can work together with others, there is no penalty and each machine killed as a group no matter which of the four will count as five points for each person. You will have two hours, if anyone wants to stop early or reaches a critical state they will be taken out immediately.”

Both of them point their hands to the gate and say, “It begins now!” 

“Hope to see you pass Ishiyama-san.” Yuuto runs off quickly.

“Good Luck Fumihiro-san.” Ishiyama runs off in a different direction.

After running for a few minutes Yuuto stops and listens for the sounds of fighting. He runs toward that least chaotic scene.

A lean slightly shorter girl with long blonde hair and shining silver eyes stands in the path of a Boar Type machine as it charges toward her. She stands there calmly as the machine closes the distance. 

She jumps over it by a hair’s breadth, placing her fingertips on the machine's back, and lands safely a small distance away from the Boar Type.

She puts her fingertips together and the machine begins to float up slowly. As soon as it ascends to four meters the girl separates her fingertips and the machine falls to the ground destroying it in the process.

Anti-Gravity, to think I would find such a great ability early. I guess switching it to gravity control should do.

The girl lowers her guard and starts celebrating her success. Another machine comes out from around the corner outside her field of vision. 

“Watch out!”, Yuuto steps out of the shadows and extends his hand. Focusing on the Boar Type machine he activities his newly acquired gravity control ability.

Quietly - [Rigid Gravity]

The Boar Type machine is stopped in its tracks and collapses to the ground, slowly being crushed by the increased gravity. As the ground underneath breaks the Boar Type is completely crushed.

A sudden jolt runs through Yuuto’s body, his legs go weak for a moment as he nearly loses his balance. His body becomes heavy for a moment before everything returns to normal.

Was that the rebound?

“Thank you for helping me, I am Tsukuda Noriko, would it be too much to ask your name?”

“Fumihiro Yuuto.”

A few moments of awkward silence pass, Yuuto is about to leave as Tsukuda speaks up.”

“Would it be okay if I followed you.” She quickly realizes what she said and starts frantically explaining,  “Don’t get me wrong I am not asking for us to team up or to take your points, I just Bites Tongue  jwst, owwww.”

Yuuto continues to walk away as Tsukuda recovers. Noticing that he is walking away she becomes upset and turns to leave.

“Are you coming or what? You wanted company right so stop standing there before I leave you behind.”

“Yes!”

We’ve been walking for ten minutes and this awkward silence is killing me.

A building collapses a small distance away from them, creating a strong gust of wind. Yuuto rushes toward the direction of the collapsed building.

“Wait, are you seriously going to rush into an unknown situation Bites Tongue owwwww.”

As they approach Tsukuda notices what machine type it is. “A-a-a Goliath Type!!”

Bolts of water fly towards the Goliath Type only leaving small scratches on its armor. The one casting the bolts is a girl with long black hair.

Yuuto approaches to help fight the Goliath Type before he recognizes who the girl is, Ishiyama-san.

The Goliath Type swings its left arm towards the girl, due to exhaustion she is unable to move out of the way.

Yuuto charges in grabbing her moments before the Goliath Type’s arm hits the ground.

“You alright Ishiyama-san?”

“I’m just a little tired.”

“Is it alright if I take care of this one?”

Ishiyami nods, Yuuto then jumps onto the slowly rising left arm and starts running up it.

What’s the point of all this, it doesn’t matter anyway, why do I keep trying.

Half way up its left arm Yuuto notices the Goliath Type attempting to crush him with its right arm. The palm lands on the spot he was in a few moments before. He backflips onto the right arm of the Goliath Type and starts running on it.

I don’t have time to doubt my choices, I can’t let these thoughts get to me. I have to keep going!

Upon reaching the right shoulder of the Goliath Type Yuuto jumps a few meters in the air and extends his hand.

[Gravity Point]

The Goliath Type’s left arm begins to receive deep dents on the exact spots where Yuuto stepped while running, a moment later the same thing happens on the right arm.

I will keep my promise! I will become a great hero!

As Yuuto begins to fall he punches the top of the Goliath Type’s head, [Gravity Burst] The Goliath Type collapses to the ground and the head is slowly crushed.

I should probably decrease the gravity around myself to lessen the impact of the fall.

A hand made of water appears out of thin air and catches him and slowly helps him down.

“Thanks.”

Tsukuda finally catches up to Yuuto and notices the heavily damaged arms of the Goliath Type and its crushed head.

“Fumihiro-san I should thank you for saving me.”

“It’s nothing to be thanked over.”

A strong jolt runs through his body. He falls to his knees as a strong gravitational force sets in. “Arrrggg.” 

“Fwmihirw-san!”

“Fumihiro-san!”

Ishiyama and Tsukuda attempt to help, “Don’t come near me!”

I have to use Wako’s ability or else I might get crushed.

He struggles to stand under the gravitation pressure almost collapsing multiple times. As he is attempting to resist the gravitational pressure two Sphere Types charge toward him but upon entering the gravitational field are crushed instantly.

Once the gravitation pressure lessens he falls to his knees in exhaustion. Ishiyama and Tsukuda quickly approach to help him.

“When I first saw your gravitation ability I never thought it would be so strong, but what happened to you just now Fumihiro-san?”

“Are you alright Fumihiro-san?”

Ishiyama and Tsukuda help him up as he explains.

“It’s the rebound to my gravity ability, the stronger the gravitational force I apply the greater the force that is placed on me afterwards. Thankfully it is a fraction of the original force.”

“That sounds similar to my abilities’ rebound.”

Yuuto questioningly stares over at Tsukuda.

“I don’t want to talk about my rebound!”

Yuuto stares more intensely at Tsukuda*

Giving into the pressure Tsukuda says, “Fine. When I use my anti-gravity ability at higher strengths and for longer intervals it reflects the strength of the anti-gravity and churns my stomach making me feel extremely queasy.”

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Tsukudo instantly turned to Ishiyama.

“I am Tsukuda Noriko.”

“Ishiyama Mimi.”

Tsukuda starts to grin mischievously.

“Ishiyama-san, could you tell me what Bites Tongue ywur rebwund is? Owwwww.”

“Dehydration.”

“Why is my rebwund the wnly embrassing wne!”

Yuuto interrupts them and proposes a plan.

“Seeing as how the exam has this large of a variety I think it would benefit all of us to team up. About thirty minutes have passed so we still have an hour and a half  to get twenty machines destroyed. After seeing how challenging the Goliath Type was wouldn’t you agree.”

They both nod in agreement and continue the exam.

◇◇◇

Wako and Yuuto are gathered around the table in their apartment. Someone knocks on the door.

“Uncle you came, we’ve been waiting.”

“Haha, congratulations on getting into Aomori!”

They return to the table and they start celebrating Yuuto’s acceptance into Aomori until nightfall.

“Be careful on your way home grandpa.”

“Don’t worry Wako I am strong enough to take care of myself, I’m not called Hope Pillar for nothing.”

“You named yourself that grandpa. Call mom when you get home, you know how worried she gets.”

“I won’t forget to call, hahaha.”

◇◇◇

Class 1-1, I guess this is the room.

Yuuto walks in and notices only four people. Finding that the corner seat is empty he happily walks over to it but is suddenly called out to by Tsukuda.

“Fumihiro-san, come sit with us.”

I should have come earlier.

He sits down next to Ishiyama and notices a thin girl of above average height with beautiful dark magenta eyes and long black hair that he has not seen before. She smiles brightly as she introduces herself.

“I am Sanada Renka, pleased to meet you?”

“Fumihiro Yuuto, likewise.”

“Please call me Renka, Fumi-”

“No.”

“Fumi-Bites Tongue -hirw-swn, owwwww.”

“Huh? We are friends are we not?”

“What string of logic did you follow to get to that conclusion?”

“We’re classmates, and I made friends with Noriko and Mimi-”

“That’s not how it works, at best we’ve become acquainted. Don’t be so naive, you can’t make friends that easily.”

“But-” The door to the classroom opens up and seven other students walk in, shortly followed by the instructor.

The instructor that enters the class is the professional hero Chaos Killer. A tall slim man with short brown hair and a gloomy aura.

“Pay attention brats, I will make a few things clear. First and foremost never call me by my hero name if you do I will make sure to assign you extra homework. I will be either addressed as Sensei or Shiraki-sensei. Understood.”

The whole class responds, “Yes Sensei!”

“Second, make sure to do all your work and show up for all the exams, I won’t bother with late homework or retake exams, I will just give you a zero and that is final. And no extra credit!”

Shiraki-sensei, takes out a folder and looks through it, “Sanada Renka, congratulations on getting the highest score among the girls of your year.”

Tsukuda Whisper “Good job Renka.”

Ishiymama Whisper “Congratulations.”

“Fumihiro Yuuto, your top of the grade in both the written exam and the ability exam. Congratulations.”

 “Are you kidding me!!!” A boy with spiky blonde hair stands up and slams the desk with his hands.

“I guess you want extra homework right.” He quietly sits down.

“Before I start explaining, I will ask a question  and you will raise your hand if it applies and only once, understood.”

“How many of you are here because you want to help others?”

Only Yuuto and another person don’t raise their hands.

“How many of you are here because being a hero is a family tradition?”

A boy with flat brown hair raises his hand.

“So who is here for the pay?”

Sanada and Tsukuda expressions change when they notice Yuuto is the only one with his hand up.

“To think there would be one, ha ha, well that isn’t a bad thing.”

Shiraki-sensei puts away his folder and pulls up an image with all four machine types on it. In the image the points allocated for each are written.

“As you see on the image, this is the point allocation for each machine type, Goliath is 50pt, Boar is 5pt, Dog is 20pt, and Sphere is 1000pt.”

Yuuto notices the spiky blonde haired boy from before about to sob.

“With that out of the way I would like to ask how many of you actually know how the hero system works?”

Tsukuda raises her hand almost jumping out of her seat.

“Tsukuda-san you can answer.”

“The hero system is simple, we first go through Aomori to get our licences, then we are allowed to help others-”

“Ahahahahahaha, good one Tsukuda-san.”

Tsukuda’s face turns beet red and Shiraki-sensei stops laughing.

“I guess that means none of you actually know how the hero system works, well it's not like that information is made public.”

“Being a hero is a job, it is not a charity. The things you see on streams and from the media are what is allowed to go up. Hero work is not as clean and happy as the public might think.”

Shiraki-sensei starts to go on a tangent,“We are government employees after all. The public is made to believe we are free and do all these acts out of kindness. Knowing someone powerful is under the control of the government, don’t you think the people would get scared of how much power the government controls.”

Shiraki-sensei shifts back to explaining the hero society, “Aomori exists to train and prepare you on how to be heroes, how to act on camera, how to do commercials, fight monsters, and how to get into hero associations.”

“Anyone from Aomori can join an association, their purpose is to provide jobs, help with publicity, and support.”

“The government provides us jobs and we get paid for it, the greater the job the greater the pay. Jobs are not all crime fighting, some are public service related and helping out with requests. You can act on your own but then you won’t be getting paid for it. Always remember that we work for the government not the people.”

“Monsters are not as rare as the news says, they are killed quickly to avoid panic. Monster extermination has resulted in more injuries and casualties than fighting criminals and villains. This is the hardest part of the job for all heroes.”

Shiraki-sensei finishes explaining the hero system then takes out a paper with the names and abilities of all the students in class 1-1 and looks over it.

Anzai Keita - Animal Transformation

Fumihiro Yuuto - Gravity Manipulation

Hirai Azusa - Nature Control

Ishiyama Mimi - Water Control

Leblanc Isaac - Lighting Body

Matsuno Aya - Liquefaction

Mitsugi Hanami - Flame Manipulation

Mitsugi Eiji - Bomb Body

Sanada Renka - All Creation

Tsukuda Noriko - Anti-Gravity

Uchino Daisuke - Metal Control

Yabūchi Masumi - Light Hardening

◇◇◇

Morning classes end and Yuuto leaves the room but Ishiyama approaches him.

“Fumihiro-san, thank you for what you said to Renka, Noriko might not understand what you tried to do, but I am thankful that you tried to help Renka.”

She bows deeply toward him expressing her gratitude.

“You don’t have to do that, I did what I thought was right.”

Fidgeting Ishiyama asks, “Umm, Fumihiro-san, would it be too much to ask if you could look after Renka?”

“She is that naive? I will do what I can, but why can’t you and Tsukuda-san look after her during the break?”

“We wanted to find a teacher and don’t want to leave Renka alone.”

Agreeing to the task Yuuto walks back into the near empty classroom approaching Sanada.

“Sanada-san, would you have lunch with me? You don’t know the area well and it would be better than going alone.”

She gets up excitedly at the prospal and follows him out of the classroom.

Sanada looks around the streets brimming with excitement, observing everything around her like a curious child as she follows Yuuto.

“This is the first time I have been to the city, my parents would never let me leave the mansion.”

Wait. Did she say mansion, is she really a sheltered rich girl?

Yuuto and Sanada enter a cafe and find an open table. A waiter approaches and gives them a menu.

“Sanada-san, I will be paying.”

After they both order a group of delinquents approach them and start to bother Sanada.

“Oy, pretty girl why are you sitting with a loser like that, come with us we will show you a fun time.”

She nervously attempts to reply but can’t find the words. The delinquents continue to speak and when they notice she isn’t speaking they try to grab her arm but Yuuto intervenes.

*Glare* “What the hell do you think you're doing!”

He grabs the delinquents arm and twists it behind his back, then slams him to the floor. He glares over to the other delinquents.

“Try anything and I will make sure all of you understand what it means to suffer, what it means to feel constant fear.”

“Do you think you can easily threaten us-”

Yuuto snaps the delinquents arm and grabs the closest one in a choke hold as he whispers to him.

“I will make sure to break every part of your body, little by little making sure you are in constant pain, and watching as I repeat the process to your friends. Hahahaha. Don’t worry I will make sure to kill you when I am done. Hahaha.”

He releases the delinquent and he grabs his friends and runs out carrying him.

“You alright Sanada-san?”

Sanada blushes a bit and then answers, “I’m fine, thank you. And call me Renka.”

“As I said be-” Sanada cuts him off. “Call me Renka!”

“Fine-” Renka cuts him off again, “Thank you Yuuto.”

Accepting that he won’t be able to do anything about the situation he goes with it.

Side Renka:

After returning from the cafe Renka finds Noriko and Mimi sitting in the classroom. Over the loudspeaker an announcement is made, “Fumihiro Yuuto to the principal's office.” They both greet her and then Noriko asks a surprising question.

“So how was your date Renka?” Noriko giggles silently while trying to tease Renka.

Renka’s face turns beet red as she realizes that her time out with Fumihiro could be considered a date.

That was a date, I went on a date with Yuuto, that was my first date and… and… I .

“Noriko don’t tease her so much.”

“Renka what did you think of Fumihiro, did you fall for him on your first date?” Mimi nudges her and she bites her tongue. “Owwww.”

Renka’s face turns redder as she thinks back to the date.

He was like the knights from the stories I read, he was a proper black knight, he was really cool and good looking while he fought them… what the hell am I thinking.

“Sw, dw ywu like him Renka?”

“Yes!”

As she realizes what she had said she slams her head into the table out of shame as her face becomes as red as a tomato.

Noriko stops teasing and asks her seriously after recovering. “Do you really like him, didn’t he act mean to you when you wanted to be friends?”

“Maybe, he represents the black knights from the stories I’ve read as a child, so I don’t really know.”

Before Noriko can speak, Mimi interjects, “How do you feel when you think of what would happen if he gets together with another girl?”

Renka’s chest tightens as she thinks of the possibility of him being with someone else. 

“I feel a pain in my chest, and it is unlike anything I’ve felt before.”

Mimi grimmances as the thought of Yuuto with someone else comes to mind.Noriko notices and

is about to tease her but doesn’t.

She winks to Mimi, “It’s love then, Renka, Mimi.”

Renka shows confusion while Mimi starts to turn red.

Side Yuuto:

Yuuto walks into the principal's office knowing why he was called in. He approaches the desk as the principal glares at him.

“You are broken aren’t you?’

“Huh.” Yuuto becomes confused and then the principal stands up and leads him to sit at a table.

“I am Ivan Mikhailovich, address me how you will, Fumihiro-kun.”

Mikhailovich brings out tea as he continues to speak. “Many in your position would have dealt with the delinquents in a far more peaceful, more behaved manor.”

He pours himself and Yuuto tea. “You on the other hand acted ruthlessly and effectively stopped them, however what you did would not be considered acceptable.”

“But sir-” Mikhailovich cuts him off, “You won’t be punished, but you will receive a warning. You are a broken child, to you those actions were right and stopped the situation from getting worse. Yet to others your actions are those of a villain, be careful next time.”

He continues drinking his tea as a few moments of silence pass, “Not many can withstand the pressure my aura exudes passively. It is a pleasant surprise that there are people who can be calm around me. Please think of the tea as a reward for staying calm and composed, drink it before it gets cold.”

Yuuto casually drinks the tea and once he is finished he leaves.

“That child will have a rough future ahead of him.”

◇◇◇

Yuuto returns to the classroom, a few minutes before the lunch break is over. Sanada and Ishiyama recover before he arrives.

“Yuuto, what did the principal need from you?”

“He scolded me that’s all.”

Seeing an opportunity before her, Tsukuda takes it in an attempt to tease Yuuto.

“So you two got close enough to-” He cuts her off, “Since I agreed to Renka’s request would it be okay to be on a first name basis Tsukuda-san, Ishiyama-san.”

Shiraki-sensei enters and makes an announcement, “Next week we will be having a practical exam, you will be assigned into teams of three. One team will defend the point assigned the other team will attempt to gain control of the point.”

Shiraki-sensei starts handing out two forms, one is a hero suit design form and a medical form.

“Shiraki-sensei, will we be allowed to use weapons?”

“Hahaha, of course Leblanc-kun. It wouldn’t be good training if you didn’t get used to using a weapon.”

While class 1-1 fills out the forms, Shiraki-sensei posts the team listings.

Defending:

Fumihiro Yuuto, Sanada Renka, Mitsugi Hinami(A)

Anzai Keita, Uchino Daisuke, Matsuno Aya(B)

Capture:

Tsukuda Noriko, Leblanc Isaac, Mitsugi Eiji(A)

Ishiyama Mimi, Hirai Azura, Yabūchi Masumi(B)

“Try to come up with a design you like since it might be the one that sticks with you for the rest of your life. They will arrive a few days before the practical exam therefore you will be able to make modifications and get used to them.”

Isaac raises his hand, “If we have a suit already prepared what should we do?”

“Make a note of it in the form and they will contact you about the suit specs and design.”

A smaller than average girl with waist long brown hair, a cute appearance, and fierce saffron eyes approaches Yuuto and Renka, “Mitsugi Hinami, nice to meet you.”

“Fumihiro Yuuto, likewise.” “Sanada Renka.”

“My ability is Flame Manipulation… sorry Hinami was getting ahead of herself. Hinami believes we should get to know each other better so we can do well during the practical exam. Please call Hinami, Hinami. Hinami dislikes formalities among friends.” Hinami bows lightly while smiling brightly.

“Hinami-chan, why do you address yourself in the third person?”

“Hinami has always spoken this way, is Hinami’s way of speaking too weird Renka?”

Renka frantically replies, “No it is fine, I was just curious that is all, yeah-”

“Gravity Manipulation.”

Renka quickly states her power and drags Yuuto off, “All Creation, and Yuuto I need to talk to you quickly.”

(Outside the classroom)

Renka deeply bows, “Thank you for helping me out.”

“Let that be a lesson to you, if people have weird personality quirks don’t question them about it unless you are prepared for the awkward conversation ahead.”

There was something off about her, it was as if she was trying to hide her true character.

“This might seem random but Yuuto what type of weapon do you use, could describe the type, weight, size, and shape?”

Yuuto and Renka return to class and start to fill in the forms.

So there was a specific section on the form for people who already have a suit. I should thank uncle for the suit when I have time.

◇◇◇

“The practical exam will start soon, group A will be going first.”

“Shiraki-sensei could you please explain the rules.”

“Sanada-chan no need to be so nervous, and call me Haruna-sensei. My husband is strict with you children but that is because he cares too much for you kids. Opps he told me to stop saying these things tehehe.”

“She is right Renka, being nervous you have two other reliable teammates.”

Hinami puffs out her chest, “Yuuto is right Hinami is also here for you.”

The three of them approach the defence point. An announcement is made that the preparation phase will be over in fifteen minutes.

“Renka would it be possible for you to create sensors and simple traps?”

She nods vigorously, as she creates sensors and Hinami and Yuuto place them at key points.

“That should help us figure out where they will be coming from. Renka how hard would it be to make a net trap or a smoke trap?”

Renka produces a few traps and they place them sparsely at choke points.

“Hinami wants to know why we are setting up traps if we will need to fight them directly?”

“It will make them let their guard down.”

An announcement is made that the preparation phase is over and the exam has officially started.

“Renka, Hinami, be careful when fighting Noriko. If she touches you don’t let her bring her fingertips together, that is how she activates her ability.”

A short distance away the sound of war cry could be heard while the sensors and traps go off. A lean  average height spiky blonde haired boy, Eiji, charges toward the capture point paying no mind the activated traps destroying it upon contact with his body.

Upon entering the capture point he lets out a war cry before charging forth. In his line of sight he sees Yuuto leaning slightly forward.

Yuuto leans forward and dashes toward Eiji, reacting too late Eiji stops his charge but is not able to dodge the incoming grab.

Grabbing onto Eiji’s face Yuuto slams him into the ground, [Gravity Pulse]. A surge of gravitational force hits Eiji smashing him into the ground, knocking him out cold in an instant.

“I’ll take care of Leblanc-san you guys deal with Noriko.”

Renka runs up to Yuuto and materializes a black buster sword with a white strip that separates the blade from the body of the sword.

“Yuuto please take this, it is similar to the specifications of your sword. I had to modify the material since you will be fighting Leblanc-san, it won’t conduct electricity. Sorry if it is light or less balanced.”

Renka bows apologetically and Yuuto looks over the weapon then takes a few practice swings.

“It’s a beautiful sword, the differences are negligible, does the sword have a name?”

Renka’s face brightens up as she announces the name of the sword, “Abyssal”.

Isaac and Noriko reach the capture point. Renka and Hinami rush to intercept them, and Isaac separates from them trying to reach the capture target.

Isaac, a tall and decently muscular boy with flat short brown hair,  warps closer and closer to the target, but Yuuto stands in his path. Yuuto unsheaths “Abyssal” as Isaac attempts to warp past him, but Yuuto activates [Rigid Gravity] causing Isaac to fall to the ground.

“I’m your opponent Leblanc-san, don’t think you will be able to easily get past me. I recommend you use your lighting body to help mitigate the gravitational effects, and don’t think of warping pass me unless you want to hit the ground again.

Isaac activates his lighting body and stands up, he takes out [Blitzableiter].

“Wise choice.”

Yuuto swings toward Isaac as he blocks with the stun rod.

Noriko enters a fighting stance as she waits for Renka and Hinami to attack.

“Just because we are friends doesn’t mean I will hold back!”

Hinami takes out a hilt and points it forward, [Plasma Blade] and a pure white blade radiating heat appears. 

“Don’t worry I won’t!”

Getting impatient, Hinami swings her plasma saber, Noriko dodges it easily and counters with a heavy punch to the stomach. She drops to her knees gasping for air.

Seeing an opportunity Renka comes in with a roundhouse kick to the head, Noriko blocks it but the impact breaks her guard. She follows up with a punch to the face, but Noriko is able to dodge by a narrow margin.

Hinami regains her posture and does an upward swing with her plasma saber, Noriko easily dodges the poorly swung saber.

Noriko finds an opportunity to strike Renka with an axe kick, which causes her to fall, Hinami rushes in with a flurry of saber slashes allowing Renka a chance to recover.

Using his buster sword Yuuto blocks a flurry of attacks before jumping back. After readjusting his posture he pushes forward and puts a great deal of force behind a downward swing. Isaac is able to block it but he flows up with a few quick horizontal slashes.

Continuing to block his onslaught Isaac starts to notice his arms going numb and fatigue setting in.

His breathing became labored but he continued to block.

“IF YOU’RE GOING TO FIGHT ME WHY DON’T YOU ATTACK ME DIRECTLY!!!”

*Laughs quietly* “Even if it was that easy, where would the fun be in a short match!”

Yuuto’s breathing becomes ragged as he starts to cough up blood and his vision starts to blur.

I didn’t think he would last that long. I’m going to have it end this now.

Pumping himself up Isaac screams out at the top of his lungs and does one final swing towards Yuuto, he ducks under it however and does a powerful swing of his blunt buster sword into Isaac’s stomach knocking him out instantly.

Missing every swing Hinami starts becoming more frustrated. Enraged, she thrusts her saber towards Noriko and takes too long to backaway.

“Got you!”

Noriko grabs her by the wrist and hip throws her to the ground. Renka takes the chance to do a side kick toward her head but misses.

“YOU BITCH I WILL KILL YOU, I’M STRONGER THAN YOU DON’T THINK YOU WILL GET AWAY WITH THIS!!!”

Noriko puts her finger tips together as Hinami reveals her true colors. She starts to float up, kicking and screaming.

Noticing that Noriko is focused on making Hinami float she runs in and dropkicks her. Noriko faints and Hinami falls down to the ground face first.

“Group A is the victor.”

Filled with seething rage, Hinami picks up her plasma saber and heads toward the fainted Noriko, as she is about to swing down at her Yuuto grabs her wrist tightly.

“Let go of me, I said let go you bastard!”

He fiercely glaring into her eyes, momentarily his irises flash crimson. Fear rushes over her as she stops and he lets go of her.

“Why are you protecting this bitch, she’s just a weakling and she thought she could do all that to me…”

Unable to contain his fury Yuuto slapped her with all the might he could muster causing her to fall on her rear.

“Stop being a bitch! If you're that strong why don’t you beat me then.”

Fiercely glaring at her again as his irises flash crimson again as a heavy gravity hits him dropping him to his knees as he coughs up blood before he blacks out.

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A tall girl with violet eyes and waist long blue hair frantically runs to the infirmary. Opening the infirmary door as she breathes raggedly. She slowly enters and searches for someone quickly finding them staring out a window.

He notices her approach and calls out to her with a smile.

“Wako-nee, how ar-”

With tears coming down her face she hugs him tightly as she continues to cry. Yuuto returns the hug and comforts her.

“You idiot, you idiot, you complete idiot!” *sob*

“I know, Wako.”

“You don’t know how worried I was when I heard that you collapsed coughing up blood!” *sob*

“Sorry, Wako.”

“Idiot, idiot, idiot, you idiot!” *sob*